Curtains are a significant game-changer when it comes to innovative interior designs. Almost all spaces- kitchen, bedroom, living room etc. have doors and windows of varying heights and proportion.
If you are someone who wants to have a unique interior design for your home with minimal effort, you can easily do this by placing the right curtains to liven up your home décor.
When it comes to choosing the right curtains, you need to choose the correct shade, pattern, valance, hook or rod to transform the interior designs of your home.
Below are four questions that you need to consider while choosing the right curtains for an innovative interior design of your space.
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What Material Should the Curtains be Made of?
The material used for curtains can regulate the flow of light in a room. Depending on the level of privacy that you need in a room, choose the material of the curtain. If you require a high level of privacy, use an opaque fabric like jute, satin, linen etc. You could also use fleece or wool if you live in cold temperature terrains.
However, for a room that does not require much privacy and you want sun-light to flow freely through the curtains, use a translucent or semi-transparent material like chiffon, voile, thin-cotton.
For a more exotic home décor, you may also use materials like muslin or gauze. Lace curtains or string-curtains can also add a lot of spice to your interior designs, especially when you are placing the curtain on structures that separate the sections of a room, for example the door between the kitchen and the living room.
What Should be the Colour, Texture, Print or Pattern of Curtains?
Consider the mood and theme of your interior designs and home décor very seriously while deciding the colour and texture of curtains. If you choose curtains of a contrasting colour to your wall, it will make it an eye-catching element of the room, adding to your home décor while an elaborate home décor should be complemented with curtains that blend with the wall colour.
A formal interior design should be complemented with smooth and silky textures of curtains. But for a rustic home décor, go for rugged and uneven textures.
For a monochrome wall, you might want to add interesting patterns and prints to your curtains depending on the theme of your home décor and interior designs. On the other hand, if your home décor is elaborate and your walls have printed motifs or geometric designs, go for single-coloured plain curtains.
What Kind of Curtain Rods or Hooks Should be Used?
The type of curtain rods or hooks can also drastically add to the interior designs of your home. While choosing curtain rods or hooks, you must keep it in sync with your home décor.
The best rod to choose is a classic adjustable rod with decorative end caps. Make sure that the decorative cap portrays patterns which are repeated in your home décor items. Like, use floral designs if your interior designs consist of floral motifs and prints.
If you want to block out light, you can use an adjustable U-shaped rod that is fixated to the wall. However, if you want to create a nice layered drapery, use hooks attached to pulleys inside a track rod.
How can Defects in Interior Designs be Corrected Using Curtains?
The right curtains can also correct architectural defects and disproportionate interior designs. No matter what style of home décor you choose, sometimes there are mismatched frame heights of windows which can give you quite the hard time. But the difference in height can be easily covered up by choosing the right valance and hooks or rods for the curtains.
For example, if you have a minor difference in height between two window frames on adjacent walls, you may want to keep the length of the valance same while hanging the curtains from a wrought iron pole with rings. The height of the rings could be slightly adjusted as per the length to give it a uniform look. This will create a balanced interior design for your space.
