Features of the canvases
Difficult to manufacture, Italian curtains are not widely used in the ordinary interior of apartments and houses due to their high price, complex installation and maintenance. However, the aesthetics and uniqueness of these curtains can leave all difficulties aside and bring pleasure from owning them.
There are several features of these paintings:
- symmetrical arrangement of fabrics relative to the vertical axis of the window;
- curtains that fall to the floor when free;
- overlapping upper parts of the canvases;
- complete filling of the window opening with fabrics in the absence of tiebacks;
- mandatory use of internal “Italian lacing” of three types;
- presence of pickups.
Italian curtains cannot be classified as a practical type: they are difficult to make yourself, difficult to install, and the material costs are high. Durability depends on the shelf life of the fabrics and the ability to properly disassemble, wash, iron and assemble the fabrics. But all these disadvantages are covered by the splendor and splendor of the forms, the individual characteristics of each option and the real Italian luxury brought into the interior.
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Italian curtains in the kitchen
When choosing curtains for the kitchen, it is important to consider the interior design, window sizes and lighting in the room. It is also worth remembering that curtains in the kitchen get dirty extremely quickly and require frequent washing. Therefore, the fabric should be easy to clean and maintain a pleasant appearance for a long time. Italian curtains are especially suitable for this room, because they can be installed in any hard-to-reach area, and the view will be stunning.
As a rule, these curtains are chosen by connoisseurs and connoisseurs of fashion and practicality. After all, they look luxurious, are easy to wash and sufficiently illuminate the room. For the kitchen, curtains must fulfill three main rules: let in a lot of light, be easy to wash and not wear out for a long time.
Italian curtains in the interior
Few modern interiors, designed in the key of minimalism and pragmatism, are suitable for real Italian paintings. Only a good designer can properly manage space and choose the type of curtains necessary for a given room.
Would you like to have Italian curtains in your home?
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Fabrics for Italian curtains
The material for Italian curtains can be used in a variety of ways, from light, thin fabrics to fairly dense and heavy ones. A special lining or weights are used to drape light fabric, which makes the folds symmetrical and elegant. If you need to add chic and status to your design, then use Italian-style curtains in red, green or blue.
A special note is conveyed by patterns consisting of discreet ornaments or intertwined lines. Fringe and velvet are also used for decoration. The material for the fabrics is selected depending on the purpose of the room in which they will be placed. For example, in a bedroom, heavy curtain material would be appropriate, but in the kitchen, on the contrary, curtains made of airy fabric are more appropriate for maximum illumination and ventilation. In which rooms can you use Italian style curtains?
Balcony ideas
Most balconies with a door that is not located in the center of the wall or opening where curtains are supposed to be hung are not suitable for Italian drapery. The main principle of symmetry will be violated and will cause inconvenience in using the exit. The size of the balcony does not matter. Even a simple French balcony with flower pots on a fencing railing would be quite appropriate.
Asymmetrical door
The desire to have beautiful drapery in the room leads to discomfort in using the exit to the balcony. A door opening inward will rub against the curtain, staining the fabric. The only option may be curtains with grommets, which can be quickly retracted to the side if necessary.
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Symmetrical door with swing doors
Balcony doors that open outward are an ideal option, allowing you to increase the service life of fabrics, achieve proper ventilation of the room and not disrupt the structure of the curtain lines.
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Symmetrical canvases from different fabrics
An interesting option that allows you to increase the flow of sunlight into the room. One of the thick curtains has been replaced with light tulle with a border connecting dissimilar fabrics into a single whole. The wide upper intersection of the canvases allows, by freeing the grab, to achieve complete darkening if necessary.
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Sliding doors
An excellent option for combining the drapery of a balcony opening and the exit from the room to the outside. The shape and size of the balcony do not matter, and the absence of translucent tulle allows them to be used frequently without disturbing the splendor of the fabric lines.
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Wide doorway
The addition of a third central curtain, intercepted by an individual circular tie, does not violate the symmetry of the drapery on wide panoramic openings and reduces the overhang angle of the side curtains.
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Double curtain
Two fabrics of different colors, forming a side curtain, allow you not to disrupt the functionality of the symmetrical curtains of the balcony door that are moved together to completely darken the room, while maintaining the possibility of draping with the help of side tiebacks.
