Curtains pleated, interior features of a modern apartment with curtains pleated, curtains pleated with their own hands

The attractiveness of any window depends on its decorative design: the "bare" window structure looks rather boring, but interesting curtains add spatial harmony, act as a tool for realizing the style and artistic taste of the owner of the room. Enough spectacular and attractive way of decorating plastic windows is to use strict and laconic blinds or curtains pleated. What are pleated curtains and what is their uniqueness? You will learn about this in our article!

Blinds and curtains pleated. Create our own room design

Each of you remembers what the blinds look like: small, neat plates made of plastic or other material collected in a single cloth. Unlike its competitor, pleated curtains are considered a natural kind of decorative finishing, because they are based on special paper or corrugated textiles.

Today, pleated curtains act as the most fashionable and actual solution for decorating window structures of any, even the most unusual, configuration. Thanks to a successful combination of impeccable functionality and practicality, a variety of color and design solutions, attractiveness and amazing elegance, pleatedness become the best assistant in creating a warm, cozy and trendy interior. In addition, we can not fail to mention the universality of application and affordable price, which make this decorative attribute especially popular and in demand among the most demanding customers.

Speaking of universality, we note that they can be original decorated any glass surface on the wall and ceiling, regardless of the complexity of the configuration. Spacious attics, terraces and verandas equipped with glass roofs, winter gardens with ceiling windows, summer houses and gazebos, strict office space - this is an extensive field for the application of decorative pleated curtains. Of course, this list is far from complete and can be supplemented with absolutely any structures in which there is a problem of bright sunlight.

In this case, it is necessary to pay attention to the direction of the design of windows with similar curtains. For example, in a room with high ceilings, it is better not to use vertical pleated ones, since they will make the ceiling even higher, and the narrow room will visually become even narrower. Making a window with vertical and horizontal curtains, you can independently change the perception of the geometry of your room.

Characteristics of pleated curtains

Modern manufacturers of such curtains use crocheted fabrics as the basis, the back side of which has aluminum or pearly spraying, giving the fabric special technical properties: the resulting protective layer promotes excellent light reflection and the preservation of cool air in the room. The acoustic and antibacterial treatment to which pleated curtains are exposed significantly reduces the heat load, improves the absorption process and protects against UV rays, preventing the appearance of an unpleasant greenhouse effect in the room. About these and many other advantages eloquently write people who have already had time to be convinced of the expediency of using universal pleated curtains.

As the components for the development of the creation of light curtains used strong steel, aluminum and plastic of high quality. The profile and accessories are presented in 4 basic colors: snow-white, silver, brown and bronze, in addition at the request of the customer it is possible to paint the profile in any color. Directly, fabrics can have more than 200 all kinds of designs and color solutions.

The width of pleated curtains varies from 0.30 to 2.30 m, and the height reaches 2.60 m.

Advantages of this method of decorating windows are undeniable:

• the fabric does not burn out under the influence of direct sunlight, and therefore, for a long time retains its attractiveness in the process of operation;
• the material is not dusty and does not need special care;
• to clean the plesse gently folded and placed in warm water, diluted with detergent.

How to manage a plef

The management of pleated curtains takes place through various mechanisms and elements. Distinguish rope way of regulation, chain and manual. The most budgetary and convenient, by the recognition of numerous users, is the rope mechanism, but the practical is considered to be a chain mechanism.

The control knob is convenient in case the fastening is made directly to the sash of the plastic window. For convenience, the curtains can be equipped with an electric drive. Control in this case will be carried out using the remote control.

Types of curtains

Depending on the materials used, there are two main types of plisse:

1. Curtains made of fabric.   More reliable and durable version of the design of windows. The tissue base can be both monophonic and multi-colored, decorated with all kinds of patterns, ornaments and intricate patterns, transparent and denser. For example, a model of curtains "Day-Night" plies attracts buyers by the fact that they are more light in the daytime, but in daylight they are already light-tight, protecting you from the bright rays of the rising sun.
2. Pleated curtains made of paper.   Less durable and rather temporary construction, which can be completely made by hand. Own decorative designs are fragile enough, do not withstand physical exertion, which means they are short-lived. Having damaged the paper blinds pleated, you will have to replace them with new ones.

How to Make Pleated with Your Own Hands

For owners of "golden" hands and for those who want to brag about their fakes in front of friends and guests, we give below a brief guide to the manufacture of plisse themselves. To do this you will need:

1. armed with two wooden slats along the width of the window and the paper is slightly longer than the height of the window;
2. gently glue the end of the paper to the adhesive strip on the adhesive;
3. by the width of the bar make folds on paper;
4. glue the second bar to the second part of the paper web;
5. connect both strips for 2-3 hours;
6. use the rope to adjust the height. To do this, holes are made along the edges, a rope is pushed in and fixed to the lower and upper straps.

As you can see, everything is very easy and simple! With the process of fixing the curtains to the plisse on the window you can see by watching a video on youtube.