Curtains for a girls' room

For a happy childhood, it is fundamentally important that the nursery be as comfortable as possible and as closely as possible match the tastes and preferences of the baby. Ideally, there should not be any details at all that were not given particular importance in the design, and such a huge interior element like curtains deserves great attention from the designer. This is especially true of those rooms where the little girl lives, because this is a delicate nature, acutely feeling the beauty.

There are a number of criteria that the curtains in the nursery must meet. Full harmony with the rest of the interior, of course, implied - window textiles should be interesting in and of itself and be well combined with the walls, ceiling and furniture.

However, in addition to these rules, there are others that are common to all. curtains in the nursery, regardless of the sex of the child:

• Ecological safety of the fabric. Recently, attention to synthetics’s negative impact on the human body has increased many times, so it’s better to make sure that the material is mostly natural - this way the probability of allergies or slow poisoning by toxic fumes is significantly reduced.

• The strength of the material. This criterion is more related to curtains for very young ladies, since even a young school-age girl would hardly think of being naughty enough so that she could not stand the curtains. An element of strength is the opposition to fading in the sun.
• Ease of care. First of all, we are talking about dust-repellent properties, because the dust provokes allergies in children, and the less the curtain collects it, the less will have to wash it. As for washing, ideally, it should also be unpretentious - cloth choose picky, easy to dry and not fade.

• The presence of additional decorations. In the very early stages of childhood, fringe and other complex elements are undesirable, since the child may accidentally tear them off and put them in his mouth, but in the future they can be an excellent addition to the interior of the girl's bedroom.
• Properly selected material thickness. Although the curtains are designed to protect the room from excessive sunlight and drafts, they still do not need to equalize the window with the wall by permeability - the room should always be light enough to clearly see all the details, and the fresh air in the room never hurts.

• Reverse color consistency mistress It is no secret that bright tones invigorate and stimulate activity, and pastel colors soothe. For girls, the second option is more often chosen, but if the child is excessively passive, you can try to wake him up with bright curtains.

Most of the existing varieties of curtains today are successfully used in children's rooms for girls. The choice of a particular option depends not only on the design compatibility with the interior, but also on the specific requirements put forward to the product by each customer.

Particular attention should be paid to the solutions that have not been seen yet:

• If we consider that the main function of the curtains is protection from sunlight, then the choice should be made based on the density of the fabric. In this vein, a very special position is occupied by tulle, called blackout - it is a complex three-layer curtain, each of the layers of which not only does not transmit light, but also reflects it. Such textiles can shade to a deep twilight even the room in which eyes would hurt from the light without it, but in rooms where there is no such bright sun, such a curtain is out of place — it will be too dark.

• If the girl is still young, she will surely like beautiful curtains with a vivid image of typical children's drawings - for example, a plot from a fairy tale or flowers, or stars. Since a photo-curtain with such a design is in itself an excellent bright accent, one should not combine it with other obvious accents in the room - the walls, the ceiling and the furniture should be plain and unobtrusive.

• Roller blinds are a modern fashion trend.which, if possible, adjusts the degree of lighting resembles the good old blinds, but because of its woven essence looks much more comfortable. This design solution can be combined with light curtains as well as with heavy curtains.

• Another squeak of fashion - vertical striped curtains. One would think that this description is not of the type, but of the type of decoration, however, it is not just about multi-colored tulle, but sewn from individual multi-colored stripes. The patchwork design makes a much more unusual and memorable impression than the one-piece window textiles of the same color.
• Happy parents of daughters are also increasingly paying attention to long drapes, a characteristic feature of which is a transparent upper part. Due to this, it is not possible to look into the room from the outside, but even with curtains closed, there is no problem with natural lighting, which even with sufficient brightness does not hit the eye, because it does not fall inside with a direct beam.

