Dramatic Curtains: From Ceiling to Floor Puddle

A dramatic curtain. The fabric is heavy velvet, in a rich dark burgundy or deep forest green. The hanging track is hidden in a ceiling recess, so the fabric drapes directly from the highest point of the ceiling, with no exposed hardware. The amount of fabric far exceeds the window width, creating dense and deep vertical pleats when drawn. The illuminated side of each pleat is bright, while the shaded side is almost completely black, and the directional nap of the velvet enhances the layering. The hem does not just touch the floor, but is intentionally ten to fifteen centimeters longer, naturally pooling and stacking on the floor. Next to the curtain is a dark wall. Light comes from the side. Avoid: using exposed curtain rods and hardware, making the fabric light and thin losing the thickness of the pleats, drawing the hem just off the ground, using plain weave fabric losing the depth and sheen of velvet.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一面做足戲劇性的窗簾。布料是厚重的絲絨,顏色是濃郁的深酒紅或墨綠,懸掛的軌道藏在天花的凹槽內,因此布從天花板的最高處直接垂下,沒有任何露出的五金。布的用量遠超過窗寬,拉開時形成密集而深的縱向褶皺,每一道褶的受光面明亮、背光面幾乎全黑,絲絨的方向性讓層次更強。下擺不是剛好觸地,而是刻意多出十幾公分,在地板上自然地堆疊成一攤。窗簾的旁邊是深色的牆面。光從側面來。避免:使用露出的窗簾桿與五金、讓布料輕薄失去褶皺的厚度、把下擺畫成剛好離地、使用平織布失去絲絨的深淺。