This Maine-based company is running a promotion through the end of August highlighting their window treatments that are sewn in the U.S. Almost half of the items in the store have domestic origins.
The draperies on sale include traditional damask, country gingham and modern prints. I am particularly fond of the Twister relaxed Roman valances. These pretty numbers feature pink and green circles on a white background and sell for $49.88 during the sale. I also noticed lined tab top curtains for $25 to $46, red, white and blue striped duck cloth curtains in 100% cotton for $36-$38 and Rosecliff swags in burgundy, olive, gold and champagne for $32-$40.
David Dawes, who is president of the family-owned Curtainshop, says all the window treatments included in the promotion are items the shop normally carries.
“We do carry a lot that’s made in the U.S., but obviously it’s a shrinking availability,” Dawes says. “Because we see the market shrinking, we’re trying to put up a wall to stop it.”
In his view, the best way to stop U.S. textile manufacturing from migrating to countries like China, India and Pakistan is for stores like his to stock these items and for shoppers to vote with their dollars and buy products made domestically.
“We started off in downtown Portland 35 years ago,” Dawes says. “Just about everything was made in the U.S. in those days. It’s been a tremendous change.”