Window Panel Curtains  

Creating a home with the personal touch is an easily done task with the wide array of various curtains and other window treatments.  Your window panel curtains should add a special touch to a room that coordinates well with all the other elements of that room.  Whether you use panels alone or utilize other window treatments like valances, café curtains, sheer accents or swag hangings your can create a very personalized window covering unique to your home.

The panels for windows are many and are often custom made to the measurements of a window.  With all the various types of fabrics and design possibilities a curtain panel can be quite a personal choice.  At first it might be a bit overwhelming to choose from such a huge selection but once you determine what you’re really looking for as far as function, the window treatment and the decorating effect you want to create for the room, it will be easy to eliminate a lot of options.  Take the time to actually sit down and write out what you want for your window then when you are looking in stores or searching online you will have features and colours you can focus on.

An option to dress up a window, which can be used on its own, with curtain panels or café curtains, is a valance.  It will just cover the top area of the window or curtain and is purely used for a decorative effect.  If you don’t want to cover a window with anything because you want a full view out of it a valance may be the right fit just to add some interest and decorating appeal to the room.  A valance can be simple, and plain or full of ruffles and fancy.  Lace and sheer options are available to be a light and elegant choice and are especially beautiful when they are on their own. 

Most popular in a kitchen are café curtains, where only the bottom half of the window is covered with a curtain.  They can also be accompanied by side panels and / or a valance for a more complete window treatment.  Café curtains come in as many different fabrics and styles as full curtain panels and are especially popular in country style designs, full looking ruffles, light and airy sheer panels and intricate lace designs.  Bathrooms are another great location for a café curtain style.

Sheer curtains deserve some special attention due to their graceful beauty they tend to add to any room.  Pretty much any window treatment style can be obtained in a sheer fabric and they add a special touch when used with other window treatment elements.  They are most stunning as a long curtain panel brought right to the floor and look even better when a couple of inches is gathered on the floor. 

Decorating your home with the various styles of window panel curtains can be a fun and creatively inspired time.  Simple panels are not that hard to make if you can’t find the right colour of curtains already made.  Fabric stores carry a wide array of options that might appeal to you more and your own personal touch in actually making the curtains will add even more interest to the window.