Features

But don’t forget that textiles on the windows not only protect from too bright sun or curious neighbors’ eyes, but also bring coziness to the house.

Arched curtains have their own features, and they need to be taken into account if you want your windows to look stylish and attractive. Of course, you can hang regular straight curtains or regular roller blinds on the arch, but this is our home and we want the interior to please the eye. Below I will tell you about the main features that should be taken into account when decorating:

  • Standard curtains may not fit your window and then you will have to order them separately. If you decide to use roller blinds, you will have to run around the shops carefully.
  • The arches themselves are already the center of attention, and therefore, allowing the slightest error in measurements and design can ruin the entire interior.
  • The choice of material, print and type of curtains should fully correspond to the style of the interior.
  • Do not forget about ensuring privacy and controlling the level of lighting in the room. This is especially true for a bedroom or a child’s room, where complete insulation is needed.

arched windows

How and where is it best to place a curtain rod?

Thanks to its shape, we get not only a bonus in the form of aesthetics, but also difficulties with the placement and fastening of curtains.

Below the arched bend

Now this is one of the fashionable and popular options for decorating arched windows. You can use almost all types of curtains – from straight curtains to Roman or French ones. Attach the curtain rod below the arched window bend to increase the amount of daylight in the room.

This type of fastening will be relevant for the living room or kitchen, or for the bedroom if you like to get up with the first rays of the sun.

location of the curtain rod below the bend curtains on the arch roller blinds on an arched window arched windows in the bedroom study with arched windows

Above the arched bend

The cornice can be fixed above the bend of the window arch – this method will visually raise the ceilings, but the downside of this method is that when the window is drawn, it will lose its originality. You can sew a curtain from a whole piece of fabric, or from strips of different colors and sizes, directed lengthwise or crosswise. Use thick curtains or Austrian curtains that will highlight your taste.

Add various accessories: decorative rings, silk loops, grabs or lambrequins.

curtains for an arched window: above the arched bend

curtains for an arched window: above the arched bend arched window in the living room living room with an arch curtains on an arched window in the bedroom

Along the arched bend

Curtains can be hung on a cornice bent according to the window opening at its top. In such cases, you can add a lambrequin to decorate the arched opening. Also a good way to decorate the arch will be a lambrequin.

curtains along the arched bend Roman blinds on the arch French blinds on the arch curtains along the arched window curtains in the bedroom arch in the nursery

Which type to choose?

If the windows are large and have an arch shape, it may be difficult to use regular curtains. In such cases, mobile models are preferred, that is, models equipped with a special mechanism. They are usually mounted directly on the window frame.

Types of mobile blinds:

  • roller,
  • English,
  • Roman,
  • Austrian.

Mechanisms:

  • manual (with mechanical control),
  • automatic (driven by an electric drive).

mobile blinds for an arched window roller blinds for arched windows arched window in the bathroom

For small arched openings, classic blinds or pleated blinds are often chosen as curtains.

Pleated blinds are made using special patterns that are taken directly from your window. They are mounted directly on the frame and consist of fabric or paper secured between two profiles made of light metal, usually aluminum.

Pleated blinds can consist of two parts if there is a partition in the middle of the opening. Such curtains completely cover the window, and at any time can be folded in much the same way as a fan is folded when not needed, then they take up no more than five centimeters of the window opening area.

pleated blinds on an arch in the kitchen

The curtains look good together with ordinary sliding or lowering curtains, as well as in combination with arched lambrequins.

Classic blinds will also have to be made to order, since it will be difficult to find them for an arched opening in ordinary stores.

blinds on an arched window blinds on an arch blinds on an arch photo of curtains for arched windows: pleated blinds

If you plan to use regular curtains or tulle, then be sure to complement them with grabs. The advantage of using this type of curtains is the ease of attaching the cornice and a huge selection of fastening methods (eyelets, garters, hooks, etc.). When secured with decorative ribbon or cord grabs, the curtains change shape and go better with arched windows.

curtains on the window curtains on the arch curtains on the arched window

When decorating an arched window, it is important to emphasize the role architectural element. In most cases, the dimensions will be non-standard and you will have to make everything to order. But you will get an original and stylish interior.