Five Basic Things to Remember About Treatments For Windows
- By John Schofield
- Published 12/29/2011
- Home Management
- Unrated
As a homeowner planning to beautify your house, you would undoubtedly have a lot on your plate right now. Although you can just hire an interior designer to finish your house’s new look, you may want to give it your own shot and touch as well. Thus, you have to teach yourself about the basics of home decor. You can start off with your window treatments. There are basic things that you need to learn quickly about windows and how window treatments should be chosen. These are couture techniques shared by an expert so that many people would feel independent about choosing their own window treatments. You will need these to come to a deep understanding about how you can make your window look stunning even with the use of window treatments alone. These are already proven effective techniques used in several windows already.
1. Colour. Taking into account that there is a large space to fill near the window, the window treatment should have the appropriate colour to match the scheme of the room. In order to stop people from wandering their eyes about, you should have a focal point where all the attention will be diverted to. This focal point should serve to give f hints about what the atmosphere in the room is. If you have guests for the party, they would feel the warmth of the mood of the party with colour scheme red, coral, and peach.
2. Lines. The lines of the designs that you will choose will also affect the mood of the people who will
happen to come by the window with the treatment. As per artistic analysis and symbolism, vertical lines express dignity and height. Horizontal lines express the feeling of being at rest. Moulding and panelling always have horizontal lines. Depending on the effect that you want to achieve, you can choose among these lines. Diagonal lines may need to be avoided because they can distract the eyes too much.
3. Texture. This is another avenue to express your mood for the day or the entire week. Texture in window treatments are usually given off by the use of chenille, denim, and linen. These are up for rooms that you want to have casual decoration for. These have rough textures which can create darker shadows since they can take in more light. This will cast a darker shade to the entire room. On the other hand, formal setting can be shown through the use of smooth silk, shiny, and moiré. These have shiny textures that reflect light, making a room look brighter.
4. Form. This is about the shape of the window treatments. Most treatments are rectangle in shape and this is especially true to windows in large spaces. In order to fill up the area, chairs and tables can be added. For square-window treatments, you can put a sliding glass door unit beside the window. To create illusion that a rectangular window is longer, put in additional drapes to the wall and even beyond the edge of the glass door.
5. Space. The large space can be minimised by putting in some boundaries. You can achieve this by putting some furniture pieces near the window treatment.
1. Colour. Taking into account that there is a large space to fill near the window, the window treatment should have the appropriate colour to match the scheme of the room. In order to stop people from wandering their eyes about, you should have a focal point where all the attention will be diverted to. This focal point should serve to give f hints about what the atmosphere in the room is. If you have guests for the party, they would feel the warmth of the mood of the party with colour scheme red, coral, and peach.
2. Lines. The lines of the designs that you will choose will also affect the mood of the people who will
3. Texture. This is another avenue to express your mood for the day or the entire week. Texture in window treatments are usually given off by the use of chenille, denim, and linen. These are up for rooms that you want to have casual decoration for. These have rough textures which can create darker shadows since they can take in more light. This will cast a darker shade to the entire room. On the other hand, formal setting can be shown through the use of smooth silk, shiny, and moiré. These have shiny textures that reflect light, making a room look brighter.
4. Form. This is about the shape of the window treatments. Most treatments are rectangle in shape and this is especially true to windows in large spaces. In order to fill up the area, chairs and tables can be added. For square-window treatments, you can put a sliding glass door unit beside the window. To create illusion that a rectangular window is longer, put in additional drapes to the wall and even beyond the edge of the glass door.
5. Space. The large space can be minimised by putting in some boundaries. You can achieve this by putting some furniture pieces near the window treatment.
