Photo curtains and photo curtains for the kitchen: design options and tips for choosing
It is costly to renovate the kitchen every year. If the soul requires change, they change its design for an ultra-fashionable and stylish one, buying new curtains. Increasingly, they refuse transparent tulle, appreciating the beauty of printed options. If you seriously approach the choice, they will harmoniously fit into the interior solution.
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Although printed curtains are not new, the demand for them is growing day by day. They are classified by fabric type, attachment method, size and volumetric effect.
By type of fabric
To make kitchen photo curtains, a printer is used to print. However, not every fabric is suitable for this.
Blackout
Has good thermal insulation properties, therefore the kitchen is not heated in summer and not cooled in winter. It is inherent complete opacity.
Blackout preserves the "vitality" and contrast of the picture depicted on it for years.
Atlas
In contrast to blackout, the image printed on satin shines and shines in a special way. In addition to its excellent reflective properties, it does not cause allergies, accumulates dust and does not electrify. Photocurtains for the kitchen from satin can be draped and last a long time if cared for correctly.
Gabardine
It has a special structure that allows you to print a photo well. Thanks to the matte surface, its color is revealed perfectly.
Gabardine absorbs moisture and allows air to pass through. It is distinguished by high density, lightness, practicality.... Even after washing it does not wrinkle or deform.
Chiffon
Made from polyester, this material holds its shape and lasts longer than any of the above. Due to the transparency of the image curtain design lightness and airiness are inherent.
Satin
It has the same properties as satin, but this satin-weave polyester fabric allows the sun to pass through and does not glare.
For the kitchen, they usually look for curtains made of "indestructible", wear-resistant fabric, resistant to temperature extremes without loss of properties. Therefore, it is better to choose materials such as blackout and gabardine for sewing them.
By type of attachment
Printed curtains are attached to:
- eyelets;
- loops;
- hooks.
By type of volumetric effect
This effect depends on the type of fabric and how it is attached to the window.
Curtains
In the manufacture, one or two canvases of opaque dense fabric are used, which easily moves along the cornice. Graphics are rendered in 3D when closed.
Roll
Their size matches the size of the window. In the morning hours, they are collected on a shaft and when closed, they resemble a roll. Having unwound it, you can see mountains, a garden or a still life in your kitchen.
Roman
Unlike rolled rolls, they are mounted on the window sashes.
When closed, they look like an accordion.
The static effect when opening / closing does not accumulate, since the fabric is treated in a special way before applying the photo.
Tulle
The material transmits the sun's rays without depriving the 3d image of its brightness.
Japanese
A fabric with a three-dimensional picture is pulled onto a rigid frame. On the one hand, because of him a Japanese curtain cannot be assembled to fill the room with sunlight, and on the other hand, folds will never appear on it.
Photo blinds
They can be both horizontal and vertical. The image is applied only to one side of the lamellas.
To size
Using modern technologies and equipment, they produce domestic and imported 3D curtains of various sizes. They are made to order after measurement or sold ready-made with the same width as a standard window opening.
If the apartment has high ceilings and panoramic lighting, then it is better to choose long curtains for the kitchen. They better convey the three-dimensional image and create a visual effect.
If the kitchen is small, then short curtains with a pattern are preferable, as they will not overload it.
Design options
An ordinary tulle, unlike a photocurtain, is devoid of originality and uniqueness. The hostess with taste and imagination will choose curtains with one of the types of patterns listed below.
Flowers
They buy curtains with poppies, orchids and roses in the kitchen, knowing that they will fit into the design and will not go out of fashion.
Stones
This design option is not found in the kitchen. If they decorate it in the loft style, then buy curtains with the image of sea pebbles or a stone block.
Town
The kitchen will become cozy and mysterious if you hang Roman or 3D roller blinds overlooking New York or Paris on the window.
Nature
Brightness and freshness will be given to the kitchen by photocurtains depicting a sunrise, a stream in the mountains, a grove, an apple tree, the sea or a desert.
Geometric ornament
If the kitchen area is small, abstraction curtains in a modern style will help with the visual expansion of the space.
Animals
This extravagant design option is difficult to fit into the design of the kitchen. It is more suitable for a bathroom with a jacuzzi or a nursery.
Space
They refuse this design option when decorating the kitchen, since photographs on the curtains with the moon, sky or constellations evoke thoughts of sleep.
Although you can depict anything on the curtains, the chosen one does not always look harmonious. You cannot be guided only by fashion trends when choosing - without taking into account the style, colors and themes of a particular kitchen, they will be lost in the interior. For style provence curtains with the image of bunches of grapes, old streets in France and wine still lifes will be appropriate; for modern - photo curtains with views of the night city; for Japanese style - curtains with sakura, bamboo and hieroglyphs.
Whatever the kitchen, the photo tulle with flowers will fit harmoniously into it. The main thing is to take seriously the choice of colors for them.
Their color can be in contrast or close to those already used in the interior design. Curtains with fruits, vegetables, cakes look good in the kitchen, as they cook and eat in it.
The easiest way to update your kitchen interior is to buy or order photo curtains. So that they do not look like a foreign detail in the interior, it is better to beat them with napkins, tablecloths or a glass apron with a similar design.
For an overview of the photocurtain, see below.