Best Baby Nursery Window Treatments and Curtains

More often than not, matching baby room curtains are available in the same prints and pattern as your nursery bedding set. Once you have your crib set, check to see if the window treatments that match will fit the windows in your nursery.

Nursery Valance Ideas

1. Decide what kind of window treatments you want. For example do you want window valances or full length curtain panels? Does a tailored style look best or do you prefer the fullness of gathered curtains?

2. Determine where and at what height your window treatments will be hung. Will they be inside or outside the window frame?

3. Make accurate measurements taking all of the above decisions into consideration

4. Find a beginner curtain pattern if this is your first sewing project unless you plan to hire a professional seamstress. There are plenty of free online nursery curtain patternswith detailed sewing instructions to get you started.

   Just so you know, gathered pole top curtains are the perfect sewing project for a beginner. All it takes is a few straight seams and you will have perfect, custom draperies that will coordinate with your baby bedding and decor.

5. Now for the fun part! Go shopping for nursery curtain fabric that matches your baby bedding set and wall paint color. Be sure that the weight and light blocking capabilities of the fabric are appropriate for the room and your nursery window's decor.

In just a few steps you have designed your own draperies that are just perfect for your baby's nursery without paying expensive designer prices.

NURSERY CURTAIN IDEAS TIPS & TECHNIQUES
Here are some cute ideas for nursery window treatments for your baby's room:

• Convert a raffia hula skirt into a clever valance for an Hawaiian Nursery or a surfing theme room
• Hang multi-colored bandanas across the top of the window frame for a cowboy or cowgirl themed room
• Drape vines covered in green silk leaves over the windows in a jungle or rainforest theme nursery
• Knot lengths of rope to use as a nursery window treatments for a pirate theme room. Use a tricorn pirate hat as a medallion in the center of the valance
• Decorate a plain pair of white sheer curtains by attaching tiny ladybugs, dragonflies and butterflies (out of baby's reach of course)

NO SEW OPTIONS
For those of you who are scared to death of a sewing machine, here are a few no-sew options. For instance, you can have a perfectly coordinated cowboy or cowgirl themed room valance for the price of about $10 or less! Visit local $1 store and buy some bright bandanas (you know the kind the cowpokes always wear in the old westerns) in whatever color you prefer. Glue or staple them "hankerchief hem" style to a cheap, prefab cornice board. You can use the same technique for the grass skirt idea that I mentioned a minute ago.

With just a little planning your baby's nursery decor, baby bedding, window treatments and accessories can be everything you ever dreamed and much more.

Go to our main nursery themes page for ideas on ways to coordinate your curtains with your decor. Please make plans to visit us often to see the latest nursery ideas and techniques for decorating fashionable nurseries for modern babies.

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