Knowing the subtleties of how to beautifully hang tulle in a room, you can create a truly airy atmosphere, filled with lightness and luxury. After all, such a weightless curtain is universal and quite wear-resistant. It is pleasant to the touch, easy to wash, dries quickly and irons perfectly. Its only drawback is wrinkling, which is easy to avoid if you hang the tulle correctly, both on a curtain rod and on a regular ribbon, fishing line or hooks.
Content
- Briefly about tulle: advantages and application
- Tulle in the interior: examples of window decoration
- The right combination of tulle and curtains
- How to hang tulle correctly
- When and how to hang tulle without a cornice
- How to hang tulle and curtains on one rod, cornice
- How to hang tulle on a ceiling cornice: instructions and examples with photos
- VIDEO: 80 stylish examples of how to hang curtains beautifully.
- 50 best photos of window decoration with beautiful tulle and curtains
Briefly about tulle: advantages and application
Tulle is a light transparent fabric with a smooth, mesh, openwork or patterned structure. Due to the different variations of thread weaving, organza, mesh, veil and muslin are classified as this curtain fabric.
Regardless of the variety, curtains have significant advantages, namely:
- inexpensive and noble, with some laconic simplicity, window decoration;
- transmitting and dispersing sunlight, filling the room with daylight;
- visual increase of space, adding a certain airiness to the interior;
- easy to care for, drape and retains its shape well.
Please note! If you beautifully gather tulle on the cornice, you can both decorate and visually expand the room. It is also important to choose a fabric that matches the stylistic design of the room.
Tulle in the interior: examples of window decoration
Designers decorate windows with a variety of tulle, combining its color variations or adding thick curtains to it. Also relevant is the option of a completely or semi-transparent sheet hanging on its own.
In small apartments, standard white, ivory or milky tulle is appropriate. Such fabric leaves the windows visible and makes the rooms lighter and more spacious.
For large rooms, dark shades are often chosen: gray, blue, burgundy, etc. Their main advantage is the creation of a rich veil effect.
In addition to single-color variations, tulle mesh, muslin, cobweb, pleated, carnival rain or rainbow look great. Any of the options is suitable for both the bedroom and the hall, kitchen, children's room, dining room. The main thing is that the tulle should hang with light, as if wavy folds, otherwise it will spoil the entire window decor.
In the living room, transparent organza, noodles or openwork tulle to the floor are often hung. The fabric can also be complemented with embroidery or photo printing. For the kitchen, synthetic blend curtains of medium length are used, as they do not wrinkle or fade.
The right combination of tulle and curtains
Standard cotton or organza tulle without large patterns is often complemented with curtains without patterns. Or, on the contrary, thick curtains with a pattern and plain curtains are hung.
Important. It is not recommended to combine curtains and tulle made of natural fabrics. For example, a linen curtain and an organza curtain will simply look ugly.
In addition to the standard, familiar thick curtains, light curtains are combined with:
- roller blinds, if the transparent material covers only half of the window, regardless of the length;
- contrasting Roman blinds, which are attached inside the window or hung on the other side of the cornice;
- with thick thread curtains, provided that the tulle is openwork or translucent plain.
How to hang tulle correctly
There are a lot of options for hanging tulle. Here everything directly depends on personal preferences, the size of the window and the height from its top to the ceiling. The following points also play an important role:
- the height of the tulle is to the middle of the window or to the floor;
- should the curtain move from side to side;
- Will tulle complement any other curtain or drape?
Therefore, to avoid further inconveniences, it is important to know how to hang tulle correctly in a particular case.
When and how to hang tulle without a cornice
I hang transparent curtains without a curtain rod if:
- It is not possible to choose a curtain rod that matches the interior.
- The top of the window opening is located very close to the ceiling.
- There is a desire to be creative and demonstrate one’s own skills.
In this case, cornices and rods are replaced with all sorts of hooks, adhesive tape, Velcro, thread or fishing line. In any of the options, you need to be creative and prepare a drill, hammer, tape measure, nails, screws and a screwdriver.
Additional information. Most often, the places where it is impossible to hang a curtain on a cornice are a balcony, loggia and veranda. Here it is appropriate to stretch the curtain on a fishing line, thread or fasten it on hooks, industrial staples.
To attach to a thread, string or fishing line, follow these steps.
- Hammer a couple of nails (preferably decorative) into the wall along the edges of the window opening.
- Make small holes with beautiful edges at the top of the curtain.
- Thread a thread or fishing line through the resulting holes.
- Pull the material from one edge of the window to the other and secure the ends of the thread or fishing line to the nails.
If you decide to attach the tulle directly to the wall, then you need to use Velcro (curtain tape). Its sticky side is attached to the wall using screws, and the soft part is sewn to the curtain.
Another elementary method is staples or hooks. The main thing is to choose beautiful fasteners and secure them firmly above the window opening. To hang tulle on them, you need to sew loops to it in advance.
How to hang tulle and curtains on one rod, cornice
If the window has a single-tier cornice in advance, you can hang curtains and thick drapes in an unusual way.
Please note. Tulle and curtains on one rod look beautiful and unusual. However, this solution is not very convenient, since curtains and drapes are difficult to move.
Another option is to hang thicker curtains on both sides using eyelets. But attach a light, transparent curtain to the loops you made or the same eyelets (rings), only smaller in size and strictly in the middle of the window.
The third option is to assemble curtains and drapes. That is, the panels are placed on top of each other (gathered together) and punched with eyelets, after which they are strung on a single-tier cornice.
How to hang tulle on a ceiling cornice: instructions and examples with photos
A ceiling cornice is the most optimal solution for hanging tulle of any structure. However, it is worth remembering that ceiling cornices can be profile, stick and string. Therefore, in order to choose the right cornice, you need to consider:
- number of layers of fabrics;
- will there be a lambrequin hanging on top;
- what is the total weight of the curtains (draperies and drapes);
- stylistic design of the room.
You also need to decide on the fasteners. These can be rings with hooks, tape, alligators, drawstrings, eyelets, woven loops. At the same time, initially, before fastening, you need to put folds in the tulle.
If the canvas is straight, you should proceed as follows.
- String an odd number of fasteners onto the curtain rod.
- Attach the curtain along both edges using 2 fasteners.
- Fold the sides towards the window with your hand and secure with a clip.
- Disassemble the fasteners on different sides, leaving one in the center.
- Make a fold in the middle of the fabric and secure with a clip.
- Make the remaining folds in the same way as in point 5.
Important. To create a beautiful drapery without pre-sewing, you need to evenly, across the width, arrange the fasteners. It is also important to place the fasteners close to each other so that the curtain does not sag.
It is also worth noting that plastic cornices are often chosen. However, in any of the selected options, you cannot do without drilling. After all, all ceiling cornices require reliable fastening to the ceiling.
VIDEO: 80 stylish examples of how to hang curtains beautifully.
50 best photos of window decoration with beautiful tulle and curtains
Below are photo options for the correct and truly beautiful window decoration with transparent organza, muslin, veil and standard, familiar tulle. Also shown are ideas for the correct combination of tulle and curtains. And as a life hack, photo options with tulle on a ceiling cornice are presented.