Choose Rods For Your Curtain

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Cafe style curtains are a great asset to any window, not just because they give a refreshing look – they are functionally ideal. It’s easy to set them up the way you want so you can change the setting according to your room decorating style.

We will give you a couple of ideas here on have to setup your cafe curtains and curtain rods that go along with them.

Cafe Curtains And Traditional Home

If you are aiming for a traditional home setup, then the spring loaded rods would be perfect for you. You might as well use brass rods, the ones with simple finial.

The spring loaded rod should fit withing your window frame and should not be visible through the small pocket of your cafe curtain. On the other side, if you decide to have brass rod, be aware that it’s hanged by small brackets. And they will be visible on the window frame, so if you want to avoid that – stick to the spring loaded rods for your cafe curtains.

Cafe Curtains And Country Home

If you are more of a country person, we’ve got some ides for you too. You can find a good tree branch for a perfect country home setting for your cafe style curtains. If that’s not an option, try to find a simple iron rod or similar recycled part that can fit your window and make a good rod for a curtain. And if you want complete country look, try to find pieces of fabric, like parts of quilt, and make cafe curtains out of them. You can sew in a rod pocket and create an interesting sight on your windows.

One more idea for a country style curtains is to make two wooden frames that will fit inside your window. Then use stapler or glue your fabric on the upper and lower side of the window to make cute looking cafe curtains.

Cafe Curtains And Eclectic Home

You can really go wild when it comes to eclectic style curtain rods. Find an unusual items like: arrow, cane, sword, umbrella and attach cafe curtain to it. Everything that can fit your window and looks interesting is a potential curtain rod for your window treatment. Combining some old style window treatment with new ones is usually the best combination, but we will leave the final choice to you.

Cafe Curtains And Modern Home

For a new age look, a stainless steel curtain rod is perfect item. This usually can’t be topped by anything else when it comes to cafe curtain rods for modern home. You can try other rigid items, or if you want to go for a funky look – find a see through plastic from your old shower curtain. That is the ultimate item in any new age window treatment. Unless you already thought of a better idea.

Over the years the design and style of curtain rods has undergone a lot of changes. These days you get a large variety to choose from. The choice of rod to be used depends upon the type of curtain that you may like to use. You need different kinds of rods for sheers, draperies and cafÃ© curtains.

Perhaps the most convenient to use are the tension rods and are ideally suited for recessed windows. The inside of such rods have a spring which pushes the rod in outward direction. It’s this spring which eliminates the use of any other hardware and makes their installation so convenient. The ends have decorative rubber ends caps that remain pressed to the window sills. These rods are generally recommendable for sheers or lightweight curtains.

You get cafe sash rods and sash rods in round or flat shape. As these are designed to remain parallel to the window or door, they are excellent when you want to hang door panels. The curtains that you use with such rods need to start slightly above the window and terminate a bit below it. These are ideal for being used with French doors or casement windows. Their hardware comprises of thin mounting brackets to keep the silk curtains flat against the door. The circumference of cafe sash rods is larger than the sash rods.

You’ll find Cafe rods to be perfect for your kitchen curtains. You get them in varying sizes and are perfectly suited for cafe curtains. Some café rods may also have rings for attaching the curtains, but you can also buy the same minus the rings. These rods are great if you intend having tabbed tie curtains or such curtains that can easily be pulled to either side. For dining room or living room draperies traverse rods are most often used. They employ hooks on which the curtains are hung and the drapes can be closed or opened through a pull cord. These rods are can be very decorative. Curtain rods can be made from a variety of materials like wood, wrought iron or other metals. Accordingly the cost varies, more so in case of designer rods.