How To Choose Good Blackout Curtains?

When choosing furniture for a new house, it is always easy to focus on large items such as sofas and wardrobes. In fact, curtains are also one of the key points of soft decoration, which not only maintains the privacy of the interior but also the overall decoration of the house. The most important thing is Can play a shading effect to meet people's needs for different light, and blackout curtains, but the key to promoting good sleep.

If you need to choose a good curtain, first look at the fabric.

In addition to protecting privacy, the biggest role of curtains is to block light. Whether the shading performance is strong depends on the fabric. The most common curtain fabric on the market is polyester fiber, also known as polyester. Common fabrics include cotton, linen, flannel, and silk.

1. Polyester: the most suitable material for curtains

[Advantages]: Good thermal insulation performance, good sound insulation effect, strong anti-wrinkle ability, high elasticity and no lint, high cost performance, various styles.

[Disadvantages]: easy to pilling, difficult to take care of, and may be slightly deformed after cleaning.

2. Cotton and linen: both the characteristics of linen and cotton

Cotton and linen fabrics are fabrics woven from a mixture of half hemp and half cotton. It combines the softness of cotton with the firmness of hemp.

[Advantages]: warm in winter and cool in summer, no pilling, anti-static, breathable and dry, strong water absorption

[Disadvantages]: Translucent, not resistant to exposure to sunlight, easy to shrink, slightly rough to the touch.

3. Linen: suitable for the decoration style of the pastoral natural style

Because linen fabric is made of flax fiber, the thickness of flax fiber is different, which makes flax feel rough.

[Advantages]: Good heat dissipation, strong light transmission, durable and wear-resistant.

[Disadvantages]: It feels rough and easy to wrinkle.

4. Flannel: exudes a gentle retro atmosphere

Flannel is a cotton fabric with rich fluff. It feels soft and thick to the touch and has a strong drape. It has a gentle retro atmosphere and is full of literary and artistic styles.

[Advantages]: Not easy to fade, good sound absorption and sound insulation effect, good heat insulation effect, and good heat preservation effect.

[Disadvantages]: Heavy, easy to generate static electricity, easy to get dirty when vacuumed, not easy to clean, easy to breed bacteria.

5. Silk: the perfect match for a light luxury style

The silk fabric is composed of silk, which has a luxurious luster and feels smooth and comfortable. The price is also more expensive than the previous types of fabrics.

[Advantages]: The silk fabric has a large porosity, which has a good sound absorption effect. Good heat dissipation performance while dustproof.

[Disadvantage]: Delicate silk is heavily maintained and can only be dry-cleaned. If it is not matched with a blackout curtain, it will easily become brittle and yellow when exposed to the sun.

Summarize
If you want durable heat insulation and sound absorption, choose polyester and cotton linen. For a thick and soft feel, consider flannel. The shade level of curtains depends on personal preference. Different people have different requirements for shading levels. Some people prefer strong blackout curtains to ensure a sleep-promoting effect indoors at night. And some people like to wake up early and open their eyes to see the light outside the window through the curtains and start a day full of vitality. Therefore, when choosing curtains, you can choose curtains with different fabrics according to your own preferences.

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