Decorating a room with a sloped ceiling could be a little hard. Sloped ceilings make rooms look smaller than they really are, so the whole decoration of the room has to make it look as big and open as possible.
Also, it could be a little bit more complicated to determine where to hang the curtains; the walls are shorter, so the curtains have to be hung from the ceiling, but the big question here is how to do that.
The correct way to hang curtains on a sloped ceiling is by following the angles of the window or wall, and if the top of the window starts from the ceiling, the curtains have to be hung from this.
Many elements affect the decoration of a room, and curtains can change the overall look of the room.
When sloped ceilings are involved, the walls are smaller, and the place where the curtains are hung will change; in these cases, the curtains are hung from the ceiling instead of being hung on the walls. Therefore, the final intention is that the room looks bigger.
Sloped ceilings make the rooms look even smaller than they are. Because of that, all the elements influence how big the room will look, including the curtains.
Curtains are hanged directly from the ceiling not only because of the length of the walls but to make the room look bigger.
Well-lighted rooms will look bigger. Because of that, some interior decorators recommend using translucent fabric for the curtains.
However, sometimes too much illumination is annoying when someone wants to rest, so using blackout curtains is still available! If someone is receiving guests, the curtains can be opened.
In both cases, it is recommendable to go for a minimalist look.
Now that it has clarified the look that is recommended for rooms with sloped ceilings, let’s go more in-depth into how to hang curtains for this type of ceiling.
How Do You Hang Curtains on An Angle Wall?
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Decorating a room is not as easy as people may think; many elements are involved in this process, and even the minimal details can affect the final look of the room.
Thus, when people decorate a room, it comes to their minds those perfect and spacious rooms with long walls and tall ceilings; but not all the rooms are like that, there are small rooms with angled walls!
When it comes to decorating small rooms or those that have angled walls, it is recommendable to go for an illuminated minimalist look to make the room and walls seem bigger than they are.
Consequently, curtains play an important role in the overall room look, and when the walls are shorter than is expected, people have to be creative and find an ingenious way to hang curtains. So, let’s go more into how to hang curtains on angled walls.
When it talks about angled walls, people mostly think of attics. Attics are small rooms with short ceilings that can be easily touched by people.
Keeping that in mind as a reference, when it is the moment to hang curtains on, decorators have to consider the position and the type of window, so they can decide the most impeccable way to hang the curtains to match it with the final look of the room.
According to the position of the window, the curtains can be hung from the ceiling or in the wall, and this can follow the angle of the wall or not; then, curtains sometimes need to be hanged from the ceiling and following the angle of the wall.
So firstly, let’s explain how to hang curtains on the ceiling, then it is going to be talked more in-depth about angle curtains.
How to Hang Curtains From the Ceiling?
Hanging curtains from the ceilings are not as hard as people may think; nowadays, there are rods and hooks to achieve this style. The “hardest step” in this process is to accurately measure the length of the curtains and to locate the hooks in the right place.
However, hanging curtains in a ceiling can be achieved by following the next simple steps:
- With a pen, mark the place where the curtain is going to be.
- Measure the length of the curtain. For this, it is needed to decide if the curtain will puddle or not on the floor and the width of the place that the curtain will be occupied.
- Once the width has been measured accurately, mark where the hocks are going to be placed on the ceiling.
- Clean the place where the hocks are going to be stuck.
- Stick the hooks on the ceiling by following the instructions on the package.
- Install the rod and the curtains.
How do you make Angled Curtains?
Angled windows can add a more modern look to the room, but in some places like attics, angled windows are almost impossible to avoid. Anyway, many stylish and modern looks can be achieved with angled windows!
To dress in an angled window can be tricky at first sight. The right way to do it is by following the angle of this. However, there are a few tips and ideas that can be used to accomplish a modern look with this type of window.
It is an implicit rule, but everybody should know that to make a room seem bigger than it is, it has to be very well illuminated. Using light colors will make the room look bigger and open; thus, curtains are important to make the room look bright.
How to cover Angled Windows?
It is recommendable to use light fabrics for curtains to make the room look well-illuminated. It doesn’t matter if the curtains are closed or open. Translucid fabrics will let the sunlight illuminate the room.
However, other people prefer something more private and decide to go for total blackout curtains and accomplish this illumination by using artificial lights.
Whether it is selected as a light fabric or a total blackout curtain, it is important to hang it following the angle on the window. To complete this look, follow the next simple steps:
- With a pen, mark the place where the curtain is going to be.
- Measure the length of the curtain. For this, it is needed to decide if the curtain will puddle or not on the floor and the width of the place that the curtain will be occupied.
- Since it is an angled curtain, the top of the curtain has to be cut by following the angle of the window, and the bottom has to be straight.
- Once the width has been measured accurately, mark where the hocks are going to be placed.
- Clean the place where the hocks are going to be stuck. Stick the hooks on the ceiling by following the instructions on the package.
- Finally, install the rod and the curtains.
How Do You Hang Curtains on A Vaulted Ceiling?
Vaulted ceilings are common in traditional constructions, but this style has been brought back in recent years. These modern vaulted ceilings are used to achieve a more open look to the room; thus, these types of ceilings are tall, and sometimes these can occupy the length of two floors!
Traditional vaulted ceilings have angled walls. Because of that, the windows also have an angled shape since these normally cover from the ceiling to the half of the wall or the full length of this. However, the proper way to hang curtains on these traditional vaulted ceilings is by following the angle of the window –or wall–, and hanging them from the ceiling.
More modern vaulted ceilings don’t have angles, but they are tall and can even be 3 meters. The walls can even have two windows, one above the other, and these can have a lot of space between them.
However, the correct form to hang curtains for these modern vaulted ceilings is hanging the curtains directly from the ceiling. When the window doesn’t occupy the full length of the wall, the curtains shouldn’t be hung at the level of the window frame but 4-8 inches (10 – 20 cm) above.
