Choose curtains in the living room: views, design, features

It is hard to imagine a modern living room without curtains. Many decorate the window opening with textiles in order to hide from the glances of people passing by, others in order to hide from excessive sunlight, and still others just for beauty. Whatever your goals, the window without a curtain still looks somehow lonely and incomplete. Sometimes it’s the curtain that can create a certain mood in the room and make it more comfortable and cozy. But to achieve this effect, you need to know how to choose the right curtains for the living room.

The living room is that room where there are practically no negative influence factors, therefore, when choosing curtains, you can consider any options. However, if the windows face the sunny side, then it is better to pay attention to the materials, as much as possible fade resistant.

Fabrics are selected depending on what type of curtains are used. Moreoverif there is fire in the living room, eglocated fireplace, then it is better to opt for fabrics with low burning characteristics.

The modern market provides such a huge selection of all kinds of options for types of curtains that you can choose a model for absolutely any interior, size, area, lighting, layout and ceiling height. Consider the main options that are most suitable for use in the interior of the living room.

Types of curtains for the living room

Classic curtains

The name of classic curtains does not mean that they can only be used in a classic interior, but that it is a fundamental style, from which all the others have gone. Such curtains are pieces of dense soft textile that freely falls to the floor and forms spectacular waves. Classic curtains - great option for any living room, and depending on the color, they will create one or another effect. Such curtains are suitable both for the interior in a mixed style, and for classics, and even for minimalism.

Depending on the method of attachment of such curtains, several types are distinguished:

• hingedwhen fabric, metal or wooden eyelets are attached to the upper edge of the curtain, which are then threaded on the ledge;
• on shoelaces. This method of fastening is similar to the previous one, only here pieces of rope, satin, etc. are used, which are attached to the cornice;
• kuliskovy way provides for the presence of a hemmed piece of curtain through which a baguette pin is threaded. As a result, the fastening is not visible at all, which makes it possible to give the window frame an interesting appearance;
• pelmet although it does not belong to a separate method of attachment, but it effectively masks all loops, laces, etc .;
• curtains on grommets are products with rounded holes at the top through which a cornice is threaded. The holes can be finished with metal or plastic. It is very fashionable and popular in the latter type of curtains.

The choice of mounting method is worth making, based on the interior living room and own preferences. Depending on the desired effect, the necessary tissue density: Curtains can be both dense and translucent. Width of the curtains choose depending on what kind of appearance you want to get, how many and what folds should be, whether there is a picture on the curtain, etc. So, if there is some kind of ornament, then the ratio of the width of the curtain and the length of the cornice should not be more than 1.5, but if plain curtains are used, then this ratio should fluctuate around 1.5-3.

Classic curtains can be lined or without her. In the first case, in addition to the decorative function, they will also perform a protective function, as they will not let in the sun's rays. In some cases, this may be necessary, especially if the living room turns into a bedroom at night, in other cases, you can do with a lighter air option.

Roller blinds

Roller blinds represent a fabric cloth with a shaft and weights at the end. The fabric can hang freely, covering the entire window opening, but if desired, the roller blind can be lifted and fixed at any height. They are made from translucent or opaque fabrics, fit perfectly in small living rooms, do not take up much space, make the room cozy and stylish. If desired, you can find or order roller blinds, consisting from two layers of different fabric. You can also find an option in which the twisting takes place using special mechanisms, so the process of handling such a curtain is as simple as possible. As a rule, they are mounted on the window frame, so the size is selected clearly under the window opening, much less often roller blinds are fixed on the slopes.

Jalousie

Jalousie - One of the best options for decorating the window opening in the living room, but for a long time they were undeservedly forgotten, and now they are returning to modern houses with great success. For a long time, the blinds were associated with the office, were made of aluminum or fabric light lamellas and had a more presentable appearance than a cozy and homely one. It is good that today blinds are presented in such a variety that they can create competition for any other option for designing curtains. So, there vertical and horizontal, color and patterned, wood and metal blinds. In fact, today you can apply any ornament to them, even your own photo, use them as a stand-alone window decoration or complete with other types of curtains. But if horizontal blinds are most often combined with curtains, curtains, etc., then vertical blinds are usually used without anything.

IN the interior of the living room looks much more logical, of course, vertical blinds, but also caring for them is more complicated. So, here we use specially treated fabric, which loses its rigidity with increasing humidity in the room. Caring for ordinary horizontal blinds is, of course, easier.

A variety of horizontal blinds are pleated curtains. This is a single piece of fabric, assembled into an accordion, if desired and necessary, such a curtain can be easily lifted by them to any height, fixed even at an angle. That is why if the windows in the living room are of non-standard shape or you want to make some kind of feature in the design of the room, then this option will suit you the most.

Roman curtains

Roman curtains consist of a fabric cloth, fasteners and several horizontal rods that are involved in the process of raising and lowering the curtains. So, you just have to pull the rope, as the curtain begins to fold effectively in a horizontal strip and is fixed at the required height, forming soft unobtrusive folds.

Classic Roman Curtains gather in folds that overlap each other, but their variation, cascading curtains, when fully opened, they form small tails, as they provide for a slight excess of tissue.Both options look spectacular, but still the first will be more appropriate in the living room in the style of minimalism or high-tech, and the second - in lighter, more romantic interiors, such as Provence, rustic style, as well as in the living room in a marine style.

Japanese curtains

This is a great option to organize the interior of the living room, not only Japanese style but also minimalist style. Japanese curtains are long canvases of translucent fabric, which are fixed at the top along the guide, and weighted down at the bottom. If the window opening is large, then several canvases of such curtains are used, and as a result they can be pushed one after another, adjusting the amount of light that enters the room. The width of each strip of fabric can be from 0.8 to 4 m, so this way you can design a window opening of any size. In addition, absolutely any patterns and ornaments are used on such curtains, and, in extreme cases, it is possible to make perfect curtains for an individual order.

