I. SOFT GOODS

Custom drapery, shades, slipcovers, and cushions.

Window treatments and soft furnishings cut and sewn in our workroom on Colvin Street. Custom drapery (panels, valances, jabots, swags), Roman shades (flat-fold, hobbled, balloon, relaxed), tailored slipcovers, cushion fabrication and recoring, bedskirts, dust ruffles, and bedding. Trade fabric library access; COM welcome with no markup.

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Custom drapery and soft goods installed in a formal living room with floor-to-ceiling pinch-pleat panels
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II. WINDOW TREATMENTS

Drapery and shades, measured and installed in your home.

Floor-length and pooled drapery panels, single-width or pair, pleated (pinch, French, goblet, inverted box) or grommet-top. Valances (box-pleated, swag, jabot, scarf). Roman shades in flat-fold, hobbled, balloon, or relaxed style with cord, continuous loop, or motorized lift. We measure on-site, sew in the workroom, and install on-site — drapery hardware coordinated with your designer or sourced from our trade lines.

Bergerie soft-goods workroom on Colvin Street — long cutting table covered in cream silk taffeta with brass yardage rule, half-finished triple-pinch-pleat drapery panel pinned with brass pins, oxblood-damask Roman shade in mid hobbled-fold, back wall display of pinch / French / goblet / inverted-box pleat header samples, wooden A-frame installation ladder, oil-rubbed bronze drapery hardware on a leather tray
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III. SLIPCOVERS, CUSHIONS, BEDDING

Tailored to the piece, fitted on-site if needed.

Tailored slipcovers for sofas, chairs, dining chairs, and benches — washable cotton duck or linen for casual rooms, performance fabrics (Sunbrella, Crypton, Perennials) for family rooms and outdoor use. Cushion fabrication: high-density foam cores wrapped in Dacron, down-feather wraps for soft seats, channel-stitched or boxed-edge construction. Bedding: bedskirts, dust ruffles, shams, custom duvet covers, headboard slipcovers.

Bergerie soft-furnishings bench — Camelback sofa in a half-finished tailored cotton-duck slipcover pinned mid-fitting, foam cushion core mid-fabrication with Dacron wrap and channel-stitched striped-silk cover folded back, brass-rod bed display with box-pleated oyster-linen bedskirt, custom shams and duvet folded on the bed, treadle-style sewing machine at the back
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IV. FABRIC

Trade library, designer-grade.

Our fabric library carries Schumacher, Brunschwig & Fils, Pierre Frey, Kravet, Lee Jofa, and Donghia. We are listed at the Washington Design Center showroom directory; trade reps know us. Designers visit the workshop fabric room by appointment to memo-shop or pull bolts. COM (customer's-own-material) is welcome — logged, photographed, condition-reported, and yardage-confirmed before any cut. There is no markup on COM.

Bergerie drapery-fabric memo room — quartersawn-oak memo table layered with sheer ivory linen, embroidered ochre silk, hand-blocked toile, oxblood damask, and dove-gray taffeta cuts pinned to muslin boards, wall of horizontal cubbies holding drapery bolts on dowels, brass library ladder, faded rose-silk bergère piled with Pierre Frey and Lee Jofa memo books
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V. COST & TIMELINE

Drapery 4 to 6 weeks COM. Slipcovers 3 to 4.

Drapery and Roman shades typically 4 to 6 weeks once fabric arrives. Tailored slipcovers 3 to 4 weeks. Cushion recoring (foam plus Dacron, new zippers, original cover) 1 to 2 weeks if covers are reusable; longer if recovering. We measure and install on-site for drapery throughout the DC metro at no charge for residential projects.

On-site drapery installation in a Federal-period DC-metro drawing room at golden hour — tall twelve-pane sash window with freshly installed triple-pinch-pleat oyster-silk panels one fully hung and softly pooled the other mid-install over an A-frame ladder, oil-rubbed bronze rod with acorn finials, muslin-wrapped Roman shade and brass tape measure on a quilted pad below, Camelback sofa in a finished cream-linen slipcover beside
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Frequently asked

How is custom drapery measured?

On-site, by us. We measure the rod placement, the fabric drop (sill, apron, or floor), the pooling preference (just touching, slight break, deep pool), and the return depth around any architectural projections. Designer-supplied measurements are honored, but we verify on the install day to catch any wall-to-rod variance — drapery that is even 1/2 inch off pools wrong on the floor.

What is COM and why does it matter?

COM stands for customer's-own-material. The client (or their designer) sources the fabric from a trade rep, fabric house, or retail source, and ships it to our workroom. We log it, photograph it, condition-report any flaws, and yardage-confirm before cutting. There is no markup on COM, and the fabric stays insured at the workshop until install. This is the standard workflow for designer projects.

Do you do motorized drapery?

Yes. We coordinate motorized rod hardware (Lutron, Somfy) with the drapery and the designer or AV integrator. Hard-wired or battery-powered, smartphone- or remote-controlled. Most appropriate for tall windows, multi-panel walls, or rooms where the drapery needs to coordinate with shades.

Can you make slipcovers that go in the washing machine?

Yes — for tailored slipcovers in cotton duck, linen, or performance fabrics (Sunbrella, Crypton). We pre-shrink the yardage before cutting so the cover does not shrink off the frame after the first wash. Slipcovers in delicate fabrics (silk, velvet, certain wool) are dry-clean only.

What is the difference between cushion recoring and cushion replacement?

Recoring keeps your existing cover and replaces only the foam (and the Dacron wrap if needed). It is appropriate when the cover is in good condition but the cushion has gone flat. Replacement remakes the entire cushion — new core, new cover, new zipper. Recoring runs roughly 30 to 50 percent of the cost of replacement. Either way, foam is high-density polyurethane (1.8 to 2.5 lb density depending on use).

Do you work with designers from the DC Design Center?

Constantly. We are recognized at the Washington Design Center directory and have ongoing relationships with most of the major DC-metro design firms. Trade-only fabric library access by appointment. Designer-trade pricing on labor, no markup on COM, direct project communication with the designer.