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Even the most expensive interior can be ruined by improperly selected curtains. Therefore, the design of the window in the bedroom should be given a little more time than usual, but the ideal result will delight you every day.
General rules
The bedroom is the place where you relax, gain strength and spend calm cozy evenings with your soulmate. The whole atmosphere in the room should accompany coziness and relaxation, therefore the interior and decoration of the room are especially important. Finishing, textiles, furniture - everything should be combined with each other, not to "cut" the eye. This also applies to window decoration in an apartment or house. If the room is rectangular in shape, standard, measuring 13-20 square meters. m, then, as a rule, the window in it is standard rectangular, with a window sill and slopes.
If the window sill is not used as a table or bench (at low height), then you can issue it with lightweight tulle and blackout curtains in a classic way. You need to consider only a few nuances:
- choose a tulle without shine, matte, plain with a barely noticeable print or without it,
- curtains can be light or dense (blackout), the latter are designed to completely block daylight to darken the room during daytime sleep or in the morning,
- fabric for curtains should be of high quality, non-synthetic, without cheap gloss, plain curtains of good length with a margin are in fashion.
Decoration with curtains
One of the classic ways to decorate windows - curtains. They are selected to fit the general style of the interior. The type, size and color of the curtains depends on the design decisions. Also, the choice depends on the personal preferences of the owner of the house. For example, amateurs of daytime sleep often stop at lightproof tight curtains, having curtained which you can get a pleasant twilight at any time of the day. Lightweight fabric is more suitable for lovers of bright light, with it the whole room will seem brighter.
How to choose a color
The color of the curtains plays an important role. With it, you can make the window almost invisible or, conversely, brightly highlight on the background of the wall. In addition, various types of mounts look more profitable with one color or another. There are several common color schemes that are suitable for almost every home.
- White: perfect for a classic interior, for a room decorated in light or neutral colors. Translucent curtains are preferred.
- The black: used in many modern designs, combines well with any shades of walls. It is advisable to use only in spacious rooms, otherwise the effect of crowding is created.
- Beige: neutral shade that looks equally profitable in any design. Ideal for forged cornice.
Pastel colors also look good in any interior - gentle, allowing light to freely enter the room. Peach, olive, pistachio - a variety of pastel colors allows you to choose a curtain that is ideally suited in color to other items in the bedroom.
Brighter and more contrasting curtains are suitable for lovers of "defiant" design, in which everything is done brightly and unusual.
How to choose the type of curtain
There are many types of curtains, each view in its own way transforms the window. First of all, the choice of curtain type depends on the size of the room and the window opening.
Classic long curtains consist of two paintings, they are well suited for spacious rooms with a large amount of free space, are made of any material and look familiar. In smaller rooms, it is preferable to hang short curtains that extend to the windowsill. The space on the windowsill remains open, so it can be used additionally.
To the interior of the bedroom looked luxurious, you can hang long Roman curtains. Additionally, you can use the lambrequin, with the help of which the window size increases visually, it looks even more rich and stylish.
For comfortable adjustment of lighting in the bedroom, heavy curtains or double curtains combined with a light tulle are best suited.
Budget and practical option will be roller blinds. They are made from light fabric, they look simple and modern. Ideal if the window sill is constantly used as a table or shelf.
Window with balcony
To beautifully design a window with access to the balcony, you can also use curtains. In this case, options that do not close the balcony door are preferable. For example, curtains are used only on one side of the window. Three main types of curtains can be distinguished, which will look good in the bedroom, without interfering with going out into the fresh air at any convenient moment.
- Japanese curtains: imagine the same stripes of light tissue that can be adjusted individually. This is a convenient option that looks simple and is suitable for almost any interior style. At any time, you can create new combinations of pieces of fabric, if you want to bring something new to the design of the room.
- Cafe curtains: create a cozy romantic atmosphere in the bedroom, the impression of a comfortable house in the village. Suitable for most simple and cozy design styles designed to make the bedroom as cozy and homely as possible.
- Roman curtains: budget and functional option. It is easily washed and comfortably adjusted with a latch, thanks to which you do not have to touch the fabric again.
Decoration without curtains
Despite the variety of curtains, this window decoration option is not suitable for everyone. You can find a more original and unusual way of decorating, which will make the room cozy without the use of curtains.
To make the bedroom a pleasant, soft lighting, you can use frosted glass. Direct sunlight is transformed, soft light penetrates into the room, creating a cozy, romantic atmosphere. The whole glass or its separate parts can be frosted.
Refined creative natures often use decorative stickers to decorate a window.
On glass, you can draw patterns or write quotes and phrases. Both white and colored adhesive films are used, with which you can create a unique design.
Multi-colored beads suspended on threads will make the window original and bright. Glass or crystal beads will shine and shimmer in the sun, attracting attention. For lower brightness, you can use wooden or plastic beads, and for an unusual and cozy design shells are suitable.
You can decorate the window if you place beautiful pots with living plants on the windowsill. A variety of flowers or even small trees, such as lemon or tangerine. Living plants can be replaced with well-made artificial ones.