As in the case with all other parameters, the length of curtains in the nursery is not only a design moment, but also an elementary requirement of practicality and safety. For example, floor-length curtains are appropriate except in a teenage bedroom, because a child may inadvertently step on a long edge and accidentally knock over a curtain rod, and preschool-age babies may even try to use window textiles as a swing.

There are quite a few alternatives - manufacturers produce curtains up to the windowsill, and even shorter versions. The shortest solutions fit well into shaded rooms, with or without curtains, and create a unique maritime or Mediterranean charm.. Such types of window textiles as rolled and Roman curtains, generally attached directly to the frame and do not overlap anything except the actual glass.

Choosing material for curtains, push off, first of all, from practicality. Experts all as one recommend to abandon expensive fabric.

The thing is this: if a very little girl lives in the room, there is a high probability of damage to the product, since children do not understand its values ​​and can easily paint or cut, which will make the curtain worthless. Although older girls are already quite respectful of any things, there is also such a moment as the banal change of tastes with age.

In theory, you can simply try to choose neutral curtains, which are not age-related, but then the whole interior of the bedroom should be appropriate, which is quite difficult to implement and quite unimpressive for a little housewife.

It should not be forgotten that, in its essence, a safe base can be colored with low-quality synthetic dye and then it is not so important what windowed textiles are made of — it is still dangerous for a child. By the way, experts say that small (up to 20%) impurities of safe synthetics in the case of curtains will only benefit, since they do not harm health, but they significantly increase the durability of the product, preventing deformation, burnout or molting.

It is very good if the fabric selected as a curtain material is treated with antistatic agents. These substances allow matter not only to attract, but also to repel dust, which contributes to allergies, and, moreover, looks completely unattractive.

The choice of color is an extremely difficult task, since it is recommended to carry it out not only according to personal preferences and not even according to the requirements of the interior style, but also with an eye to certain characteristics of the location of the bedroom and the character of the girl living there.

For example, how to choose - should the tone of the curtains be cold or warm? Designers unanimously say that in those rooms where the windows face the north and the light is low, it is better to choose warm colors, and in the sunny southern rooms - cold.

Psychologists also indicate that the same differentiation affects the character of the child: calm is activated due to screaming colors, and the restless becomes a little more balanced due to the cool palette of the interior. What to do if the two criteria mentioned above require opposite solutions, it is not clear - apparently, parents will have to make a choice, starting from the plausibility of the statements and compatibility with the design of the room.

If you start from the compatibility with the design of the room, there is relatively simple rule: the curtains either by themselves are a bright accent against the background of a relatively pale interior, or, if there is another clear emphasis, do not interfere with it, being almost imperceptible.

The absence of any noticeable emphasis on a part in a room is considered as tasteless as an overly screaming room. In this case, the curtains are not necessarily completely alien body - they can overlap in color design with small accessories such as pillows, small rugs or lamp shades.

Selecting specific colors, let's call light pink, snow-white tones, as well as inconspicuous shades of all other colors suitable. Inappropriate are considered saturated and dark colors of any color, as well as absolutely any red, black and gray shades. Fully monochromatic window textiles for children's rooms of girls exist, but is used quite rarely - models decorated with an unobtrusive ornament or a small repeating pattern are much more popular. Designers do not recommend the use of large elements, but indicate the interesting repetition of the print of curtains on bed linen.

A popular move these days is the combination of several colors. The window decoration often uses a standard “theme of spring”, that is, a combination of green and pink, and the first should play the main role and be more saturated, while the more tender addition remains to the pink one. Of the other popular color combinations, it is necessary to distinguish pink-blue, pink-white, cream-turquoise combinations.

At the same time, pink should not be too much - it has long gone out of fashion and is considered a sign of bad taste, girls do not like it so much, and psychologists also call it not conducive to proper education. Another interesting solution in terms of color combinations is the use of similar dense shade curtains with transparent curtains, which, due to the difference in density of the material, seems like a mix of different colors.

