Drapery

Beyond window coverings, tassels, trims and fringe can add a decorative pop to many other items in your home. These embellishments are often used for an attractive accent on valances, shades and formal drapery panels. Chair tassels and tiebacks feature braided details that can be arranged on draperies, pillows and seat cushions for extra impact. Think outside the box for new ways to apply decorative trimmings to your personal items, such as embellishing the neck of a tall vase with a contrasting chair tassel that displays ceramic beaded detailing

Think outside the box for new ways to apply decorative trimmings to your personal items, such as embellishing the neck of a tall vase with a contrasting chair tassel that displays ceramic beaded detailing

Play up the visual appeal of embellishments by including extra touches on everyday items, such as adding brush fringe to the edges of your sofa pillows or applying lipped cording to the edges of your dust ruffle or pillow shams.

Work with eye-catching details to define your pieces, such as gluing a row of delicate gold tasseled fringe to the edge of a fabric-covered hatbox. A small amount goes a long way, such as sewing a row of brush fringe on powder-room hand towels.