Bearing windows: photo and design features

The bay window is an original architecture solution, a rounded protrusion in the end part of the room or the entire wall, which some tenants mistakenly consider it problematic for the design. Sometimes such a plan is made at the outer part of the wall of the living room, replacing the balcony, but the bay window can also have balcony doors. This is one of the methods for increasing the useful area of \u200b\u200bthe apartment or house, and at the expense of several windows, the room has additional natural light. However, many windows on one wall require a competent decoration of the bay window. Tulle, curtains, marquis or blinds on what to opt for?

Table of contents:

1. Features and advantages of bay windows
2. Ideas for decorating bay windows
3. Baying cornice
4. Blinds for the bayer
5. Some ideas for making curtains for bias -glass windows with your own hands
6. Decorative features of certain structures of curtains

Features and advantages of bay windows

The bay window is not a new word in architecture, houses with outstanding galleries of windows have been used since time immemorial. In some cities, houses built by the Germans are still standing more than 70 years ago, which have bay rod living rooms. And this option of residential buildings is periodically into fashion, especially when building adjacent to the room of the loggia. When architects and designers want to do something original, they turn to bay windows.

The convex geometry of the wall with several windows looks very noble, and with the corresponding decoration of windows with original curtains, the hall or living room looks almost like a palace boudoir. The bayer has several forms of form:

• polyhedron;
• triangle;
• semicircular;
• trapezoidal;
• rectangular.

And the design of the bay window is not an easy creative task. If we approach the design of such windows with fantasy, then a spectacular design will favorably emphasize the overall beauty of any room:

• living room;
• dining room or kitchen;
• winter garden;
• home theater;
• fireplace hall;
• billiard;
• bedrooms;
• rooms of a teenager or children.

A distinctive feature of the bay windows is a number of windows, at least 3, and it is important to harmoniously decorate them to:

• protect the room from excess direct sunlight on the south side of the house in the summer;
• keep heat in the winter;
• give the opportunity to cling to a sufficient amount of light into the room.

The only drawback of the bay windows will pull on a lot of fabric, and this is additional expenses. But with a creative approach, you can decorate the windows in an original way, and not a lot to spend a lot on the fabric. For example, under the style of high-tech, minimalism or a Japanese stylist, Roman rolled or flat Japanese screen canvases are used.

For the dining room, heavy curtains do not need at all. And in the romantic bedroom there are a lot of fabric with drapery, ruffles, frills, pickups with satin ribbons, or a braid with fringe or brushes will only decorate the situation.

Ideas for decorating bay windows

It is important to decide what curtains in this room should be, after that you can:

• sew them yourself;
• make to order in an atelier or in private, using the advice of professionals;
• offer to make a master according to the chosen sketch on the bay windows.

Attention: the choice of stylistic decoration of bay windows should be based on a harmonious combination with the general design of the room and its functionality. Curtains can advantageously emphasize the general plan or to introduce disharmony and level it!

A successful idea is often promptly prompts curtain fabric or tulle. But on the other hand, nothing inspires as the best designer samples. Great options for the design of curtains on the windows of the bay windows can be invented using special rounded or ceiling cornices, from which very beautifully light fabrics flow down. Many original ideas are also offered on ordinary windows, in rooms with a rectangular perimeter.

Yes, and the bay windows themselves can be quite original:

• arched;
• square;
• inclined (attic);
• oval or round;
• triangular or trapezoidal;
• continuous bay windows, forming a convex shape of the wall only with the help of a window structure.

Non -standard windows are executed, so they are much more expensive. In this case, you can vary the glass of the bay window, for example, on the 1st low floor of the bay window can be glazed with matte, stained-glass, mirror or corrugated glasses. This will save from an obsessive feeling of looking out the windows from the side of the street and from the need to use curtains. At the same time, you can limit yourself to hanging a beautiful transparent tulle on the windows.

The curtains themselves on the bay windows also differ in shape, sewing method and style:

• japanese shielded;
• french or marquis with drapery;
• roman short;
• austrian (with grabbing);
• multi -layer English;
• with lambrequins;
• with patch, etc.

It is impossible not to mention the functionality of the room with bay windows. For example, multiple draperies are appropriate only in the living room and bedroom, and Japanese flat curtains can be made of washable fabric, which will be very convenient in the kitchen or dining room with a bay window.

On the south side of the house you need to think about light filters or blinds in the summer. In winter, heavy warm or multilayer curtains are appropriate on the north side. And for the home theater, light -resistant curtains are appropriate for the windows of bay windows, which are appropriate for daytime film screes.

Curtains on a number of bay windows can be:

• the same on all windows;
• different, hung symmetrically;
• alternating through one.

For example, lambrequin can only decorate the central window, and heavy curtains only on the side windows, but everyone has a common tulle. On a semicircular bay window, one continuous transparent tulle is often used by a single canvas, fixed on the ceiling cornice. Blaging thread curtains with a continuous cascade, which fluctuate with the slightest movement of air flows, also look very beautiful on the bay window.

Baying cornice

The best way to choose a type of curtains use ready -made ideas that are visible on ready -made examples. Do not forget to buy a special cornice for the bay window. However, there is an opportunity to show your own imagination and realize the most daring undertakings.

The competent design of any window begins with a competent choice of the cornice. He must meet certain requirements:

• in the form, correspond to the wall line with bay windows along the ceiling;
• have a reliable mount, capable of holding a large mass of curtain fabric in 2-3 layers;
• have a reliable design that will not deform under the large weight;
• a single curtain should freely move in both directions along the baguette line at a sufficient distance, so hooks and backings are inappropriate, which cling to each other;
• fixing tips along the edges should be reliably fixed;
• compliance with the style of the interior.