The last and most common version of a beautiful window design without curtains is the handmade.
You can make patterns with your own hands from any materials, and finished handmade products are sold in many stores. Such items will make each window truly unusual, individual and unique.
How to organize window space functionally
To make the window not only decorative, but also functional, you need to use all the free space around it. This is very true for small bedrooms in which every additional meter is valuable.
The wide windowsill will perfectly replace a desk on which you can place everything you need, turning free space into a workplace. In addition, during the day it will be well lit.
You can use the windowsill not only as a table, but also as a resting place - for example, make it a comfortable sofa or chair. Reading a book in such a place in the daytime is a pleasure.
The window space can be surrounded by shelves designed for any thing - books, soft toys, jewelry, bedding.
Features
It is extremely difficult to imagine a room in which there is not a single window, but not only the presence of the opening, but also its location plays a special role. The window in the bedroom may have such features:
- A window opening is a natural lamp that can illuminate the interior throughout the day, in addition, in the morning it will always remind of itself.
- The more windows, the better, because there will be more light inside the bedroom, and the space will seem more comfortable and spacious. At the same time, only blackout curtains can help hide from such lamps, which can hide the homeowner from sunlight and night courtyards.
- The window may have an unusual shape (round, oval or panoramic).
- A window opening is often used as an accent in a bedroom.
- Blinds and curtains are a must for a bedroom window, allowing you to maintain an intimate atmosphere.
Bedroom decoration with one window
First, consider the classic layout, when the bedroom has one window, located in the middle of one of the walls. In this case, the homeowner does not have any restrictions, because any style and direction can be used to decorate the interior. The distance between the window and the bed should be about 1 meter, which will allow you to freely move around the room. Also, the bed can be positioned perpendicular to the window or so that the head is under the window opening.
If the house or apartment has a narrow bedroom, then the bed is best placed parallel to the long walls, while the location of the window does not affect anything. An alternative solution is to buy a small bed frame without a back. If the room is very small, then the bed is placed closer to the wall located opposite the window and door.
If there are several windows
A more complex, but at the same time interesting option is a bedroom, in which two or more windows. A non-standard room is a chance to realize the most daring ideas and ideas that allow you to create a comfortable bedroom. First of all, it is important to choose a style, among which: modern and provence, loft and minimalism, classic and baroque. Accordingly, furniture and textiles are bought with style.
As mentioned above, the more windows, the more natural light penetrates into the room. Designers recommend using this by placing the bed a little further from the windows, for example, closer to the middle of the room. It is important to remember that a bedroom is a room where you want to relax, light-tight blackout curtains will help to create the appropriate conditions. If you want to position the bed closer to the windows, then you should pay attention to the high-back models.
To create a large room with several windows, you can combine the bedroom and the living room, so that there will be a guest area at the windows, and in the far corner a bed hidden behind a screen or chest of drawers. If the windows are perpendicular to each other, then you can hide from the sun using dense curtains, placing the bed near one of the openings or between them.
A bedroom with several windows is difficult to zone into separate sections, because shelving and partitions will create an obstacle to lighting, interfere with its even distribution, which will negatively affect the overall perception of the room. The only way to successfully zonate the space is to divide the bedroom into zones using different colors or hide the bed behind a screen. The bedroom with two windows is too bright, so for the design you need to choose muted shades, pastel colors. An ideal solution would be a bedroom decorated in peach, brown, terracotta, beige or gray.
Bedroom interior with panoramic windows
A panoramic glazed bedroom is a dream that many prefer to keep quiet. Windows on the floor become the main accent in the room, they do not require decor, if because of them opens a picturesque picture of the natural landscape or city. Curtains are more likely not a decoration, but a necessity, because in the dark, few people want the bedroom to look like a storefront. For panoramic windows, long and wide curtains made of translucent fabric are used.
Practical and almost imperceptible blinds are also used for panoramic windows. It is important to choose stylish and light fabrics, at the same time, not forgetting about the inner space of the bedroom. Panoramic windows are more suited to the style of a loft or high-tech, in connection with which you need to give preference to modern and functional furniture.
Window decoration unusual shape
A window that is too wide can not only violate the style and visual perception of the bedroom, but also affect its functionality. In order to correct a rectangular opening, it is enough to buy wide curtains that can hide part of the window opening. It is important to purchase two blackout curtains to the floor, moving them slightly forward, creating an elongated window shape, but at the same time leaving it open. As for the curtains, it is important to choose a natural material with a simple pattern, for example, vertical stripes.
Many are afraid of small windows, but in vain, because a simple design trick will help to make it wider. It is enough to purchase a cornice, the width of which will be 2-3 times larger than the window opening. The blind walls are closed by tulle and blackout curtains, and only a window will appear that will seem large in appearance. You can also use lambrequins, which visually enlarge the window, creating a fraudulent feeling that it is behind the textiles. If the curtains do not fit the style of the bedroom, then you can use Roman curtains.
