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Decorate the Bedroom With Zebra Print Curtains

Admin — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:34:44 +0000

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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Zebra Printed Thermal Insulated Blackout Curtains Panel 2Panel Pink Color
US $58.99

BLACK and PINK ZEBRA WINDOW CURTAINS DRAPES SET
US $29.95

BLACK and PURPLE ZEBRA WINDOW CURTAINS DRAPES SET
US $29.95

BLACK and WHITE ZEBRA WINDOW CURTAINS DRAPES SET
US $29.95

BLACK PURPLE ZEBRA WINDOW FLOCKING CURTAIN CURTAINS DRAPES SET NEW
US $29.95

BLACK BLUE ZEBRA WINDOW FLOCKING CURTAIN CURTAINS DRAPES SET NEW
US $39.95

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.

Decorate With Retro Kitchen Curtains

Admin — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:18:00 +0000

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.

Vintage Retro Kitchen Curtains Material Fabric Kitschy UtensilsTeapots Pitchers
US $9.99

Darling retro red polka dot ruffled kitchen curtains from the 1950s vintage
US $25.00

Retro Pink Cherry Kitchen Curtain Cotton Fruit Quilting Fabric 44w BTY Cherries
US $4.95

Vtg 40s Embroidered Kitchen Curtain Panel Dutch Lady Woman Linen Geluk Retro
US $8.50

Vintage Retro Pair Set Kitchen Cafe Curtains Drapes Unused Cheery 1950s 60s
US $9.99

BN Unused Kitsch Retro Bright Kitchen Curtain Fabric KETTLEPOTS 56 x 3 yards
US $7.89

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.

Decorate With Retro Curtains

Admin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:19:35 +0000

One of the great things about fashion and interior design trends is that the old fashions always come back into style. The retro era was a particularly distinctive fashion era and was shunned in the 1980s as the epitome of bad taste. These days retro is coming back and rooms are being designed around the retro fashion designs. To finish off a retro room you should complete the look by hanging retro curtains on the windows.

Here are some great retro curtains available for sale. Click on a link to get more information.

Vintage Retro Sunshine Yellow Window Curtains 36 x 32 Valance 65 Honey Comb
US $5.99

Vintage 1950 Retro Linen Fabric Curtains x 2 Fruit Oranges Dress Making Sewing
US $25.28

VINTAGE RETRO 1950s ABSTRACT DESIGN BARKCLOTH CURTAINS J239 FREE UK POST
US $75.85

Vintage RETRO Green gold Crushed Velvet Curtains Drapes set MUST SEE
US $24.99

VINTAGE RETRO PLASTIC DISPOSABLE WINDOW CURTAINS
US $5.99

Vintage Retro Kitchen Curtains Material Fabric Kitschy UtensilsTeapots Pitchers
US $9.99

Retro curtains have a distinctive pattern style about them with specific types of colors dominating the overall theme. Large, bold prints particularly with floral overtones were very popular in the retro period with no fear that the curtains might overpower the rest of the room.

In fact one of the biggest factors to come out of the late 1960s and early 1970s was the use of the floral print in all kinds of situations. The floral curtains were definitely a part of this and if you were trying to replicate this look you would have to go after some of the more funky types of curtains out there.

Take a look at the loud retro floral curtains for sale.

NEW Blonder Home Vibes Black Retro Floral Shower Curtain w 12 Hooks White
US $26.99

NEW Blonder Home Vibes Purple Retro Floral Shower Curtain w 12 Hooks Pink Gold
US $26.99

Vintage Retro 1960s 1970s Curtain Drapes Flower Power Hippie Floral 2 Panels
US $8.99

STUNNING QUALITY RETRO FLORAL METAL EYELETS SHOWER CURTAIN 180CM X 180CMS
US $31.59

VINTAGE 70s 80s RETRO KITSCH NOSTALGIC FLORAL PRINT SHABBY CHIC PAIR CURTAINS
US $11.05

VINTAGE RETRO FLORAL PAIR CURTAINS 90LX 45WEACH]BOLD GOLD PATTERN EXCELLENT
US $31.59

There is actually a great deal more range of choice when it comes to types of retro curtains than with a lot of other fashion periods with virtually an “anything goes” policy. Paisley was a popular choice as we moved from the 1960s to the 1960s and it didn’t matter if the colors were burnt orange or mauve the retro curtains were still considered suitable for most rooms.

A big influence during this period was man’s adventure into outer space with the Space Age glaringly apparent in many of the designs to come out of the period. The curtains were not immune to the touches from the modern technology that came out of the space program.

The retro style is all about the era in which the curtains were designed and made. The 1950s, 60s and 70s are classed as the retro era and reflected the mood of the populace, the exuberance of post-war life and the experimentation with the many technological breakthroughs that were taking place.

You can really make a distinction between the early and late retro period curtains with a definite difference found between the curtains that came out of both ends of the era. The early retro era was distinguished by more solemn curtains that often featured pinch-pleat valances. The later retro curtains were more bold and explored color a lot more fully.

Although the retro period has long since passed, it is being revived through the love of progressive furnishings. Due to the comeback of the retro era it should not be too difficult to pick out suitable retro curtains that twill do justice to the retro room in which it will sit.