Choosing curtains in the living room

The living room is the heart of any home. This is the place where family members, their guests and friends gather. It is extremely important that the room produces a pleasant aesthetic impression, which is impossible without the correct choice of curtains. It is harmoniously chosen curtains that can give a homely atmosphere to the space, hint at the delicate taste of the owners of the house and accentuate the chosen design style. What they should be, what is fashionable now, what are the harmonious combinations of curtains and tulle, consider in this article.

The times when the curtains were supposed to carry a predominantly aesthetic load are passing. Today, the priority is functionality, so trademarks are trying to produce products that, in addition to creating an atmosphere of home comfort, will have several functions.

According to current trends, depending on the variety, curtains should play one or several roles, for example:

• protect the room from the abundance of sunlight;
• cover the room from prying eyes from the outside;
• delay the entry of cold air;
• be part of a particular stylistic composition;
• hint at the feeling of fine taste and well-being of the owners of the house.

At the same time, a combination of different types of curtains is popular. However, this should be done not so much for decorating window openings, as for ease of use of the curtains and the windows themselves. For example, if earlier the bet was placed on the decor, then today it is important to simplify access to the use of the window (its opening and closing). The combination should be harmonious and convenient: the design should not impede the flow of air, caring for flowers, which are often decorated with living room window sills.

Today, the choice of curtains on the modern market is so diverse that it is able to satisfy the needs of even the most demanding customer. Among the mass of varieties, there are several options that are most in demand to decorate the central room of any dwelling.In the rulers you can find not only daytime, but also nightly options, which to some extent, due to the density of the material, can reduce the level of sound coming from the street.

These curtains are nothing more than the usual options for rings, grommets or hinges without lambrequins. They are traditional straight canvases mostly rectangular in shape. Made of textiles, different in density and composition, including both natural and synthetic fabrics. Products can be one-sided, two-sided, single or multi-layered.

This line includes classic varieties made from thin materials (organza, veil, tulle, chiffon). Often these are classic panels for the entire wall, although depending on the type of window, their number may vary.

For example, when there is a bay window in the living room, the number of curtains will depend on its shape and may be:

• one curtain, if the shape of the bay window is round;
• several curtains when the bay window has a multifaceted shape.

Such products are mainly purchased as a room decor.They are not able to close the windows and prevent sun rays from entering the room. However, made of beads with beads, they look very impressive. This allows the use of such products as stylish screens that separate a separate living area. For example, they can designate a recreation area or reception of guests.

Such curtains are rectangular panels gathered in festoons. Despite the apparent pretentiousness, today they are among the most popular. At the same time they are made of a thin material that fits into the tails. Such curtains look differently, depending on the type of textiles and the chosen interior design. The number of festoons per window can vary from one to several.

These products look really like panels due to the mechanism of work and the absolutely flat shape of rectangular, non-folding panels of identical size. They are shifted to the side, have a weighting agent at the bottom, look unique and are often a kind of screen, rather than decorating windows. Their length extends from the ceiling to the floor.They are a bit like coupe doors, although they are made of fine textiles.

Despite the abundance of modern models, curtains with lambrequins have not lost their popularity, although they have undergone a slight improvement in design. Today they do not have a powerful top: the pelmet is straight and simple this season. It does not have a tail, is made of fairly rigid textiles and securely fastened on both sides. The curtains themselves can be straight, rounded, with folds. Decorative brushes are their indispensable accessory.

These curtains today can be called one of the best modern products. They are notable for the shape and mechanism of transformation: these are cloths, evenly wound on the shaft, which are fastened as close as possible to the glass surface of the windows. They are compact in size, easy to operate, and can have manual and remote control. Such curtains are comfortable, they can be independent decoration of windows, and also harmoniously combined with traditional classics.

This category includes curtains that resemble blinds. They are made of durable textiles using a special technology, which means opening and closing the curtains not only from the bottom up, but also from the top down.At the same time, simultaneous opening from two sides is possible, at which the central part remains closed. Products differ in high cost, they cannot be made independently. The mechanism of work can be manual and remote.

This line is quite extensive, since it includes not only options for windows, but also products for doorways. Of all the diversity is to provide bamboo curtains, which is nothing like flexible wooden curtains. From a distance, they are difficult to distinguish from conventional textiles, while they themselves are unique and look easy. Products from individual pieces of wood in their manufacture can be woven or filament, complemented by various fittings.

These products can surely be called an alternative to Rolshtor and Pleated versions. However, unlike them, they are simpler in design and provide for the replacement of the cloth if it is burnt out. Unlike roller curtains, such curtains are not so close to the glass surface of the glass unit, so even if the windows are closed, there may be gaps.The cost of Roman curtains is significantly lower than the pleated options, while they also fit into the same length and width of the fold at the time of opening the window.

