Window Curtain Ideas and Designs

0sarakastic0 | Feb 28, 2011 |

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Window curtain ideas are going to allow you to make a big impact with your window treatments. You don't just have to stick with cheap looking mini blinds if you’re on a budget. At the same time you want to make sure that you get pieces that aren’t going to be dated too quickly.

One thing you may consider doing is going with a trendy pattern. Right now these are quite geometric but still feature an inexpensive cotton. You can look for more of the feminine cottage design style of lattice print which is going to use intersecting wavy diamonds. However, you can also go with more of a structured Greek key design style, which will have a slightly traditional air to it as well. You might want to make sure that one of the contrasting tones is the same as your wall color so it's a way that you can introduce turquoise or purple into a room where you don't even have either of these tones.

You can also find kitchen curtain decorating ideas. This can even be quite thematic and add character to just plain white cabinets. In this case, you may want to go with more of the theme of birds. This could be in a more of a traditional style of toile fabric. However, you can find it in gray tones that mimic what is going on in the vinyl wall decal world as well. This is a way to get a nature motif in your room that isn't going to have a lot of floral prints.

One of your more unusual options is going to be metallic curtains. You can even find these in a chocolate brown or more of an aged bronze material. Of course it's not going to be made out of actual metal. However brighter satins can really mimic this quite effectively. It can even have scrolling embroidery on it if you want to add a slightly feminine touch to it. This will usually be one of your most expensive options but is also one of your more opulent. Just trying to replicate metal is going to allow you to keep the faux silk window treatments that are so popular right now and get an entirely new look just by your color selection. Other metals that will work very well are going to be copper as well as pewter. These duller metals are going to be easier to replicate than bright gold and silver.

You also might want to do a few craft projects. For instance curtain ideas for living rooms could be a fun valance. You could use rows and rows of pom-poms. You can make a valance or cornice box out of this. This is going to add a lot of life to just basic checked or satin valances and it can even feel very Tuscan or a French country but it still has an air of whimsy too.

If you just have wood blinds then you really have a ton of options for valances that can be quite unique. You could try going with a basic wood cornice box. Then give it a slightly Tuscan or Spanish kind of air by stenciling scrollwork on it that can mimic wrought iron. You could even paint out a lot of the wood carving details in black. This is something that we often see on fireplace mantels but just using it in a different application is really going to make it quite unexpected.

Appliqué curtains are very popular in the country kind of design style. This is going to be a pretty easy sewing project. It allows you to use a lot of simplistic calico prints. However, you could also make it much more modern by going with different patterns of polka dots for a fun take on a quilt. This is perfect for a little girls room.

Just changing the direction of fabric can change the overall look. For instance, we are very used to seeing vertical stripes for curtain ideas. Just going with horizontal stripes is going to make it much more impactful. You do need to make sure that you go for quality items so the stripes are going to match from panel to panel, especially when they are closed.

Try going with a sentimental touch. You could even apply rose petals to sheer curtains for more of a romantic look. If you use faux rose petals on your linens then this is a way that you can integrate it into your everyday decor. Sheer curtains are going to be your least expensive option for a curtain base. However, this is going to be one of the more extensive craft projects that you can do.

You can raid your button jar for interesting curtain ideas. This could just be something that you apply to tab top panels. It could be slightly modern if you did an entire stripe out of buttons. Another option would be to use this on a valance in a kids room and spell out names or letters.

This can also really work within your theme. You may just want to try to go with leather curtains. This is going to work really well for a rustic room and it's perfect if you can't afford more expensive leather furniture. You can still bring this material into your space on a budget. Even if it's just a faux leather it's going to be so unusual that it will still garner a lot of attention even though this is going to be fairly inexpensive.

You can also try out some craft projects. Instead of going with a ruffle curtains that are so popular right now you may want to go with a simpler sewing project which would be a valance. This can just have several tiers of ruffles on it. If you want to mimic a lot of the looks that we see at stores such as Anthropologie you're going to need to go with different colors on each ruffle. This idea of texture really adds a lot of interest to just plain solid fabrics which can be very inexpensive but still gives you a designer look if you're willing to break out the sewing machine.