How to choose the correct curtains for home?

While choosing curtain styles it is very important to find the efficiency of the fabrics, gone are the times when fabrics needed to be felt and touched. With the growing fabric trends and understanding that polyester fabrics feel like cotton are much durable than cotton the need to feel the cloth is gone. The aesthetics, the patterns and the suttle designs and how they bring out the best of your home is what is important.

Curtain fabrics are not 100% blackout; while buying them it is very important to understand for which room of the house you are buying curtains. For bedrooms it is essential that you buy at least 65% blackout fabrics to ensure that your sleep is undisturbed. At make my curtains we have 100% blackout single layer fabrics which eliminate the need of lining cloth. Making your curtains lighter much easier to wash and maintain. 

For living room, a lighter shade is much preferred. When you enter the home, you want your living room curtains to be calm, light and relaxing. They don't need to be heavy and double stitched. Living room curtains are generally of lighter shades like beige, blue, cream etc. Here are a few examples

Hence Choosing home fabrics is very important, blackout for bedrooms and lighter shades for living rooms. You can always reach out to Make My curtains for any help 

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