The bedspread is a piece of fabric, which covers the bed, sofa in the bedroom, living room. This item is used as a drapery to protect bedding from pollution, as well as to decorate the interior. The design of the bedspread is selected individually, for various interior styles, rooms for adults and children. They buy it ready, make it to order or sew, knit, weave with their own hands at home.
This product has long existed only in very wealthy people. It is believed that luxurious draperies for the bed have introduced the French into fashion, namely the Marquise de Pompadour. She received her chosen guests in a boudoir - a room located next to her bedroom, where they put a couch for lying, several sofas decorated with various expensive textiles - Chinese silk, velvet, handmade lace.
Closer to the twentieth century, when production was already “put on stream,” bedspreads became available to the middle class. They were less chic than among high-ranking persons, but they perfectly covered the bedclothes, not letting it get dirty, giving even the most modest room a decent, neat appearance.
The modern market offers draperies of various price categories, from thin or dense fabrics, synthetic, natural, various sizes, styles, colors. Some firms make entire sets for different rooms, including wraps not only on a sofa or bed, but also on chairs, armchairs, pillows, etc.
Criterias of choice
When choosing a suitable bedspread, many criteria are taken into account:
design, construction of a berth;
interior style;
appointment;
size of bed, mattress;
material quality;
type of fabric;
colors;
picture;
price.
If you want to buy a quality product, they inspect it, feel it, even smell it when you buy it - unscrupulous suppliers of fakes or simply “stale” goods can slip on textiles that are infected with fungus, smelling of mold, chemicals. This happens especially often when buying goods in flea markets, in sealed packaging.
For beds of a round, oval, other non-standard shape, size, ready-made draperies are difficult to find, because their manufacture is ordered in the studio. Sometimes a design idea for interior design requires textiles with original,author's drawing - for this they also turn to special “copy centers”.
If the house has allergies, the fabric is selected hypoallergenic. In the presence of fluffy pets - one with which it is easy to remove wool.
Dimensions
On a double bed, it is preferable to cover one wide bedspread that completely covers the bed, almost reaching the floor.
Its standard parameters are:
for a baby - 80 per 100 cm;
for children 3-12 years old - 110 by 140 cm;
one and a half - 140 by 200 cm, suitable for a single bed;
double - 170 by 210 cm, used for one and a half beds;
Euro - 200 by 220 cm;
Euro-maxi - 240 by 260 cm.
For sofas, beds of the "old" type, having a length of about 180 cm, it is better to choose a drapery of no more than two meters in length.
By quality, type of fabric
Fabrics for plaids are divided into natural, synthetic, from mixed fibers. The better the textiles, the more drapery will last, retaining its appearance. It is advisable to choose one that does not collect static electricity - this is a security issue. When choosing bedspreads on a sofa for a hall, where there are often many people, the most wear-resistant material is required.
When there are children among the residents who are accustomed to eating, drinking in bed, drawing or sculpting from plasticine near her - the cloak is at a high risk of getting dirty, requiring almost daily washing. Then it is chosen easily washable in the machine or by hand - often to wear in dry cleaning will come out not cheap. Usually, the more expensive the material, the more difficult it is to care for.
The most commonly used fabrics:
cotton;
Woolen
tapestry;
satin;
silk;
acrylic;
viscose;
bamboo;
fleece;
microfiber.
When using several types of fibers at the same time, it is environmentally friendly, resistant to abrasion, easily cleaned from drapes.
The larger, more massive the covered structure, the more dense, heavy drapery is selected for it.
In the stylistic direction
There are many designer options for furniture wraps:
classic - velor, tapestry, strox are preferred from fabrics, most often with a discreet two-color pattern in the form of zigzags, monograms, meanders;
Scandinavian - mainly woolly, fluffy, light, can have a fringe on two narrow sides, will be quilted;
hi-tech - shiny monophonic fabric of blue, dark red, steel shade, silk, crepe satin are the most suitable, less often various “animal” prints are used;
loft - drapery made of faux fur, polyester, can be quilted, imitating the texture of pebbles or bricks, the color is preferably red-brown, black, beige;
Provence - light, usually satin, cotton, with motley floral motifs, hand or machine embroidery, sometimes made using the patchwork technique;
minimalism - a simple, mainly monophonic drapery, any decor is completely absent;
baroque - a solid heavy product with a bunch of folds, frills, frills, brushes hanging to the floor; black, burgundy or emerald velvet is ideal from fabrics;
Japanese - white, pink, beige drapery, without extra folds, with a pattern in the form of hieroglyphs, flowering trees;
Rustic - a thick blanket of linen, cotton fabric, in a cage, strip, with stylized images of animals, birds, plants.
The chosen style should be adhered to until the end - even the most beautiful textiles, but not suitable for design, look very ridiculous, ugly.