Rules for the design of windows in the bedroom
- The lack of a window in the bedroom is easily corrected by a self-adhesive imitation.
- An unsightly view from the window onto the wall of the neighboring house will be covered with blackout curtains with a pattern. A beautiful view is not worth closing.
- Sleep lovers will appreciate the dense curtains on the lining or blackout fabric, which will not miss a single ray of sunshine.
- Bright curtains in the bedroom can cause insomnia.
- Windows facing the north or west side should not be curtained with a thick cloth.
- Do not allow cluttering the windowsill. This will give the room a sloppy look.
Window Curtain Selection
The interior of the bedroom with the window suggests the presence of curtains. Their choice depends directly on the shape of the window and the design features of the room.
Panoramic windows are quite rare. Usually the owners of such luxury are the owners of cottages or penthouses. Designers advise decorating this type of window with plain black-out curtains 10-15 cm longer or left open.
The presence of a bay window allows you to use all kinds of draperies. Roman or roller blinds with a vertical pattern look good, a combination of dense fabrics with tulle, decorated with longitudinal folds. Contrasting classic curtains with symmetrical lambricenes, a beautiful light tulle and a curtain in the tone of furniture, walls or ceiling are perfect.
For an arched window, designers recommend French curtains on a semicircular cornice, creating another arch. In this case, you can use roller blinds that do not cover the upper part of the window.
A small window in the bedroom is not a sentence. A cozy twilight will only add piquancy.
It is possible to increase such a window by attaching the curtain 10-15 cm above the window opening and increasing its length by 10-15 cm.Curtains should be made of lightweight fabrics. The presence of under-curtain and tulle is allowed. With high ceilings and small windows, it is better to mount the cornice directly above the window opening. Lambriken in this case will make the window visually higher.
A large window can be decorated with an English curtain or any other. The main thing is that she does not violate the style of the bedroom.
In an apartment with low ceilings, a cornice is usually attached to the ceiling. Thus, the extra 5-10 cm make the room much higher. The best option would be classic curtains on the grommets.
Window sill arrangement
The design of the bedroom with the window suggests the presence of a window sill. A modern window sill is the most functional part of a window. From it you can make a dressing table and headrest for the bed.
Fans of reading before going to bed can place a shelf for books and magazines in a niche under the windowsill. They can also decorate the windowsill itself.
The placement of indoor plants will normalize the microclimate of the bedroom. Plants such as cacti, eucalyptus, geranium, sansevieria - produce oxygen at night. Dracaena, myrtle, cyperus, medicinal rosemary, ficus, hibiscus - increase humidity. Excess moisture will easily be removed by laurel, coffee tree, spathiphyllum.
For a country style, a wooden window sill with a multi-level composition of home flowers is suitable.
Candles on the windowsill will bring an atmosphere of romance to your evenings.
Figurines will add sophistication to the design of your bedroom.
Photos within the framework will complement the hi-tech style.
Tips
- For a small bedroom, it is better to choose plain curtains and a blanket without a picture in contrasting or the same color scheme.
- Curtains with edging will give the room a neat and attractive look.
- English curtains should not be hung in a small bedroom.
- The combination of plain Roman curtains with curtains with a pattern will help to increase space.
- The best colors for decorating the bedroom are blue, green, pink.
- Thread curtains are perfect for a bedroom without a window.
- Curtains made from the same fabric as the bedspread give the room a respectable look.
- The contrasting lining of the curtains allows you to come up with many combinations for fastening.
- Combined curtains will save on expensive fabric.
The curtains in the bedroom can be from any materials, any color, any design, however, window decoration in the bedroom should only begin after you have decided on the style of the room as a whole. So, if the bedroom is decorated in a country style, then heavy curtains with lambricen will look inappropriate. A properly designed window sill will add completeness to the interior.
Photo selection of interior windows for the bedroom
Question answer
Despite practicality, it is extremely undesirable to use blinds in the bedroom. They will give the room the look of an office and will remind you of work. This setting will not allow you to relax and sleep well. It is better to look at Japanese or bamboo panels.
Indoor plants in the bedroom are better to use those that will benefit. There are a number of plants that remove excess moisture or, conversely, moisturize the air in the room. In addition, all plants secrete much-needed oxygen, which is also the key to good sleep. Strongly smelling plants such as geraniums are undesirable, as they can cause a headache.
If your baby is still small, it is better to hang tight curtains with cartoon characters. For those who are learning to write, a window sill with built-in shelving and a Roman curtain is suitable. For a teenager's room, curtains are best to choose plain. The windowsill-table should not be less than 50 cm, so that you can comfortably place the computer.
You can use monophonic curtains made of silk or other light materials in blue-green tones, and double curtains. Classic curtains with a lighter undercoat fit well into the interior. Important - if the interior of the bedroom is made in this style, it is better not to use curtains in the Provence style.
Apartments of this type have low ceilings and standard windows. In this case, it is better to choose curtains that will visually increase the height of the room.