Selecting curtains for the living room, it is important to consider their compatibility with other interior items. Someone buys wallpaper for the wallpaper, others choose them based on the curtains available, others believe that the curtains must coincide with the colors of the furniture upholstery, rug or carpet.

To understand how best to make a choice, it is worth referring to the main nuances of compatibility.

• The color of the wallpaper, their colors should not coincide with the tone of the curtains. From this they will lose expressiveness and become faded against the general background of the room.
• The curtains are well combined with a picture or panel of a similar color. In this case, not only the tone of the picture, but even the color of the frame may coincide.
• The tone of the curtains may be akin to wall cladding, but it must be different from it.
• The combination of exactly to the covers of upholstered furniture is undesirable: the abundance of the same material will deprive it of its attractiveness.
• Pay attention to the small accessories of the room: the curtains of the related tone with the support of cushions and carpet will look better than a large piece of interior.
• It is worth paying attention to the decoration of lamps (for example, the design of forging can be repeated in the pattern of textiles).
• Sometimes the reception of a combination is possible due to the use of gilding or silver, like that of furniture handles or lighting fixtures.
• You can pay attention to the design of the ceiling design, picking up the curtains in a similar tone or figure.

To achieve harmony in combination, you can even use figurines. In this case, the tone of the curtains may not always coincide, but drawing, say, identical subjects, will make a considerable contribution to creating the effect of the integrity of the design.

The choice of fabric is largely influenced by the style and the already existing interior composition. All the furniture elements are important, as are its accessories and even the lamps.

To understand what kind of material is needed, it is worth looking around.

• Classics may need both thin and airy fabrics, as well as dense drapes. Here you can use a wide range of materials, ranging from chiffon, satin and ending with jacquard, tapestry, plush and velvet.
• Modern trends welcome textiles with a breathable texture. This is certainly flax, satin.In addition to them, often for the design of living rooms they use light materials from synthetic threads, which include chiffon, organza, tulle, and tulle.
• Ethnic design branches often lean towards natural fabrics. For Asian styles it is silk, for Scandinavian it is linen and satin. For fancy Arabic - gold embroidered textiles.

Often used for curtains textiles with mixed threads. The addition of a small percentage of synthetics makes the material resistant to fading, which prolongs its durability. The advantage of natural fabrics is their ability to pass air. Analogues of synthetic origin are notable for ease of use and ease of maintenance.

And yet the choice of fabric can not be called unambiguous. For example, in the same classic can look beautiful heavy curtains with decorative tassels or a variant with a pelmet and the thinnest veil. It is necessary to choose the fabric of curtains based on the texture of wall cladding, furniture upholstery, carpet texture. We can not allow the curtains to weight the interior, if heavy textiles and so much in the design of the room.

Curtains can be a softening element of the overall concept of stylistics. Fabric should be taken such that it matches the chosen style. For example, if priority is given to natural fabrics, curtain textiles should have a natural composition. Light, airy fabrics are appropriate in the direction of Provence, Greek style.

It is impossible to buy a curtain, not paying attention to the style of the living room. As a rule, they in most cases indicate that they belong to one of the branches of the design. For example, if classical styles are chosen as the basis for stylistics (classic, classicism, neoclassic), Italian, English design, you should purchase curtains with elements of palace solemnity. These are necessarily complex and multi-layered products, perhaps lambrequin or Austrian models with scallops, variants with soft folds, folds and draperies.

As a rule, luxurious curtains of these styles are made from lightweight materials. If the curtains are needed for areas such as Provence or Country, there are more suitable products on the rings or loops. If this is a provence, light tones and a moderate print are obligatory.For country the diversity is more typical: it is certainly natural textiles, the laconism of the cut, frills, flounces, loops with velcro.

Modern style prefers conciseness and emphasis on functionality. Curtains in modern style are often miniature. For the direction of minimalism, high-tech and art deco, an excellent solution would be to design window openings with either polisters or pleated pleats, as well as rolled products. Such products are suitable for the styles of grunge, brutalism, bionics and modern.

Often an important role in their choice is played by the type of texture. For example, for modern it is important to show the elegance and synthetic component of the threads. Some ethnic styles of stylistics, on the contrary, it is important to focus on the naturalness of fabrics and to demonstrate their belonging to a particular historical era.This is especially true for the eastern style, in which each element of the interior has a certain historical coloring.

Scandinavian direction breathes spaciousness and simplicity: in this case, the curtains should be single-layered and as simple as possible in tailoring. The Arabian interior seldom does without multilayered curtains, and they are used not only to design window openings, but also to decorate a sleeping bed. By the way, this idea is successfully used in the design of the sleeping area in the modern style. However, in the second case, the curtains themselves do not have such a complicated decoration.