Color, textile patterns
On some products, a pattern is obtained, due to a certain interweaving of threads; on others, a pattern is printed. There are materials that cannot be dyed, such as camel hair - it remains yellow-brown. In the bedroom, calm, soft tones are chosen, but corresponding to the personal preferences of a particular person. For bedspreads on a sofa, an armchair in the living room use any color matching the style.
Popular color combinations:
light yellow with sky blue;
beige gray with eggplant;
coral with umber;
white-green with purplish blue;
marsh with vanilla;
milky white with chocolate;
cornflower blue with fuchsia;
khaki with yellow-orange;
olive with quartz;
brick red with purple black.
Much also depends on the lighting, size of the room: for cramped rooms with small windows facing the north side, draperies of the lightest, warmest colors with a small, rare pattern, or completely without it, are selected. Sharp contrasts are best avoided. If the space is large, the windows are panoramic, facing the bright, south side, the pattern on the bedspreads is large, bright, and they themselves are selected by dark, cold colors.
Of the patterns most often used are all kinds of gradients, stylized images of plants, animals, peas, zigzags, curls, as well as a cage, strip, meander, goose foot, Indian cucumber, etc.
Shiny wraps are inappropriate in rooms that are too cramped.
The choice of bedspreads for curtains
Previously, in the mid-late twentieth century, all the fabrics in the room were selected exclusively of the same quality, texture, and color. Today, textile for a berth is a single ensemble with curtains, other draperies, but sometimes it sharply contrasts with them, being the main color accent. There are certain rules: a thin, translucent bedspread will be inappropriate in combination with heavy dark curtains. A product for a bed in a small room can “merge” with the main interior background, be of a different color, but repeat the pattern of the curtains. As an option, the curtains and the plaid are chosen in the same color, but with completely different images.
All textiles in the room should not be allowed to match the color simultaneously with the background and with each other - such an interior looks overly boring.
Tips for choosing bedspreads in the nursery
For a children's bedroom, it is better to choose a non-marking, but natural material, suitable color. When heterosexual children live in a room, the draperies on each bed are selected in different colors, but similar in design, pattern, texture. For the newborn, the softest tissue is selected, unable to injure the delicate infant skin. The bouncer often comes with a crib board.
Toddlers are offered plaid blankets with colorful drawings, applications depicting cartoon characters, whole fairy tales. Older children, teenagers, will prefer a neutral color scheme, abstract compositions, floral prints, gradient overflows.
The baby cover should not hang down to the floor - an active child can easily step on it, slip, fall. The ideal option here is a product that is fixed on an elastic band.
Cover options
Plaids are made unilateral or bilateral, with filler, lining or without them, perfectly smooth, rough, with a complex texture.
Of the most common decor:
stitch - monophonic geometric depicting plant elements, plot, combined with applique, using contrasting threads. Looks good on lined products;
border, fringe - create a chic look, especially when using expensive textiles;
frills - single-layer, multi-layer, combining several different fabrics;
embroidery - covers the product evenly, performed along the edge, center, in one corner;
patchwork - always looks original, at home, since many different shreds are used in the manufacture.
Cover-cover
This item is designed to protect upholstery of upholstered furniture from pollution and damage. With the help of covers on the sofa, chairs, chairs, stools, they easily, quickly update the appearance of the interior of the entire room.The product is made with zippers, ties, elastic, closes the seat, back, armrests of the sofa, decorated with buttons, brushes. In another embodiment, the cover hides only the soft details of the structure, is made stretched, from an elastic textile material - this is important, if you want to emphasize, leave open the places decorated with carvings, hand-painted.
The use of covers-covers found its place at various holidays: for weddings, snow-white are sewn, for the New Year - with snowflakes, for springtime - with green leaves, etc.
Bedspread with a gap, its models
The product with a look looks luxurious, expensive, especially if it is made of quality material. The oversight is sewn along the perimeter of the bedspread, less often it is used as an independent product in the form of a “skirt” on an elastic band hiding the legs of the bed. Beds in the past - the century before last, were made much higher to sleep warmer - there was a lot of space under them, it was beautifully draped, decorated with embroideries with a sacred meaning.
It exists in three types:
Strict
It has the so-called oncoming folds in the corners and in the middle of each side of the plaid.
Draped
A very feminine version, with many small assemblies.
Pleated
All folds are made "hard", smoothed in one direction or in different.
Convenient pockets are made in the children's room in the control room for storing various trifles.
Knitted or wicker
With the help of a wide knitting machine, high-quality threads of medium or large thickness, this item is made in just a few hours. Usually the simplest knitting is used, and the threads are arranged so that a gradient transition is formed.
No less original, quick way goes to the "children's" circular knitting machine. In this case, five to nine “sleeves” are knitted - the quantity depends on the size of the machine, the width of the plaid, the length is taken 30-50% more."Sleeves" are intertwined in a manner similar to a pigtail, attaching to a common base at the top and bottom of the drapery.
