Muted and pure colour palettes, packed with pattern and history, are ideal for spaces that have subdued tones and enjoy layers of texture. If your home is a maximalist’s dream, big blooms and vibrant designs can complement existing pieces or offer an appeasing clash with other patterns.
For those who have big decorating plans, contemplate whether your chosen window treatment would fit in with this vision of your dream home scheme. Would the colour palette coordinate? Does the pattern elevate the other design elements?
Window treatments also suit different periods of houses. Contemporary homes suit roman blinds, while historic properties benefit from the richness and luxury of the soft finish to more prominent character features.
Fabric can also play a big part in the finishing touches of your room. Sheer and lighter fabrics bring more light into a room, while soft, matt fabrics add depth and warmth.
Window Types
PERIOD WINDOWS
Period properties are known for their beautiful soffits and elegant windows. Georgian homes often have wooden panels woven into their window reveals, finished with an architrave. Headers such as pinch pleats in curtains suit this style of window sill.
Similarly in Victorian homes, windows are another architectural accent feature to compliment in each room. With such scale and grandeur, generously full curtains of our thicker, heavier fabrics such as damask or weave, add impact and additional depth to the room.
BAY WINDOWS
Beautiful bay windows offer a more careful and considered approach to enhance the natural splendour of the architectural design. One of the best options for this unique style is to have a bent track fitted around each section of the bay, especially if there is a window seat.
A blind could also be fitted instead of the curtain, but with either option, take special care when measuring the more challenging area.
SLOPED WINDOWS
Part of the charm of period properties is their character, but uneven floors, windows and ceilings can prove a challenge when trying to fit blinds and curtains.
One of the ways to balance out the uneven edge is to align the curtain pole with the horizontal line that visually looks right - even if it technically isn’t level.
LARGE WINDOWS
Quaint windows are best suited to simple, sophisticated treatments such as roman blinds. Fitted either inside or outside of the reveal, blinds don’t overpower narrow or small windows, but can often make them appear larger by being fitted much higher than the top of the window.
If you have particularly narrow windows, curtains could be the best choice. Hanging either side of your narrow space, our rich heritage drapes increase the perceived width of the window.
SMALL WINDOWS
Quaint windows are best suited to simple, sophisticated treatments such as roman blinds. Fitted either inside or outside of the reveal, blinds don’t overpower narrow or small windows, but can often make them appear larger by being fitted much higher than the top of the window.
If you have particularly narrow windows, curtains could be the best choice. Hanging either side of your narrow space, our rich heritage drapes increase the perceived width of the window.
SHAPED WINDOWS
There’s nothing we love more than quirky window shapes. From round to triangular, sloped and arched, sometimes the best thing to do with these pieces of art is to let the architecture speak for itself. Display it proudly without curtains and blinds, and save your favourite fabrics for dressing another window.
Space-Saving Solutions
Finally, if there’s limited space around your windows, sometimes the best window treatment is blinds or a single curtain. With both options, it reduces the amount of space enriching the room from two hanging curtains.
Alternatively, you could have lightweight curtains that have reduced fullness and also serve as a space saver. Sheer, linen and silk curtains are all sumptuous, light-weight solutions that take up barely any hanging room when they are open.
If you need any further guidance on how to choose a window treatment, our team is on hand to help. With a plethora of heritage designs to discover, peruse our curtain fabric and blind fabric which are both available via our made to measure service.
