Curtains for a small bedroom: varieties and recommendations for choosing

A small room, even in a new apartment or house, is usually reserved for a bedroom. And it is important to decorate the interior in a small room without overloading it with massive elements and details. Well-chosen curtains will help to visually expand the space and regulate daylight inside the room.

Free space should not be neglected for the sake of excessive decorativeness: proportionality and harmony are the main requirements when choosing design elements.

Interior designers advise choosing curtains for a small bedroom, taking into account the following points:

1. give preference to plain materials without patterns and light colors;
2. if you still like two-color and three-color fabrics for curtains, it is recommended to choose patterns with horizontal lines or in wide stripes;
3. the fabric should be very dense, do not transmit light;
4. do not overload the curtains with an abundance of folds, which makes the room visually smaller;
5. hang a long cornice from wall to wall over the window opening, even if there are two of them in the room;
6. hang roll structures or blinds.

It is not recommended to arrange curtains in a small bedroom:

1. with a large complex ornament - he visually fills everything around and concentrates attention on himself;
2. draperies and folds - such elements look impressive, but they clutter up too much, making the room visually smaller;
3. multilayer structures - they absorb lighting, block and fill free space, instead of coziness they create the impression of being fenced off and piled up.

Even under such conditions, you can choose a suitable design method that suits your taste, color and style.

Properly selected fabrics will help create visually more space in the room. Designers believe that in this way you can change the perception of a small space and create comfortable conditions for relaxation.

It is advised to choose natural materials such as cotton, linen, silk. It is better to refuse synthetic and polymeric ones. Undoubtedly many artificial materials look much more spectacular than similar natural ones.

Linen curtains are the most practical, they do not fade, they do not shrink after washing. Among the disadvantages can be called increased creasing: curtains of flax sag, deep folds appear.

The most popular material for sewing curtains is viscose. When manufacturing, you can arrange tulle and curtains in small elegant folds and so add air to the interior.

Textures with metallic threads and a silvery sheen refresh and create the impression of expanding space.

For lovers of blinds, you should pay attention to natural materials. Bamboo blinds have become unusually fashionable now.

It is important to choose the right color scheme for the bedroom. Curtain fabric should be in harmony with furniture, wallpaper and other interior items. For a bedroom decorated in white, designers recommend choosing bright options for shades: yellow, green, orange and others.

White color in the rest room looks the most successful; it can be combined with any other in the interior.

The beige colors look perfect in the bedroom and create a cozy atmosphere. For relaxation and relieving nervous tension, according to psychologists, it is better to choose green shades.

Black curtains should not be chosen for the bedroom. The black color creates the impression of a gloomy room, moreover, the area is visually reduced. Black absorbs light, but if it is diluted with lighter combinations and illuminates the room well, it is possible to create an elegant look.

Blue, white colors in combination with gold will add austerity to the bedroom.

For an accent on the window, plain luscious fabrics, trimmed with a contrasting colored stripe on top or bottom, are suitable.

Monochrome compositions are a great way to decorate, for example, a combination of a pink bedroom and burgundy curtains or a light green bedroom and emerald curtains.

The curtains in the bedroom are: long to the floor and short to the windowsill, dense and letting in some of the light, plain and with ornaments. They should be consistent with the general style. If the room is very small and dark, then bulky options are best set aside for another occasion. Sheer voile tulle will add air, and roll-up curtains are practical for sun protection.

• English and French curtain models are not suitable for modern or high-tech style. Modern is characterized by soft lines and muted tones. High-tech stands out with sharp lines, sparkling surfaces and metallic elements.

For cornices and decorative elements, stylization is used for metal or glass (transparent plastic). Preference is given to smooth, dense fabrics, practical and high-tech, for example, Teflon-coated or PVC-impregnated. Austere and clear, straight lines in the design make it possible for the owner of small apartments to apply this design. Roman and roller blinds, blinds - an excellent solution for rooms decorated in this manner.

