Beaded Curtains - Bring Style & Glamor to Home

When talking about style and glamor at home, curtains have no comparison. And when its about stylish curtains, beaded curtains can't be beaten by anything. You will get plenty of these curtains in home decoration goods shops. However, if you are excited enough and also have that much enthusiasm, you can even make a beaded curtain! You will just need a few curtain beads, beading strings and other beading material and a basic know how about how to make such a curtain. But here we are talking about how to bring style and glamor to home with these beaded curtains? Here are some ways for the same. 

Hang Beaded Curtains in Doorways! 

Strands of solid beads like plastic or wooden beads and more stylish acrylic beads can be hung in doorways. This not only provides privacy (to a certain extent only!) but also let the fresh air enter the room for relaxing atmosphere.

Use Beaded Window Curtains! 

Windows are yet another place where you can hang beaded curtains made of more shiny beads this time like the glass beads, crystal beads or the mirror style beads that can reflect the sunlight and make your room sparkling bright! However, if you want a more subtle avatar of such glamor then use sheer fabric curtains, or panels, beneath the beads curtain strands. 

A Room Divider Beaded Curtain! 

This is one of the most creative ways of using beaded curtains- use them as room dividers. Hang the beads curtain from the ceiling. With most of the homes having false ceilings, this doesn't look a very difficult task. You can easily install custom brackets to hang such area dividing beaded curtains in a number of patterns like circular, wavy or zigzag! 

Accent Wall with Beaded Curtain! 

If you don't want to go through all the ordeal of painting an accent wall, this is one of the best options for similar results- hang a beads curtain along a blank wall just as you would have done with an art piece. Just be careful about the color of your beads in the curtain that should coordinate with your room's color and decor.

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Making a Retro Beads Curtain

The retro bead curtains from the 60's are a hot new look for the interiors this season. The multiple strings placed together form beautiful window or doorway drapes. Though such bead curtains are readily available in the market but wouldn't it be a great idea to create it yourself so that you too can add a personalize touch to your home decor. Here is a step by step procedure on how to make beaded curtain. Check it out:

Material Needed

• Curtain beads in various shapes sizes and colors
• A 1x2 board
• Thin wire
• Tacks or Small Nails

Step 1
First of all, take the measurements for the opening where you plan to hang the beads curtain. Now, cut out a piece of 1x2 board as per the width of the opening. Next, paste this board on the top of the opening you would also need to nail this strip as it would be secured well on the opening then.

Step 2
Now decide the pattern of beads to be arranged. Lay them in the same order as you want the final beads curtain to be and see if it fits your aesthetic taste. The colors and the pattern should be complementing to each other. As for the beads, one can use an assortment of beads ranging from acrylic beads, stone beads to pewter or glass beads.

Step 3
Wire lengths are required to be measured so as to fit the opening. One of the options can be to have the side strands longer than the center strands or even graduate it lengthwise from one side to another to form an arch. Here one would also need to decide the density or the placement of the bead strands.

Step 4
Next, string all the beads within the wire strands and lay them together in the pattern decided. If everything is well in place, start attaching them onto the 1x2 board strip on the top of the opening.

Step 5
Make sure you attach the strands using tacks or small nails. All you need to do is hammer in the nail and let certain portion of the head leave out. Now wrap the wire strands around the nail head and then hammer it in tightly to secure it onto the board. Your handmade beaded curtain is ready.

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