Choosing window treatments for your home can be confusing as there are so many things to think about. Here are my top tips to help you get a great window treatment for your room.
1. Look carefully at your window in the context of the whole room. Small rooms do not merit over fussy bulky curtains as they visually take up too much room. Similarly very large grand rooms will look sparse if the curtains are too thin and flimsy.
2. Look at whether you have much “stack back” room for your curtains. This is the space either side of the window that your curtains fill when fully open. If you do not have very much stack back you may wish to choose curtains that are less bulky, a curtain heading that compacts well or perhaps a roman blind would be better.
3. When choosing a pole for your curtains make sure it’s up to the job. A pole with a small diameter will not look right with interlined luxurious curtains, and probably won’t be up to the job of holding the weight of this type of curtain.
4. Measure your windows carefully. Take down all the necessary dimensions as per the diagram below and give them to your designer or curtain maker. Better still if possible get them to take the measurements for you.
5. When choosing patterned fabric consider the scale of the pattern. Large scale patterns work better on large drop curtains or blinds where the pattern has room to be repeated. However on some occasions if a large design can be centred on a blind it will look really spectacular. Small scale patterns can look very busy on large curtains or blinds and are usually better suited to short length curtains and blinds.
6. Generally speaking curtains and blinds should be lined unless made from sheer fabrics that are designed to let the light through. Think about how your curtains will look from the outside and try to use the same colour lining throughout the house.
2. Look at whether you have much “stack back” room for your curtains. This is the space either side of the window that your curtains fill when fully open. If you do not have very much stack back you may wish to choose curtains that are less bulky, a curtain heading that compacts well or perhaps a roman blind would be better.
3. When choosing a pole for your curtains make sure it’s up to the job. A pole with a small diameter will not look right with interlined luxurious curtains, and probably won’t be up to the job of holding the weight of this type of curtain.
4. Measure your windows carefully. Take down all the necessary dimensions as per the diagram below and give them to your designer or curtain maker. Better still if possible get them to take the measurements for you.
5. When choosing patterned fabric consider the scale of the pattern. Large scale patterns work better on large drop curtains or blinds where the pattern has room to be repeated. However on some occasions if a large design can be centred on a blind it will look really spectacular. Small scale patterns can look very busy on large curtains or blinds and are usually better suited to short length curtains and blinds.
6. Generally speaking curtains and blinds should be lined unless made from sheer fabrics that are designed to let the light through. Think about how your curtains will look from the outside and try to use the same colour lining throughout the house.
7. For bedrooms blackout lining is a good choice allowing less light to penetrate the room.
8. Silk curtains and very luxurious window treatments are better interlined. This means they have a layer of thick “wadding between the face fabric and the lining. Interlining curtains protects the face fabric from the sun, prevents heat loss from the room and helps the curtains hang well.
8. Silk curtains and very luxurious window treatments are better interlined. This means they have a layer of thick “wadding between the face fabric and the lining. Interlining curtains protects the face fabric from the sun, prevents heat loss from the room and helps the curtains hang well.
9. If you have set you heart on a particular fabric that works out too expensive when made into full length curtains you could consider either making it into a roman blind and using a less expensive fabric as curtains. Alternatively you could use a less expensive co-ordinating fabric as a wide border at the bottom of the curtains.
10. When deciding on the type of curtain headings you are going to have to think carefully about the atmosphere you are creating in the room. Pinch pleats, goblet pleats and cartridge pleats are more formal types of heading than tab tops, pencil pleats, slot headings or eyelet headings.
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