Today there are no hard limitations in choosing colors for window curtains. However, this does not mean at all that it is possible to hang black and other dark tones on them. This approach is devoid of harmony, it develops internal discomfort, and therefore can not be used to design the main room of the home. It is worth referring again to the style: it is he who indicates the appropriateness of a particular color and print.

It is important to keep in mind the color of the room itself. For example, in a beige living room is better to buy light curtains.It can be dairy, white, gold and cream products, options in coffee tones, diluted with white. Beautifully look in a bright room drapes of olive color, curtains with turquoise pattern on a light gray or sandy background, and even olive curtains.

In the olive living room you can buy products of white, light brown, greenish, pistachio color, buying curtains of light and dense fabrics (both mesh and velvet will look good). Not bad will look in such a room and cold colors of light green, as well as light gray curtains. Someone will seem successful design of window openings curtains of light terracotta tone. Others prefer a mustard color or a creamy hue of curtains.

In the white living room, you can hang curtains of any color, with the exception of dark and overly aggressive (for example, blood red or acid orange). They will look beautiful in a bright room decorated with windows in light gray, light brown, gold, sandy, pistachio tones of the color palette and orange. Good combinations of tulle and curtains will be a combination of white and dark gray,white and ivory tones, blue and white, milky and warm lilac. You can decorate such a room with silver curtains.

In the dark room you need to buy light curtains, because in this case it is important to fill the lack of illumination of the room itself. To make her perception easier, it is worthwhile to give preference to monophonic variants or curtains, not complicated patterns. And if the triple models fit well into the bright room, here it is better to limit yourself to two layers. Bright colored curtains are not needed here: on the general background, they will only break up the existing interior composition. Photocurtains are more suitable for window decoration in bright rooms.

Both the tulle and the curtains themselves regulate the illumination of the space of the hall, whether it be daytime shadow or night products. Do not be afraid to put two products together, move at least 2 meters away and watch curtains and curtains look together.

In order not to disturb the harmony of the combination of curtains and tulle, it is worth considering a few basic rules that designers pay attention to.

• Figure can be on one thing.We can not allow the print to be on the curtains and on the curtains at the same time.
• Look at the cut: a simple form does not tolerate an elaborate neighborhood of curtains. There must be harmony in everything.
• Light curtains should be supplemented with the finest veil, while it is worth buying products of light colors. For the photo curtain more suitable veil than lace.

• It is not necessary to complicate the tulle or curtains with a pattern, if one of their minimalistic design trends is chosen as the basis for the style.
• The colors of tulle and curtains should be in harmony with each other, not to mention the general concept of stylistics.
• Pay attention to the texture of the two materials: you should not mix synthetics with natural fabric, such combinations are initially incompatible.
• If the choice of tulle in the store is limited, give preference to white color (it is combined with most of the tones of the palette and is almost always successfully combined with curtains).

• In the selection of tulle to the curtains, use light shades of the palette, including related ones: they gently pour into the interior, if it has at least a slight accent in a similar color.
• It is important that the two types of fabric match each other: pay attention to smoothness, dullness or shine, if possible buying both fabrics in the same store.
• Tulle should soften the perception of night curtains, so it is better that its shade is lighter than the tone of the main curtains.

There are cases when the purchase of standard curtains is impossible. This is due to the peculiarities of the window openings themselves, which may be due to the low ceilings, as well as the lack of footage of the room itself. We have to beat these nuances due to the cut, the design and decoration of the curtains themselves. The most original techniques can be used to divert attention from shortcomings of perspective (including narrow windows or one small one), up to the use of leather belts and buckles, hairpins, creative pickups.

If the living room is located in the attic, its windows can be located even on the ceiling, not to mention the inclined structures. Often, such openings are drawn up with rolshtory and plisse, as well as variants with a lower pickup rod. It is important to take into account the possibilities of the curtains themselves, because not every one of them is suitable even for inclined openings, not to mention horizontal ones.

In addition to the previously considered types of curtains, the living room is often decorated with special curtains.Among such products it is worth noting the chic designer curtains on one side, asymmetrical drapes and arch curtains. At the same time, asymmetry is often bought on one large window or for the option of a room with a window and a balcony door. As a rule, such products stand out against the background of other analogues, they look like in elite rich houses.

The buyer can choose non-standard products in the hall with one or two windows, options for three windows, as well as models for narrow openings in a small hall. The original solution is narrow curtains on one window. They are intercepted in the middle, creating an hourglass shape. Such products look incredibly beautiful, although it is difficult to call them comfortable.

Going to the store for buying curtains, you need to have an approximate size of the necessary panels. The parameters of the curtains for the windows of a particular room vary. In this case, the general rule is the choice of length: ideally, the distance between the floor and the lower edge of the curtains should be at least 3 cm. Curtains crawling on the floor are not only unattractive from an aesthetic point of view, but also visually reduce the height of the walls.Looking at them it will seem that these are not curtains non-standard, but the room is too small.

