It’s rarely hot enough in the UK to warrant having mosquito nets in place all year round! Although they do provide a particular point of interest and offer an usual charm to they can look completely out of place.
Drab ‘off white’ over head nets have seen somewhat of a revival in recent years with vibrant colours and even black can be found quite easily on the high street or online; However, mosquito nets can also be a little claustrophobic; they don’t always suit a bedrooms interior design style appropriately. Merely having a mosquito net for the sake of it seems completely pointless!
Expanses of plain wall need enhancing in some way to break the monotony and provide visual effects for the eyes to be drawn to.
A great way to add a real focal point of interest on a large plain wall is to place pictures, photographs or wall art. This can be a huge problem for some people- finding exactly the right subject or colours can be frustrating!
Alternatively, a great way to provide a unique charm and real point of interest is to use a modern concept in bed canopies. By using a curtain fabric suspended on a pole swept back to one side an unique wall dressing can be achieved.
This beautiful curtain fabric has been hung by using ‘scrunched’ rod pockets; this method of hanging a curtain is ideal when it remains in the same place all of the time. Coordinating with the soft colour of the pine headboard and contrasting with the plain grey walls, this unique use of curtains adds real style to the room. The fabric has also been used to make the tie-back and little matching wall hangings, adding to the overall visual effect wonderfully.
Lightweight curtain fabrics such as faux silks and voiles are ideal for this use. With so many different rich, pastel or vibrant plain, embroidered or patterns available from the high street or online fabric stores, coordinating existing bedroom furniture and design colours would be easy. For those who like to ‘match’ everything the window dressing could be made from exactly the same fabric; as could scatter cushions and a throw for a chair or bottom of the bed.
Rod pockets are easy to make. The fabric pocket is made by folding fabric back on itself and securing the bottom edge so that the rod or curtain pole can be slid through. Allow sufficient fabric so that the finished curtain cascade onto the floor in a gentle pool.
Voiles and silks can be lined to reduce the amount of light, but this should be given careful consideration as the whole point of having fine fabrics is to let the natural light shine through them!
If excess light is a real problem, lightweight curtains can look stunning when used in conjunction with a blind which is fitted inside the recess of the window. This bedroom would look equally striking with an antique pine coloured wooden blind to coordinate with the headboard without detracting from the ‘wall-curtain’.
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