Curtains are used in theatres and Drama Cool add to the whole theatrical experience. When the curtain goes up the audience is filled with anticipation and when the curtain falls they hopefully are satisfied enough to ask for an encore or curtain call from the players on the stage. Voices are heard offstage behind the curtains, entrances and exits are signalled by a player's disappearance either side of them. Curtains are definitely associated with drama.
In the home curtains can have a dramatic impact on the dimensions of a room. They can draw walls in, lower ceilings, open a room out or make it appear higher. Drama Cool effects are created by the different types of tracks that are used, the length of the curtains, the fabric from which they are made, the colour used, the pattern on the fabric and whether there are swags, pelmets, pleats, poles and other accoutrements that are used when dressing a window.
Many people take curtains for granted, they simply choose a fabric in the length they prefer in a colour that fits in with their decor. There is so much more to consider if you really want to make the most of your curtains and dramatically change the apparent dimensions of your room. There are practical considerations too. It might seem magnificently stylish to have your curtains draping from their poles and ending in a pool of fabric fashionably contoured on the floor. How on earth do you avoid tripping on the 'pool'? Children and pets will have a ball with such an arrangement - perfect for hide and seek or dress up. Where do you put the excess when you are vacuuming or mopping the floor? Hmm, perhaps these might be better placed in an adult bedroom or a little used drawing room or dining room. Laundering your curtains can be a major undertaking. Even those curtains made of machine washable fabrics might fit into your washing machine therefore you would have to take them to a laundry that has industrial size machines in order to clean them. Some curtains can only be dry-cleaned so it would be better if they were hung in a room that wouldn't attract much dirt or dust, as regular cleaning could prove expensive. Keep curtains that require dry-cleaning as free from build-up as possible by regularly vacuuming them with an appropriate attachment and they should require little care beyond that.
Do you really want to iron huge lengths of fabric when you have washed your curtains? Such a prospect can be daunting and is most certainly time consuming especially when you take into consideration the time it will take to hang them at the window again.
Think about how your curtains will be used and how you will have to take care of them; spending a considered sum on curtains and their accessories demands some appreciation of their maintenance. It would be a tragedy if they framed your windows as grubby, stained, wrinkled drapes when in their pristine condition they had added drama and sophistication to your home.
In the home curtains can have a dramatic impact on the dimensions of a room. They can draw walls in, lower ceilings, open a room out or make it appear higher. Drama Cool effects are created by the different types of tracks that are used, the length of the curtains, the fabric from which they are made, the colour used, the pattern on the fabric and whether there are swags, pelmets, pleats, poles and other accoutrements that are used when dressing a window.
Many people take curtains for granted, they simply choose a fabric in the length they prefer in a colour that fits in with their decor. There is so much more to consider if you really want to make the most of your curtains and dramatically change the apparent dimensions of your room. There are practical considerations too. It might seem magnificently stylish to have your curtains draping from their poles and ending in a pool of fabric fashionably contoured on the floor. How on earth do you avoid tripping on the 'pool'? Children and pets will have a ball with such an arrangement - perfect for hide and seek or dress up. Where do you put the excess when you are vacuuming or mopping the floor? Hmm, perhaps these might be better placed in an adult bedroom or a little used drawing room or dining room. Laundering your curtains can be a major undertaking. Even those curtains made of machine washable fabrics might fit into your washing machine therefore you would have to take them to a laundry that has industrial size machines in order to clean them. Some curtains can only be dry-cleaned so it would be better if they were hung in a room that wouldn't attract much dirt or dust, as regular cleaning could prove expensive. Keep curtains that require dry-cleaning as free from build-up as possible by regularly vacuuming them with an appropriate attachment and they should require little care beyond that.
Do you really want to iron huge lengths of fabric when you have washed your curtains? Such a prospect can be daunting and is most certainly time consuming especially when you take into consideration the time it will take to hang them at the window again.
Think about how your curtains will be used and how you will have to take care of them; spending a considered sum on curtains and their accessories demands some appreciation of their maintenance. It would be a tragedy if they framed your windows as grubby, stained, wrinkled drapes when in their pristine condition they had added drama and sophistication to your home.
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