Tip: ceiling cornices look most advantageous, but it is inconvenient to fix them, so it is better to fix it to a specialist with a specialist!

Special bay windows are of different shapes and lengths, but they can be adjusted.

1. Round baguette is very convenient for curtains on the eyelets.

2. A closed decorative baguette is more suitable for multilayer curtains with lambrequins.

3. The cornice is not appropriate for the bay windows, because it cannot bend.

4. Plastic tubular cornices are gradually bending in the center under a large weight of curtain fabric, although they can be bend on special equipment on order.

5. The necessary curvature is easiest to give a metal pipe cornice.

Tip: In order to correctly determine the curvature of the bent cornice, it is enough to make a drawing that indicates the distance to the extreme points of the cornice and measure the distance to the middle of the bayer from the center of this line. This is all drawn by the circul so and there should be a drawing of your bent cornice.

Attention: for a rounded bay window they usually buy 2-lane cornices for tulle and curtains. Tulle is sewn in one canvas on all windows, and it is beautiful, but not convenient for frequent opening of the bay window. Therefore, for ventilation, only extreme windows with windows are used. At the same time, decorative curtains are sewn on each window separately and beautifully designed.

The material and color of the cornices should correspond to the general design of the room and windows. It is better to take the same cornice under white plastic windows, under wooden wood in the texture, respectively. If the cornice is not visible, it is better to buy reliable and cheap tubular, made of metal. Such a cornice also fits perfectly into apartments, decorated in modern style with a large number of chrome parts, lamps and accessories.

Tip: For greater decorativeness, think through the backlight of the bayavery cornice in advance. A white LED ribbon looks very noble along the ceiling cornice, which highlights the flowing curtains and a pattern of ceiling tiles on top. This should not be done on an uneven ceiling, otherwise the slightest flaws will be obvious!

Blinds for the bayer

The blinds of modern interiors, although the designers have offered them for residential premises for a long time. For bay windows, they are suitable as possible, especially with an excess of sunlight from the windows on the south side of the house.

Remember that there are blinds:

• vertical;
• horizontal.

For each variety, special cornices are needed, especially for bay windows. And if the trapezoidal bay window with 4 windows, then 3 plastic cornices are enough, closing along the edges. Bent plastic cornice of a rounded shape, as for curtains, will have to be ordered individually.

To design bay windows, as a rule, only vertical blinds are used. You can choose dense decorative fabric ribbons or plastic. Make sure that in a long cornice there is a special amplifying element that supports a given shape.

The blinds are convenient in that you can hang them on a continuous cornice and control the hand of a hand. But you can arrange each window separately, or place the blinds only on the central window, as a light filter, and shoot for the winter as unnecessary for the winter.

If desired, you can look for special bay windows with the finished cornice of the curvature you need. Their reliable design will last many years, without delivering additional troubles for the care and maintenance of bay windows.

Some ideas for making curtains for bias -glass windows with your own hands

If the shape of the bay window and the size of the window openings do not cause fears that you can’t cope with their design yourself, then we propose to show your creative initiative and make the curtains with your own hands.

So, if there is already a cornice corresponding to the design of the interiors and the material of the windows, then the case remains small:

• select the type of curtains, which most corresponds to the general style concept;
• calculate the total volume of fabric with a margin for draping and allowances for seams;
• buy accessories for fastening (special eyelets, ribbons, Velcro, etc.), which can be advised in a fabric store or needlework;
• move and cut the fabric, treat the edges with a hidden seam, weed a fringe or braid, if required by design;
• the final stage is ironed and steam on the seams so that it does not pull;
• weak tulle and curtains and arrange with grabbing or other decorative jewelry.

Tip: For the design of bay windows in the nursery, you should not use long heavy curtains. Multilayer heavy curtains are used only for the living room, bedrooms and cabinet in the English style. It is better to hang blinds in the greenhouse and on the balcony, and it is better to sew light curtains with decorative details into the kitchen.

Decorative features of certain structures of curtains

1 Lambrequen original decorative decoration, which will ennoble the bay windows, even if curtained very modestly.

2. A solid curtain on a general cornice looks very elegant, especially from transparent light fabrics with reflection.

3. The French curtains of the Marquis are an aristocratic decoration of your bay windows with many sagging drapery, but they look inappropriate and theatrical, if they are not suitable in general style. They are beautiful, but not practical, it is difficult to wash and iron them, so it is better to use where the windows do not open or where the minimum of dust on the highest floors.

4. Heavy curtains from velvet or dense curtain fabric are best placed on individual cornices so as not to burden the structure. They will be easier to open, remove, wash and iron.

5. Light thread curtains Modern decoration of the bayer, which looks very original, especially in combination with good lighting and a small movement of air. It is better to buy ready -made ones, although doing it with your own hands using a creative approach, is also good. Only they should not resemble a Christmas rain or a cut curtain from an oilcloth in the bathroom.

6. Austrian curtains are short rolled, with a frill on the lower edge, pretty and practical, fit perfectly into the classic interior, including in the kitchen and dining room, in the children's and room of the teenager. It is only important to choose the right fabric.

7. Roman curtains are an ideal solution for bay windows for each window separately. They easily lean upstairs, forming elegant folds.

8. The stained glass inserts in the upper part of the windows are well combined with a transparent tulle or side curtains. Stained glass windows in the upper semicircle of arched windows look just great, they are easily combined with different types of curtains or horizontal blinds on each window separately. Instead of expensive stained glass glasses, you can use a similar self -adhesive film.

9. Decorative curtains according to a specially designed design will cost much more, but they can give an amazing effect to your interior. This involves complex draperies, asymmetric details and additional jewelry. Sometimes with their help, against the backdrop of beautiful parquet and elegant furniture in historical style, it is possible to create an amazing palace interior in the city living room or bedroom!