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Contemporary is one of the most elusive interior decoration styles to achieve. It is characterized by an emphasis on simplicity, straightforwardness, utility, and minimalism. Contemporary window treatments can be an attractive yet difficult style for your home windows. If you live in a house with a contemporary design or just want to update your style, consider the following: Types of Contemporary Window Treatments Some curtains designs are better suited to contemporary window treatments than others. Solid, striped, and band curtains, particularly epitomize the contemporary style. Stripes elongate the look of a room with their vertical design, and they accentuate and create an attractive discord with the vertical and horizontal lines of windows. Bands in curtains, a long, thick horizontal stripe parallel to the hem, accentuate the floor and ceiling and offset the window. Solid colors simply create a bold pop of color. How Different Styles Can Actually Be Contemporary It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking only certain styles are contemporary when searching for contemporary window treatments. But the truth is that curtains, like life, are what you make of them, and any window treatment can be contemporary. Seeing only certain designs as contemporary actually limits your thinking and restricts your options. For example, embroidery is a design that often is unfairly tucked away into the category of treatments that are not contemporary. While certain styles of embroidery can seem archaic, bringing a touch of the ancient or traditional into the present can actually give a timeless, classic look to your windows - a trait that is highly suitable for the contemporary sensibility. Also, in today’s globalized world, the often culturally inspired designs can be highly relevant. Even floral curtains retain their significance in today’s world, where the environment is increasingly endangered and therefore reminders of its beauty are prized. Furthermore, curtain design is not the only ways in which you can keep your window treatments contemporary. An asymmetrical draw, one that draws totally to the right or totally to the left, can be a very contemporary touch. Similarly, curtains that have a shorter puddle, such as a six inch or trouser length, for instance, rather than a floor length which was more characteristic in older, Gothic or Victorian households, betrays a more edgy, toned down, minimalist look. While pleated or ruched headers are classic and very French, pole pocket and grommet headers are very straightforward.
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