Whatever room you’re designing or redecorating, you’ll want your window treatment to complement your colours and theme. An interior design company will be able to give lots of advice on curtains and blinds Leicestershire and show you photos and fabric samples to help you choose.
Simplicity is the key to interiors at the moment so gone are long, heavy flounces and tiebacks, in favour of a cleaner look, letting more light into the room.
Before thinking about fabric and style, take a moment to consider the room’s orientation: how much natural light does it get and at what time of day do you mostly use it? In a north facing room, lighter, sheer fabrics make the most of the available light, while in a south facing room you may want to choose something to reduce temperature and glare.
In a period home where the windows are an architectural feature, choose a bright, stand out patterned fabric to contrast with plain walls, drawing the eye towards them. However, if you have unexceptional modern windows, you may prefer to concentrate colour on the walls and upholstery fabrics and go for neutral curtains or blinds. Make sure you see samples on site and at various times of day so you make sure the colour and weight of the fabric is right. Remember that you can add blackout linings to your curtains or blinds: a useful option if you have a street lamp outside a bedroom!
If you have a bay window, using separate solid curtain poles on each section can look disjointed, though flexible poles are available. Have four, rather than two curtains, but make sure the curtains aren’t too bulky for the angles where the windows meet. If you have space, why not have a built in seating unit for use during the day and have curtains closing straight across the bay?
Roman blinds look smart in a contemporary home and use less fabric than other options, so you can upscale your fabric choice while staying within budget. If you’ve looked through interiors magazines or blogs recently, you’ll know that layering features strongly. So, choose the fabric for a blind, which you can close over the window when needed, then frame with matching curtains.
If you’ve used different shades of one colour for your walls, have lightweight curtains in one of the shades during the summer and replace them with a heavier set using another shade for winter to give your room a fresh new feeling at the start of each season.
Measuring for curtains or blinds is best left to expert suppliers or interior designers, who will offer advice and make sure that you get exactly the finished length, lining and heading you, want. Check the care instructions for both overall cleaning and spot stain removal.
Well made curtains or blinds should last many years, so take time to make your choice and you’ll be just as happy looking at your windows as at the view beyond.