A common wide canvas is knitted manually - complex, intricate patterns or a large number of squares, triangles, rhombs, fastened together are usually used.
The design woven in the macrame style is made openwork, used only for decorative purposes or dense, textured, often having a massage effect, if you often lie on it. Making such a bedspread will take a lot of time.
Patchwork - quilted patchwork bedspreads
The original wrap on the bed in the presence of free time, minimal sewing skills, many scraps of colorful fabric is easily made independently. From the materials, pieces of different fabrics are selected from old clothes - linen, chintz, cotton, satin, etc. They are cut into identical, less often - different geometric fragments, sewn together according to a pre-thought out pattern. An old blanket, any other filler is used as a lining. To create a full-fledged bedspread, you need to cut, process about a hundred to two hundred small parts. The finished product is processed edging.
Volumetric with frills
This design is suitable for baroque, empire, romantic and some others. Manually smooth, beautifully sewn ruffles is a bit problematic, especially for beginners, so you should use a sewing machine. Each decorative element is also cut out slightly differently. Luxurious decor is necessary when you want to make the bed the semantic center of the room - its main emphasis. It is not advisable to use it in a small room - there is a risk of making it even closer.
Caring for such a product, especially made of easily creasing fabric, is not easy - it should be washed carefully, as dust will gradually collect in the outer seams, and it will take a lot of time to smooth out numerous folds.
Conclusion
A correctly selected bedspread will decorate the interior of both an adult and a children's bedroom, protecting the bed from dirt, creating coziness.High-quality, durable, wear-resistant, environmentally friendly drapery is relatively expensive, but it will be pleasing to the eye, warm on cold evenings for more than one year. A unique product is made independently or ordered in a workshop sewing various things according to individual sketches.
The bedspread is a piece of fabric, which covers the bed, sofa in the bedroom, living room. This item is used as a drapery to protect bedding from pollution, as well as to decorate the interior. The design of the bedspread is selected individually, for various interior styles, rooms for adults and children. They buy it ready, make it to order or sew, knit, weave with their own hands at home.
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History of use, use in our time
This product has long existed only in very wealthy people. It is believed that luxurious draperies for the bed have introduced the French into fashion, namely the Marquise de Pompadour. She received her chosen guests in a boudoir - a room located next to her bedroom, where they put a couch for lying, several sofas decorated with various expensive textiles - Chinese silk, velvet, handmade lace.
The modern market offers draperies of various price categories, from thin or dense fabrics, synthetic, natural, various sizes, styles, colors. Some firms make entire sets for different rooms, including wraps not only on a sofa or bed, but also on chairs, armchairs, pillows, etc.
Criterias of choice
When choosing a suitable bedspread, many criteria are taken into account:
If you want to buy a quality product, they inspect it, feel it, even smell it when you buy it - unscrupulous suppliers of fakes or simply “stale” goods can slip on textiles that are infected with fungus, smelling of mold, chemicals. This happens especially often when buying goods in flea markets, in sealed packaging.
For beds of a round, oval, other non-standard shape, size, ready-made draperies are difficult to find, because their manufacture is ordered in the studio. Sometimes a design idea for interior design requires textiles with original,author's drawing - for this they also turn to special “copy centers”.
Dimensions
On a double bed, it is preferable to cover one wide bedspread that completely covers the bed, almost reaching the floor.
Its standard parameters are:
By quality, type of fabric
Fabrics for plaids are divided into natural, synthetic, from mixed fibers. The better the textiles, the more drapery will last, retaining its appearance. It is advisable to choose one that does not collect static electricity - this is a security issue. When choosing bedspreads on a sofa for a hall, where there are often many people, the most wear-resistant material is required.
When there are children among the residents who are accustomed to eating, drinking in bed, drawing or sculpting from plasticine near her - the cloak is at a high risk of getting dirty, requiring almost daily washing. Then it is chosen easily washable in the machine or by hand - often to wear in dry cleaning will come out not cheap. Usually, the more expensive the material, the more difficult it is to care for.
The most commonly used fabrics:
When using several types of fibers at the same time, it is environmentally friendly, resistant to abrasion, easily cleaned from drapes.
In the stylistic direction
There are many designer options for furniture wraps:
Color, textile patterns
On some products, a pattern is obtained, due to a certain interweaving of threads; on others, a pattern is printed. There are materials that cannot be dyed, such as camel hair - it remains yellow-brown. In the bedroom, calm, soft tones are chosen, but corresponding to the personal preferences of a particular person. For bedspreads on a sofa, an armchair in the living room use any color matching the style.
