What You Need To Know About Draperies And How To Hang Them
Drapery curtains are an essential element in a space and are an investment besides the furnishings. The draperies need to be customized to enhance the overall design or to enhance the height of the ceilings to make the rooms feel larger.
Once the measurements are taken, the next important decision to be made is whether you are simply framing the windows with stationary panels, allowing for the daylight to pour in or you need them to be drawn across the entire window.
If you are simply framing the windows and softening the space, a single width or width and a half may be sufficient. You will have substantial visual weight with the width and half option which I highly recommend. In case, you want the draperies to be drawn across completely to block light, then the double widths are what you need to keep a balanced visual weight of the fabric.
The ceiling height dictates the length of the draperies to enhance the ceiling height or if it's lower, to give an illusion that the ceilings are higher than they are.
Once the lengths and widths are determined for the curtains the last you need to decide upon is the header of the draperies. These are the different ones that are most common.
If you like the rich-looking drapes in the picture above, you can get them through the link here. These can be customized in widths and lengths with a variety of headers. The ones you see in the picture above and the ones above are backtab headers.
The curtain rods I used in this project are the smaller ones, which are great for framing the windows without having an empty rod running across without any curtains hanging in the middle. If you would like to get the shorter curtain rods, you can get them here.
If you are unsure how to determine whether your windows need a single width, a width and a half, or double widths, you can reach me through this link.
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