Interior Decorating Ideas

You may have decided that you wanted to furnish the windows with neutral colors but would still like to add some interest in some way. Zebra print curtains can fill this brief for you and they can be added for only a relatively small outlay. Take a look at the selection of zebra print curtains for sale below and choose any of them to get more information.

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Modern Zebra Safari Animal Print 17 Pc Bath Rug Shower Curtains Hooks Towel Set    US $32.99

Zebra Stripe Blackout Insulated Curtains 84" Set Beige    US $59.99

PURPLE & ZEBRA PRINT WINDOW TREATMENT PANEL CURTAINS    US $54.99

NEW Zebra Pink Bedding Sets Window Valance Curtains by JoJo Designs    US $6.50

Xhiliration Zebra Queen Bed Set & (4) Zebra panel curtains - Used    US $49.99

BLACK & WHITE "ZEBRA" WINDOW FLOCKING CURTAINS / DRAPES    US $31.96

NEW BLACK Gray ZEBRA Stripe Sheer Curtains Pair 84L Animal Print    US $19.99

Zebra Stripe Blackout Insulated Curtains 84"L SKY BLUE    US $59.99

Zebra Stripe Blackout Insulated Curtains 84"L Set-OLIVE    US $59.99

Zebra Stripe Blackout Insulated Curtains 84"L Set -Navy    US $59.99

84" SAFARI Panels Curtains ZEBRA Animal Print Black and White    US $22.99

WILD JUNGLE ANIMALS LION ZEBRA TIGER VALANCE CURTAINS    US $12.99

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The pattern is bold and distinctive and will add texture to the room.

Although the colors are merely black and white, the design is a familiar animal print that will create interest in front of the window and when the light is shining from behind it can really be brought to life.

The range of choice will come from the size of the zebra stripes and the width of each of the black and white bands. This type of print will look very effective when married with a room that has been furnished predominantly with wood. The black and white complements the grain of the wood furniture nicely.

A zebra print will provide you with the perfect accompaniment to a more complete jungle-themed room and while it won’t really be effective if it is offset with a leopard skin rug or a zebra print bedspread, it will look particularly effective with large single-colored items.

Rather than stick with curtains that are solely patterned with a zebra print it is also possible to buy curtains that feature a small section of the print that is surrounded by a far more eye-catching color such as bright pink or lime green. The darker tones of the black with the white offset the loud colors in a very effective way.

Use the curtains for sale at the top of the page as a way of imaginatively decorating a bedroom. Introduce a new theme to the room or simply apply a textured look that can be used as a focal point to work around.

There are many ways in which the room can be lightened while it is also in the process of being darkened and using white curtains is the perfect way to go about this. A white curtain provides an almost ethereal feeling to the room, particularly when it consists of a flowing fabric that falls nicely. A great way to get a tremendous effect is to try a white eyelet curtain. The pleats of these curtains fall symmetrically and provide a perfect backdrop to the room.

The use of white eyelet curtains can provide a means of highlighting the decorative appeal of other objects in the room. They can provide a background to show off the colours of a lounge setting or they can complete a French country look.

By using white eyelet curtains you will be effectively allowing the curtain rod to become an important part of the window display. A dark curtain rod such as a black wrought iron curtain rod will become a very distinctive feature as it disappears and reappears in and out of the eyelet holes at the top of the curtains. With decorative filigrees at either end this can become a particularly spectacular display.

In some ways the choice of white curtains is a particularly bold statement because rather than being plain looking they will stand out against the other colours in the room. It is unusual for the lack of colour that it provides in the room and relies on something else to make them look special. It may be the fabric that you choose for them or it may be the fact that the curtains are hung using eyelets or it may simply be the surrounding furnishings that draws the entire combination together.

It may also be possible to dress the curtain display up a little with some decorative curtain tiebacks, whether you choose to use a coloured cord or an antique curtain tieback to provide some old-charm in a simple yet very effective way.

Here are some more ways in which you can use eyelet curtains to decorate your home.

Easy To Use Eyelet Window Curtains
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Types of Eyelet Curtains

So what would you need to make some cheerful retro kitchen curtains? The typical kitchen was dressed with nice bright colors and large prints and perhaps a nice treatment at the top as something different and fun to tie them to the curtain rod with. The retro era was all about experimentation and the result was some design styles that were very questionable as far as taste is concerned. As long as you have fun there is little you can do wrong when hanging retro curtains.

Here is a selection of bright retro kitchen curtains for sale.