Popular color combinations:
Much also depends on the lighting, size of the room: for cramped rooms with small windows facing the north side, draperies of the lightest, warmest colors with a small, rare pattern, or completely without it, are selected. Sharp contrasts are best avoided. If the space is large, the windows are panoramic, facing the bright, south side, the pattern on the bedspreads is large, bright, and they themselves are selected by dark, cold colors.
Of the patterns most often used are all kinds of gradients, stylized images of plants, animals, peas, zigzags, curls, as well as a cage, strip, meander, goose foot, Indian cucumber, etc.
The choice of bedspreads for curtains
Previously, in the mid-late twentieth century, all the fabrics in the room were selected exclusively of the same quality, texture, and color. Today, textile for a berth is a single ensemble with curtains, other draperies, but sometimes it sharply contrasts with them, being the main color accent. There are certain rules: a thin, translucent bedspread will be inappropriate in combination with heavy dark curtains. A product for a bed in a small room can “merge” with the main interior background, be of a different color, but repeat the pattern of the curtains. As an option, the curtains and the plaid are chosen in the same color, but with completely different images.
Tips for choosing bedspreads in the nursery
For a children's bedroom, it is better to choose a non-marking, but natural material, suitable color. When heterosexual children live in a room, the draperies on each bed are selected in different colors, but similar in design, pattern, texture. For the newborn, the softest tissue is selected, unable to injure the delicate infant skin. The bouncer often comes with a crib board.
Toddlers are offered plaid blankets with colorful drawings, applications depicting cartoon characters, whole fairy tales. Older children, teenagers, will prefer a neutral color scheme, abstract compositions, floral prints, gradient overflows.
Cover options
Plaids are made unilateral or bilateral, with filler, lining or without them, perfectly smooth, rough, with a complex texture.
Of the most common decor:
Cover-cover
This item is designed to protect upholstery of upholstered furniture from pollution and damage. With the help of covers on the sofa, chairs, chairs, stools, they easily, quickly update the appearance of the interior of the entire room.The product is made with zippers, ties, elastic, closes the seat, back, armrests of the sofa, decorated with buttons, brushes. In another embodiment, the cover hides only the soft details of the structure, is made stretched, from an elastic textile material - this is important, if you want to emphasize, leave open the places decorated with carvings, hand-painted.
Bedspread with a gap, its models
The product with a look looks luxurious, expensive, especially if it is made of quality material. The oversight is sewn along the perimeter of the bedspread, less often it is used as an independent product in the form of a “skirt” on an elastic band hiding the legs of the bed. Beds in the past - the century before last, were made much higher to sleep warmer - there was a lot of space under them, it was beautifully draped, decorated with embroideries with a sacred meaning.
It exists in three types:
Knitted or wicker
With the help of a wide knitting machine, high-quality threads of medium or large thickness, this item is made in just a few hours. Usually the simplest knitting is used, and the threads are arranged so that a gradient transition is formed.
No less original, quick way goes to the "children's" circular knitting machine. In this case, five to nine “sleeves” are knitted - the quantity depends on the size of the machine, the width of the plaid, the length is taken 30-50% more."Sleeves" are intertwined in a manner similar to a pigtail, attaching to a common base at the top and bottom of the drapery.
A common wide canvas is knitted manually - complex, intricate patterns or a large number of squares, triangles, rhombs, fastened together are usually used.
The design woven in the macrame style is made openwork, used only for decorative purposes or dense, textured, often having a massage effect, if you often lie on it. Making such a bedspread will take a lot of time.
Patchwork - quilted patchwork bedspreads
The original wrap on the bed in the presence of free time, minimal sewing skills, many scraps of colorful fabric is easily made independently. From the materials, pieces of different fabrics are selected from old clothes - linen, chintz, cotton, satin, etc. They are cut into identical, less often - different geometric fragments, sewn together according to a pre-thought out pattern. An old blanket, any other filler is used as a lining. To create a full-fledged bedspread, you need to cut, process about a hundred to two hundred small parts. The finished product is processed edging.
Volumetric with frills
This design is suitable for baroque, empire, romantic and some others. Manually smooth, beautifully sewn ruffles is a bit problematic, especially for beginners, so you should use a sewing machine. Each decorative element is also cut out slightly differently. Luxurious decor is necessary when you want to make the bed the semantic center of the room - its main emphasis. It is not advisable to use it in a small room - there is a risk of making it even closer.
Caring for such a product, especially made of easily creasing fabric, is not easy - it should be washed carefully, as dust will gradually collect in the outer seams, and it will take a lot of time to smooth out numerous folds.
Conclusion
A correctly selected bedspread will decorate the interior of both an adult and a children's bedroom, protecting the bed from dirt, creating coziness.High-quality, durable, wear-resistant, environmentally friendly drapery is relatively expensive, but it will be pleasing to the eye, warm on cold evenings for more than one year. A unique product is made independently or ordered in a workshop sewing various things according to individual sketches.