How to Decorate a Curved Window

Many homes have windows that look like cookie-cutter shapes and seldom bear outlines other than standard rectangles and squares. A curved window is an architectural detail that lends your living space a high degree of uniqueness and provides distinction. A traditional curved window refers to a window where the glass has a slightly bent shape, unlike the standard flat appearance of most other windows. Curved windows usually follow the lines of the house or structure that they're in, and you'll often find them in rounded structures, such as turrets. Decorate such windows in a way that highlights their shape and the gracefulness of their lines. You don't need to be a professional interior designer to give your curved windows the adornment they deserve.

Things You'll Need

• Paint or wallpaper
• Window treatments: balloon shades or swag
• Rounded bench

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Paint the walls around the windows a different color than the window frames or install wallpaper in these areas. This will put emphasis on the curved windows, giving them distinction from the rest of the room.

   • 2

     Install a window treatment that evokes and accentuates the curves of the window. Balloon shades have rounded ends and general puffiness that will accentuate each window. A simple window swag draped on a curved rod above each window, uniting all the windows together, will create soft drapes and dips, also accentuating the shape of the curved windows.

   • 3

     Place a curved semi-circle bench beneath the row of curved windows. This will not only transform your windows into window seats, but the curvature of the bench will emphasize the shape of the windows.