How to dress a window?

Choose the style of clothing from a window

The first step is to choose the right clothing style of your windows: curtains, vessels, blinds, Japanese panels are all options that will adapt more or less easily to the place and its atmosphere.

Curtains, comfortable and aesthetic:

Most of the time, the curtains are perfectly suitable for windows. Living room, bedroom, entrance, all rooms are dressed in fabrics to give a feeling of comfort and warmth. Only small windows do not lend themselves well to it. Available in many materials, colors and patterns, curtains allow you to create multiple atmospheres and have a strong decorative function. You can play on their transparency effect to let the light pass and choose colors in harmony with its decoration. On the other hand, the curtains allow a certain flexibility, not necessarily having to follow the drawing of the window, and thus make it possible to correct certain defects of an opening.

Stores, useful and design:

In some rooms, we will favor blinds for their practicality. Indeed, in the kitchens and bathrooms in particular, the use of water and the cooking of ingredients are not suitable for the maintenance of the curtains. We therefore opt for more resistant materials, such as wood or metal, and practical opening systems. There is now a wide variety of blinds ::

1. THE horizontal blinds (or Venetians), made of wood, plastic or aluminum slats, allow you to play with light and vis-à-vis.
2. THE vertical blindsof which blades are fixed vertically, are well suitable for large windows and the French windows.
3. THE rolling blindswith a section of tissue wrapped on a spring rod, make it possible to opacify the opening.

Japanese panels, a style alternative:

Another very popular option, Japanese panels Bring an elegant and contemporary touch. Smooth and without folds, their impeccable fall adapts to all interiors and they are now available in many materials: fabrics, vessels, paper, but also bamboo or metal.

Occulting curtains or light watches?

Dress a windowit is to understand its characteristics, its usefulness and its constraints. Depending on the use of the room, the exhibition of the window, the vis-à-vis and the noise, we will adapt the style, the materials and the opacity of the clothing. With each room, its function and at each window, its usefulness.

• In the room, for example, we will favor blackout curtains To hide from a possible vis-à-vis and protect yourself from light.
• On the contrary, in the living room, the goal will be to let the light in and play with it so as to make it softer using, in particular, Light watches.
• The kitchens and bathrooms will generally opt for practical and resistant coatings. The opacity will choose depending on the vis-à-vis or not the room while making sure to let the light enter enough.
• Sometimes the view of a window has no interest and gain to be hidden. A unpleasant Or an unwelcome view can easily be sifted by a slight veiling, which will hide this inconvenience while letting a maximum of light. THE Venetian blinds Also have this particularity of being able to be adjusted precisely.
• Finally, curtains can also have only decorative function. They will thus serve as a decorative touch to the room, a camouflage of a damaged wall or will straighten an unbalanced frame.
• On the other hand, The orientation of the room compared to the sun is also importantespecially for southern exhibitions. Receiving a large dose of sun, the materials will have to be resistant, because too fragile textiles will tend to pale. It will also be necessary to pay attention to the location of the radiators.

What materials and colors to dress a window?

Dress a windowit is often to give the final touch of the decoration of an interior. It intervenes last, once the walls are painted and the furniture installed. We will therefore harmonize it to the whole by seeking, either to melt it in space, or to highlight it.

The choice of the color of the curtains will be made Depending on the dominant shades of the room. You can opt for a total colorful look, with curtains in the same tones, which will visually melt the windows in the decor and enlarged the space, or choose a color contrasting with the rest, which will highlight the window.

As well as the wall colors, dark curtains will capture light and will tend to shrink the space. Conversely, clear, more discreet shades will visually enlarge the room. It is also possible to play with light by opting for light and colorful curtains: a red or yellow veiling will warm the atmosphere like a color bulb.

The curtains allow Change the appearance of windows and play with shapes. We can thus give the impression that the windows are larger than in reality, installing the rod above the opening and keeping a significant margin on the sides.

As for the choice of materials, it is very large and allows to give style to the room. Natural fibers, like flax, will bring a natural and refined note, while silk taffeta will give shimmering reflections to space.

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And the decor?

When you dress the windows, also think of the edges that can become real decorative assets! Some well -placed plants, pretty vases to reflect light or a pile of books can transform the opening into a decorative space. When you benefit from more space, a few cushions to create a bench will make this space useful and pleasant both.