The drapery of your house can say a lot about the people living inside, and this is why many people are careful and purposeful about their choice of curtains. The colour scheme, style, purpose and design of the curtains all play into whether or not they’ll suit the room they hang in, and the wrong ones can throw off a whole room.
If your friends have ever said to you “check out these block out curtains”, and shown you something that would absolutely complete your living room, you know it at first sight. To help get you to that feeling again, we’ve compiled a list of things to consider when choosing curtains for each room of your house.
Living Room
Your living room is where you’ll likely spend most of your time in the day-to-day life in your home, so you don’t want your curtains to be too much “hard work” to look at. A simple colour scheme, or a lack of pattern, can help your drapes to fade into the background and become a normal, nice part of your living room, as anything gaudy or heavily patterned will draw the eye every time you enter the room.
Master Bedroom
Your master bedroom should have a functional but nice drape set in it, as you will spend less of your time in here, but anything not working as a functional curtain will just cause you to be woken up by the rising sun every morning. Blackout curtains are an option, however usually they don’t have the same aesthetic appeal as more traditional ones.
Study
Studies are better suited to venetian blinds than drapes or curtains, as these are the rooms you most often do work in. Venetian blinds let in some light no matter how closed they are, meaning you can always see what you’re working on and can more effectively control the light entering from outside without totally shutting it out.
Kitchen
Your kitchen, if it has curtains or drapes, can usually be beautified with a set of plain curtains.
Food and/or food by-products will likely get all over these curtains at some point, so an easier-to-clean material like nylon or cotton is preferable.
