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The final decoration of the bedroom is given by textiles – a bedspread and curtains on the windows. The current design trends for these spaces leave little room for furnishing: the choice of wallpaper and textiles are the highlights to play with the bed and the few pieces of furniture. You won’t change them often. But such decorative elements as a bedspread and curtains for a bedroom are easy to change and not very expensive. Moreover, such a change will easily allow you to change the boring style.
Types of curtains in the interior of the bedroom
To make the choice easier, you should immediately decide what you want. I mean, which style do you want to embody in the bedroom. How is this possible? Believe me, this room is easy. As a rule, the wallpaper in the bedroom is neutral, the beds also do not have a pronounced style. What else can be from furniture? Bedside tables, chest of drawers, dressing table and chair / ottoman, maybe an armchair. That’s the whole set. If you look closely, you will understand that the main tone is set by the curtains and the bedspread. By changing them, change the style. You may have to remove / add some accessories, sew a cover on a chair-chair and the room will look different.
Classic interior
So. If you want lush luxury, you need to look for fabrics with a subdued sheen, reminiscent of the sheen of silk, rather than the bright sheen of synthetics. A combination of two shades of the same gamut or jacquard weaving looks great (brilliant patterns of the same color are woven against a matte background). Such fabrics are usually dense, they darken the room well, allowing you to relax calmly.
Choose models with an abundance of assemblies, perhaps with lambrequins, although they are gradually losing their relevance. But in classic interiors, it is they who give the desired splendor and chic. On slightly shiny fabrics, any assemblies look very beautiful. This is emphasized by the drapery on the sides: heavy curtains are tied with twisted cords.
Such models of curtains look great with a curtain, which also gathers in numerous folds. It can be a light monochromatic veil that diffuses bright light without overloading the interior. Recently, curtains made of lace fabric have become relevant. They are heavier, draped with heavy folds, which also looks beautiful, but in a different way, a little more solid.
Double curtains have become the discovery of recent seasons – this is a combination of fabrics of similar or contrasting colors. In a classic interior, they can also be present, giving zest.
Please note: in all the photos, the bedspreads, if not from the same fabric, are precisely matched in the same range. This is the secret of interior harmony.
Provence style
Almost the same models, but from other fabrics look different. This style is dominated by natural fabrics – cotton or linen. The dressing can be thin, it can be dense. It doesn’t look as great, but it’s no worse. Such curtains in the bedroom create a cozy atmosphere conducive to relaxation.
One of the characteristic features of Provence is floral motifs and combinations of white with soft pure shades of cheerful colors: blue, pink, light green. Accordingly, curtains for the bedroom in this style are often desired in floral fabric. And since the style is inspired by the traditions of the French hinterland, the fabrics are cotton or linen. Draperies from these fabrics look completely different, creating a different mood.
You may have noticed that curtains in this style are more concise, slightly gathered, mostly from thin translucent fabric, but not from lace. Not bad this style is combined with Roman blinds, which are able to protect from the bright sun of the south-east of France.
As you can see, the trend in the selection of textiles is the same: a bedspread made of the same fabric, in the same color or to match the walls.
Minimalism and high-tech
The styles are different, the curtains in them use the same models – no frills. These are Japanese, roll and Roman, sometimes blinds. Moreover, in one interior there can be, for example, Japanese and Roman, you can combine bamboo rolls with them. It is important that they match in color, and they can even be made of different materials, as in the photo below – dyed bamboo and Japanese curtains. This set is great if the bedroom has a window with access to the balcony. Roman blinds can be hung on the window, short Japanese or roller blinds in the exit area to the balcony.
In high-tech, you can also use the classic model: a set of thick curtains and a thin curtain. The main thing here is the choice of fabric – it should create flowing folds, with a slight metallic sheen.
Both of these styles are suitable for this year’s novelty: thread or rope curtains. They are made of threads or ropes of different materials fastened at the top. For the styles described, flowing, slippery threads are suitable, creating a swaying veil.
Minimalism is not so cold, but window decoration is very similar. The choice of colors and fabrics is different. The fabrics are plain dyed, without sheen. This is true for both the choice of curtains and curtains.
And again, the selection of textiles for the bedroom is carried out according to the same principle: either neutral tones are chosen for the bedspread – white, or from the same or very similar fabric.
Country
Expanse for those who love floral motifs or bright patterns in window decoration – country style. The design of curtains in this style can really be anything. If desired, you can even sew on ruffles and frills. In this style, bright, cheerful people prefer to decorate bedrooms, who are tired of calm shades. And, despite the recommendations of psychologists, they feel great: the light passing through brightly colored fabrics creates a festive mood.
Even if the rest of the interior is decorated in soothing colors, textiles decide everything by changing the mood. In the photo below you see how the curtains and bedspread change the style of the bedroom.
Modern style
If it is not possible to clearly define the belonging of this or that interior, it is called modern. After all, it often happens that one style attracts one thing, another another. If you manage to skillfully combine everything, you get something new and dynamic – modern. This style is “omnivorous”: any models of curtains are used, the main thing is to be combined with the rest of the situation.
Draperies can also be used, but clearly defined. They are created using curtains on the grommets. Then, in an open form, weaving the curtain lays down in strict folds, the size of which is set by the grommets spaced at unequal distances.
Roman, Japanese, roller blinds are also used. You can even try blinds – if the bedroom faces south, they help a lot to protect yourself from all-penetrating light.
How to shade a bedroom
For a good rest, you need the appropriate environment and bright sunlight is not included in the list of requirements for its creation. In bedrooms facing south or east, you have to think about how to darken the windows.
The first thing that comes to mind is dense fabrics. They do block out some of the light. You can make classic models from dense fabric. For greater effect, double curtains are sewn – lined. They turn out to be heavy, and this tightens the requirements for the baguette and its fastening, but darkening is more effective.
Double curtains are good in this regard. Not in the sense of “lined”, but in the sense of two separate canvases, each of which has its own guide on the baguette. With this option, you can even use fabrics of different density, creating shading of the degree that is needed at the moment. These bedroom curtains are a relatively recent invention that is becoming more and more popular: they look beautiful, and even provide different blackout options.
It can be more convenient to use a combination of Roman or roller blinds with classic ones.
You can, for example, hang thick Roman and light curtains. If darkening is necessary, the Roman ones are lowered, and the curtains serve to prevent the window from looking undressed. They also soften the severity of this type of curtains.