The curtains ... they are so different. Successful design of curtains for the hall - creating a unique, unique interior that fills the house with warmth and coziness, comfortable for rest and welcoming for friends. This is a big, responsible business that requires careful consideration of different options, the choice of stylistic decisions, fabrics, finishes, and eaves. How to choose curtains? How to combine window decoration with the interior? How to combine beautiful design with functionality?
For windows and not only
When it comes to curtains, the window design “pops up” automatically. The design of curtains in the interior should be understood much more widely. In addition to the decorative function, the curtains protect from the cold, drafts, bright sunshine, demarcate the room, hide from curious glances.
In the design of the curtains, there are several functional areas that echo each other:
- Window decoration - light curtains, heavy curtains, lambrequins;
- Space zoning;
- Making doorways, entrance groups;
- Zoning and decorating the bed - bedside canopies, canopies;
- Making false windows, draping walls in the halls and bedrooms.
Each of these areas has its own characteristics, but there are basic design principles for curtains, which we will consistently consider.
The choice of fabric
Original high-quality curtains can be made from different materials. Modern designers manage to adapt for this purpose threads, beads, wood, plastic, cords, film, bamboo and leather. But still the main material for curtains is fabrics. Their softness, volume, variety of textures, colors are the basic component of interior decor. Fabrics have an amazing property to bring comfort to the room. Even a simple fabric will give the interior individuality and sophistication.
Do you want to make the room cozy, stylish but financial resources are limited? Take your time with the choice of furniture, chandeliers and other expensive interior items. Sew good curtains in the chosen style, and lay a suitable carpet on the floor. The room "will accept" the style chosen by you, you can enjoy a cosiness and comfort even without furniture.
Natural or synthetic?
The more natural the fabric, the better. This is not just a fashion trend; natural materials are a different quality of life. If you compare the sensations in the room with natural curtains and synthetic, for example, in the bedroom, it will be two different rooms. Especially felt the contrast of synthetics and naturalness in small rooms.
Natural fabrics give freshness, ease to an interior, are not electrified. They "breathe." Artificial fabrics are easier to clean, do not crumple.
When choosing between natural flax, cotton, synthetic polyester, the question of price is decisive. Natural linen road, and for beautiful curtains material need a lot. For windows, the use of synthetic materials is quite acceptable. But from the bedside synthetic canopy is better to refuse.
Color and its effect on the interior
Beautiful, stylish curtains "require" bulk draperies, heights, widths, which means they occupy a significant place in the interior. The fabric surface of the curtains sometimes exceeds the surface of the open walls, and the color of the curtains becomes dominant.
Choose the color of the curtains is based on the overall color of the room. The color palette is selected in combination with the color of the ceiling, floor, walls, furniture. The choice of color is influenced by the illumination of the room during the day and evening, the arrangement of the windows relative to the cardinal points - south, north, west, east.
For dark, low-lit rooms, choose light curtains.
Northern windows are decorated with curtains of warm, soft shades - beige, light brown, sand. South windows well "take" blue, turquoise, light green, neutralizing the bright sun rays.
Color curtains can choose contrasting with the color of the walls, emphasizing the difference in decoration and, conversely, to match the walls, leveling, smoothing the transition between the window and the walls.
The color unity of the curtain fabric, the upholstery fabric of the upholstered furniture in the hall or the bedspread on the bed in the bedroom harmoniously blend in the interior.
Flowers, stripes, cell?
Win-win version of the curtains - one-color. Curtains in one color will suit any room, but a bright pattern, an interesting print on a canvas, for example, a Roman curtain, will bring a highlight, dynamism, chic into the interior.
Floral prints are appropriate in "female" interiors, ladies 'living rooms, girls' bedrooms or interiors in the style of "Provence." Large bright flowers give the room elegance, movement. Small flower drawings relax, calm.
For "male" interiors stripes and cell are appropriate. With the help of vertical bars you can visually increase the height of the room. Horizontal stripes "expand" the window opening, reduce its height. The curtain cage is used as finishing strips. A diagonal cell will give the room a distinct rhythm and dynamism.
The combination of stripes, colors, cells with a single base allows you to create expressive interesting compositions.
How much fabric is needed?
