Curtain Basics

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Tired and boring looking window treatments pull down the face value of your home, and money is short in the decorating budget. There are low cost solutions that will give your window treatments features that look like the gang from home and garden TV came to your house for a quick makeover. To add a three-dimensional look to your window curtains then add double curtain rods, and two sets of eyelet curtains. It not only adds that extra notch of elegant décor to your room, but functionality as well. These simple steps will have your next visitors picking their jaw up off the floor on their next visit.

Depending on your color selection and overall theme, you can choose a double curtain rod that is made from wood, brass, pewter, solid wood, or copper. The type of material is not so important as the finish as that is what will give you those extra accents that you are looking for in improve your room’s appeal. Looking for antique gold, distress finishes, and stained antique hardwoods, plus wrought iron finishes will give you an idea of what type to purchase for your current window curtain project. Topping off the your curtain rods with sleek matching finials will take your design right over the top with additional detail that will give the finished product the look of having had a professional do your window redesign.

Double Curtain Rods

If you are reinventing all the window coverings in your home with double curtain rods in key locations using sheer curtains on the rod closest to the window will allow you to use a sash on your eyelet curtain to tie back the main curtain and let the daylight filter through the sheer panels. Designers have been using this tried and true combination for decades. If you want to go with a more traditional look then there are double curtain rods available for pinch pleated drapes to accomplish the same result with a different look.

Keep your eyes open for clearance sales on these curtain rods, as many new designs and styles are released frequently and the old inventory has to be moved out to make room for the new curtain hardware offerings. Realizing up to seventy five percent off your hardware will give you the extra funds to purchase higher quality curtain panels, and upgraded sheer drapery to give that five star décor you have been wanting all along.