No doubt that curtains are primarily meant to offer the much-needed privacy and to have a control on the incoming light, they enhance the internal décor of any room and can make it more welcoming and warm. Certainly, curtains are known to add to the aesthetics of a room and are a reflection of the personality of the householder. Basic principles of design helped by a bit of creativity can yield very impressive results.
Curtains can bring dramatic changes to the esthetics of a room. They can make room appear livelier or dull and gloomy. It’s the color of the curtains that alters the mood of the occupants in a room. It’s natural for humans to react to colors. Different colors are known to have different psychological affects on human minds. Color therapy suggests that blue brings in tranquility and thus reliability, whereas red is known to encourage action while stimulating a person. Yellow kindles memory and communication. Green, as we all experience, has a soothing effect and promotes energy. Orange helps socialization and activity.
Once we understand the enormous effects colors have on our emotions, these could be judiciously used for our benefits. With this kind of a background, it’s not difficult to understand the importance of having blue green or red orange with a combination of yellow color in a child’s room. Likewise, curtains bring in a feeling of being airy and comfort to rooms. It’s the degree of darkness or lightness of a color that decides its value. Generally, the curtains with more imposing colors are the more expensive ones.
The material used decides the texture of the curtains. It can vary from being the lightest to the heaviest, from the dullest to the shiniest. The room looks spacious and airy if a netting material is used for having curtains that can move. Use of a heavy material, on the other hand, gives a professional and more formal look to a room.
The overall arrangement necessarily involves the ethics of designing. The size of the room, and its internal décor need to be taken into consideration while deciding the color and material of curtains, which should contribute positively to the overall ambience of the room. Likewise, the positioning and style of the furniture and color scheme of furnishings play a role in deciding the most appropriate color and design of curtains. On the whole all the items should jell with each other, yet highlight a particular piece, if you so desire, but you just can’t have curtains to be the most prominent item of the room.