Curtains are one of the easiest ways to fill up a living room and give it a definition. It is a common concept that curtains are to be used on just windows. However I am going to show you a couple of more ways to use living room curtains as a decorating element.

1) The first and the most common way to use a living room curtain is to hang it along a window. This has got a very purpose. Firstly a curtain defines a window boundary and at the same time helps to filter the extra that might be coming inside the living room.

So a window curtain has got two purposes.

Firstly the curtain, which has been carefully selected as per the design theme and the overall colorscheme of the living room, can add great interest n the living room.

Secondly as mentioned above the window curtain can filter light inside the living room allowing an even and diffused light to enter. This is great way to keep the living room interiors cooler during summer times and reduce electricity consumption.

2) The second function of curtain is very interesting. Here is what you can do with a curtain.

If your living room is small in size you can use a window curtain with full height (not just window height) that folds up and down to make it a bigger living room.

When you use a curtain that folds up it’s quite obvious that it will have horizontal folding creases. These horizontal lines can help in creating a horizontal visual expanse giving an illusion of more space.

Along with these horizontal lines of the living room curtains if you use wallpaper with horizontal patterns, it will greatly help in creating an illusion of a bigger living room.
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