How to choose filament curtains

How to choose filament curtains

Lightweight, almost weightless filament curtains protect the room from the sun and prying eyes, allow air to pass through and even purify it, easily change shape and help create an interior to your liking in the apartment.

Thread (rope, muslin) curtains came to Russia from the hot East, where they were used as reliable protection from the sun. But the plus of these light, almost weightless curtains is that they do not darken the room and do not interfere with the movement of air. By the way, there is an opinion that filament curtains improve the air in the apartment: under the action of light, a charge arises between the threads, as a result of which a chemical reaction takes place that neutralizes harmful substances.

– they can be different: monochromatic and multi-colored, thick and thin, smooth, textured and fluffy, with inserts of beads and beads, rhinestones and pearls, buttons, sequins and lurex threads;

– they can be easily adjusted to the desired size (just cut with scissors – the fibers do not crumble), made multilevel, beveled, wavy, in the shape of an arch or with all kinds of cutouts;

– they are suitable for the living room and kitchen, bedroom and nursery – everywhere yarn curtains will look harmonious, create lightness, coziness and comfort;

– curtains made of threads are very light, almost weightless, so they can be hung on a thin cornice, which is suitable even for a dense transparent fishing line;

– with filament curtains, the window can be transformed every day (week, month) in a new way: braid the threads in a braid, tie them in knots of different shapes, make a lambrequin out of them, or assemble them in different ways;

– thread curtains can be used to decorate not only a window, but also doorways, niches in the wall, shelves; they can easily and beautifully separate one zone in the room from another, without cluttering the space with walls and furniture;

– thread curtains are easy to care for – they have a special coating that does not attract dust;

– after washing, the cotton curtains do not need to be ironed, because they wrinkle.

Filament curtains in the interior

Now filament curtains are used not so much for protection from bright sunlight as for decorating rooms. It is both stylish and beautiful.

In the living room, multi-level filament curtains of light colors or two-three-color ones, suitable for upholstery of upholstered furniture or flooring, will look good. If the living room is large, then thread curtains can be used to separate, for example, the recreation area from the working area.

To decorate the interior of the kitchen, bright curtains made of smooth threads, cut in waves or in the form of an arch, are suitable. Threads decorated with bugles or beads will also look great.

For the bedroom, it is better to choose tightly fitting curtains of dark shades. The threads can be decorated with multi-colored beads, transparent beads or glass beads – the rays of the sun, refracting in them, will be reflected on the walls, creating fabulous patterns.

Curtains made of threads of different colors are suitable for the children’s room, which can be decorated with small figurines of heroes of fairy tales and cartoons, cars and airplanes, bright pompoms and bows. If two children live in the nursery, then with the help of cotton curtains, each child can create “his” room: it is enough just to separate the beds with tightly fitting threads.

Filament curtains are often used for zoning space. With their help, in the studio room, you can separate the kitchen from the living room, in the kitchen – the dining area from the cooking area, in the bedroom – the parent’s bed from the child’s crib, the relaxation area from the workplace.

Thread curtains can be hung in the doorway, close a niche in the wall or a rack with linen in the bedroom.

How to wash cotton curtains?

To prevent the threads from getting tangled during washing, they need to be tied in five to six places with laces or braided and put in a bag for washing delicate items. After washing, we untie the threads, straighten them and hang them in place.

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