In addition to the actual piece of fabric, which is any curtain, you can also use separate decorative ornaments:

• For example, the simplest solution for a little girl of preschool age is clips and any Velcro applications, which can be removed and glued back in random order. When using such jewelry instead of the usual curtains, we also get an interesting toy that occupies the attention and develops the imagination of the child.
• It will be absolutely gorgeous to look like a combination of window textile with a nightlight, made in the form of small built-in diodes imitating a starry sky or simply outlining a certain well-recognizable contour of your favorite character.

• In the bedroom of the baby It looks good, too, and a large soft toy, as if covering the curtain - most often in this role is a huge teddy bear.
• Children of preschool age are not recommended various small decorations on the curtains, but in the room of a teenage girl they will be very helpful. Fasteners and brushes, removable flowers and brooches will complement the decoration and make the curtains look more intricate and attractive, and even full draperies will give the room the similarity with the real tomb of the princess.
• Generally It is necessary to follow the general rule, according to which the more complex the construction, the simpler to care for should be the fabric. If the interior was planned taking into account the presence of drapery, then its regular absence during washing will make the room incredibly tasteless. In addition, if the design is complex and consists of many parts, it may take too much time and effort to disassemble and assemble after washing.

We managed to consider almost all the criteria that could influence the choice of window textiles in the girl’s room, the last one remained - depending on the age of the owner of the bedroom:

• As for preschool girls, For parents, the main task is to calm down an already rather active daughter., to direct her energy to a peaceful course, therefore causing and screaming colors and prints at this age do not find use. This is not a reason to buy a monochromatic faded curtain, but it is advisable to choose soft pastel tones of a warm gamut with a dim small pattern. At this stage, the children's organism is defenseless more than ever, so it is worth refusing even from small synthetic additives. Given the high likelihood of unintentional spoilage of tulle by a baby, the main preference is given to those models that are hard to reach - Roman and roller blinds.

• The little schoolgirl probably already has her own hobbies and is guaranteed to be happy if her parents react properly and buy her window textiles with the appropriate print. In the form of an object of adoration, cute little animals usually act or this or that fairy-tale character, whose image can be placed on fabric even to order, if in the ready-made collections of curtains nothing suitable was found. At the same time, it should be remembered that children's hobbies are short-lived, therefore, the service life of even the most beloved curtains is limited to a few years. In the context of this, expensive fabric should not be chosen now, although if the print could somehow fit into the teen bedroom, this rule can be rejected. Now, by age, curtains of greater length are permissible., but experts still do not advise buying options literally dragging along the floor.

• As for adolescent girls, it is extremely difficult to guess the design. First of all, children of this age are distinguished by their extremely unstable character and non-permanent hobbies, therefore now, more than ever, it is one step from love to hate. Secondly, a characteristic feature of any teenager is the desire for self-expression, that is, he shows a great desire for independence, primarily in the design of the style of his own room.

On the Internet you can find a lot of advice about what curtains would fit teenage girls, but the most sensible advice is to at least partially entrust decision making on this issue to the owner of the bedroom. She may not have a prepared answer to this question in advance, but even then she should say the final word when going to the store.

If the child is still small and it is undesirable for him to reach the curtains, it is better to give preference to roller curtains. They, by the way, can be a great accent or overlap with the furniture.

In rooms that do not suffer from excess sunlight, window textiles can be very short, which is convenient for both beauty and for all the same security.

For a schoolgirl, the most important thing is beauty and its conformity to its ideals. A photocurtain with a bright pattern will definitely be an accent and requires relative fading of the walls, but, again, can overlap with accessories, such as bed linen.

The following example is very gentle curtains on the grommet, which will suit both a schoolgirl and a very romantic young girl. This is a good sample of a combination of two colors, one of which is an accent, as well as the use of brooches.

The last photo is a great example of the fact that the “spring” theme of green and pink tones is also appropriate in the bedroom of a teenager, practically an adult girl, a real lady, not deprived of romance and fashion sense in the best French traditions.

In this video you will find even more ideas for a successful design.