For beautiful curtains fabric needs a lot. Lots of. Lots and lots. The main mistake in the design of the curtains is not in the color or shape of the curtains - but an attempt to save on fabric. Expensive luxury drapes are easy to spoil the "narrowness" and "shortish." You can make a real masterpiece from the cheapest, simplest fabric, without stinging on the fabric.
The width of the cornice should be covered with fabric two, two and a half times with classical medium and heavy curtains, i.e. a curtain rod with a width of two meters will need 4-5 meters of fabric with a given height. For light translucent curtains without a volumetric pattern in our example, the width will increase to six meters, i.e. three times the width of the eaves. Only with this consumption of fabric can you get the perfect drape.
The length of the classic curtains should be such that 11-12 cm of fabric remain on the floor. This is due to perception - long curtains visually increase the height of the ceiling, - and with the use of pickups - when assembling the curtains with pickups, its length is significantly reduced.
Cost-effective in terms of fabric consumption Roman blinds, roll, Japanese. Their design features make it possible to get along with a small amount of fabric that matches the size of the window or even one glass.
Types of curtain density
- light translucent curtain fabric;
- chintz and linen curtains;
- heavy dense drapes;
- lined curtains;
- curtains with insert.
The density of a curtain determines its sun- and heat-shielding properties. To give the room a sense of light, openness, apply light translucent curtains from nylon, cotton or flax. Such curtains magnificently drape in classic interiors, in interiors in the style of "Provence", rural, on the contrary, use shortened, straightened "stretched" options.
Light cotton or linen curtains lightly shade the room from the sunlight, but completely retain natural light. Such curtains will be appropriate in the nursery, in the kitchen, in the hall with a balcony, in the interior of a light ethno or rural style.
Heavy dense portieres are made of velvet curtain, tapestry, jacquard fabrics, are used in elegant, ceremonial interiors of halls, in warm, cozy bedrooms. For the bedrooms and windows facing the southern sunny side, the modern textile industry manufactures blackout curtain fabric, a fabric with a dense light and sunscreen coating on the reverse side.
A kind of heavy curtains are curtains on the lining, it improves the decorative and functional properties of curtains and protects the seamy side of expensive curtains from burning out, improves the quality of drapery, makes the curtains heavier, gives it solidity, enhances heat-shielding properties.
The lining is made of cotton or synthetic fabric color in color with the main fabric or in contrast, as the finish. For example, a combination of green, olive taffeta and milky white is often used. When assembling, draping, the lining becomes visible, it sets off the main fabric, emphasizes its brilliance, depth of tone.
Curtains with an insert are used quite rarely due to the economy of materials. This is a very functional, beautiful curtains. Inside, between the main fabric and the lining, a volume insert (made of padding polyester) or insulated (of batting or any other warm fabric) is sewn. Curtains with an insert are very beautifully draped, well protect the room from the cold, drafts from windows and doors.
Additional finish
The finished look, harmony, clarity of the lines of the curtain composition gives additional decorative and functional finish:
- fringe, ribbons;
- contrast stripes;
- holders, decorative cords, brushes;
- use of curtain tape, weighting;
- decorative elements - pelmets, svagi, jabot, flowers, fabric bows.
For expressiveness, clarity of the edge of the curtains, the lower parts of the lambrequins are trimmed with a fringe, braid, and contrasting stripes of the fabric of the same texture. Dark fringe or braid, darker than the main color of the curtains will make the outer edge heavier, making it clearer. Bright fringe, emphasizing the line of curtains, make it easier, more elegant.
For the decorative assembly of the curtain in the middle or a little lower, they are using hooks. They can be made of the same fabric or contrast. For luxurious classic versions, brushes with twisted decorative cords are used; for light, air curtains, ready-made magnetic pickups can be used.
It is convenient to process the upper edge of the cloth with a special curtain tape of different widths. With the help of the curtain tape, it is convenient to create beautiful draperies in the form of bow folds, puffs along the top of the curtains. The tape gives the canvas stiffness, prevents sagging.
For a beautiful drapery on the bottom of the cloth used special weighting cords or perform hemming of the bottom wider than usual. Under the weight of the bulk of the bottom, the folds of the panels are stacked evenly, not deformed.
Lambrequins, their varieties with svagami, jabot, and metal molds remain very popular. Pelmets can be soft, voluminous, hard, straight. They allow you to create a beautiful top line of the window, complement the curtains with elegance, set the tone for the interior.