• For classic style voluminous and lush curtains in several layers are characteristic. On the curtains, catchy patterns and ornaments are unacceptable, monochromatic strict fabrics of soft shades are preferable. French curtains are now in great demand. Rounded folds on the window give the small room a cozy and relaxed feel. You can set any length: to the floor or to the windowsill. Can be combined with thick night curtains or used as an independent element. English or London curtains - type of lifting curtains. When lowered, it is a rectangular canvas. A special device on the wrong side allows you to raise or lower to the required level. When raised, forms small folds. For a compact room, this is a great way to save space and add elegance.

• Minimalism - great for a tiny room. Lush curtains, bright colors, contrasting materials are not needed. In the interior, models with planks and Japanese sliding panels are used. Blinds, roller blinds and curtains without accents, plain and neutral, are the hallmark of the minimalist design trend.
• For lovers of delicate style Provence it is advised to choose short curtains, just below the window, in pastel colors. Airy tulle and dense curtains of a rough texture to it, for example, from flax.

Advantages of short curtains:

1. economical consumption of matter;
2. easy to remove and wash;
3. provide quick access to the windowsill.

• Art Deco includes the aestheticism of modernity and the practicality of modernity. Interior elements are collected in a single composition, emphasizing and complementing each other. Designers advise using heavy, dense curtains made of high quality fabrics (silk, velvet, satin) and decorative items such as gold tassels. Art Deco is a rich and luxurious style. A fabric with an ornament - geometric or ethnic, is suitable, there are no restrictions in the selection of patterns and textures.

Different styles offer their own solutions to create the perfect window, but the selection of curtains for the interior is an individual choice. Each room has special dimensions, lighting, furnishings, it is worth considering all the parameters in the complex, looking at design novelties and finding your own best option.

Professional designers offer different means to decorate a window in a small room:

• choose materials for curtains and tulle in the same color scheme, but with a difference of 1-2 tones;
• you can make a lining of dense material;
• combine glossy and matte surfaces and fabrics in a monochrome interior;
• the textures of the upholstery and curtains should be in harmony.

With a stretch ceiling, the cornice can be effectively placed in a niche behind the suspended structure, and for curtains, pick up light fabrics that gently flow from above and fall to the floor. The stretch ceiling will give the impression that the curtains are a decorative drapery of the window opening.

When choosing curtains for a narrow window, you should find a single color for the entire room. For a wide window in a small room, wall-to-wall curtains are suitable.

When choosing new curtains, the cornice is often selected at the same time. Eaves differ in design and fastening principle.

In the bedroom, this option will be appropriate: you can move the curtains without getting out of bed.

Cornices with large rings (eyelets) squeak unpleasantly when moving, which can be uncomfortable in the bedroom. Better to choose options with fabric loops. You can install a cornice, hidden by a strip to match the background color, or an ordinary string or a bar to be fixed to the very ceiling. If you need to completely drape it, the curtains are made in advance with a special detail - a drawstring. It creates the impression of curtains hanging in the air.

With a wide, protruding window sill, you can give preference to short curtains, or place the cornice in such a way that the window sill does not stand out on the curtained window.

It is recommended not to put any objects on the windowsill: a lamp, indoor plants, books. The window will appear cluttered and appear smaller.

For interior decoration in a small area, a simple and one-color composition is most suitable. Interior designers suggest adding variety.

• Decorate the cornice ribbons, hanging down to the middle of the window.

• Apply horizontal asymmetric designs and fabrics, unusual in texture.

• The curtain is 10-15 cm longerfalling in folds will visually make the ceiling higher.

• Roman curtains - it is stylish and comfortable, and a double “day-night” curtain of two independent canvases, transparent and dense, will help save space.

• Austrian curtains - a kind of variant combining Roman and French varieties. For a small bedroom, it will be successful to make it to the size of the window opening.

• Asymmetric composition: only part of the window is accentuated, the second side remains uncovered, which visually increases the area.

Decorating window openings with the help of such combinations will protect from direct sunlight, free up space, and help create an atmosphere for relaxation. The final decision on creating your own interior in the bedroom remains with the designer.

Advice from designers will allow the hostesses to plan bedroom projects more carefully.