Curtain and drapery hardware are part of the jewelry; the earrings, bracelets, and broaches; of your home. Poles, finials, and sconces decorate and beautify as they perform their utilitarian duty of supporting window dressings that create a beautiful and comfortable atmosphere.
Curtain Tracks
It is movie time, and with the touch of a button, the theatrics begin. The lights dim, the screen raises, and rich, sound-absorbing drapes move silently to cover the windows and prepare the room for a true Hollywood experience.
Automated drapery, http://www.automatedshade.com, are motorized curtain tract systems that are indispensable when creating a modern electronic home. Sound-absorbing drapes in high-fashion colors coordinate throughout the house. Mount on motorized tracks programmed to react to temperature, lighting, security concerns, and create the perfect atmosphere of comfort and ease.
Curtain Rods and Components
Although form follows function, curtain hardware is as elegantly simple or flamboyant as you choose. It not only follows the style of your home, curtain hardware sets the tone and speaks volumes about the atmosphere you have established.
Wooden rods are often used in larger diameters and longer lengths, with heavier brackets and rings for hanging and draping curtains of substantial weight and size. The assortment is large, with many connections for mounting and shaping to custom windows, along a wall or around a corner. http://curtainrods.com.
Metal rods - Use metal rods through the rod pocket at the top of the curtain for a lighter look that is currently popular, or complete with hardware, finials and holdbacks for a more creative treatment.
Curtains with tab tops that slip through fabric loops and replace rings are especially effective.
Stationary side panels, installed on two rods with finials in the center (or at either end), and used with pretty tiebacks are soft and understated.
Drape fabric over wood poles for a soft and unique treatment to frame windows.
Explore opportunities for layered treatments using rods mounted with other traditional curtain rod types.
Explore traverse rods to open and close curtains or drapery either with a small electric motor or by hand.
Mount installation hardware inside or outside the window frame for very different effects.
Bring home a few curtains and items of hardware to experiment with combinations and ideas before making holes in the walls. JC Penney is only one of many resources that offer ideas and help.
Curtain Rod Brackets and Scarf Holders
Swag holders and scarf holders are popular and beautiful, especially when used as part of a treatment.
Curtain Hooks and Ring Tops
Consider using rods with curtain hooks and rings. The look is popular and very often panels are hung from rings to be simply drawn by hand. The headings are pinch-pleated with the rings sewn on or attached with drapery hooks.
Continental Rods
Continental curtain rods contribute a different look, usually with heavy shirring. The rods require a wider rod pocket, but stack them, one above the other, to create a finished, valanced appearance. They are especially favored for smaller windows.
Cafe Rods
Café rods have a charm all their own when used in country décor, especially American or French. They might be wood or metal, but are complete with finials and all the hanging accessories.
Café curtains are often short, but their arrangement might encompass any of the combinations or variations that arise from experimenting with different lengths of curtains and drapes. The suggestions here are only a few of the possibilities to get you started.
Double Curtain Rods
Whether shabby chic or English country is the goal, in bay or bow windows, ruffles galore are easily achieved with double or triple curtain rods. They produce punch and style with a minimum of effort.
Double rods are most often used to hang one pair of curtains, but mixes and matches are interesting.
Consider dual shower rods. Use one rod for a shower curtain, the other for the liner or towels.
Campbell Ironworks is an excellent source for ideas and specialty rods.
Magnetic Rods
You have a French door, with all those pretty windows, but you need a sheer curtain to diffuse light, and the door is steel. The solution is simple, a magnetic curtain rod.
Sometimes, tracks also require magnetic rods.
Magnetic rods and sheer curtains often dress sidelights at entrance doors.
JCPenney offers a good selection of magnetic rods, and will readily answer questions and make suggestions.
