I’m back with new episodes of The Mood Board podcast, and I’m excited to kick off my spring/summer season with Davina Ogilvie the founder of Wovn Home. Right now lots of people are doing home renovations due to downsizing, buying their first home, or they’re simply tired of looking at the same old things day in and day. Well, that also means many of you are wondering what to do about your window treatments these days. Many of us find that ready made window treatments don’t quite work for old homes with unusual measurements or that once you want to buy them the price is astronomical once you start multiplying it by ten. So I decided to talk with Davina about her business Wovn Home, and learn why she decided to jump into the custom window treatment business.
Davina Ogilvie is the founder of Wovn Home, a direct-to-consumer custom window treatments company based in New York.
After growing up in Bangkok, Thailand surrounded by beautiful custom window treatments, Davina was surprised to find a lack of options to choose from when she was decorating her own Manhattan apartment. When she turned to local upholstery shops, she found they were incredibly expensive and also required months-long lead times. On the other hand, big box retailers only offered standard sizes that were often poor quality. Rather than choosing either of these less-than-desirable options, she decided to use her previous experience from working in the New York fashion industry to create her own custom window treatments. From this experience, she created and launched Wovn Home in September 2019, offering designer- quality custom window treatments at an accessible price point.
Finding from her own experiences that shopping for window treatments was a notoriously painful process, Davina created a seamless process that’s easy for the customer to understand - from ordering to installation. The Wovn Home website guides consumers through the ordering process in a few easy steps - from the selection of designs, high quality fabrics, linings and measurements to complement a wide variety of styles and aesthetics. In addition to a streamlined purchasing experience, Wovn Home has ensured that the installation process is quick and easy for both the drapes and Roman shades. The Roman shades are shipped with a clip-in bracket system with the hardware pre-attached that can be installed in a matter of minutes by either a professional or home owner; while their custom drapery rods ship with all hardware needed for installation, including screws, drapery rings and mounts in the selected finish.
Wovn Home’s fabrics are made of luxurious linens sourced from premium textile mills in Belgium, while the patterns are designed exclusively for Wovn and screen printed in Los Angeles. The brand’s drapes, shades and pillows are produced in North Carolina through family owned workrooms that have generations of experience and knowledge in the industry to ensure a quality product. By partnering directly with fabric suppliers and custom workrooms, Wovn Home is able to create designer-quality, hand-crafted products in less than four weeks at an accessible price.Through Wovn Home, Davina hopes to enable consumers and designers alike to create beautifully customized spaces that complement and reflect their own style and preferences.
Davina has formerly held buying and merchandising leadership positions at companies such as J.Crew, Verizon and Steven Alan. Davina holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from Harvard University, and resides in New York, New York with her husband and son.
This week for the interior design game, I wanted to get Davina’s opinions on some window treatment questions readers asked me on Instagram, as well as the dos and don’ts of window treatments.
The proper way according to Davina to hang window treatments above a french door- HGTV show home of 2015
It’s a constant battle finding the right window treatments especially with radiators blocking most windows- Vidaxl Radiator Cover Anthracite 44.1"X17.5"X31.9" MDF
Custom drapery from Wovn Home- Euro pleats
This vintage accent chair would go great with your window treatments- Chairish vintage accent chair sale (get it while you can)
All of the details matter when selecting window treatments and that includes the curtain rod-Carved Light Woodtone Ball Curtain Rod Natural - Opalhouse™
It’s always a nice detail to add tie backs to your window treatments- Clustered Fan Tieback
When Davina went to school at Harvard she studied Anthropology- Anthropology: What Does it Mean to Be Human? 5th Edition
Custom pillows available at Wovn Home- Accent pillows