Window Curtain Rods Selecting the Right Style for You
Itâs funny; most of us donât think weâre creative, especially when it comes to decorating our homes. Weâve all heard someone say, âOh, I just donât think that way. Iâm just not creative!â But you know they are â everything in their lives proves it. And you know if they had to pick a new curtain rod they wouldnât be as overwhelmed as you.
Donât laugh â curtain rods are an important part of your decorating scheme. Theyâre like wardrobe accessories: they finish the outfit, make the room pull together and give your windows a completed look. Just start looking at photos of rooms and imagine different curtain rods for the window treatments â youâll understand. It really is important to choose the right curtain rod! Letâs break this process down into a few fast and east steps. Here weâll address that imagination thing â how to know what will fit best in your room.
The trick to choosing a curtain rod knows your style, your window, your room . . . your self. Now donât panic, weâre going to explain how you can do this without losing any brain cells or sanity. It can be as easy as just looking around your room.
So letâs start there: look around your room. Do you know your style? Define it, and name the items in the room that match it. Want to take this a step further? Ask yourself: if you could, what would you add to the room to make it even better? This will sharpen your focus while you look for a curtain rod.
That didnât help figure out your style? Itâs okay, thatâs why weâre here, to help you figure it out. Letâs go back to the room.
Sit down in the room and make a list of everything in it you like. Now take a close look at the list. What do all these things have in common: color, style, texture? This exercise may be all you need to get a good idea of what your style is and lead you easily to the next step of picking out a curtain rod: deciding on the right type curtain rod.
Or it might not. If youâre still not sure go to your clothes closet and take a look. What kind of clothes do you prefer? Now the key word here is preferred. Lots of us have a closet full of work clothes but they may not be what we put on Saturday morning. So look at the clothes you like â or love â to wear. Are they all-dressed-up fancy, casual, grungy, themed (you know, like sports)? What color is most predominant?
Now think. Do your rooms and clothes have anything in common? If they do youâre set, and ready for the next step in narrowing down your selection of curtain rods: choosing that right type curtain rod.
Still not sure what your style is? We get it â for some people there are just way too many other things in life that are more important. Thatâs okay. But youâre still reading this, so itâs time to move on and figure out your style for your new curtain rods!
Hereâs a simple strategy: go to a bookstore or library and get a stack of decorating books â ones with lots of pictures. Sit down in a comfy chair and start thumbing through. Make notes while youâre looking. What do you like in each picture? Maybe itâs the color of the walls, or the combination of room colors. Do you like the trim style? Perhaps itâs the furniture thatâs grabbed you. Maybe thereâs nothing you like, or something you really donât like. When youâre done look at your list: what do they all have in common?
By now you should feel a lot more confident about what your style is, and picking out your new curtain rods will be so much easier! And donât worry: if youâre thinking youâre still totally un-imaginative and this just wonât work for you, hang in there. You might be one of those people who has to go through all the steps before the light comes on and you understand. So just keep moving forward.
And congratulate yourself – youâve taken the first step toward choosing those new curtain rods. Youâve got your style nailed down, or at least loosely gripped, and itâs time for the next step: deciding what type rod will work best for your window treatment. Are you ready?
