When you move into a new house or decide to redecorate a room from A to Z, comes the time to choose the curtains. Everything then seems possible, but when you think about it calmly, the choices narrow to arrive at the best solution: the prettiest fabric, the garment best suited to the style of the room, all for a reasonable budget. Naturally!
To ask you the right questions and thus prepare your purchase of curtains, IImperialRooms gives you five tips from decorating professionals.
1. Think about the dominant colour of your future pair of curtains
Whether you choose a plain fabric, a stripe or a patterned fabric, make sure that the dominant colours are in harmony with those of the walls, the floor and the other textile elements in the room, such as the rug, the sofa, the armchairs or the quilted bedspreads.
2. Consider the type of fabric chosen for the new curtains
Depending on the room, the region, the brightness and the possible vis-à-vis, depending on your affinities with this or that upholstery fabric, you will sometimes have to choose a heavy and thick fabric that will have to be doubled or even concealed; sometimes, light cotton fabric or a linen veil to play with transparency.
3. Think about the choice of finish for your double curtains
Depending on your decoration and the chosen style, you can order curtains with eyelets, Flemish heads (2 pleats, flat pleats, round pleats) or, more basic: with a roulette or gathering braid. Depending on your needs and tastes, they can be low to the ground or brittle (longer), lined with a classic sateen, fleece, blackout curtains, or unlined.
4. Take measurements carefully
The measurements we ask you on Imperialrooms.co.uk for making your curtains are straightforward: width of the rod, height taken from the top of the rod to the ground. Do you want a pair of grey blackout curtains (the classic case) or a single panel for the same window? Do not worry about anything else: if we ask you a few elements, it is because we are able, thanks to the experience of our experienced sewists, to guess or calculate the rest. We also know each fabric offered, its characteristics, and its “behaviour”.
5. A trend board to check that all selected elements work together.
If you are creative and motivated, why not an inspiration board offering a quick visual overview of your decoration project?
On a large sheet of cardboard, stick the various decorative elements of the room: a photo of the sofa and the main furniture, a sample of wallpaper and paint, a piece of carpet or tiling, and of course, the sample of fabric chosen to make the new pair of curtains. Thus, you will perfectly visualize the future atmosphere created in the room.
It’s also for fun and pride!
And if you are still hesitating, Imperial Rooms uk will advise you and help you validate your order with complete peace of mind!