Do not use lambrequins in low ceilings. Even a narrow strip of pelmet visually reduces the height of the ceiling, "flattens" the interior.
Types of eaves, ways of fastening
A beautiful curtain is a beautifully hung curtain. It is not enough to choose a suitable fabric and stitch the curtain well, it needs to be well hung. Device for hanging, fixing the curtains is called the eaves.
Types of curtain rods:
- Core curtain rods;
- Rod with additional strap, one or more;
- With eaves;
- Ceiling cornices;
- With moving tracks.
In choosing the cornice, the main thing is its strength. According to statistics, curtains change, on average, once every 10 years, curtain rods change even less often. The eaves, durable, but not suitable for the style of the interior, you can decorate, close lambrequin, decorative trim.
From the eaves depends on the method of fastening curtains to it. Curtains with eyelets, decorative loops look spectacular on metal core rods.
Rod eaves with additional straps allow fastening multilayer curtain structures from several types of canvases.
Eaves with a eaves board are convenient for fastening of curtains with lambrequins. They allow you to firmly secure the bulk of multi-layer draperies, to hide the moving mechanisms of fasteners.
Ceiling cornices are indispensable for rooms with low ceilings. Hanging curtain panels to the ceiling allows you to visually increase its height, the volume of the room as a whole.
Curtain tracks with moving tracks, rigid, moving slats are used for fashionable Japanese curtains. They allow you to move straightened stretched cloth without deforming them.
Which cornices to choose - metal, plastic or wood? Metal curtain rods are the most durable and durable, wooden eco-friendly, plastic cheap. The choice of the cornice depends on the volume of the proposed curtain design and the overall interior design.
Using the correct selection of the eaves, it is really possible to visually change the proportions of the window:
- a longer cornice will extend the window; a meter and a half longer than the width of the window; heavy curtains can go completely onto the wall.
- It is possible to increase the height of the window by securing the eaves as high as possible, if necessary, to fix the ceiling eaves, and to increase the effect, long curtains lying on the floor will allow.
- the high window can be "trimmed" with a cornice with lambrequin.
Like arched windows, but in your apartment only simple rectangular? It is possible to change a simple rectangular window to an arched with the help of a cornice with a rigid lambrequin in the form of an arch. In the same way, you can change the shape of the doorway.
Types of style, method of manufacture and fastening
Classic curtains in combination with light curtain fabric, tulle;
The most common design option curtains for the hall, bedroom. Light translucent tulle gives the composition lightness, side sliding curtains protect from bright light, cold from the window, frame the window opening, combining it with the interior.
In the category of classic curtains can be attributed to the French and Austrian curtains. According to their design, they belong to the lifting curtains, luxurious assemblies are formed when lifting the curtains due to cutting, fastening and lifting mechanism. They use French and Austrian curtains in the classic interior independently and in combination with classical curtains and lambrequins.
Roman curtains - simple and strict. In the raised position, they form soft folds, in the lowered position - flat, smooth, covering only the glass surface of the window. These curtains are conveniently hung near the glass itself as an addition to the classic sliding curtains in the hall. Made of thick fabric, they are well protected from sunlight, especially in hot summer.
Roller blinds are a one-piece cut of fabric to the size of the window, rising with the help of a lifting mechanism. They can be hidden behind the lambrequin or disguised under the eaves, lowered if necessary. If the interior allows, roller blinds can be used as stand-alone, monophonic or with bright decor.
Japanese curtains are an interesting variant of curtains for the hall, rectangular panels are rigidly attached at the top and supplied with a weighting bar at the bottom. Moves the Japanese curtains on the eaves with one-piece panels. You can create original exquisite compositions from several translucent canvases.
Design curtains for the house - this is an option when someone else's experience will be very useful. Before you decide on curtains, look at photos of curtains in various interior styles, visit fabric stores, consult a professional designer. Large fabric stores provide design services for free.
When choosing curtains for your home, be sure to think about ways to care for them. Will it be a gentle wash or dry cleaning acceptable? Most curtain fabrics "do not like" frequent washing, be sure to keep this in mind if there are small children and animals in the house.
Do not forget about the seasonal change of curtains. Choose thicker, heavier curtains on the lining for the cold season, and light, bright curtains for summer.
Curtain design is a whole art bordering on interior design. Given the properties of fabrics, composite, decorative features, it is possible to create a real masterpiece that fills the house with beauty and comfort.
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