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Adding a lambrequin
A rigid lambrequin with side overhangs on top of regular swing curtains with tiebacks creates the illusion of draping the balcony opening with Italian curtains. The performance and practicality of this option are obvious - the possibility of complete, partial and minimal darkening of the opening, quick removal of thick fabrics for washing, the possibility of use in any interior.
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Hinged door with arched transom
It is quite difficult to design a balcony door of this type. As an option, use a richly decorated lambrequin that completely covers the arch. Such curtains in a room require a very specific color of the walls, a specific type of furniture and wall sconces in the Baroque style and are not suitable for a simple interior with rustic chests of drawers.
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parde_ronas
Double tulle
A beautiful combination of white tulle with floral patterns and translucent colored organza with antique bronze patterned inserts. Colored fabric provides shading, a richly decorated lambrequin with heraldic symbols creates a feeling of belonging to an ancient family, adding a touch of sophistication to a simple interior.
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Asymmetrical canvas
Looking at a single doorway, we can say that the main principle of symmetry of Italian curtains has been violated. But that's not true. The curtains are spaced on opposite sides of the partition between the two balcony doors, allowing you not to saturate the walls with fabric decor, turning attention to real Baroque style furniture.
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Features of the Italian style
Curtains in the Italian style appeared in Ancient Rome, but gained wide popularity in the 18th century. With their help, rich people decorated both window and doorways. The presence of such decor indicated the good taste and high position of the owner in society.
Such curtains decorate the room more than protect it from prying eyes. They have a special design: 2 vertically positioned canvases, which in their upper part are overlapped, end-to-end, or located next to each other, reaching to the floor.
The tiebacks are located at the top, and not at the level of the window sill, which allows the canvas to be lifted diagonally in semicircular folds.
Most often, such curtains do not move, so you will have to hang additional curtains to protect from the sun.
Kinds
The curtains in question are presented in 2 models:
- Classic. They are in one position and only cover the window a little. The canvases are fixed in a given position using cords attached to the wall or cornice.
- Sliding. Using strands or a rack and pinion mechanism, they are gathered into folds. They are controlled by tensioning or relaxing the cord.
In addition, the models differ in the shape of the folds: semicircular or cylindrical. When designing, both the selected image and a combination of 2 colors are used. Accessories in the form of Maltese crosses, rosettes, bows, etc. are required.
Romantic Bedroom Ideas
Not only the beautiful landscape outside the window can lift your spirits in the morning. The uniqueness of the surrounding furniture, the rich decoration of walls and windows, elegant floral patterns on ceiling rosettes and baguettes - all this splendor gives strength to live, improving the state of mind.
Back to history
The placement of bedrooms in separate windowless alcoves, typical of the past, gave rise to the creation of lush curtains blocking the light into the bed niche. This is the first use of Italian curtains for their intended purpose.
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Simple theme
This idea is suitable for any bedroom in light colors. Adding fabric in cool shades creates the effect of pre-dawn twilight, allowing you to relax and unwind. A feature of the high bedroom is a wide ceiling molding with a gilded floral ornament, which is not interrupted above the window.
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A cheerful likeness on a small window
This curtain can hardly be called a noble Italian curtain, but all its signs are there. But the joke of the designer, who decided to diversify the boring theme of the bedroom with cheerful curtains on the window, was quite a success.
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Designer error
The impression is that there was not enough money to decorate the window opening after purchasing the furniture. The colorful fabric does not fit into this bedroom, where the main, defining colors are crimson and white. Determining the orientation of the windows of this bedroom will help determine the choice of fabric type - thick crimson curtains against a background of white tulle or translucent organza and tulle with a crimson floral print.
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Half curtain
The departure from the Italian classics is explained by the desire to remove as much as possible any dark color from the bedroom, making it airy and light, not evoking heavy feelings. This idea was realized by abandoning the second half of the thick brown curtain, placing it on the wall as far as possible from the bed.
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Pink twins bedroom
The unusual arrangement of the beds with their heads towards the window is justified by the desire of the little owners of the bedroom to be in equal conditions to wake up with the first rays of the sun, which can wake them up only by being reflected repeatedly from the pink-colored wallpaper of the walls, the pink ceiling and pink bed linen.
