Once creating the interior of your living room, you want it to be always relevant and in line with fashion trends. Surprisingly, there is a very simple way to quickly update the decor and create the right mood for the room. Beautiful photos of window decoration with curtains in the living room suggest how to do this. By changing just the window frame, you can get an unusual stylistic solution or place new accents in the design of the living room.

The whole family usually gathers in the central room. The best place for holidays, birthdays, tea parties, movie watching or socializing is hard to find. Everyone loves the living room. For many years, she remains in the memory of matured children. Living room decoration requires a special approach, including in details.

Purpose of curtains

Windows in any room are of the utmost importance. Their framing depends on which side of the world they go to. If there is a lot of sunlight, you can count on options with multilayer or blackout curtains, curly lambrequins, bright patterns. If the room is small or directed to the west or north, then it is better to choose translucent, lightweight fabrics that will help make the living room more spacious and elegant.

The modern approach to window decoration lies in a variety of color and shape options. Sometimes kits are made up of seemingly incompatible fabrics. But due to textures and original cut, they not only decorate the window, but also support the idea of ​​room design. The shape and dimensions of the window play a decisive role in the choice of the cornice and the size of the canvases. Curtains can be open or hidden. Open ones have wood, plastic or metal finish. Forged options are often used. Concealed are usually mounted behind decorative cornices or directly on the window frame.

Important! To make the living room always comfortable and stylish, the curtains are selected taking into account the color of the walls and the lighting of the room. Natural light during the day and artificial light in the evening should favorably emphasize the texture and pattern of the fabric.

In spacious rooms, the curtains can be long. The lower part drapes beautifully on the floor, or forms soft folds by means of grabs. In small rooms, the window decoration can be shortened versions to the window sill. The main thing is to understand what role they are intended for: window decor, darkening from the sun or accentuation on a separate part of the room.

Features of fabrics

The living room assumes the presence of free space, elegance and at the same time coziness and comfort. When conceiving a design, it is worth considering a few secrets of modern fabrics:

• To enhance the effect of spaciousness, curtains of monochromatic colors are used. Very small drawing is acceptable. Lightness and airiness are brought into the interior by translucent fabrics. Tulle and organza can be of various shades, with transitions from dark to light, with lurex or reflective particles.
• Blackout curtains can be completely opaque, partially translucent and almost transparent. In addition to protecting from prying eyes from the street and darkening from the sun, they successfully solve the problem of expanding the room due to their reflective properties.
• Velvet, silk or brocade give the living room a solemn look. Tulle with handmade details or curly multilayer lambrequins will add significance and solidity.
• A modern, urban feel is brought to the living room by neutral fabrics. This also includes a discreet cage or strip. In addition, vertical striped curtains visually increase the height of the room. The current option is Roman or roller blinds made of dense monochromatic fabrics. They rise easily and are almost invisible behind the transparent lightweight tulle.
• Country style is perfectly complemented by natural materials - cotton, linen. Dense, embossed curtains in natural shades will perfectly harmonize with delicate tulle in a small flower or plain curtains with ruffles.
• An oriental sophisticated style can be added to the room with the help of silk and organza. You can sew massive blackout curtains with many decorations. Or you can delicately hint at the eastern direction with Japanese laconic canvases.
• You can easily update the interior by having two sets: winter and summer. In addition to changing moods and adjusting the interior, the winter version will protect you from the cold with dense, pile fabrics. And summer will help you easily switch to a spring mood thanks to light, light materials. Seasonal options at least twice a year will help make interior changes.

In the photo, window decoration with curtains in a classic-style living room.

Curtains are divided into several types:

Drapery and lambrequin require a lot of fabric. The most economical option is a canopy. But it can also be played up with fashionable prints and supported by other interior details.

Solid curtains are easier to fit into the interior. They benefit from their beautiful colors and fabrics. One has only to find the right combination of colors on the walls, floor, furniture. The color of the curtains can be repeated in accessories (decorative pillows, picture frames, floor lamps, ottomans).

Printed fabrics suggest stylistic conformity to the overall design of the living room. Floral or abstract themes can be supported in the design of curtains in the living room. The photo shows examples of a harmonious combination of patterns on the walls and curtains. But in a small room, it is better to limit the number of ornaments. It is better to take as a basis one dominant fabric, for example, in the upholstery of a sofa, and all the rest will be a light addition in color or pattern.

Curtains with vertical stripes visually raise the ceiling of the living room. Horizontal stripes will be appropriate in a narrow and high room - it will become a little lower and more comfortable.

Textured, voluminous fabrics with large weaves or embossed patterns go well with polished furniture, leather and metal. For heavy canvases, stylized metal holders are made on the walls. Or they are decorated with wide grabs or cords with a variety of tassels.

How to adjust a living room window with curtains

Experienced decorators can easily correct imperfections in the structural elements of an apartment. This is very important for the living room. Windows are narrow or very wide, low or too high. With the help of some techniques, the windows in the living room can become the right size and give the room an attractive look:

1. You can make the living room window wider using cornices. They should be 30-50 cm longer on each side than the window. Curtains starting at the edge of the cornice will visually expand the window. In addition, it will be completely freed from darkening and more light will enter the room.
2. The lengthening of the curtains will help to make the living room window higher. It is better to hang the bar as close to the ceiling as possible, and fix the curtains on the eyelets or drawstring. They form a vertical comb and the curtain will start almost from the ceiling. In this case, the curtains should be as long as possible.
3. Bright colors or a special cut of curtains will help to reduce the living room window. For example, an abstract drawing on a Roman shade will give the impression of a stained glass window. Lambrequins, tassels or frills on the curtains will distract attention from the height of the window.
4. For decoration in a panel house, where wide, but very low window openings, you can take layering as a basis - decorate the living room window with a set of traditional and roller blinds. Several tiers of translucent fabric of different sizes can overlap each other and be adjacent to the rollers.

Photo gallery of curtains for the living room:

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plain curtains in the design of the living room