Varieties of curtain rods for curtains: which are what is best to choose

Purchase and installation of window textiles is the final stage of repair of an apartment or a private country house. But there is an action preceding the hanging of beautiful, cozy curtains of the living room or bedroom. This is the installation of the eaves. Stores provide a huge selection of such wonderful products, indescribable beauty, unique design. Various materials of manufacture, additional accessories, decorative elements of decoration - all this is found in almost every specialty store.

How to choose curtain rods for curtains that can harmoniously complement the unusual design of your home? Today, our article in detail, in all details will tell you what types of these products are, for which curtains are available, and how to choose the design and colors to the existing interior design.

Curtain rails - what is it?

Eaves - a device that allows you to fix the curtains on the window opening. This product consists of four main parts. It:

• brackets with fasteners;
• guides (crossbars);
• suspension system (hooks, rings);
• decorative items.

The type of device depends on the presence of one or another part. The huge choice of various options, provides the goods of buyers with all, even the most capricious inquiries.

But which cornices are best for curtains:

1. Round or square.
2. Profile
3. Baguette.
4. Strings.
5. Special.

Important. Each type is used for different types of interior decoration of the apartment.

In addition to this characteristic, suspensions are characterized by a method of attachment. To fix the curtain textiles sold varieties such as:

• wall mounted;
• ceiling;
• window;
• spacers.

Virtually any of the types of suspensions, with rare exceptions, can be hung in one of the 4 ways indicated above. The exception is made by the special eaves intended for the certain types of curtains, having the features of fastening and installation.

What are they made of?

Modern production of such goods as cornices comfort from the use of which is provided, has reached a completely new level. Technologies allow processing various material, giving it an unusual shape, appearance, aesthetics and beauty.

But what are the cornices by type of material manufacturing:

1. Plastic.
2. Metallic.
3. Wood.
4. Combined.

The last, fourth type is derived from the first three.With the release of such suspensions used a different combination of materials. For example, metal products with wooden elements look very nice.

Each type of suspension for window textile combines some features with standard qualities. So plastic curtains, processed by a special technology, look completely different. They are made invoice wood, marble, metal. High-quality, expensive products made of good, proven plastics, in their appearance does not distinguish even an experienced seller. The advantage of plastic is its comparative lightness, high performance, ease of maintenance. Plastic properties make it easy to make curtains curtains, suitable for different graces of the interior.

Metal products have always been popular among buyers. Curtains are no exception. The development of the metallurgical industry, the development of new technologies of boiling and metal processing, brought many different types of iron.

Now you can purchase curtains from:

• aluminum;
• brass;
• become;
• wrought iron.

Wrought iron is essentially the same steel. The only difference is in the method of processing, bending, and final processing of the interior. In addition to the metallurgical industry, the paint sector was not standing still. This is especially true of metal curtains. On sale there are gilded, silver, chrome, patirovanie and many other colors. Using the right paint, the manufacturer is able to create a unique product, in its properties and qualities suitable for each consumer.

Wooden types of curtain rods for expensive curtains are ideal for interior decoration of an apartment or a private house. The beauty of natural wood from ancient times was valued by carpenters. Suspensions made of wood will serve their owners faithfully for more than a dozen years. The noble look, environmental friendliness, aesthetics, natural beauty of wood will create a cozy, warm atmosphere. The high cost of wood products is more than offset by the harmony being created by these products.

Combined curtain suspensions are suitable for all types of interior design rooms. With the help of combinations of different materials, harmonious combinations are created that fit easily into the modern, technological “Hi-tech”, and are suitable for the old-fashioned “Classic” style, as well as the Provence style.

It should be noted that metal and plastic products are made in all possible options. It can be made of plastic, made of plastic, for example, the eaves of Legrand, and hanging, having a round pipe as the main fastening element of window curtains.

Variety by type of attachment

As described earlier in the article, types of fasteners curtains differ. Standard options are wall and ceiling hangers. At the same time, the wall mounted on special brackets that come complete with the delivery of the goods.They are easy to install using dowel-nails.

