Curtains
Every curtain we hang is cut for the window it is going on and sewn in our workroom. Here is what the different styles actually do, in plain language.
The styles
Light comes through, detail does not. Sheers take the glare off a room and give you privacy in daylight without shutting the world out. At night they stop working as privacy, which is why most people hang something behind them in a bedroom.
Good forLiving rooms, hallways, anywhere you want the light but not the heat.
Blocks out light completely. A proper blockout has a coated back, so the fabric you see is not the fabric doing the work. It also keeps a room warmer in winter and cooler in summer, which shows up on the power bill more than people expect.
Good forBedrooms, nurseries, media rooms, and any window facing west.
The fabric runs through a track in even, continuous waves, so it looks the same closed as it does open. It is the cleanest looking heading we make, and it needs a bit more fabric to do properly. Worth it on a wide window.
Good forWide windows, modern rooms, ceiling-height tracks.
Fabric gathered into hand-set pleats at the top. It is the traditional heading, it holds its shape for decades, and it suits an older house in a way a track never quite does. Two, three or four fingers to the pleat, depending on how formal you want it.
Good forQueenslanders, period homes, rooms with a cornice worth showing off.
Two curtains on one double track, sheers in front and blockout behind. Soft light in the morning, full dark at night, and you decide which one you are using without moving any furniture. The most-asked-for thing we do.
Good forBedrooms you also sit in. Living rooms that need to be dark for a film.
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Which curtain suits my room?
There is no single right answer, but after a few thousand windows there are some fairly reliable ones.
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Before you decide
Browse the library, order up to five free swatches, and live with them for a week. Tape them to the wall. Look at them at four in the afternoon. It is the only way to know.
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Colour-matching is our favourite part of the job. Book a measure and we will bring the full sample range to your place, or drop into the showroom with whatever you are trying to match.