pelmet BrE
valance AmE

A deep pelmet in a room with a low ceiling can have a heavy effect, increasing the problem.

Measure the front edge of the pelmet board plus the two returns.

Using drawing pins, attach the top edge to the pelmet board.

Lay the pelmet fabric out flat with wrong sides uppermost.

If you do not want to use a pelmet, curtain rails and poles can also provide great visual variety.

A wooden frame or pelmet mounted over a window treatment to hide the hardware.

"I see the window as a face and the pelmet as its hat," she is fond of saying.

You will need pelmet buckram and bump to equal the exact size of your pattern.

Rivers writhed and showed big teeth under the pelmet of the moustache.

A pelmet can be made of plywood, and may be painted, or fabric covered.

Due to the appearance of a pelmet, the term is often used to describe an excessively short skirt.

The gingham pelmet along the kitchen window, for example, is made of dishcloths stitched together.

Although tracks are now less unsightly, you may still feel they need to be covered with a pelmet or valance.

Any pattern on the accompanying curtains should unite with that on the pelmet.

The depth of the valance should be in proportion to the accompanying curtains, as with a pelmet.

Rebecca makes fabric-covered pelmet box valances for the couple's bedroom windows.

Try to avoid angular prints on a pelmet with a highly curved edge, as the designs could conflict.

The main curtains should look full, falling generously to the floor, topped with a valance or pelmet.

Next, with your partner, lift the pelmet into place and attach it to the L-brackets using small wood screws.

A hard pelmet can be softened, if necessary, by adding a flowing shape such as a scallop to its lower edge.

The stiffened cover is fitted to a pelmet board - like a three-sided shelf - to give it support.

You will need a strip of paper to equal this length by at least the desired depth of your pelmet.

They uncovered her camera, hidden behind what looked like a smoked-glass pelmet over the window facing the main entry door.

The British call it a pelmet.

When these are pulled up they form into defined horizontal pleats which lie on top of each other to look like a soft, layered pelmet.

Valance said it took three takes to film her last scene.

It is seen to have both ethnic and political valance.

Valance left the series in 2002 to pursue a music career.

Last, you will want to mount the completed valance above your window.

Line the fabric up going away from you, good side down, along the bottom edge of the valance.

The valances over the fuel tanks were also removed once in service.

Valances can be fitted in one of several ways.

The valance below the cab appears to have been removed by this time.

The left front valance of 357 043 was damaged.

The valances were removed to aid in maintenance on 21 February 1942.

A valance following the outline of the windows can offer another pleasing effect.

George lay silently on the floor, lifting the valance a little to try and see who it was.

The director's cut of the video appeared on television featuring Valance apparently naked.

There are a few tracks available which combine with a valance rail (page 16).

A valance was fitted over the valve gear on the front platform.

Suddenly Eddie's face appeared, upside down, staring at them from under the valance.

By the time he met Hal Valance (how many years ago?

Valance complaining about a new development that would louse up the scenery.

Valance departed Neighbours in 2002 to concentrate on her music career.

Valance changed to a career on the cabaret and nostalgia circuit.

Custom cornice board valances are so easy to make, it's almost a sin to pay for them.

The curtain's valance hid the action from any- one inside the suite who might have been looking in that direction.

"It's a point of view," he answered Valance, knowing argument to be useless.

Nobody else had to have higher valances, only Dodge."

When a lightweight or sheer fabric is used this may be known as a scarf valance.