Recently, the fashion for beautiful window textiles has become sustainable for many families. The curtain is perceived as an outfit for each room, extraordinary and unique. It’s really difficult to imagine a modern apartment with bare windows, and it’s completely unnecessary. The choice of different materials, styles, cuts, and styles is extensive. In this article we will pay attention to golden curtains.
Golden curtains are designed to make the atmosphere of the house solemn and festive on any day, as well as bring sunny warmth and comfort.
Features of gold
Curtains in gold color can add an atmosphere of holiday, chic and celebration to the atmosphere, because this sunniest color has been a symbol of wealth and luxury for a long time.
Skillful, skillful, and most importantly, moderate use of gold in the interior will bring warmth and revitalization to the room, thanks to which everything around will sparkle with new colors.
To do this, it is important to follow several rules:
- It is necessary to dilute the situation with at least two other shades;
- Carefully study photographs of already furnished interiors using gold curtains of various tones;
- The length should be strictly to the floor;
- It is desirable that the room be spacious with high ceilings and large and regularly shaped windows (such curtains are contraindicated for non-standard window openings);
- Gold and silver are mutually exclusive colors;
- The smaller your window, the more transparent the material chosen for the curtains;
- The beauty of the golden curtains is emphasized by the contrasting background;
- Additional design (embroidery, ornament, print) makes the curtains heavier and overloaded;
- Oriental motifs will be an ideal addition to the interior, but in the Japanese style there is no place for golden curtains;
- For golden curtains, light neutral tulle is selected;
- It is possible to complement the interior with accessories and pieces of furniture in a similar tone;
- Golden curtains do not match wallpaper, ceilings or flooring in the same color;
- The total share of gold in the room should not exceed a third.
Types of curtains
The overall appearance of the room depends on the choice of curtains, so it is important to choose the optimal length and style based on the style of the room.
Roman
They look practical and at the same time solemn. The versatility of the design allows them to be used in any room.
Rolled
Ideal for minimalist style. To create a classic look, the opening can be fixed to the window frame, and the window can be decorated with light curtains.
Classic long curtains
Equally suitable for any style depending on the design and fabric. Combined with tulle, lambrequin and throws, they do not allow daylight to pass through.
Short curtains
Suitable for children's rooms, kitchens and country houses. The length of the curtains can be arbitrary, and the edges can be decorated with openwork or fringe.
French
They go best with the classic Empire style. They are a light translucent fabric gathered into scallops.
Window with lambrequin
It looks elegant and will become the main decoration of any room. The pomp and length of the lambrequin depends on the size and purpose of the room.
The photo shows an example of decorating a window with crossovers (svagi) made of velvet fabric in the interior of a burgundy-colored room.
Curtains-cafe
Suitable not only for the kitchen, but also for the bedroom. They cover the bottom of the window and let in a lot of light. Often complemented by a lambrequin.
Blinds
Suitable for an office, study, teenager's bedroom in a loft style, minimalism. Blinds can be vertical, horizontal, from different materials and any color.
Recommended combinations
The color of the noble metal has many shades: from light gilding to intense ocher, so there are many possibilities for their harmonious combination with other palettes.
Thus, red adds solemnity and elegance to the golden interior, black adds presentability, olive adds softness and sophistication, gray adds formality and practicality, and blue adds cheerfulness and dynamism.
The combination of golden curtains with various shades of the brown spectrum is considered optimal. Gold's constant companion is white. Combinations with purple, burgundy and violet are also allowed.
If we talk about style solutions, then most often in classic, rococo, empire and baroque gold is complemented with black, wine, burgundy, brown and red, and is also decorated with lambrequins, tassels and lush fringe. High-tech and minimalism suggest an emphasis on curtains with horizontal fabric inserts in a dark, warm color on a plain background.
Art Deco is characterized by bright gold with geometric patterns, and for soft and pastel shabby chic, the fabric is artificially aged. The oriental style with gold brocade and rich shades of ruby, emerald and burgundy is considered ideal, while Japanese motifs remain the most undesirable.
Kitchen
Every housewife wants to surround herself with beauty and comfort, but in addition, everything in the kitchen should be functional and safe. And an oversaturation of gold will make this warm room hot.
Short curtain models - Roman, pleated, roller, arched tulle - will look harmonious in the kitchen interior.
For beauty, Roman blinds can be complemented with muslin, or used as the only window decoration.
Very fashionable today are crossed and asymmetrical compositions, suitable for rooms with a balcony door.