Japanese curtains not only add zest to the interior, but also do not clutter up the space, but also allow you to create a cozy and comfortable environment by adjusting the amount of light that enters the apartment.

French curtains

There is nothing better for living in classic style or in style baroquethan french curtains. These are spectacular fabric canvases collected in numerous frequent horizontal folds. For such curtains, a lot of fabric is used and, as a rule, of high enough quality, so at the price they go out expensive. There are also vertical stripes in such curtains in which the ropes pass in order to lift the entire canvas. The ropes have a much shorter length than the curtain itself, so that spectacular assemblies eventually form. In this case, we are talking about lifting French curtains, but there can be stationary ones that cannot be lifted and, as a rule, are made of translucent fabrics.

For all its rich appearance, French curtains, because of their texture, are best avoided in small living rooms, where they can visually make the space even more modest.

Austrian curtains

This type of curtain has much in common with the French, as it also forms arched folds, and with the Roman, as it has a similar assembly mechanism. So, in the free state, the Austrian curtain is straight, hanging freely freely. Usually it is made a few centimeters lower. windowsillto supplement with a slight crease. If necessary, the curtain due to the lace rises to a certain height, forming several folds.

If you want to use Austrian curtains in the interior of the living room, then it is worth stopping your choice on translucent fabrics, since dense ones will make the room heavier and make it look more like a bedroom.

Color and design of curtains for the living room

The right color and design of curtains in each case can only be based on thorough analysis of the entire interior: walls, furniture, area, lighting, the window opening itself, etc. But still in this not the easiest lesson there is some rulesthat should be taken into account so that the choice is right.

Choice of color of curtains

1. So, the color of the curtains is best. choose under the wallpaper. It is important that they are in the same color palette, but the curtains would not be several tones lighter: that way they will not merge with walls, and the room will be visually enlarged.
2. If furniture standing at a distance of no more than 2 meters from the window, then the curtains can be picked up under it. If the main color is not highlighted in the room, then the color of the curtains is selected for the item that has the largest area: carpet, wardrobe, sofa etc.
3. You can have the same color the cloth, ornament to use for curtains, pillows and the rest of the textile in the room.
4. Light cold shades visually expand the space and enlarge the room, but dark saturated colors - on the contrary. Therefore if you not the biggest living room and there is a desire to mutilate her a little, it is better to consider the possibility of using curtains of green, blue colors.
5. Living room where so little light fallsIt would be foolish to complement with dense dark curtains. In this case, it is better to use light translucent products.
6. Drawing on the curtains - this is good, but the main thing is to choose it correctly, as a large ornament will only make the room visually even smaller.
7. If the living room cannot boast of numerous square meters, then choose simpler curtains: without intricate draperies, pickups, etc. And the thing is not even that they visually narrow the space and look out of place in a small room, but that they take away a huge part of the light, because of which the room becomes much darker and as a result even smaller.
8. You can use the picture on the curtain for your own purposes. So that make ceilings visually taller, you can choose curtains with a vertical strip, and to achieve the expansion of space, choose a horizontal strip.
9. If the living room can hardly be called a bright room, then it is better to use warm shades of curtains: peach, yellow, pink, milk, etc. If the south side, and in the summer in the room it is very hot, then the best way out is to use cold shades: blue, green, etc.

Style and decor of curtains

Depending on how the window opening is located in the room, what its shape is, it is better to use some form of curtains or choose the most suitable types. So, the most winning and most common window shape is rectangularstretched up. In this case, any curtains that are combined with the interior of the living room will do. If the window has a rectangular shape, but is elongated horizontally, then it is better to use asymmetric curtains. Even windows located too low, you can fix it: for example, Japanese curtains, curtains with a lambrequin, which are located above the window opening, will fit perfectly into such a living room, and it is this method that makes it possible to visually raise the window.

To arched windows retained their beauty and originality, the cornice in them is mounted almost under the ceiling. French and Austrian curtains, as well as Roman, are excellent for panoramic windows. If you use stained glass window, then it itself can become the highlight of the living room, and in this case, the curtains can not be used or a simple transparent tulle can be hung.

Some types of curtains do not require absolutely any additions, since they themselves are textured and noticeable (for example, French, Roman, etc.), while others, on the contrary, can be supplemented spectacular details. So, you can decorate the curtain with hooks: they, in addition, add functionality, and can be absolutely any in color, material, style, etc. Also, do not forget about the various details that you can independently attach to the curtains, for example, cut out some figures from paper or other fabric, decorate with rhinestones, fringe, etc., if this fits into the design of the living room.

Depending on what style of interior is chosen for the living room itself, certain types of curtains are selected. So, for baroque heavy glossy curtains decorated with a lambrequin, ribbons, pickups in a classic or French version will do. Classic interior most often uses a lambrequin and transparent tulle, but the highlight of the style is the obvious color contrast between these two elements. In minimalism, curtains are often used, which contrast in color with the rest of the interior, while Japanese and Roman curtains, blinds, shutters, etc. are especially popular. Light translucent fabrics are preferred.

Finally

The drawing room is that room where people always gather: households, friends, guests, acquaintances, etc., therefore perception of your apartment often depends on the drawing room.Curtains are a very important detail, since the window always attracts attention, and accordingly each incoming person looks at how it is decorated. That is why the choice of curtains should be approached with the same seriousness as the choice of finishing materials and furniture. Often, using the shape and color of the curtains, you can negate all the flaws of the room, and make the living room perfect, and the tips collected above will help to do this.