Your room is incomplete without curtains. The curtains help to control the light, add warmth, and lend privacy. They affirm your style and add color and texture to your room. We provide you with the Do’s and Don’ts while hanging curtains. This practice may enhance the looks of your living room, drawing room, or bedroom.
1. Don’t Go Too Much Narrow
Always select such a hanging rod that is wider than the width of your window. This will allow your curtains to look beautiful. They will not look like long narrow curtains. They will cover the entire window. It will also allow tricking the eye to think that the window is much wider than its actual size.
2. Do Use Adequate Fabric
Use the proper amount of fabric after measuring the length and size of the window. If enough fabric is used, then your curtains will not look skimpy. They will feel full. The benefit of using enough cloth is that if you want to close your curtains on an occasion, then they will be 2-2.5 times the actual width of the window.
3. Don’t Skimp On Fabric
While hanging curtains, make sure that your curtains are covering the whole window. If the curtains do not cover the whole window, it will give the window an awkward look. We sell curtains as panels. These panels are big enough to cover a normal size window individually. These panels can also be paired together to frame your windows while you are performing window treatment tasks.
4. Do Choose Suitable Fabric
Always choose a curtain fabric that contrasts with both the mood of the room and its function. Light-colored fabrics feel casual and they filter the light coming from light as well. The dark-colored fabrics are denser and do not allow the light to let in the room. Darker fabrics also feel more formal as compared to the lighter ones. Choose heavy velvet fabric for the drafty windows. During summer, linen fabric is good for a breezier feel.
5. Don’t Stop At the Windowsill
Do not stop your curtains at the windowsill. This will pose a bad impact and your curtains will not look beautiful. Always select curtains to the floor-length. Curtains to the floor-length always add to the beauty of your room. This will modify your room to such a great extent that your room will become representable and mightier than the actual size!
6. Do Use Good Hardware Products
You should use good hardware products for the hanging curtains or installation of your curtains. Hardware for your curtains compliments the entire look of your place. The curtain hardware includes curtain rods curtain rings with hooks. Install a stylish curtain rod that will give your room a modern look. Use well-finished sleeky curtain rings with hooks for a more traditional vibe.
7. Don’t Hang Wrong Curtains For Your Window Style
There is a vast variety of curtains but there is a ton of window style too! In many house casements, bow and bay windows are found commonly. There are different methods of hanging curtains on these different style windows. It is not difficult to hang curtains on these windows but you have to learn the procedure that how to hang curtains on windows of these different styles? You should read the window installation guideline.
8. Do Position The Rod 8-12 Inches Wider
Fix the curtain rod 8-12 inches wider than your window frame so that when the curtains are opened, they only cover the window frame. This will give an elegant look to your room when the curtains are open. By doing this, we can have three major benefits. It fills the room with light completely. It makes the window look bigger than the actual size. This practice allows your hanging curtains neatly without being squished to the sides of the window frame.
9. Don’t Use Single Panel
Do not use a single panel on one side of the window. A single panel will not cover your whole window. It will look untidy. It will not block any light coming from outside. Always use panels according to the size of your window. This will enhance the beauty of your window frame.
10. Do Use Four Panels
Do use four panels for your larger-sized windows, but using more panels will give a fuller look. It will compensate for the emptiness of your window frame. It will also give an illusion of a wider window and a bigger room as well. But always use the panels according to your requirement and your window size to make your room look prettier and presentable.
11. Don’t Go Too Short
Don’t hang the curtain too short and don’t use short-length curtain rods. This will put a terrible impact on the viewer. When the curtains are hung too short, then they do not look good. If you want your fabric to not get dirty, then it is better to stop them an inch above the ground. Eyelet curtains will make the illusion that your room is too much smaller.
12. Do Hang High
When hanging curtains for 9-foot ceilings then fix the rod near to the ceiling. The higher your curtain rod is the taller your window looks. Another role of thumb is that you should fix your curtain rod 4-6 inches above the window frame. This will give your room a beautiful and charming look. Use wide rod hanging brackets.
13. Do Use a Template
When hanging curtains, always use a template. This will allow you to fix the curtain rods of all the windows at a proper and similar height. By doing so, there are no uneven or dissimilar measurements in all the installed window curtains rods. The benefit of using a template is that it saves time also otherwise you have to measure again and again by using measuring tape.
To Sum Up!
Here we provided a complete guideline on how to install or how you can hang your curtains. The above-mentioned practices are those which you have to do and not do while hanging the narrow curtains and overlapping curtains. If you observe these practices, you are able to make a presentable and elegant view of your room.
