Why Custom Drapery Can Make or Break a Room | Leslie Excell Reveals the Secrets of Luxury Window Treatments

Why Custom Drapery Can Make or Break a Room | Leslie Excell Reveals the Secrets of Luxury Window Treatments

September 3, 2026 · 1h 2m · Episode 84

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Leslie Excell discusses the importance of custom drapery in interior design and the collaboration between designers and drapery teams.

Send us Fan Mail Drapery isn’t just fabric on a rod. It’s acoustics, light control, privacy, proportion, and that instant shift from “nice room” to “finished home.” We sit down with Leslie Excel, founder of Excel and Design Group, to unpack what’s really happening behind the scenes of custom window treatments and why the best designers treat their drapery team like true design partners. Leslie shares her path from working next door to a drapery workroom to building a nationally recognized fa...

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Hosts: Tiffany Woolley, Scott Woolley

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Organizations: Excel and Design Group

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