With regards to the width of all individually: it depends on the number of curtains on one window, the model, the presence or absence of draperies and folds. What matters is the method of decoration (for example, the fastening of the panels crosswise). In general, the width of the cloth should be 20-25 cm wider than the window opening. With a curtain width with a so-called pencil assembly, its coefficient should be 1.5. With triple folds (collected from three small ones), the coefficient will be 3. For wide, with the presence of puffs, it will be less - 2.5.

For roman blinds, an increase of 20 cm to the window measurements is sufficient. For roll analogs, extra centimeters are not needed: it all depends on the width of the glass that needs to be closed.For Japanese panels, as a rule, an increase of 10-15 cm from the available width of the opening is sufficient. For several curtains also take into account the assembly of each, so that on the general background, they looked beautiful.

Today mounts for curtains can be very diverse. In addition to stickies, curtains are fixed to the eaves, which can be divided into 2 types: ceiling and wall. Which one is better, everyone chooses himself based on the characteristics of the ceiling design and interior design. This may be closed versions, which are hidden behind the figured frame of the gypsum ceiling projection. Some people, on the contrary, like stylish and even fancy barbells of unique shape.

This season, the focus of fashion trends is luxury, comfort and sophistication. The shape of the eaves can be restrained, complemented by refined details. The best options are rectangular bars of valuable wood, as well as synthetic analogues that mimic natural textures and colors. The shape tends to be rectangular, metal inserts are usually used as decor, rings and original brackets of strict shape are relevant.

Cornices made of polished steel, products made of chrome, brass, gold, trendy flexible curtain rods and metal pipes for eyelets are popular. The best models are bars with a minimum of jewelry, symmetry and straightness. This allows you to focus on the texture and design of the curtains themselves. Options-rails, cornices with a baguette plate made of wood or plastic are in demand. The basic principle remains the combination of simplicity and premium, demonstration of refinement in the most concise solutions.

In addition to the above, when choosing curtains to decorate the hall it is necessary to arm themselves with the advice of stylists of design.

• In the presence of a bay window, the projection curtain models and the existing windows should be identical. This will create the illusion of design integrity.
• Prefer to light shades of curtains: they visually enlarge the room, erasing its borders, and also fill the lack of light, where it is not enough.
• Do not hang the windows of a dark and small room with voluminous and multi-layer curtains with massive decorative brushes. From this room will seem small and stuffy.
• Do not divide the room into different zones by using curtains of different color.It is not only ugly, but also inappropriate in this room.
• If the room is replete with small details, do not complicate the interior with curtains of complex cut and massive print.
• Purchase models that do not complicate access to the use of the window.
• If the style allows it, combine day and night curtains. So you protect your house or apartment from unnecessary prying eyes and give elegance to the design of windows.
• Remove from the list of priorities the bright colors of the curtains: coziness is created by light and muted shades of the color palette.
• In a room with a broken layout, try to avoid asymmetric curtains, so as not to visually aggravate the perception of space.

To choose the color of the curtains correctly, pick it in the existing accessory. If it is small, take the product with you to the store: display lighting often distorts the true tone of textiles. The accessory will help you to choose the related tone as well as possible. Do not forget about the status: the best curtains - those that match the existing interior details. Never cheap will not look the same with premium things.

When choosing the right model, consider the way the window is opened and closed, as well as the type of its construction. Whatever the mechanism, the matter of the curtains should not create discomfort when you need to ventilate the room. For rooms with wide window sills on which flowers are located, it is possible to purchase combined models (short plus long) or, for example, transformable Austrian curtains. If desired, the fabric of such curtains can be lowered to the desired level of length, or, conversely, raised.

To assess the ability to change the perception of the interior of the living room in a particular style, it is worth referring to examples of photo galleries. They clearly show how stylish the interior can be at the expense of curtains.

• A simple but sophisticated design window opening.

• The original design of windows in a bright living room using a multi-layered design.

• Decorating the bay window of the living room with Austrian curtains allows you to create a special atmosphere.

• A stylish solution for the decoration of living room windows with Japanese panels.

• The combination of modern curtains and night curtains gives the living room a homely atmosphere.

• Laconic curtains on the grommet fits well into the interior of the light hall.

• An unusual solution for decorating the living room windows in beige tones.

• Curtains with lambrequin look harmoniously in the interior of the olive room.

• An appropriate choice of models of curtains for a dark room, allowing to compensate for the lack of light.

• Austrian curtains in the living room look elegant and modern due to the correct selection of colors and textiles.

About the white curtains in the interior you can see in the next video.