Ceiling products are mounted on the same brackets, or simply to the ceiling. Profile hangers made of plastic or aluminum are intended for rooms with low ceilings. For improvement of a decorative component, special baguettes (ceiling plinths) are on sale. They are made specifically for the profile products. Inlaid wood, metal, marble allows you to use baguettes universally for any decoration of the interior decoration of the room.

Depending on the requirements for curtains, suspensions for them are produced with a different number of guides or profile grooves. So distinguish:

• single row;
• double row;
• three-row.

The choice depends on the needs of the owner. If you want to hang a full window textiles, with curtains, tulle and lambrequin, you need to pick up three-row suspensions. And, for example, for Italian curtains, it will be enough to use double-row ones.

Profile types and crossbars can have from one to three rows of guides. They are mounted both on the wall and on the ceiling. With this sorted out. And what is the window and telescopic suspensions?

Let's start with the last. Telescopic options for curtain rails are similar to ordinary tubular ones. The main difference is the presence of a system of tubes of different diameters, inside which there is a finishing spring. One tube is inserted into the other. Fastened the entire system in the window opening. For fasteners need to unzip the telescope. Usually, such a suspension is used in bathrooms for blinds.

More interesting window curtains. For example, for Roman curtains only specialized fittings are used. It is divided into two types:

• open;
• closed action.

In general terms, such curtain rods have from two to four lifting rings suspended on special ropes or cables. The lifting system is controlled by a chain or belt (depending on the type of construction). The principle of operation is simple: the coils in the construction, equipped with a spring-lifting mechanism, wind the cables. But the cables penetrate the curtain fabric, at the end of which is installed a cap (ring fixation). Such a system allows Roman curtains to assemble into a characteristic harmonica, exposing only part of the window.

Such lifting structures are installed on plastic and wooden windows. They have standard sizes, so when you buy Roman curtains you do not run the risk of miscalculation with the size range. Due to the ease of mounting the curtain on the structure (there is a velcro), this method of arranging the window opening has become very popular.

Roman curtains are the only possible arrangement of sloping roof windows. Therefore, manufacturers of eaves have invented fixed guides, which allow to install textiles at an angle, while ensuring that the curtains fit to the window, without letting sunlight into the room.

Roman curtain rods for curtains are used for Austrian as well as French curtains.
Comparing the French and Austrian curtains, at first glance it is difficult to find differences. Both variants have a similar structure of arcuate, wavy folds. But there is still a difference: French textiles have folds all the time, whether the curtains are lowered or raised.Austrian form folds only in the raised state. When fully expanded, they are straight.

But the difference between the Roman type from the French and Austrian is still there. Curtains for the last two curtains have a larger format (size), so they are installed directly on the wall or ceiling with the help of brackets or ordinary dowels-nails. Directly, the curtains themselves are also fastened with velcro.

Choice of curtains to the existing design of rooms

Most often, the arrangement of the window space is the final stage of repair. Therefore, the choice of curtain design occurs to an existing style. The following are some guidelines for choosing eaves.

1. The classic style is iron and wood. If your living room, bedroom, study or kitchen is decorated with the classic style of old England, then it would be ideal to use both wooden cornices from expensive wood and wrought luxury items. But for the French "Provence" will look better white wooden facades.

   Forged curtain rails on the windows of the living room in a classic style

2. Plastic hangers can be ideal substitutes for wood and metal. Therefore, they are often used to decorate rooms of almost all styles. Due to the presence in the sale of cross-beams of different textures, repeating natural materials (wood, metal, ceramics, granite, marble), they gained great popularity.

   Flat plastic hangers are often used for ceiling mounting curtains in modern interiors

3. We should also note the string systems. For the “Hi-tech”, “Loft”, “Scandinavian style” style, such suspensions have become an indispensable attribute harmoniously complementing and concisely expressing the essence of these areas.

   String cornice is also suitable for the interior in a minimalist style.

Important. For each specific style of design space suitable curtains, and curtains for them.

For the last 5 years, Roman, French, Austrian, Italian, as well as English curtains have gained great popularity. Beautifully complement the bay windows special flexible profile guides. The choice is great. There are options for every connoisseur.

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