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The finishing on a curtain is one of the most important aspects of a room. The curtains themselves are very important to the room’s style, helping to set the colour scheme which in turn sets the feel of the room, making it feel hotter or cooler and so forth, but other than their colour and material a curtain is merely a flat piece of fabric. So what can you do to help accentuate them and bring completion to the style of a room? Well this is where curtain accessories come in. Curtain pelmets are fairly simple in concept. They are coverings that go over the top of a curtain. So what is the purpose of curtain pelmets? As with most things around the window, curtain pelmets have both function and form. So what is the function of them? There are a few reasons to look into curtain pelmets. First of all they function to cover up unsightly curtain mechanisms. This means they are great in, say, an office situation where you might have automated window curtains. Or on a more basic level they can simply cover up a curtain rod that you don’t want showing, be it because the colour or style does not suit your taste, or because you simply think it looks too bare without them. Furthermore, curtain pelmets function to help insulate a window that would otherwise be drafty. Curtains do this as well, but they are not flush to the wall as curtain pelmets would be. This helps to reduce a draft and keep the temperature of a room at whatever you want it to be, without the external influences of the outside world beyond the window. It keeps the cool air in, or out, as you so desire, without the need for any fancy equipment. If that is the function of curtain pelmets, then let’s talk about the form. Curtain pelmets come in a wide variety of designs, with one basic principle to them. They are designed to cover up the top part of the curtains, especially the curtain rod. For all the heat-saving, draft-preventing function they have, their first priority is helping to make the curtains more of a complete set rather than individual panels on a rod, helping to bring the window design all together into one neat package that can be admired. They are meant to complement the curtain tie backs and the curtains themselves, as well as any other decoration in the area. Curtain pelmets are typically designed much like a smaller set of curtains that go over the top of the main ones. They even sometimes droop down over the top of the main panels in order to bring it all together into a seamless package. More basic ones, such as those you find at a hotel, are a single piece of fabric that is stretched over the area it is seeking to cover in order to hide the unsightly curtain rods, especially in the case of the hotel itself, since the rods are probably not very special anyway. Adding a little extra to the curtains can really make the room complete. This article from Dunelm discusses the form and functions of curtain pelmets and how they can add an eye-catching element to any room.
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