| Do you find yourself staring at your bare windows and | | | | use, consider the tone of your room. If the room is |
| dreading making the decision of how to decorate | | | | used for formal occasions, consider a fabric such as |
| them? Well here are some hints and information that | | | | silk, velvet, velveteen, brocade, damask or faille. If the |
| can help you immediately. Of the wide variety of | | | | room is somewhat informal, choose from cotton |
| window treatments available, the most common | | | | sateen, linen, sheeting, bouclé and chintz. If it is a |
| selection is fabric curtains. There are many styles of | | | | casual room, use denim, canvas, tweed, burlap, |
| fabrics, with a seemingly infinite list of choices. When | | | | corduroy, broadcloth, muslin, poplin or suede cloth. In |
| considering which fabric to use for your curtains, take | | | | addition to the tone of the room, consider the |
| into account the factors discussed below before | | | | upholstery of the furniture and find a fabric that is |
| making a final decision. First, you will want to consider | | | | similar in feel and look. Before you purchase the fabric, |
| how much light you would like to allow into the room. If | | | | you must determine its length and height, as well as |
| you would like to have a bright, warm room, select a | | | | the length and thickness of the pole. To do this, you |
| thin, light fabric with a light color and soft patterns. If | | | | must first measure your window. The width of the |
| you would like to have a darker, cooler room, select a | | | | curtain should be slightly more than the width of the |
| heavy drape with a darker color. It is also important to | | | | window. In order to determine the length of the pole |
| keep in mind how much sunlight the window typically | | | | from which to hang the curtain, you must first decide |
| gets and the size of the room before making a final | | | | on the length of the curtain. Will it be floor length, sill |
| selection. If the room is small and receives a great deal | | | | length, or below sill length? The thickness of the pole |
| of sunlight, you may still need to choose a relatively | | | | must also be considered. It will depend primarily on the |
| dark material, even if you wish the room to receive a | | | | weight of the fabric used. Lastly, you may wish to |
| good amount of sunlight. Similarly, if the room is large | | | | consider lining your curtain. This protects it from |
| and the windows receive very little sunlight, you will not | | | | damage due to dust and sunlight, and assists in |
| need a very dark or heavy drape to keep the room | | | | insulating the room. Liners are typically used on dark |
| dark. By this point, you have narrowed in on the | | | | curtains, in rooms in which you wish to keep the |
| thickness of the fabric and how light or dark it will be. | | | | sunlight out and the temperature low. You do not need |
| Now, you should find a specific fabric that meets the | | | | to line your fabric curtains if they are light, as you don't |
| needs of your room. In choosing a final color, consider | | | | want to keep out too much sunlight or reduce the |
| the color of the furniture in the room and find a fabric | | | | temperature of the room. |
| that matches nicely. When selecting the fabric type to | | | | |