How to Make a Room Feel More Cozy with Window Treatments

I feel we are able to all agree that the one factor all of us need our properties to really feel is cozy. Coziness is a sense that makes us really feel protected, and heat and welcome. It may possibly really feel like an enormous hug and convey us consolation and peace. All of us need that cozy feeling, so how will we deliver it into our properties? There are such a lot of other ways however one in all my favorites and most impactful is with window therapies.

Window therapies are usually there for a useful goal like blocking out the daylight or offering privateness at evening. However they may also be there for magnificence. They create a layered and dimensional look to a room and will help usher in texture and sample and coloration. They’ll make a press release or be extra impartial. There are such a lot of types and shapes and varieties so let’s take a deep dive into methods to use them in your house.

TYPES OF WINDOW TREATMENTS

You may assume this might be a reasonably brief record, however there are literally fairly just a few totally different window therapies on the market. Which may be completely overwhelming. So I’m going to stay to the most typical ones and those that we use in our own residence.

SHADES

Window shades grasp above your window and might normally be pulled up and down by hand, through the use of a twine, or robotically. They’re “smooth” window therapies which might be product of a cloth on a steady roll to cowl the entire window opening. They don’t have any slats and are one strong piece of fabric.

We just lately put in Serena Good Shades by Lutron Electronics in our front room which have been a complete recreation changer. They robotically open and shut on their very own and we are able to set them on a schedule so we by no means must manually open and shut them.

You possibly can management them with their Pico remotes, or by means of the Lutron app the place I’ve varied schedules saved. They’ll even decide up on the change of seasons and can alter sundown/dawn accordingly. Isn’t that so cool??

The shades present nice privateness however what I like probably the most about them is how stunning they’re. Lutron has an enormous choice of materials and colours that look so excessive finish. We used translucent shades right here in order that they nonetheless enable some daylight to shine by means of which is ideal within the early night and early mornings. I ended up going with a darker coloration in right here referred to as Fog, and I feel it pairs completely with the opposite tones on this room.

BLINDS

Blinds are totally different from shades in that they’re a “exhausting” window overlaying with slats that develop down the window as they’re opened. The slats may be adjusted with a twine to totally different angles which permits totally different quantity of sunshine in.

They’re normally product of supplies like metallic, wooden, composite or bamboo. Vertical blinds are nice for longer home windows or sliding doorways.

CURTAINS

Curtains are cloth panels which might be usually used as a pair however may be hung alone relying on the structure of a room. They’re hung from a rod both by slipping it by means of the material pocket or through the use of curtain hooks. They arrive in quite a lot of totally different supplies that may enable totally different quantities of sunshine in. Sheer is extra ornamental and doesn’t block a lot gentle whereas blackout curtains enable nearly zero gentle in.

Curtains are so versatile and might add a softness and coziness to any room they’re hung in.

After we hung our Serena Good Shades, I felt like one thing was lacking, and I knew curtains had been the reply. Blinds or shades are nice alone, however I like layering them to create an excellent cozier look. Once we hung our shades, I made a decision to hold them on an out of doors mount reasonably than an inside mount. What this implies is that we hung them on prime of the window body as a substitute of beneath it and contained in the window body.

It is a nice technique to make your home windows look taller than they really are. When the shade is positioned contained in the window, it breaks up the window as an entire and retains your eye from going up. When the shade is positioned above the window, it’s like one steady body that enables your eye to journey up.

HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT CURTAINS FOR EXTRA COZINESS

The very first thing to consider is what sort of materials you need. If the curtains are entering into a nursery, it’s your decision blackout. We used stunning velvet blackout curtains in my good friend’s nursery and so they look so excessive finish! If they’re extra ornamental and also you don’t need to block any gentle, sheer could be the reply. If you would like an expensive really feel, velvet is perhaps the proper ones for you.

An excellent trick so as to add much more coziness is to double up your panels. In case your window is giant sufficient, attempt utilizing two panels on all sides. This can create a a lot fuller, customized look that may immediately make your room really feel extra cozy.

For our front room, since we have already got our sensible shades for privateness at evening, the curtains had been going to be ornamental and so as to add coziness. If it’s one factor I’ve realized about my type over time, it’s that I’m drawn to extra moody, earthy tones. I knew I didn’t need one thing gentle and vivid in right here.

I nearly went with the identical darkish inexperienced velvet curtains now we have in our eating room till I got here throughout these black floral sheets from Goal. They had been the proper sample (and value!) and I knew I might simply make them into curtains. I adopted the identical tutorial I used to create a no-sew pinch pleat curtain in our mud room and created two stunning curtain panels for our front room.

HOW TO HANG CURTAINS

The primary factor I see individuals do unsuitable when hanging curtains is hanging them too low. They’ll usually grasp them straight above the window body however this creates a stunted look and doesn’t maximize the house effectively. When you’ve got commonplace 8′ ceilings you may grasp your curtain rod all the way in which up the ceiling! This can instantly make your home windows look taller and make your curtains really feel extra refined.

You an additionally grasp them break up between the highest of your window body and the ceiling, however they need to at all times be at the very least 4-6″ above the body.

When you’ve got a vaulted ceiling like we do in our front room, you may go even greater! With all that destructive house above our home windows I didn’t need to create a breaking level. So I made a decision to hold them about 10″ above our shades and this enables your eye to maintain shifting up the wall and viewing the complete room.

You additionally need keep away from having curtains which might be too brief. If you would like a extra luxe look, you may enable them to drape alongside the ground. In any other case, your curtains must be barely above the ground about 1/2″.

Relying on how a lot room you might have on both aspect of your window, exttending your rod additional out can even assist to make your home windows really feel greater. A superb rule of thumb to comply with is to hold your rod 4-6 inches previous your window on both aspect.

OUR COZY NEW CURTAINS

I’m obsessive about how these turned out and the way a lot coziness they added to this house! Despite the fact that they’re black, the floral sample helps them really feel lighter and creates a softer aesthetic. The colour additionally pairs so completely with our sensible shades! They praise one another so effectively and create such a stupendous and layered look.

I used a return black curtain rod which I really feel like is a extra refined look. It’s additionally nice if you wish to block out all the sunshine. However having that slight curve on the ends is such a stupendous element.

This room at all times sort of felt prefer it was lacking one thing and I don’t know why I didn’t grasp curtains sooner! As you may see from the earlier than and after, including curtains completely made our front room really feel extra cozy and I can’t wait to curve up right here and revel in them!

Keep tuned for the tutorial to make these stunning curtains out of sheets!

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