Larry Laslo knows his showhouses. So when the celebrated designer says this year's Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse is "different," you listen. "It's not one of the usual palatial buildings we're used to, ...

“What we have been doing for a while now is very tight and tailored drapery panels as opposed to anything more swooping like we saw years ago with swags and jabots and things like that,” said Meyers. ...

Window treatments reflect the times, said Coleen Graham, of Coleen’s Custom Drapery in Villa Park. During the heady 1980s and ’90s, yards and yards of big-floral chintz became swags, jabots and ...

Question: I live in an antique home. The home dates to 1775. I have swags and jabots in my living room and dining room. I am thinking of changing them. Several people I have talked to say the swags ...

Answer: First of all, to answer your question if swags and jabots out: No, swags and jabots are a traditional window treatment that dates way back to Colonial times and will never be out. I do ...