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Interior design tips for the living room with pictures – curtains!

Many find decorating the living room exciting and refreshing. However, few of us have truly grasped the importance of curtains in living room decor. Therefore, here are interior design tips for the living room with pictures – with a focus on curtains!  

Inredningstips för vardagsrummet

Blackout curtains can be a useful tip when decorating a living room with many or large windows. They also reduce glare from the TV.

1.Interior design tips for the living room: first, a few questions

Are you trying to get started with decorating the living room with curtains? Great! The first thing you need to do to kickstart the process is actually not to browse through various design magazines Or to scroll through Instagram looking for beautiful pictures. No, the focus is actually on figuring out what you need the curtains for. Ask yourself what functions they must have: blackout? privacy? Or primarily aesthetically pleasing? Also, complete the questionnaire by answering the following:

  1. How many patterns should you have? The term ‘patterns’ refers to the amount of fabric intended for one side of the window. Therefore, you will need two or more ‘patterns,’ depending on how your window is designed and how you want to construct the curtain.
  2. Whichcurtian fabric do you have in mind? Velvet feels more noticeably luxurious, while linen is often perceived as more natural and minimalist 
Inredningstips för vardagsrummet

The picture shows a living room with two layers of curtains on display. The white curtain is the thinnest, providing privacy while still allowing in light. Additionally, the high-hung curtains give the room a sense of high ceiling height.

2. Interior design tips for the living room: versatile decor

Speaking of panels and materials, they go hand in hand. You can actually work with two layers of curtains in different materials: a thinner one and a heavier one. It’s an interior design trend that has gained more and more ground in Swedish living roomslately, when you hang curtains, you should also consider that you are affecting the perceived space of the living room. If the curtains are placed as high up on the wall as possible, preferably at the ceiling or just below the cornice, visitors get the impression that the ceiling height is higher. Similarly, it works in terms of width: properly extending the curtains on the sides of the window elongates the living room.

Inredningstips för vardagsrummet

Perfect matching. This picture shows Isabella Löwengrip’s living room, where the tone-on-tone matching is nothing short of successful, wouldn’t you agree?

3. Interior design tips for the living room: tone-on-tone

Color coordination is one of the favorite branches of interior enthusiasts. So, how do you succeed with the shades in the living room? The secret lies in glancing at the sofa and the rug – and choosing a shade for the curtain that matches them. The worst misstep is trying to find the exact same color.The most common outcome of such an effort is that it resembles a decent attempt at good matching, but it just looks forced. So, what to do? Choose tones that you believe can go well with the other major.furniture pieces in the living room, or even the walls – either by going tone-on-tone or by contrasting with curtains in a completely different color. Are you unsure if it will work? AtMy Window you can always bring alongfabric sampleshome and visit one of our showrooms in Stockholm, Jönköping and Göteborg.  

Interior design tips: pictures of living rooms with My Window

Thanks to our nearly 40 years in the industryMy Window expertise in everything related to window decoration. Therefore, we can bring your interior design dreams to life by transforming your living room into a place you never want to leave. This is because we know that you should choose curtian like any other piece of furniture. Contact us for a free price estimate on custom-made curtains or a tailored comprehensive window decoration solution. Let us decorate your window to the world.

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