You can change the look of your curtains in a number of ways. Depending Upon the color or fabric of your curtains, you obtain a completely different look. The way you hang your curtains can also change the decor, as can the use of tiebacks. You can
make a complete change in your curtain’s appearance through the use of tiebacks. There are different ways to put tiebacks on your curtains, and they all depend on where you put the tiebacks. We will discuss all of them here.
1. The High Tie is used with at least two panels, and the ties are put way up on each panel to create an open appearance.
2. The Middle Tie is used at approximately the middle of the curtain panels. It is not exactly centered at the middle, but placed a little below or above.
3. The Low Tie is the opposite of the High Tie, placed below the center mark of the curtain.
4. The Center Tie is placed at the exact center of the curtain, where the panels are pulled back.
5. The Crisscrossed Tie is used with overlapping curtain panels. The panel on the outside is pulled to one side while the panel on the inside is pulled to the other side.
6. The Angled Tie can be used with one or two curtains. When one curtain is used, the curtain is tied high up on the window, and then the opposite side is tied back much lower. It is then puffed out to create a billowy efffect.
Using any of these methods does not mean that you are limiting yourself to a certain kind of decorating. All of these methods can be used with either formal or informal styles.
Formal decorating is usually found in living rooms and formal dining rooms and usually heavier materials with formal patterns are used in conjunction with a set of sheer curtains. This layered look is what gives the formal style its unique charm. The first layer is sheer curtains, made of a light fabric such as linen, lace or polyester nylon. These sheer curtains diffuse the light from the outside, yet let some light in while the drapes are open, while they afford some privacy as well. The next layer used in this look is the drapery layer. This layer is heavier fabric that hangs to the floor (although some styles stop at just past the bottom of the window frame) from a traverse rod that serves to pleat the drapes for a soft, draped look. The drapes can be opened during the day and closed at night.
Usually drapes are hung above the window frame and fall along the side of it, completely obscuring the frame. The third layer is a valance. This goes horizontally across the top of the draperies, covering the traverse rod. In a formal decorating style, the drapes and valance are usually lined for insulation and to give a heavier appearance.
The informal style is comprised of lighter curtains that just add a touch of color or pattern to the window, and do not serve the main purposes of blocking out the light. They can be in both one or two layers, and are not lined.
George M. Davidsberg
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What do you think about curtains?
So we cant turn the lights on in the day because its a waste of electricity but its sooooooo dark! Its not that big of a deal, but i was just wondering what you think of your curtains?
Okay so we just got curtains for our house, and we keep them shut till 5pm for privacy. But we live in a 10 acre woods, and we have this HUGE window in the front but now its all closed up and i feel like im in a dungeon.
and don’t tell me about tiebacks im not that stupid, its for privacy. If we tie them up its not private! And if i want to i can go outside so it doesn’t matter….
Do you think your curtains are a pain or a nice decoration or hard to wash or just annoying? And tell me why. I’m just wondering……
for some reason i want to tell you we got them at walmart
Have you never heard of net or lace curtains?! Just get these. Light comes through but no one can see through them in the day time.
If you open your curtains at 5pm and you have a light on in your room then everyone will be able to see in. I don’t understand?
If it is lighter inside than it is outside then people can see through glass or net curtains. if it is lighter outside and darker inside then people cannot see very well through glass or net curtains.
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I don’t really have a problem with them, I just prefer blinds.
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i dont notice…
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Curtains are nice to keep the cool in and to help filter the sunlight. They’re good for privacy as well. But have you ever tried to look through some of those? Very difficult to see anyone inside…What who’s a stalker? Not me…
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We live in the middle of the city and we have no curtains and I’m not very considerate in the mornings; but I’ve heard no complaints
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Hate them. We just put up old bedsheets so we don’t get glare on the TV and so people in passing cars don’t watch us undress. I wish our house was further back from the street so we wouldn’t need to bother
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Its a shame you have to cut out your view with such a nice window. Have you thought of putting the new type of shades on it they filter the light most restaurants have them you can order them from JCPennys I myself like curtains they just add a little something to the room. I have sheers then curtains on top that I can move easily.
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all of the windows downstairs have blinds, no curtains. except for my dining room, there are only sheers on the windows. we’ve had it that way for 16years and love it.
we have privacy even if we tilt them open, and yet the light still comes in.
the bedrooms have curtains and we love it, cause we like for those rooms to be dark. they’re worth having even though its work to have to wash and rehang them.
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