If you became the happy owner of your own apartment or decided to make a grand repair, pay attention to the curtains. They play a significant role in the interior, and window decoration is important for creating coziness and a unique atmosphere. How so choose the right curtains, and what role do they play?
Curtains like face makeup women: hide flaws and emphasize virtues. If you have a lot of makeup or it is tasteless, you can ruin everything. And curtains can change the window for the better as well as for the worse. You should not miss trifles in your choice: window size, location, ceiling height, apartment interior, color, style and pattern.
Curtain design
The most common and popular version of curtains is a combination of two different types of fabrics - a transparent curtain hanging to the floor or just below the window sill, and a curtain made of thick and weighted fabric that adorns the window at the edges. Cross stripe curtains are suitable for narrow rooms. Transverse lines with a clear and contrasting pattern enhance the effect. For small and poorly lit rooms, any curtains with a light shade are suitable.
Hue and stripes
Vertical stripes are used in rooms with a low ceiling. To curtains created a greater effect, the fabric should be bought with a margin of 2 or 3 times more than the width of the window.
It is advised to choose curtains lighter or darker than the shade of the walls. Yellow, orange or red shades are considered warm colors, and blue or gray - cold. The feeling of warmth and comfort is given by curtains made of heavy and dense fabrics.
Pillows for couch, bedspread, chair covers will serve as a guide in the selection of colors. If you cannot create a perfect match, sew several pillows from the same fabric as the curtains. It will be a great addition to the decor in the room. Designers recommend sewing a tablecloth or napkin from fabric for curtains, which can be put on a coffee table or on shelves.
Video examples of curtains for the living room
Fabrics with a pattern
When choosing fabrics with a pattern, be extremely careful. Unlike canvases of solid color, the pattern is selected taking into account the existing themes of the interior. The pattern can be associated with carpet ornament on the floor or with other decorative elements with a specific artistic meaning. Perfectly matched colors of curtains and interiors create an image of completeness, consistency and completeness.
Designers advise using light translucent fabrics where the purpose of the room allows. A muted pattern or iridescent fabric is allowed. Large and contrasting decorative elements make the interior heavier.
Lambrequins
Lambrequins (special decoration in the form of a frill of various shapes, located above the curtain) give style and completeness to the decoration.
With the help of lambrequins, they decorate the upper part of the window, cover the cornice and wall, which visually changes the proportions of the window. Lambrequins are created from the same fabric as the curtains, sheathed, sew cords and brushes.
Type of tailoring lambrequins
- Bando - lambrequins on a rigid basis.A strip of fabric where the edges are straight or curly. Suitable for offices and offices.
- Swag - lambrequin on a soft basis. It is used in classic style rooms and looks like a set of semicircles with folds. Soft and hard fabrics can be combined using a variety of colors.
- Peroxide – a kind of lambrequin, when the fabric spontaneously sag, wrapping around the cornice. If the cornice is beautiful, there is no need to hide it.
100 models of curtains in the kitchen
Choose fabric for curtains
If you choose to protect from light, choose a cloth impregnated with a special solution so that it fades less in the sun.
Curtains that often have to be washed should be selected from strong linen without lining. The most practical fabric is polyester. Such curtains can be easily washed at home at 30-40 degrees. Dry curtains are used for velvet curtains.
Cotton fabric is not suitable for rooms where a significant part of the day is illuminated by the sun. They quickly fade and lose their original color. Silk curtains look spectacular, pleasant to the touch, but need additional protection, as they fade in the sun.
When designing an office or office, they choose from taffeta, which looks quite interesting, reflects the sun's rays and is easy to clean. Among artificial fabrics, viscose is considered the most popular and practical. One of the most positive qualities is fire resistance. Among natural fabrics, the most popular linen with additives. For example, if you add lavsan, the fabric will become light and shiny. Curtains made of such a fabric look best in the kitchen, if in harmony with kitchen furniture.
Curtains made of mixed or synthetic fabrics are practical, practically do not wrinkle, and are easily washed at home. No less attractive and popular is non-woven. It is very light and durable. Curtains made of natural fabric in combination with acrylic and polyester are wear-resistant, repel dust, practically do not require ironing, almost do not fade in the sun.
The classic version of fabrics is velor, velvet, tweed, satin, jacquard, linen, silk, organza.
We select cornices
Plastic cornices are not suitable for heavy curtains. To attach a tulle, choose a double cornice. If you are planning a pelmet - a triple cornice.
Eaves choose with sliding hooks and clips so as not to constantly pull the curtains. Curtains covering the entire wall expand the window opening, so take the curtain rod equal in width to the window. For curtains with a lambrequin curtain rod, mount it under the ceiling.
Cornices are selected to match the color of the flooring or furniture to fit into the overall interior of the room. Cornices made of walnut, oak or pine, are suitable for the classic design of rooms.
Classic curtains look better on forged cornices, which are made with tips in the form of spears or leaf shapes, reminiscent of the medieval era. Such design is possible only in a spacious room, and such products can only be allowed millionaires.
Metal cornices are strong, conservative and perfectly harmonize with furniture. Tips are made in the form of geometric shapes, and curtains are mounted on metal rings or loops. Designers advise fixing these cornices in the kitchen.
The most common aluminum cornices. They are durable, inexpensive, easy to bend and change shape. The cheapest are plastic cornices. They are good for a children's room where you can realize a variety of dreams and fantasies of a child.
Additional design recommendations
Curtains are easy to change or add on your own. You can not open daily, and tie the edges with ribbons or bows. In the bedroom or the classic living room, instead of ribbons, they are tied with beads.
AT waiting for the holiday or celebrations, curtains are decorated with brooches - delicate butterflies and dragonflies, intricate flowers or snowflakes. So you can create new year interior.
Regardless of the time of year, curtains will be a wonderful setting for the interior, which will give joy, beauty and convenience.
A correctly selected interior is a whole world created with a soul, changing the mood, creating a style and character. Let him warm with his warmth all those around him even in the most fierce cold, and give good and cordiality. If you couldn’t find the beautiful curtains in the store, don’t be upset, sew the curtains yourself. Good luck