The golden pattern on the curtains can be duplicated on kitchen textiles, and in the form of decoupage - on a set or appliances.
By gilding the handles of drawers and cabinets, you will create a small complement of color to the curtains. This technique will look most colorful in monochromatic interiors.
An inconspicuous and space-enhancing window decoration is tulle, decorated with gold decorative elements - fringe, edging, tiebacks, tassels, flounces. The abundance of decor can be replaced with gold stripes or patterns.
Living room
In living rooms, gold curtains are usually accented with elegant drapes, colorful linings, piping and fabric lines. In such cases, elegant lambrequins, satin ribbons and laces with tassels are irreplaceable.
Both light materials (tulle, veil, organza) and heavier options (brocade, satin, velvet, satin, jacquard) are appropriate.
Design and fabric selection
To decorate a window opening in gold, you can use textiles made from natural and synthetic materials. And they should not fade, shrink after washing and maintain drape.
Materials
Curtains for the kitchen should be chosen from nylon or nylon. Due to the fact that dirt and stains are easily removed from them. The cost is also relatively low. And for the living and sleeping areas you need to choose something light (organza, cotton, silk). The downside is that they require care. They easily get caught and also fade. If you need practicality, then you need to choose semi-synthetics or linen.
Drawings and patterns
The main rule here is the following: if the tulle has a pronounced pattern, then wallpaper and curtains should be selected in plain colors, gradient or with a marble effect. Or its presence on the curtain, but a light veil without a print. Preference should be given to floral designs, abstractions, geometric shapes, monograms or imitation textures (water drops, concrete, feathers, etc.). But they must be appropriate and be combined with something (textiles, carpet, paintings).
Decor
Tiebacks, edging, and holders are used as decorative elements. As well as clamps made of metal, wood, stone or glass. Even the cornice itself can be an interesting decoration, highlighting the beauty of the curtain.
Bedroom
For bedrooms, curtains made of light, transparent, flowing and cascading materials are more suitable. The best solution would be thread curtains. If the choice is made in favor of thick curtains, then it is necessary to provide one of the types of decorative ties or clamps.
Bedroom pastel colors are considered optimal; all kinds of embroidery, ribbons, frills or fringe are not prohibited.
Taking style into account
In the bedroom or kitchen, gold color will be a winner if there is not enough of it. The kitchen has enough golden tulle and candlesticks. No more needed.
Gilding should look harmonious and will be beautiful if there are combinations in all elements.
Public places
Gold curtains are actively used in the design of public places, for example, wedding salons and boutiques, restaurants and banquet halls, cafeterias and bars, elite establishments where it is important to create a festive and solemn atmosphere. Often found in office spaces, but always diluted with neutral gray, turquoise and white tones.
Golden curtains will easily become part of your interior, because they can enhance room lighting, visually enlarge the space and allow neighboring shades to sparkle with new colors.
When used skillfully, gold will add comfort, celebration and luxury. True, for this you need to have a sense of proportion and good taste.
Rules for using gold color
Do not forget that this color should be within reasonable limits in any design. You need to know when to stop and not overdo it. A lot of golden color does not mean advantageous and rich.
Many golden shades will add discomfort to the interior.
How to maintain harmony in a room
Incorrectly chosen golden curtains can make the room look overly pompous, pretentious, tasteless and even vulgar. To prevent this from happening, let’s look at what you should absolutely not do:
- Hang gold curtains and tulle at the same time;
- Leave part of the window bare;
- Mix with silver;
- Choose a golden background for patterned curtains under bright wallpaper or hang them in a small room;
- Oversaturating a room with gold is fraught with the appearance of numerous glares.
Children's
Golden curtains in the interior of a nursery will delight both the growing prince and the little princess. They go perfectly with traditional pink and blue decorations.
A cheerful, sunny color will create a warm atmosphere and charge both you and your child with positive energy.
Most often, thin, translucent curtains with gold plating are hung in the children's room. They can also be companions for more saturated paintings with gold elements or pictures.
In a girl’s children’s room, thread curtains will look harmonious, filling everything around with femininity and romance. She will also like the variety of decor that can transform the simplest canvases.
But the curtains in a boy’s room should not have a flashy design. Laconic Roman or roll models are one of the best options. Plain, with pictures, they can be complemented with light curtains or tulle.
We hope our short review was useful and informative for you. As you can see, the moderate use of golden shades fills the interior with light and comfort, which is what we wish for you!
