Curtains can make a room look airy and nice, or gloomy. The curtains in a house speak about the people who live in it. That’s why women take so much time to select the correct curtains that will suit their homes. Just simply hanging curtains from a pelmet is no longer in style. Today different styles and headers for curtains are available to choose from. For sitting rooms and living rooms that have a view people, select net or lace curtains. Some people have separate sets of curtains for summer and winter.
There are a lot of different styles of curtains and headers, the most frequently used of which is the standard one. In this, an inch-wide ribbon is used that is gathered up into a narrow even header. This style is frequently used on dormer and cottage windows. It is also used for lightweight curtains where a hard curtain pole is not needed.
The next style in curtain headings is the pencil pleat. This style is used where there is no cornice or valance. This style gives a nice look to the curtain header and is used in modern styles. Just remember when buying curtain fabric for this style, you will need two and a half times more cloth than the size of the window.
The third style in curtain heading is the ‘French pleat’. This style is used on heavy window curtains, like velvet. An additional stiffener or lining of a thin stuff is also used, the pleats fan across the window, and there is a button sewn at the bottom of each pleat. Again two and a half times more than the window width in fabric will be needed for curtains with this sort of pleat style.
The ‘cartridge’ or ‘goblet style’ is used in a very formal setting of the curtains. Tissue papers or polyester is stuffed on top of each pole for the curtain to retain its shape.
The ‘slot pleat’ is effortless to make. Slots are cut in the header string through which the curtain pole is fed. This style can be made better by allowing a quantity curtain to stand above the pole. Again the width of the curtain fabric should be twice or thrice that of the window’s width. You will be needed to decide the distance of the slots.
Another different design in curtain heading is the ‘puff ball design’. In this design, you make the curtain like the slot pleat curtain; simply you keep at least twelve inches above the slots. Once the curtain is hung on the pole, the top is puffed up.
These are the ordinary designs and headers used in curtains. However, there are always latest and innovative designs that are being added. The curtain design and header largely depends on the window types and the curtain valances. The curtain design and heading must go with the decoration of the room. Furthermore, the curtain stuff must have a fine fall. Before buying curtain cloth you must decide on the style you like, as the amount of curtain fabric that you have to purchase will depend upon the curtain style. What you don’t want is to run out of cloth, or find the cloth to be in excess.
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