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Canopy
If you straighten Italian linens in the evening, mounted on a high cornice around the bed, you will get an arrangement of night space that is rarely found in modern bedrooms. The bed will be isolated from excess light and noise, will keep you warm and will allow you to feel free throughout the night.
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Small bedroom with large windows
It is quite difficult to arrange a small space and install a double bed in it. Thick curtains, gathered at the bottom with tiebacks and capable of covering one and a half walls of the bedroom, do not hang as a heavy burden over its inhabitants: they only help to temporarily isolate themselves from the outside world for a short time.
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Living room
Typical Italian curtains are ideal for richly decorated living rooms with carved solid wood furniture.
wall decoration
Decorating one wall of the living room is a common technique for using fabrics in small rooms with low ceilings. This allows you to bring traditional Italian paintings into almost any interior.
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beddinginnDouble protection
The reluctance to disrupt the smooth lines of the curtains leads to a search for options for protection from light on a bright sunny day. An example is the combination of matte tulle fabric and classic Italian fabrics.
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Corner window with lambrequin
The beneficial theme of placing Italian curtains was embodied in the corner window opening. This option is simple in design with a double rigid lambrequin with a slight change in the design of the cornice.
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Round living room
The desire to completely get away from the walls, hiding them behind fabric, creates the illusion of a continuous panoramic window with a huge flow of light into the room. Wide classic canvases, gathered with tiebacks into folds, are made of fabric that contrasts with the overall color scheme of the room.
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Narrow room
Even a small room can be put in order if you show a little imagination and cover the end wall with Italian curtains. A good design solution would be to use second dark curtain panels that have the same color as the furniture upholstery.
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Wide window
You don’t need to invent anything to decorate a wide window in the living room. It is enough to take a light beige fabric, sew rings to it, sew the side panels with a single wide ribbon and hang all this splendor on a long cornice above the window.
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Three windows
The large living room, which has three separate windows, is well decorated with curtains in the same style, which must be continued in the furniture and wall decoration, matching them with the colors of the fabrics.
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cablemiles_interiorsBeige and gilding
The design of large, richly furnished living rooms is thought out to the smallest detail. If gold is used in the interior, then it will be necessary to use a beige color, which does not distract attention from the shine of the metal. Any other colors will disrupt the harmony of wealth and nobility.
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parde_ronas
Coffee color in a black and white living room
The abundance of black and white would make the room boring and uncomfortable, if not for the Italian coffee-colored canvases with gold fringe. The room immediately gets a finished, noble look, and soft folds in the fabrics brighten up the monotony of the short curves of the furniture.
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Dark living room
Windows facing north or northwest provide little light into the room, and the abundance of dense fabrics on the windows can reduce illumination to almost zero. The solution was found in a glossy floor finish and the choice of a light, noble color of Italian curtains. Now even the complete cutting off of daylight is not capable of disturbing the internal harmony of the room.
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Chic classic
Real Italian curtains, through the efforts of an experienced designer, can decorate an expensive living room with Baroque style furniture. The wide border on the side panels can completely cover the window when the arms are released. A three-piece soft fabric pelmet descends from under a wide cornice that runs along the entire perimeter of the ceiling, and its ends form classic overhangs on both sides of the curtains.
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Sewing pattern for Italian curtains
If you decide to purchase Italian “clothes” for windows, you can be sure that the decoration problem will be completely solved. You can buy a ready-made product, or you can sew it yourself, the main thing is to know the design features.
Mandatory elements are cords, bows, rosettes, and Maltese crosses.
Particular attention should be paid to the design of folds on the curtains. They can be cylindrical or semicircular in shape , but the clarity and smoothness of the lines must be preserved.
For decoration, a printed pattern and a combination of several colors are often used . If you show your imagination, you can create a truly masterpiece, because Italy is an unusual country, where they give preference to original and non-standard solutions.
For sewing, you can use different types of fabrics - from light and airy to heavy curtain fabrics for curtains. Everything will depend on the decor of the room itself, the degree of illumination, and, of course, the preferences of the owners themselves.
It is best to entrust the sewing of Italian curtains to professionals.
Incorrectly processed edges and selected decor can worsen the appearance and completely ruin the overall design of the room. If we talk about what is better - to purchase ready-made curtains or to sew curtains to order, then there is no definite answer.
Both options have their advantages and disadvantages. It is only worth noting that with individual tailoring, you yourself will choose the design and ideal size of your curtains.