Retro Pink Cherry Kitchen Curtain 100% Cotton Fruit Fabric 44"wd BTY Cherries    US $5.95

Handmade Retro Atomic Kitchen Curtains Never Used, FABULOUS!    US $159.99

Curtain VALANCE- Retro 50's Kitchen laundry APRONS    US $21.50

VINTAGE RETRO RED PLASTIC KITCHEN...CURTAIN TIE BACKS/PUSH PINS    US $7.00

Retro Vintage White Floral Kitchen Curtain Panel Scene!    US $20.00

Vintage Kitchen Retro Print Curtains/Drapes PR 43 X 32 Waverly Fabric Lancaster    US $22.00

RETRO 50'S HOME EC LADIES BAKING RETRO KITCHEN curtain VALANCE ~ FREE SHIPPING    US $32.99

Vintage Mushroom Curtains 10 Valance pieces RETRO Groovy Kitchen EUC    US $49.00

Vintage Retro 60's 70's Kitchen Curtains & Valance White w/Embroidery    US $41.25

VINTAGE~KITCHEN~CURTAINS~PRINTED~LINEN?~RETRO~50"Wx52"L~DRAPES~1960S    US $49.00

RETRO EAMS FIFTIES 50'S DECOR KITCHEN VALANCE CURTAINS    US $33.00

Curtain VALANCE- Retro LAUNDRY Kitchen Chores iron tub    US $24.50

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A great way to get the retro theme happening is with the right colors and red and white would be the perfect way to go. A very typical red and white curtain would be some kind of checked curtain the type that would be also known widely as gingham. Alternatively you might choose to go with a pattern that consists of solid colors at the top and bottom with a printed design featuring in between on a white background. The type of print doesn’t really matter although generally speaking if it is nice and bold then it is going to provide you with the effect that you will be after.

When you imagine your retro kitchen curtains you should also try to imagine the type of kitchen that it would have been featuring in. Back in the fifties and sixties the decor of a retro kitchen would have featured a lot of Formica, particularly the bench tops and perhaps also the kitchen table. Burnt orange seemed to have become a preferred choice when going through the palette of way-out and wacky colors. The kitchen cabinets were usually painted and once again the colors were often bold and brutal.

The seating in a retro kitchen would have most likely have featured some kind of vinyl covering over chrome tubing, possibly tending toward the space ace in design and promise.

There is no way known that among all of this garish melange of color and experimentation with materials that the curtains hanging in front of the kitchen windows were going to be anything less that bold and loud.

If you are going to decorate your kitchen following a retro style then the one thing that you simply must do when you get to the curtains is have fun with them. Rather than design them with simple tab tops, use bows, make sure they stand out but also make sure that they are breezy and they can be drawn back to let in the maximum amount of light possible.

In some ways a kitchen is a great place to hang window valances. That is because you need the softening effect of fabric with all the hard cabinets, appliances and tiling around the room. While curtains might get in the way and get dirty as they are usually so near to either the kitchen sink or food preparation areas, valances are at the top of the window and usually high enough to avoid getting wet or splashed with food. On the other hand, you are probably better off with a simple valance, rather than a scarf valance, for the following reasons.

1. Frequent Laundering

A kitchen valance is high above the work surfaces of the kitchen, but it is still subject to all the grease and steam, which hangs about in the atmosphere. Therefore it will need frequent laundering, probably every few weeks. Scarf valances are usually made from very thin flimsy fabric (giving them their great draping qualities) and unfortunately this type of fabric may not stand up well to constant laundering.

2. Arranging the Valance

Scarf valances generally need a bit of arranging to get the right look when you put them up, and you can spend a bit of time getting the folds just right. What may be interesting the first time, will become annoying when you have to do it after every wash.

3. Too Soft in Style

Although you want some kind of softening effect with your kitchen valance, a scarf valance is generally too soft in style for the room. It is more in keeping with a romantic bedroom or a kid's fairy princess room than a practical kitchen. It also does not pair well with other window treatments typically used in a kitchen, such as venetian or roller blinds and cotton curtains, all of which have a practical, no nonsense look, rather than the floaty one, suggested by a scarf valance. If you decide you want a scarf valance, however, look for fabric which is as substantial as possible while still draping well, for example, thin soft cotton rather than voile.

There are many different styles and fabric types that can be used when deciding on the perfect set of curtains for the rooms you are decorating in the home. Silk is a particularly popular fabric for a variety of reasons and embroidered silk curtains gives the room an added boost of color and appeal.

Silk is a beautiful fabric that looks superb when allowed to flow in long waves such as you would see with a decorative curtain. Although silk curtains look luxurious simply as plain fabric, they come to life even more fully when they have been embroidered. There is no limit to the kinds of patterns that can be stitched into silk curtains to create the kind of curtains that will make a simple and subtle difference to a room.

It’s possible to buy plain silk curtains and do the embroidery yourself if you are equipped with the creative abilities necessary to do the job justice. But the simplest way to get the perfect embroidered silk curtains is to buy them already made.

They can be bought as light, sheer curtains to give a breezy feel to the room or they may be lined to make them more substantial affording greater privacy from the outside.

The wonderful thing about embroidered silk curtains is that there is a restrained elegance about the embroidery on them. Rather than going overboard and ending up with a set of curtains that look too busy, you may choose a set of curtains you come across rely on the beauty of the silk itself to make a stunning impression with the embroidery confined to either the top or the bottom of the curtains or perhaps both.

Alternately the curtains could be decorated with a simple floral design that is repeated over the curtains to give them an understated elegance. Part of the appeal of silk curtains is the subtle shimmer they give off and when this is combined with an Eastern influenced embroidered design they simply exude a sophistication that takes them beyond.