Choosing Curtains for your Home
April 22nd, 2009 | 
Author: Curtains are a practical and attractive way to finish a room, and come in a vast range of different patterns, styles and fabrics that can suit any room design, from traditional country cottage to contemporary city apartment. The costs of fabric these days means that even if you can make your own curtains, it is not always the cheaper option, and to save time and effort and to get exactly the right effect you are looking for it is best to just buy made to measure curtains.
When you are choosing your curtains think about the room as a whole, the furniture, furnishings and colour scheme. Curtains can be used to enhance or complement an overall design scheme, or if you have a mixture of styles and designs you can choose simple, neutral curtains that provide a background for the rest of the room. If there are already a number of patterns in the room, such as floral carpets and furniture covers, then try to avoid introducing another pattern into the curtains, as this can be create a chaotic look. On the other hand if you have a very simple room with neutral colour schemes then a bright, colourful patterned design on the curtains can really pick the room up, and introduce a vibrant, upbeat note.
If is important to check the quality of the material when buying curtains, as they should last at least 10 years (good quality curtains can even last a lifetime if treated carefully). Cheap materials are often thin and unlined, and this means they can drape poorly and let in a lot of light, and the dye can also be poorly set, meaning that the curtains will fade in the sunlight. Good quality materials will wear much better, and lined curtains are much more insulating and will block out more light which is important for bedrooms. You will also need to check the washing instructions when you buy curtains, as many fabrics such as silks are dry clean only, and this can be very expensive over time. Most cotton and linen curtains can be washed at home on a low heat, and this can save you a lot of money.
Curtains are available in a number of different fabrics such as silk, cotton, linen and wool mixes, and The Natural Curtain Company have an excellent range of high quality 100% natural fabrics in a range of attractive colours and designs. For more information visit the website at Naturalcurtaincompany.co.uk or call a representative on 0845 5000 400. 
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and then now there is “electric curtains”….
Electric curtains are the latest must-have piece of home automation equipment for numerous reasons. Firstly, they’re just plain cool, who wouldn’t want to have automatic curtains?! In all seriousness though they have a couple of uses that may not occur to you at first.
Electric curtains can be used as an effective security measure. Some models, such as the Silent Gliss Autoglide 5900TL will automatically open and close when it gets light and goes dark.
The same model can also be manually programmed with an easy-to-use timer. This means that when you go on holiday or are just generally away from home, your curtains will be simulating someone living in your house! This is also handy for businesses as you can be safe in the knowledge that yes, the curtains are shut on the server room window.
Another novel idea for this same model, the 5900TL, is to use it as an alarm clock. Wake up to the gentle sun’s rays instead of an awful grinding alarm clock either using the light sensor or program your wakeup time into the timer. It is also useful for keeping the bright sun off your TV and upholstery.
Other models such as the Autoglide 5900IR come with a remote control unit so that you can open and close your curtains from wherever you want in the room, you don’t even have to get out of your chair. This model is popular with less-able bodied people in particular because opening and closing curtains can be a task.
The basic model comes with a wall-mountable switch so at the touch of a button you can close and open your curtains.
The one thing that will surprise you is the speed of electric curtains, they’re actually pretty quick, travelling at half a foot (15cm) per second.
If you’re buying electric curtains off the Internet, you usually get the tracks with curtain hangers for you to hang your own curtains, a motor and a control device such as a button, timer, light sensor or remote. They can be fitted very easily with little DIY skill.