Simple Beautiful Curtains
Simple Beautiful Curtains
Beautifying a home is one of women’s preoccupation and curtains are definitely items that will add beauty to a home. There are a lot of curtain types and designs that you should consider if you are furnishing a new home or just thinking of a new way to redecorate your home. Some curtain designs are so elaborate and expensive but there are curtain types that are simple in design but still achieve the task of making a room great. Here are some of these simple curtain designs that you can consider:
Eyelet Curtains
Eyelet curtains are beautiful yet simple and easy to install. This is a curtain type that is recommended for sheer or light weight curtain material. When the curtains are hung it will fall naturally into graceful folds
Tab Top Curtains
Curtains headed with tab tops are one of the most common and popular type of curtain. Tabs or loops of the same curtain material are attached or sewn at the top of the curtains where a curtain pole is threaded through. Buttons or other type of decorative items can be sewn at the foot of the tab. Again this is ideal for lightweight or medium weight curtain materials.
Ring Top Curtains
Instead of tabs or eyelets, rings can be used as headers for this type of curtains and this type of header is ideal for plain or pleated curtains. Attach the rings at the top of the curtains and thread through it a curtain pole. This curtain type is also recommended for medium weight or light weight curtain material.
Pencil Pleat Curtains
This is one of the most popular and common curtains found in homes. The header of this type of curtains is a stiff curtain tape with three small pleats sewn together at rows of two or three inches interval. Hooks are inserted to the rows of pleats and hooked to a curtain track. This is also a good choice for lightweight and medium weight curtain fabric.
Curtain Hardware
Curtain Hardware
Apart from choosing the best curtains, it is also very important to choose the right decorative curtain hardware. The curtain hardware needs to look equally attractive and elegantly stylish along with your choice of curtain fabrics. You can be very selective about the curtain poles and rings depending upon the style of your curtains. Some people who use eyelet curtains may hang them directly on the pole which may be exposed to the naked eye so they may not require rings. But in this case the curtain pole needs to look attractive along with the suspenders.
Curtain hardware can be found in different materials such as zinc alloy, crystal (glass), resin and steel. It is easy to look for the good quality hardware for your curtains. Just be thoughtful before selecting anything for your particular rooms.
You can select different styles for different rooms as well. Mainly when you have visitors home you would want to put on something that projects your style of living and way of thinking. People form impressions according to the accessories you use. In case you do have wonderful curtains and do not concentrate on added on good curtain poles and rings then they may consider that you are either frugal in spending or have a bad sense of matching taste.
The different materials of curtain hardware that are available come with exotic designs and the ranges are many. You can easily surf online websites to make your perfect choice. Curtain hardware must look equally presentable as much as your curtain fabrics.
