How nice to hang curtains and pick up the cornice?

It is not enough to buy curtains from a quality and aesthetically pleasing fabric. To make them look good, it is very important to understand how beautiful it is to hang curtains to emphasize their own beauty, pay attention to the dignity of the room and minimize, if not hide completely, its shortcomings. With certain design abilities, even unpretentious and unremarkable curtains can be correctly arranged and made an important element in the design of the room.

Selecting curtains

If you want to focus on the windows, then it will be right to choose a bright fabric, perhaps a multi-colored or with a motley pattern. For a light and airy atmosphere in the room and a visual increase in its area, it's better to hang the tulle and pick up the curtains in the tone of the walls. Rarely, when it is necessary to visually reduce the height of the ceiling, it is usually the other way around. Therefore, it is worthwhile to position the cornice for the curtains as high as possible.

As for the length, it's better to choose either short curtains covering only the windows directly and hardly reaching the sill, or hang the curtains long, which will end in a couple of centimeters from the floor, giving the opportunity to do cleaning without unnecessary inconvenience. If the acquired curtains were too short, do not be afraid to supplement them with another fabric, lace or fringe.

On note

Correctly selected decorative elements - lambrequins, picks, frills, decorations on the curtains themselves - will always decorate the room, but it's important not to overdo it. Excess decor - this is also bad.

To make the curtains look beautiful and in the withdrawn form, it is necessary to pick up harmonious pick-ups to them. It can be a wide braid in color, a cord with a tassel, beads or a figured knot on the end, detachable plastic or metal rings. It is very convenient to use magnetic fasteners( tape with magnets from both ends) - they can be fixed not only the whole curtain, but also slightly to collect it from one of the sides.

Curtains should be combined not only with the general style of decorating the room, but also with the cornice. For light tulle, a steel string, stretched above the window opening and almost invisible, will do. For more massive and heavy fabrics, it is better to buy a round plastic or wooden rod or aluminum profile.

Curtains should emphasize light sources, i.e. windows, and not close them. Of course, if the room is light, you can use darker colors and thick fabrics, but do not completely cover the windows with several layers of fabric.

Location of curtains

When decorating a room, there should be no beauty to the detriment of functionality. In other words, it is important to consider not only the appearance of the curtains, but also their practical functions: nothing should prevent the curtains from moving along the cornice, opening and pulling them when necessary. If the windows of the apartment are facing the sunny side, the curtains must protect it from excess light. In a dark room, on the contrary, they should not take that small amount of light that gets through the windows.

• The asymmetry always looks original. It can be expressed in anything - in length, size, fabric. It gives the room airiness and lightness one long curtain, continuing lambrequin. This can be used when visually in a room is crowded due to a small area, low ceilings, etc.
• The classic option is the naturalness of the .The fabric hangs freely, can only be assembled on the sides by ribbons or special plastic or metal clips. It can be two canvases of the same size, one hanging directly or diagonally, three elements.
• If you hang curtains on the cornice so that they cover not only the windows themselves, but also a small section of walls next to it, then you can visually increase the size of a narrow and elongated opening. The pattern on the fabric also plays a role in how the curtains will be perceived in the interior. The horizontal pattern visually expands the space of the room, and the vertical one, respectively, raises the ceiling.

It is necessary to hang curtains on the cornice with approximately equal distances of 10-15 centimeters between the fasteners. If the fasteners are too small, then the fabric in between them will hang sagely and curl. The bindings themselves must be combined with the fabric. That is, for example, with thick wooden rings tight curtains look good, but a light and weightless tulle will be correctly hung on inconspicuous plastic hooks. And that the vertical folds on the curtains look good, the total width of the curtains should be one and a half to two times larger than the length of the cornice on which they hang.

But it should be understood that it is not the only important factor to correctly position the curtains on the windows. Curtains should be carefully sewn from quality fabric and by design as a whole to approach the chosen design of a premise. And no matter how beautiful the curtains themselves are, so that they look good, they must be clean and carefully smoothed. If a multi-level construction is used - lambrequins, dense curtains and light tulle - then several guides must be present on the cornice, otherwise it will not be possible to open and collect such curtains if necessary.

Ideal curtains for every room

Massive structures from several layers of fabric with abundant decor will look ridiculous in a small room. It is better to hang tulle or purchase simple and functional roll, Roman or Japanese curtains.

When selecting curtains in the kitchen, it is also necessary to take into account the safety requirements and do not place curtains next to the stove, oven, microwave and any other highly heated technique, or at least collect them with a tape. Curtains made of synthetic materials should not be leaning against the heating devices, otherwise the fabric may melt.