Any owner wants to see his kitchen space not only practical, comfortable, equipped with the latest technology and finished with the most advanced materials, but also cozy and pleasant in appearance. To complete the image of the kitchen, textiles are often used. Despite the total striving of the modern style of interior decoration for minimalism, many homeowners will not stop decorating window openings and using the finest fabrics for zoning the kitchen segment in the common room of the living room. It is the drapery of the zones in the kitchen space that our selection of design projects will be devoted to..
We have prepared for you a gallery of photos of modern, traditional, original, minimalist, incredibly cozy and a wide variety of kitchen spaces, in which tulle is used as textile decoration. Many generations have had the opportunity to observe just such a drapery on the windows of rooms with different functionalities, and the kitchen is no exception..
Patterned tulle or it is also called curtain, used for the manufacture of curtains, capes and bedspreads, is gradually losing its leading position, giving way to smooth tulle. Smooth tulle, produced from two systems of threads on tulle machines, is increasingly seen in modern design projects of kitchen spaces, as well as rooms that combine living, dining and kitchen areas..
Tulle on the windows as a decoration and protection from the sun
The traditional use of tulle in the kitchen is window draping. By placing textiles from the ceiling itself (using ceiling cornices) to the floor, you can not only reduce the level of natural light in the room on a sunny day, but also visually increase the height of the room. Among other things, thin, transparent fabrics on the windows give the entire kitchen interior lightness, airiness, some romance..
In kitchen spaces that have access to a terrace or backyard with glass doors, transparent fabrics can be used for more than their intended purpose. In addition to partially protecting the room from the sun’s rays and prying eyes outside the home, tulle can be used as a barrier to the penetration of insects when the owners decide to dine in the fresh air on a warm evening and open the sliding glass doors wide.
A sink for washing dishes by the window is a hostess’s dream. How pleasant it is to be distracted from routine work by a beautiful landscape or to watch children playing near the house. But the kitchen window facing the street is an excuse to hide what is happening inside the house, at least in part. Small tulle curtains occupying a third or half of the height of the window opening will not impede the penetration of sunlight, but they will hide what is happening in the room from prying eyes.
In some cases, the use of lace tulle for decorating kitchen window openings is associated exclusively with decoration. For example, short curtains with embroidered or embossed lace at the bottom, which are not able to protect the room from the sun’s rays, act as a decorative element. It is from such details that the image of the room becomes more comfortable, attractive, more homely..
It is not always convenient to use tulle in the traditional form for kitchen windows. This is especially true for window openings that rest against the countertops of the lower tier of kitchen cabinets. It is much more convenient in such cases to use the interpretation of roller blinds, but in tulle.
Translucent fabrics for kitchens combined with living and dining rooms
The spacious kitchen-dining room with a panoramic window needs drapery. Translucent tulle can become an effective addition to the interior of a multifunctional room – it will emphasize the lightness of the image or create an accent – it all depends on the choice of the color palette. Of course, snow-white tulle is a favorite for decorating rooms with a wide variety of functional loads, and the kitchen is no exception. But also smooth fabrics with a light, unobtrusive print (most often floral or geometric) are able to organically fit into the created design of the kitchen space, connected to the dining room, and sometimes to the living room..
In a spacious room that serves as a living room, dining room and kitchen, as a rule, an open plan principle is used. With this approach, the finishing of all functional segments most often has an identical design. Another unifying factor for all areas can be draping multiple windows with a single choice of textiles. Snow-white smooth tulle will be an excellent choice that organically blend into any style of space design.
Many of us do not imagine any other color for the execution of tulle, except for snow-white. Many housewives would agree to use light, pastel shades to decorate kitchen windows. What about dark gray, chocolate or even black tones? Here is an example of a combined room with decoration «under a brick wall» and the use of dark gray curtains for draping window openings. A light touch of drama to face this loft space.
Dark tulle can be an accent color in a completely light kitchen. Against the background of snow-white finishes and light kitchen facades, dark textiles will look spectacular, draw attention to large windows and visually «pull out» a room in height, if you place the cornices under the very ceiling.
No less popular are translucent fabrics for decorating kitchen windows of all shades of brown – from light beige to «dark chocolate». The warmth of the color palette brings comfort and serenity to the atmosphere of the room.
If windows of various modifications are used in the spacious kitchen area combined with the dining room, then they need an individual approach to providing drapery. For example, windows located above the countertops of the lower tier of cabinets can be decorated with tulle blinds or in the manner of Japanese curtain screens. And for large panoramic windows or glass doors, you can use the classic look of translucent curtains..
An original way of decorating windows in the kitchen and dining room is to use dense fabric for lambrequins and thin tulle for making curtains. The strict and geometric design of the lambrequin seems to be opposed to the lightness and subtlety of tulle, making together an interesting image of decorating window openings, bringing originality to the kitchen interior.
Drapery for windows on eyelets is possible not only when choosing dense fabrics, but also thin, translucent tulle. Thanks to steel or plastic rings, the fabric becomes more structured, easily moves along the cornice and falls in more strict, evenly distributed folds. As a result, the window curtain looks more orderly, progressive and organic, in relation to various variations of modern style..
If the dining area of your kitchen-dining room is located in a bay window, then the use of drapery for large windows will not be easy to decorate the functional segment, but also protect from sunlight during morning meals or midday dinners (depending on the location of the kitchen in relation to the cardinal points).
We use tulle for zoning the room
In order to highlight the kitchen area in the spacious living room, you can use translucent tulle. The original design guarantees some privacy of the kitchen segment, but at the same time can be easily removed if necessary, allowing the light to spread unhindered throughout the space.
Tulle screens created on the principle of Japanese curtains will look original. A clear shape gives some rigor and geometry to the room, but at the same time ornate patterns on tulle, floral or abstract patterns bring notes of romance, lightness and freshness to the created image of a kitchen combined with a dining room.
Kitchen fronts with fabric inserts
A kitchen set with glass inserts looks original by itself. Translucent elements give lightness to the structure, add structure to its image. But many housewives eventually realize that they would not like to display the contents of hanging kitchen cabinets on public display and solve this problem with the help of textiles. The advantage of this method of decorating kitchen facades is that you can use tulle trimmings left after window decoration or purchase small leftovers at a reduced price in the store.
Another way to use textiles in relation to kitchen facades is to replace the cabinet doors of the lower tier with translucent curtains. For some housewives, it is easier to periodically wash a small curtain than to clean the cabinet doors, inside which there is a trash can, for example, which means that this place in the kitchen space is used very often.
