Which one to choose curtain rod for curtains? This question only seems simple at first glance. The fact is that with the wrong choice of the cornice, you can suffer not only the appearance of your room, but your head - in the literal sense. After all, if for the heavy multi-layered curtains to pick up a thin and weak cornice, the whole structure may soon be on the floor. In order for this not to happen, it is necessary to approach the solution of the question positively.
To understand how to choose the cornice, this article will help you.
Kinds of cornices
Everyone who takes up the design of his interior, wants his creation to be the most beautiful and original. And the design of window openings plays an important role in this. To ensure that your curtains have a finished look, you need to pick up a decent cornice. Let's look at the curtain rails. Basically, these are two groups: decorative and profile cornices.
Decorative cornices are wooden, metal (bronze or brass), forged or plastic. By type of construction - round, flat or cornices-strings. Cornices of this group can be attached to both the wall and the ceiling. Decorative cornices are often used for interiors in the classical style, although there are options for modern design solutions.
So, for example, a wooden cornice will be well combined with doors, parquet and furniture. It can be used for living room or bedroom. If your kitchen has a lot of metal, shiny details, such as furniture fittings, mixers, sink, then a metal cornice is suitable. Cornices made of plastic - this is an inexpensive alternative to wood, their advantage is that the plastic can be given any color, including simulating the texture and color of different types of wood.
If you still have not decided which curtain rods to choose, take a look at the profile cornices. This is a universal type of cornices, which fits in any interior, both residential and office space. Such cornices look neat, laconic, without any excesses. They can also be equipped with a sliding mechanism, which is very convenient at a high window height.
How to determine the size of the cornice?
Firstly, in order for the cornice to last you a long time, do not bend and crack, you should take into account the weight of the curtains, and accordingly carefully select the material and thickness of the cornice. For example, for light curtains from tulle, cornices with a diameter of 10-16 mm, for thick curtains of medium gravity - 20-25 mm in diameter, for curtains with a curtain diameter of 28 mm and higher, will fit.
And if the question arose, how to choose the length of the cornice, then to solve it you must first determine what you want to achieve in the design of the window. In the case where you want to visually expand the window opening,
Also, the cornices are chosen wider than the window opening in case they want to preserve the entire capacity of the window. Curtains can be moved apart, and they will not overlap the light stream. For thick curtains with tulle, you need to choose double cornices. And for curtains with lambrequins - triple. With this choice, it should be borne in mind that lambrequin can partially overlap the window opening, so the curtains for these curtains must be fastened under the ceiling.