Classic kitchen
An ordinary kitchen, where there is a lot of things, is an ordinary room where they spend a lot of time cooking, socializing and creating.
Narrow canvases with lambrequin
Suitable for almost all kitchens where there is a separate window or a door that is rarely opened. The finely pockmarked surface of the opaque fabric contrasts well with the dark stripes of the border of the curtains and lambrequin, opening up a small space for access to bright sunlight.
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Wide lambrequin
The floral type of curtains has been known and widely used since the beginning of the 19th century in rural homes. Retro has been given new life by combining new fabrics and new curtain rods, adding a bit of glamor to a modern interior.
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Classic modern cuisine
The most common design option for a kitchen window on the north side in houses and apartments is translucent tulle with floral patterns, decorated on top with a plain colored organza, gathered with tiebacks like an Italian curtain. The prevalence of this type does not prevent us from coming up with something new, changing the methods of attaching the side panels, the location of the tiebacks in height, and installing soft lambrequins with a decorative border or fringe.
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Double window with narrow partition
This arrangement of windows is found in some panel houses built in the second half of the last century. Adjacent to the wall is a partition separating the small kitchen and the living room. By removing it, you can get a large kitchen-living room, but the complexity of decorating adjacent windows forces you to look for new interesting solutions. By combining a double window with one Italian curtain and installing a narrow rack with flowers placed on its shelves in the wall, we get zoning of a large room.
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Ceiling pendants
An ordinary curtain on a kitchen balcony door can turn into an Italian linen if you correctly organize the tiebacks in the form of even “Italian lacing”, assembled in the upper corners of the cornice. There is no need to specially drape the fabric, just pull the cord.
walker14
cizgi_perde
Kitchen in neoclassical style
Everything here is subject to two criteria - practicality and efficiency. Nothing should distract attention, every thing has its place, and all items that do not take part in cooking are removed or missing.
Small kitchen
Quite a bold decision to place Italian paintings on the entire wall, excluding the volume of the window space from the total volume of the small room. This is justified by the need to brighten up her owner’s long stay in the kitchen by lifting her spirits with a cheerful fabric print.
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cizgi_perde
Small windows
A good replacement for Roman blinds on small kitchen windows in private homes. It is enough to take two small pieces of fabric, sew them together with curtain tape, leaving a drawstring for the curtain rod, and tie knots on the curtains hanging down, straightening the folds above the knots. Any fabric is suitable - natural and mixed.
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Italian motif
A simple opaque fabric, fixed at the top edge to a cornice, can resemble an Italian curtain if you tie it with a thick cord with a bell. Suitable for narrow and high kitchen windows that are rarely opened for long periods of time.
walker14
parde_ronas
Italians in country style
The curtains are so simple that you can make them yourself. Mounted on a double cornice above the window, made of natural fabrics. The border of lambrequins and curtains made of thick cotton threads is crocheted into the edges and woven with macrame patterns. The tiebacks are made from homemade braid.
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Small window above the tabletop
A classic Italian curtain, reduced to the size of a small window in the kitchen. There is everything here - a lambrequin, side curtains, tulle, tiebacks made of thick cord with bells, and cornices hidden under the ceiling molding. Everything is simple, stylish and beautiful.
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Venetian curtains on the windows
Such characteristic curtains were invented back in the Ancient Roman Empire, that is, Italian curtains go back more than one thousand years. They are distinguished by luxurious decor - tassels, fringe, frills, rich patterns on expensive fabric.
- Curtains of this type in the classic form are sewn fixed - it is impossible to change the degree of their openness;
- In addition, they are connected to each other in the middle, which means that it will not be possible to open the window completely;
- Another feature: Italian curtains always have pronounced neat gathers along the top, which are obtained through the use of a special curtain tape;
- Their main highlight is the elegant diagonal assembly, which is obtained through the use of special tie-down cords. This assembly is located a short distance from the top, about a third of the total height.
Therefore, keep in mind that this window decoration is only an effective style decor from Italy. To make it functional, you will have to use companion curtains:
- Roman;
- roll;
- Austrian;
- Venetian curtains;
- or even French marquises.
They will create the necessary shading.
Italian curtain rods echo the curtains themselves in every way: they are not just elegant, but rich, with twisted, gilded details that complement the overall stylistic picture.
