Voile curtains in the kitchen: varieties, tips for choosing and fixing
Voile curtains are lightweight, weightless. In whatever room they hang, they give it movement, airiness and visually increase it. This is the exact opposite of the effect experienced with heavy fabric curtains. There is always a sense of spaciousness in a room with veiled curtains.
What are interesting about voile curtains?
Veil is a very thin material that perfectly transmits the rays of the sun and does not block air currents. This becomes possible due to the special weaving - the fabric is a fine mesh, the cells of which are clearly visible.
Of course a veil - not only a mesh curtain, but also any other translucent model. That is, both natural fiber and artificial threads can be used for its manufacture. The second option is the most common.
Window decoration with a curtain made of voile is possible in any interior style, it is only important to choose the right fabric. Linen curtain - natural, eco-friendly - will decorate both eco-style and scandinavian or minimalism... And curtains with a print in the form of flowers will perfectly fit into the interior in style provence. For country characterized by a bright cell, stripes, geometric patterns.
Models made of translucent fabric are well-deservedly popular for the diffused light that they create in the room. The sun's rays, refracting through the mesh material, lose their straightness and become soft. It becomes pleasant to be in such a room.
Material properties
The veil has the following technological characteristics:
- the ability to perfectly pass air and sunlight;
- fragility - it is easy to put a "puff" on the fabric, tear it, burn it with an iron, crush it;
- ironing the fabric is not easy - it is much more convenient to use the steamer;
- the ability to keep in shape well;
- the material is smooth and soft.
If handled with care, the fabric will last a very long time, especially in cases where synthetic fibers have been used to make it.
Voile curtains for the kitchen
It is in the kitchen that curtains made of this material look most appropriate, because this room is intended for human activities, which means that the sun's rays penetrating through the fabric cannot interfere with it.
As for the colors, the leading position is held by white - this is a classic that cannot get boring. However, a beautiful design can be obtained if you take fabric of other shades or combine two colors - contrasting or differing by one or two tones. Look great, for example, light green, green and emerald or lemon, chartreuse and mustard.
The combination of several shades belongs to the novelties of interior decor. It is not necessary to create complex designer curtains, the following idea is very popular: to sketch, layer, cross, or simply place cuts of different colors next to each other on the cornice.
Thus, different combinations can be obtained from the same fabric cuts, simply by placing them in a different way relative to each other.
Look great if your kitchen is on the sunny side. light gray shades of curtains, they "dampen" too bright rays. If the sun is so much that it interferes with being in the room, lifting structures over tulle can come to the rescue - a Roman or roller blind, horizontal blinds.
And if we consider the north side, in this case the kitchen will look great "sunny" tones of curtains (orange, yellow), creating the effect of a room flooded with light.
Looks very original ombre effect - the transition from the lightest tone to the darkest.
However, when choosing such an option for the kitchen, you should be careful - small rooms, ombre curtains can visually make them smaller.
Style solutions
In country houses or apartments with a new layout, where the window openings are large, a combination of tulle and another type of curtain - roller or Roman - is very often used.
It is better to choose a product for the kitchen made of synthetic material... It is easy to wash and is not susceptible to dirt. Window decor can be well combined with the rest of the textiles in the kitchen - chair covers, towels, tablecloth, potholders, aprons... This design option provides an easy opportunity to refresh the interior: it is enough to replace one set of textiles with another, so that the kitchen takes on a new look.
How to sew curtains for the kitchen, see below.
