Beaded curtains can serve as window treatments, doorway screens for privacy, insect deterrents, or even as room dividers. Besides using store-bought beads made for the purpose, you can also make curtains at home using found objects such as seed pods or dried plant seeds. Virtually anything that can have a hole drilled through it and be threaded onto cord or fishing line can be a decorative bead in a curtain.
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Wooden Beads
Beads made from wood are common in bead curtains because of their durability (they won't shatter in the breeze) and their array of size and shape. They are available in finished and unfinished versions, with the unfinished beads having the added advantage of further decor matching possibilities: You can paint them to perfectly match existing decor or stain and varnish them for a more natural look. You can also carve wooden beads into decorative spirals or flower shapes.
Acrylic Beads
Acrylic beaded curtains can catch the light, shimmering and sparkling in a rainbow of colors. The strength of the acrylic medium makes it resistant to impact so there is no danger of a bead curtain shattering, but at the same time it is very lightweight so you can add larger beads without putting strain on any fixings. Modern manufacturing processes make acrylic beads in a large array of shapes and sizes including hexagons and triangles. Incorporating unusually shaped beads in a curtain adds interest and mixing colors makes striped or swirled designs possible.
Seed Beads
Seed beads are very small beads that are available in a huge array of finishes and colors. They are rounded beads that are more common in necklaces and bracelets, but are also used in bead curtains for a delicate effect. Seed beads lend themselves to smaller beaded curtains intended for use on windows and can either be strung closely together to provide privacy or with more widely spaced strings for a decorative, light-catching effect. Seed beads can also serve as spacers between larger decorative acrylic beads.
Natural Beads
Beads made from natural materials such as shell or bone, horn, stones or even teeth give beaded curtains an individual flair. Mixing and matching natural materials can add accents or highlights to a design, or provide a functional feature such as helping a beaded strand to hang straighter by adding a heavy natural bead on the end of the string.
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