Curtains in Milton Keynes

Notes on Curtains

Curtains in a room

Curtains are able to draw the eye to a lovely view and at the same time hide unwanted wall estate. A Carefully selected tasteful set of curtains can make a huge difference in a room by drawing attention.

Reusing old curtains

A lot of people do not know that old curtains can be a great re-usable item; even if they are faded they can be transformed in to lovely rugs and table clothes. With a bit of insight and creativity you can save a lot of money reusing curtains.

Type of Curtains to use.

In furnishing throughout, the curtains and wall-paper Should be bought first, and the carpet selected as a quiet accessory. In no case should the floor be very light or brilliant. Unbleached linen and cotton make pretty curtains. The former may be beautifully worked in crewels, either over the entire curtain, or a band laid on. The latter are very pretty with a band of cretonne as trimming, or with one of red and one of blue, or one of pink and one of blue, and a nice effect is produced.

Velveteen Curtains.

Velveteen is a desirable material for either portieres or curtains. Plush is the richest material in use. In one drawing-room we have seen the wide doors from the hall and library filled by portieres of plush, peacock-blue on one side and crimson on the other, without decoration. The effect was very rich, but one's limitations are often suggestive, and where there are limitations there are apt to be more ideas, and the charm of an idea wrought into form is always greater than the mere impression of richness.

Scarfs and Book-Case Curtains.

In a friend's house we have seen an old and awkward book-case converted into two pretty modern ones by sawing the high one in two, and adding, in one case a cornice, in the other a base. Some gold-coloured leather was cut in strips, pinked, and tacked with pretty tacks on each shelf, so that much dust was kept from the books. She then added a scarf of old-gold satin, embroidered with a branch of dog- wood in Kensington stitch, with a band of plush and a fringe as finish. Thrown over the middle of the book-case, it made a graceful decoration, and afforded a pretty place upon which to arrange a group of bric-a-brac, French crackle ware, and odd vases. A more elegant book-case of ebonized wood had a curtain in front of old-gold satin, with a band about a foot wide of stamped crushed-strawberry velvet. The whole could be pushed aside, for it was hung with rings upon a gilded rod.

The top of an easel can often be decorated with some scarf or piece of material which has been in the house unused for years.