How to Layer Curtains with Sheers? | Voila Voile (2024)

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How to Layer Curtains with Sheers? | Voila Voile? ›

Layer the Curtains

Use curtain hooks or rings for easy adjustment and smooth movement. Once the voiles are in place, it's time to add the curtains. Hang them in front of the voiles, ensuring they are at the desired height and length. Adjust the curtain hooks or rings accordingly for a neat and balanced appearance.

Drapes should generally run along on a separate row of curtain tracks to sheer curtains. Using a second curtain track allows enough space for the sheer curtains to hang between the drapes and the window.

Typically, the back layer is the light filtering, lightweight sheer, bringing natural light into the space when the front set of blackout curtains are pulled back. In other settings, this may be completely reversed to have blackouts as the base layer.

Voiles in front of cotton curtains

Furthermore, they look hugely effective when hung in front of or behind a more traditional cotton or linen based curtain to help soften the look and improve privacy if required.

The sheer curtains are very light and hence can be layered up with any heavy curtains to add depth and enhance your space. For choosing the curtain layers, start with selecting the base layer and outer layer.

Yes for sheer day curtains, people can see through your curtains at night when lights are turned on. This is because of the lighting contrast from outside (dark) and inside (bright). You will not have this problem by layering day curtains with night curtains.

Are sheer curtains in style? While heavy drapes or curtains can make your home look outdated, sheers are back on trend and are a great way to breathe new life into a place.

With a little bit of effort, you can easily add grommets to sheer curtains.

Placing sheer curtains close to the window glass and blackout curtains towards the inside of the room allows for privacy during daylight and darker hours. During the daytime, opening blackout curtains will allow natural light to flow into the room.

How to make sheer curtains more private? ›

If you are looking for privacy, choose a heavier fabric for your sheer curtains. If you want to let in more light, go for a lighter fabric.

Enhance the look of your windows by combining voile and curtains in creative ways. Discover inspiring ideas to create a stylish and layered window treatment for any room in your home.

Sheer curtains offer privacy and diffused light, and come in many different styles. Nets are traditional, made with a knitted open weave fabric while voiles offer a softer look, and come in many more styles. Linen is increasingly fashionable offering texture and a natural fibres.

Voiles are lightweight, sheer curtains that provide daytime privacy without significantly blocking natural light. They are a modern-day twist on net curtains, bringing a stylish, free flowing movement to the space.

Hang the rods on the hooks you attached to the wall.

Thread the curtains and voile through the curtain rods. Place the rod with the voile on the bottom two hooks and the rod with the curtains on the top two hooks.

Take one end of the curtain panel and bring it up over the bracket of the rod and down the other side. With a simple knot, pull it back through the loop that you will make to tie it onto the rope. To complete the scarf-like, you can then do the same on the other side also.