Overview of curtains for cafes and restaurants: sewing curtains, photo
Restaurants, small cafes are always appreciated for delicious cuisine. However, the general atmosphere of the institution, its design is also important. Guests will be attracted not only by the original color of the wallpaper, unusual paintings. The highlight of the room can be curtains.
With their help, you can achieve maximum comfort, emphasize the original design, even divide the room into zones. Today, the scope of curtains for the restaurant has expanded significantly. Designers began to use them more often in home interiors. Which curtains to choose in a restaurant and which ones to use at home? You will learn more about this in this publication.
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A brief description of the curtains for cafes, restaurants
When creating a design cafe, restaurant, private house, apartment has its differences. For this reason, the curtains in these premises are also sold different. However, this does not prevent them from being used not quite as intended.
So, the curtains of the cafe can perfectly fit into the home environment. They are universal in design, made of practical fabrics, have an optimal cost, useful for zoning.
Main characteristics
In the process of sewing curtains for cafes and restaurants, manufacturers adhere to certain principles related to the characteristics of institutions. As a result, sunscreens get a lot of useful properties, characteristics.
- High quality. No self-respecting owner of a public institution will not buy cheap stuff from second-rate raw materials. All this can have a detrimental effect on the image of the restaurant.
- Dust-resistant properties. A large room, a crowd of people, constant movement - all this leads to a huge amount of dust. Curtains with good repellent characteristics are bought in the restaurant.
- Ease of care. Fabrics for such products are selected carefully. They should be as simple as possible during maintenance. Many models even clean with a simple brush with water.
- Non-flammability. Producers are based on non-flammable raw materials. Safety of clients, personnel depends on it.
Important! In the production process, initially non-flammable fabrics are used. They are not additionally treated with chemicals, as this can be dangerous for the health of the guests.
Types of curtains
Type of | Short description |
Hourglass | Such cafe curtains are mounted on several eaves. The bottom cornice is located at a distance of from two to five centimeters from the window sill. In the middle of the canvas often tied with decorative tape. Outwardly, they become like an hourglass. |
Screen | Type, almost identical to the first. The only difference is the absence of a decorative ribbon. This adds freedom to the movement of the canvases. |
T-shirt | The model is made of light, airy fabric. Fastens on the eaves on special straps. Outwardly, they resemble straps T-shirts. Their design fits very well into French cafes. Install such curtains cafes on plastic windows in the kitchen, in the dining room. |
Which rooms would be appropriate?
Unusual curtains in the style of a cafe - a novelty in home design. These are special models whose names are derived from the place of most frequent use. In catering establishments, they protect visitors from sunlight, create a homely atmosphere inside.
Note! Most models of such curtains are non-flammable. This greatly increases the safety of the house, especially in the kitchen.
In the home interior, cafe-style curtains are usually used in small rooms with clearly limited borders. Most often it is a kitchen, toilet, bathroom, study, dining room. For these rooms are selected short curtains.
In the kitchen, the curtains do not interfere during cooking, do not get dirty, provide free access to the window sill. A very important feature for kitchen design is safety. Frequent cases of ignition of curtains from the gas stove.
Models with a greater length can be used in living rooms, bedrooms. Usually this is typical for apartments decorated in the style of Provence.
Choose a color, fabric pattern
To decorate the house, the apartment can be already ready curtains in the style of a cafe. Today they are sold in many hypermarkets, furniture stores. When choosing a finished product, you need to consider only the window size, the method of fastening the curtains. But if you want to make a decor for a window opening can be on its own. For this you need to decide on the fabric, its color, pattern.
To fabric should put forward a number of requirements.
- Qualitative structure. Save on fabric is not worth it. It should have a high quality, dense structure.
- Incombustible. Especially this criterion is important in the selection of curtains in the kitchen.
- Ease of care, practicality.
Note! If you want to extend the life of the finished product, protect it from the detrimental effects of the sun, make the curtains on the lining. It is not difficult, but significantly improves the characteristics of the canvas.
If the classic style is chosen, it is necessary to give preference to multi-layered models. At the same time the pattern should be as unobtrusive as possible.
For minimalism style you need to choose light, air curtains of white, light brown color. In this case, it is better to do without a complex pattern.
Floral print, light yellow, blue, pink shades - all this is the prerogative of Provence style. In this case, the canvas should have an average density, floral, vegetable prints are welcome.
We sew curtains by yourself
Sew curtains cafes on their own is easy. To do this, you need to buy a fabric, think about how to attach it to the eaves. Many choose the model "T-shirts." In this case, the canvas attached to special straps.
- Preparation of cloths curtains. The length should be equal to the distance from the eaves to the window sill, plus six centimeters. Two centimeters will go on hemming from above, four - from below. The width of the canvas is considered different. It is necessary to take the width of the opening, multiply it by 1.5, add eight centimeters (two centimeters for processing edges). This is the calculation method for the fold model.
- Determining the number of straps. The distance between them should be about six centimeters.
- Sewing canvases. Cloths curtains need to bend on each side, hemmed on a typewriter.
- Sewing straps. The strap width should be equal to the distance that was selected in the second step. Then it will look harmonious. We select the length by experience. We fasten the straps from each edge one centimeter.
- Sew on the straps to the canvas. To stitch them it is necessary on in advance made marking.
VIDEO: Curtains in the style of a cafe.