How to Update Your Home Decor using Curtains

Beautiful window treatments are a great accessory for home decor to frame a view or help segregate different areas while maintaining privacy and creating a striking effect. Here are a few ideas for choosing curtains to enhance the decor of your home.

Layer Color and Pattern A trend that many modern interior designers are opting for is to layer decor accessories, curtains and rugs. The layered look is acquiring popularity because of its ability to blend different materials, patterns and textures while maintaining harmony in color. Sheer curtains in ivory, crewel-embroidered with stylized floral or botanical patterns in green are a wonderful complement to ivory drapes in green and gold stripes.

Add some detail to your window treatments by having them lined with glamorous satin in a bold shade. Choose a color that you would like to highlight and is present in your home decor or create a unique style statement by using a contrasting shade for lining your draperies. This will create an eye-catching display when you tie them back and the satin folds are displayed.

Unite Different Rooms If you have chosen different themes for different rooms, you can unite your home decor with decor accessories. The colors or patterns from curtains in one room can be picked up in rugs in the next room. Window accessories like pelmets can be used as unifying elements. Use fabric pelmets with a similar finish or design across a large room to serve as a blending factor for your decor. This formula works well to link different curtains in the same color family across several rooms.

Conversely, they can also be used to separate areas visually. When used in a living-dining space, they can serve as a partition for the eating, dining or entertainment spaces.

Drape it Differently Instead of hanging window treatments in the conventional way or opting for floor-length drapes, change the way you hang your window curtains. Crossover curtains are a great twist to straight-hung drapes. Select sheer drapes in neutral tones for the crossover effect and dress up your window with Roman blinds in a contrasting bold color to create chic contemporary window decor. Enjoy natural light, privacy and security with style, using these simple tips to choose your window treatments.

Authors Profile: ABCDEF is a certified interior designer and runs her own interior decoration consultancy. XYZ especially loves decorating a home in wooden furniture and believes that nothing gives a home as warm and cozy a touch as all-wood furniture and decor. XYZ loves reading up on new design ideas, and has a special interest in space saving techniques. Here he writes about home decor and curtains.

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