Swag shower curtains are certainly for ladies only. This type of shower curtain doesn't just belong in any bath room. Swag curtains are choosy accessories, much like aristocratic ladies who don't get along well with the commoners. Before you begin to plan installing this type of shower curtain in your bathroom, you need to be sure your bath room is elegant and spacious enough to be a fitting setting for this aristocratic shower curtain.
Swag shower curtains are usually double-shagged, meaning, the drapery is tied up onto hooks on either side of the curtain. Because of the importance of draping, this type of shower curtain may only be made out of cloth or cloth-like material. Materials that don't have an easy drape, like plastic, will be awkward for use in a swag curtain. Standard fabrics in use for window curtains might also be used for swag shower curtains. Preferably, cloth that has been treated with water-repellant materials should be used.
Because of the particular construction of swag curtains, plastic linings cannot be comfortably fitted behind the cloth as plastic will not drape as elegantly as cloth and will therefore stand out in a crumpled manner when the swags are tied up in place after bathing. The ideal lining for this type of shower curtain will be polyester cloth which has been treated with water-proofing material.
Swag shower curtains are suitable for elegant bathrooms done in the spirit of the architecture of past eras, Victorian or Colonial. A swag curtain is best matched with rugs, marble bathtubs and elegant tiles. Installing a swag curtain entails also getting the correct bath room accessories that will complement the swag motif. In fact, more than the other types of shower curtains, it is necessary to get your swag curtain complete with towels, rugs, mugs, toothbrush containers, lotion bottles and waste paper baskets. Without a proper setting, the swag shower curtain might look out of place.
Besides the need for matching accessories, swag curtains may also be slightly costlier to purchase and maintain. In fact, fitting up a bathroom with a swag shower curtain should only be done for guest rooms that are not always occupied. It is really more decorative than functional in purpose. It connotes daintiness of movement, even in act of dousing one's self with water. This kind of daintiness is hardly possible on ordinary days when we have chores to do and things to attend to.
Swag curtains are perfect for impressing guests. They will also be good background for taking beautiful pictorials of your bathroom. It might even be of some good to use swag shower curtains every day. Learning how to use them properly might be excellent training for refining your movements and practicing lady-like behaviour.
But in general, for the purpose of protecting your investment in it, it is best to keep it tucked away in some place and to bring it our only if there is a special occasion to celebrate, like; your daughter's wedding or your own wedding anniversary and other such like.