Wednesday, August 14, 2013

How Unique Window Treatments Can Help Dramatize Your Rooms

By Andrea Davidson


Decorating your windows is one very good way to convert any room into a grand space. The decoration of windows is an art, which is known to a handful of people. Unique window treatments are all about the proper balance of elements, such as curtains, valences, shades, and many other accents that, when balanced properly, will help you dazzle your visitors.

As the old saying goes: a single picture can speak a thousand words, making your windows appear unique can express your mood as well as your lifestyle to others. Furthermore, if done correctly, your windows can be designed to say more than what a picture usually shows. For example, the use of custom drapery makes your windows appear heavier ad fuller when fully lined.

Fully lined custom drapery, on average, weighs around two to two and a half pounds per panel, whereas unlined readymade drapery of the same size would only weigh around one pound a panel. Of course, you would find many stores that sell fully lined drapery. But, most of them are lined using a thin sheet of cotton percale fabric and a low thread count.

Such a look might work great for homes located on water edges and beach sides. Pleated curtains are most suitable for big and long curtains because they offer a pull together appearance. If you feel like it, you could treat your windows according to French architecture as well.

If you have your fitted your windows to give out a French appearance, you may have to extend the curtain rod a bit beyond the usual length used in other windows. Adding wooden shutters painted in white will offer more privacy while limiting excess light flowing into the room. Adding privacy with elegance is further possible by using leafy patterned curtains with rustic cabin windows too.

Getting stone colored drapery panels allows you to have a more dramatic effect on your rooms. Unique window treatments are best seen when they gather up and flair out, blending all sharp contours with quiet designs. If blinds are your liking, there are many of them in the market; but choosing the correct one is what is important when it comes to home decor.

There are many types of blinds including roller shades, cellular, metal, vertical, textured blinds, and darkening sheers. Roller blinds come as micro and double rollers, screens and rollers made up of plain and natural material, and translucent jacquard fabric. Ultimately, the type of blind to use will be up to you; according to your requirement and current interior design.

Other than the above mentioned, you will find that there are many other reasons for choosing unique window treatments over standard methods of treating windows; the foremost simply being value. Custom treated windows pay for themselves as they provide elegance and grace to you home throughout the years which they serve your needs. The drapery used for custom treatments also lasts longer than store-bought material, saving your money in the process.




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