Cotton curtains to the kitchen
Cotton curtains in the kitchen look airy and at home. They are used to decorate a window, doorway, wall or chandelier. If you look into the story, you can find out that the curtains and threads came to us from Eastern countries, where they used to make out the doorway on hot days in order to hide the dwelling from prying eyes. Nowadays, they are most often produced from a muslin - a thin, transparent fabric that obscures the room and perfectly breathable. Properly selected curtains create a unique comfort in the room.
Benefits
- Protect from the sun on hot days, do not create twilight in cloudy weather.
- They are not afraid of pollution due to the impregnation of the fibers with a special solution.
- They just hang.
- Excellent breathable.
- Visually expand the space.
- The ability to separate the two zones: for cooking and dining.
- They allow to protect the kitchen from insects flying from the street.
Kinds
- Thin and wide lapsevidnye.
- Spiral strips, in the form of a chain (rope) - add elegance to the room.
- Monochrome Kisa.
- Rainbow Kisey - this type of curtains includes melange threads or such fibers, where the color changes from one to another. There may be a range of shades of the same color or a combination of different colors.
- Threads with beads and glass beads - they are made in the form of a drop, heart, circle, rhombus, polyhedron. Jewelry can be fixed in a checkerboard pattern, at the end of a string or arbitrarily. This design will create a bright, lively atmosphere in the kitchen.
- With Lurex - in fact, Lurex is a fabric of shiny metallic threads. The model of curtains Rain is spread, where shining threads fall like jets of rain. Curtains with luresk will advantageously complement any style of decoration, will give a sense of celebration.
- With sequins. Sequins are the usual glitter. As an accessory for such curtains, hairpins or flower bouquets are often used.
- Soft plush threads with pompoms are wonderfully suited to the bright, warm decoration of the room.
- The threads panel connected in one drawing.
- With feathers - a very unusual option.
- With butterflies - create a summer mood.
Often, in kitchen design, curtains are combined with textiles. Thus, a wide strip of fabric is threaded through the threads or tied to the curtain with a large bow. It will look good hung near the threads curtain of solid fabric. In addition, an interesting option would be to decorate the threads with large beads of different materials. Variegated thin threads successfully decorate niches.
The original curtains are composed of colored threads that are not the same size. Thanks to the cotton curtains, you can play with light and shade in the dining part of the kitchen. No less advantageous is the combination of cotton curtains with blinds and natural fragments, for example, wood or bamboo.
The choice of the silhouette of curtains
Most often, the following curtain silhouettes are selected for the kitchen:
- Arched.
- Triangular.
- Completely hiding from the window.
The main criteria for choosing a silhouette are the area and lighting of the room. Dark kitchen of small size is not recommended to decorate a solid silhouette.
How to choose color and material
The modern color palette is very diverse, along with pastel shades you can see bright, muted, dark.As for the material, there is its wisdom: viscose and polyester will look appropriate in any interior, but wool or flax are more acceptable to the retro or country style.
There are several options for decorating a room with which you should familiarize yourself before buying cotton curtains for the kitchen.
- Contrast.
In the interior of a room where light shades prevail, dark threads look best and vice versa.
- Curtains should be made in the same colors as all the kitchen furniture.
- If the colors of curtains are determined after the repair, it is customary to focus on the color of furniture or textiles.
When buying curtains, be sure to consider which side the kitchen windows are facing. If to the north, then terracotta will be a wonderful choice, warm yellow tones, if to the south, then cold, dark ones.
How to fix
There are several methods of fastening thread curtains.
- On the eaves. It is necessary to squeeze the eaves into the pocket, which is located at the top of the curtains.
- On the hooks. Sew a ribbon to the curtain, and then attach small hooks to it.
- On sticky tape. Attach a velcro to the top of the curtain.
The combination with the style of the interior
Classic
If your kitchen is cleaned in a classic style, pay attention to the curtains with frosted straight threads, vertical stripes visually make the ceiling higher.
Ethnic and oriental style
Here is the best option with decorations. The sun reflected in the glass beads, visually increases the space.
Mediterranean or Provence
An excellent addition to this style will be muslin curtains with thread-chains.
Hi-tech style
If the interior of the kitchen has a lot of objects made of chrome and glass, curtains with lurex and silver threads with metal beads look harmoniously.
Minimalist style
The best option for this style - plain curtains of muslin.
Eco style
Decorate the interior with cotton curtains made from natural materials: cotton, bamboo or flax.
Manufacturers
Today, cotton curtains from Turkey and China are in great demand. Among the Turkish companies, Tormenta is prominent, the company offers the widest range of curtains for any interior. Air weightless threads, decorated with balls and nubs, shining in the sun with various interweaving, will reliably protect the room from the scorching rays on hot days.For the production of curtain threads Tormenta uses natural, environmentally friendly materials. In addition, polyester is often used - a fabric that is easy to care for, does not fade in the sun and has a rich color palette.
To ensure that curtains are not glued together or combined, creating an unusual pattern, they are impregnated with antistatic. Tormenta products are characterized by high density, the threads are produced in a thickness of 3-4 millimeters. Tormenta's cotton curtains are not confused, they let through fifty percent of the light, they are fixed on an adhesive tape or drawstring, depending on how you prefer. The most interesting types of curtains of this manufacturer are elegant pearl threads, or with leather inserts, as well as curtains glowing in the dark, they can be of different shades.
Each new collection is given an original name, depending on the pattern that the threads form. For example, one of the models was named Storm and is represented by an extensive color range.
In the Chinese curtain market, Home Deco should be noted. Products from this manufacturer are often made of soft-touch fabrics, for example, bamboo or acrylic.A distinctive feature of this brand is that in addition to the standard colors you can offer an exclusive design.
How to make yourself
In order to make curtains from your own hand, you will need no-bow ribbons or thick threads.
If you want to create something unusual, add buttons, shells, corks from bottles of wine. If you want in a simple way, you can use plain color satin ribbons. If the ribbons are too large, by the end of each of them the load should be sewn, a regular nut can act as it. This will not allow the tapes to curl; they will be pointing down.
When there is a task to make curtains like in a shop, they usually buy viscose yarn, it flows and sparkles in the sun. Of the ten skeins of viscose, you can build a curtain with a length of two and a half meters and a width of three. Support for the future curtain can serve as a wooden plate, which is twisted around the threads. After that, the ends need to be tied in a knot or burn. Often, summer curtains are made of tulle. They can be tied to the rod-cornice.
It is important to note that for the manufacture of curtains can not take natural silk ribbons,especially if they are not stitched, fabric cuts, since at the cut-off point the fibers diverge.
How to care
Wash these curtains rarely have to, but you should know how to do it. In order to protect the kisea from tangling, it is better to wash it with your hands, you can use regular soap as a detergent. However, in the event that you risk using a washing machine, a delicate wash should be applied. On the eve of washing the curtains should be rolled up into one product, tied up in different places or tie knots, braided into a pigtail. After that, put them in a laundry bag or in nylon pantyhose. Pure curtains do not need to be ironed, they are cracked under their weight. They are hanged, as a rule, bound, then carefully untied.