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| Curtains as a Traditional Window Dressing | October 6, 2008, 10:08 am | visits: 11 | wordcount: 504
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By Rakesh Gaikwad
Curtains are the traditional window dressing used in homes throughout the UK. They are either used on their own as a complete window treatment or combined with blinds to achieve different design concepts and styles. Windows of any size or shape can successfully dressed with a huge variety of different styles of curtain fabrics.
Fashionable design ideas incorporate the used of organza, silks and faux silks to provide a delicate and sheer window covering which are typically used to cover the window and beyond, being left to fall and cascade into gentle puddles of fabric folds on the floor. While these fabrics do not offer any heat insulation they do lend themselves to providing privacy during the daytime. When combined with a roller blind fitted inside of the window recess total privacy can be achieved. These delicate looking fabrics are available in many different colours and patterned designs. For a real sexy boudoir look black and silver voile curtains can transform a bedroom, the curtains can also be used to provide excellent drapes for a bed canopy, this not only looks sensuous by providing intimate privacy but is also the ideal way to keep unwanted insects way during the warm summer months.
Heavy weight curtains made from Damask and Jacquard provide elegant curtains to suit both traditional and modern homes. When made with goblet or deep pleated headings they fall into graceful folds which exude elegance and style. These fabrics are available in a wide range of colours in both plain and patterned designs, many stores offer a free samples on fabrics such as these to enable the right choices to be made before buying. Having samples enables not only colour matches to be made by also provides the opportunity to feel the quality and texture of the fabric.
Natural fabrics are a popular choice of curtains which are generally imported into the UK, they provide the most natural, neutral warm tones and textures offering exceptional quality at affordable prices which compliment both traditional and modern home interior design styles.
Ready made curtain offer the perfect solution in providing an immediate window dressing which merely needs to hung at the window. There are huge choices in plain and patterned ready made curtains and a wide variety of different weights, textures and headings to provide a ready made curtain to suit every room in a home.
Using a curtain lining can offer both extra heat insulation and prevent light penetration, lined curtains also hang more effectively as the lining helps them to retain their shape and folds. If total darkness is required blackout linings can be added to the majority of curtains.
The headings chosen will be dependant on personal choice and the weight of the curtain fabric. A modern and contemporary curtain heading is metal eye-lets or tab tops. Tab tops are ideal for curtains made from lightweight fabrics whereas eye-lets provide a robust heading for medium and heavyweight curtains. Modern curtains made from fabrics such as corduroy, faux leathers and faux suede look striking with an metal eye-let heading.
Terry’s Fabrics has a variety of window dressings such as curtains to style the windows of your office or home.
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