Blinds, Interior Design, Net Rails, Roller Blinds, Roman Blinds
Kitchen Window Dressing Inspirations 8: Bistro
January 25, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
Most of adore the little bistro styled cafés we see on our holiday – with home-made food and welcoming atmospheres it’s a great idea to emulate this style of kitchen window dressing to bring a quaint touch to our windows which is practical, functional and very stylish. Today we take a look at bistro styled window dressings to get your taste buds tingling!
Option 1: Curtains:
Café curtains are seeing a huge revival this year. Offering a half-sized window covering you can use a variety of different fabrics to get the look to suit the style of your home. The most classical is a net curtain which is slightly heavier than a standard net curtain. These café styled nets are usually panel style in appearance and have a pointed bottom edge. Many have coloured motifs which are pertinent to the country from which they originate. The great advantage of café curtains or nets is that they can be hung from net rails or tension poles which means there’s no need to drill holes into the window casing.
Option 2: Blinds:
You can also achieve the bistro look by using Roman blinds or roller blinds. Roman blinds offer a homely charm and you’ll be able to coordinate the fabric to match or compliment your other soft furnishings and colour scheme. If you prefer roller blinds opt for scalloped roller blinds as the wave-effect edging offers a more casual look than a standard roller blind.
Option 3: Rolled-up Blinds:
The new kid on the block so to speak is a roller-up blind; which is fundamentally a combination of a Roman and roller blind. They differ from roller blinds because the fabric is rolled on the outside of the blind putting it in full view, rather than being rolled into header casing. In a similar fashion to Roman blinds, roller-up blinds are usually home-made, however, rather than pulling up to gather into horizontal pleats they are roller like a sausage – giving a new twist to the other already successful styles of kitchen blinds.
As with Roman blinds these types of window dressing enable you to put your own individuality and design flair to your window dressing. If you’re on a tight budget cheap curtain fabrics can be used to great effect – leaving you with a stylish window dressing that’s sure to be a talking point when friends see them!
