Curtains
As experienced Interior Designers, we offer a high quality making up service for beautifully hand made curtains, blinds etc.
If you would like us to quote for making up your curtains or blinds, we would be very please to extend this service to you.
How to Request a Quote
- Find the fabric you'd like for your curtains in our product catalogue.
- Click the "Request Curtain Quote" button, then log in or register.
- Choose from our Standard or Premier finishes.
- Enter your requirements then click the "Request Quote" button. We'll contact you when your quote has been processed.
If you need quotes for multiple windows please submit a separate request for each one.
Curtain Designs
Please visit our mood board then click on curtain headings to see different curtain headings.
The style of curtains to be used will be governed by the style of the room e.g. traditional or contemporary, the shape of the window, the height of the curtains and the fabric itself.
The curtain heading used should be chosen to show off the fabric to the fullest, ensuring that any pleating falls in such a way that the pattern of the fabric is highlighted. This is where using the services of a professional curtainmaker is to be recommended.
Consider adding borders down the leading edges of the curtains, or panels in a contrasting fabric at the top of bottom of the fabric to add further interest and create a more contemporary look.
Consider the depth of any pelmet or valance heading - classic proportions suggest that these should generally be around one fifth to one sixth of the overall finished drop of the curtains.
Think about the functionality of your curtains - do they need to protect furniture from the sun during the daytime? Do you want blackout curtains in your bedroom?
If you have a lot of window area to dress, consider a less expensive fabric, but then dress it up with gorgeous trimmings or a border and maybe a stunning pole too. Plain silks can work out to be an inexpensive option, and providing they are professionally made and traditionally interlined, can look luxurious and sumptuous and far more expensive than they really are!
Wherever possible, use interlining in your curtains - an absolute must with silk or finer fabrics, as this really adds body to your curtains and helps them to hang much better. Always use the best quality lining, as this will help protect your fabric from the effects of the sun.
Traditional Window Treatments
Traditional window treatments such as swags and tails look wonderful in a period home, but can be out of place and too fussy for a modern home, where a simpler design can be far more effective.
Fabrics to consider in a traditional scheme include damasks, silks and embroidered floral silks and velvets. The colours are also important - rich reds or deep blues and purples will give a very opulent period feel to a room.
Poles can be very decorative and elaborate - heavy wooden poles with beautifully carved finials and holdbacks.
Headings to choose from would include goblets, swags and tails and curtains with attached valances - either goblets or pleats.
Pelmets can be more detailed - shaped pelmets as elaborate as you wish to be!
Trimmings can be very much a part of a traditional window treatment - fringes and braids can be used to edge both the curtains and any pelmet, and tassels can also be incorporated - smaller tassels within a pelmet design and larger tiebacks to sweep the curtains back. An attached valance can look very effective with a bullion fringing along the bottom.
Classic Window Treatments
Classic curtains tend to be simple and unfussy, and in fabrics that will not date.
Consider textured fabrics such as silks, linens and velvets, damasks.
Plain fabrics or those with simple two tone / two coloured patterns.
Headings should be kept simple too - pencil pleats, box pleats or double / triple pinch pleats work well, hung from a simple pole with a wood stain finish. Also consider a simple rectangular pelmet in the same fabric, or a contrasting plain - this plain contrast could also be introduced as a border on the leading edges of the curtains.
Keep any trimmings unfussy and simple too, or leave these off completely.
Contemporary Window Treatments
The adage 'less is more' holds true here.
Often Roman Blinds are considered as an alternative in a contemporary setting, but curtains certainly have their place too - well made, lined and interlined curtains will always be more effective in insulating a room against cold in the winter and heat in the summer, and they absorb sound more effectively too.
Keep the window treatment very simple - eyelets are a popular choice, but also consider a cartridge heading hung from a sleek pole - maybe chrome / steel or a light wood stain - beech for example. A plain rectangular pelmet also works well, and in contemporary interiors, a shallow rather than a deep pelmet can look very smart.
Fabrics to consider would include plains, textured plains or a mix of different plains together with bands or borders in contrasting colours.
Colour has made its way back big time, in defiance to the years of neutrals and creams.
Do bear in mind that strong colours with dominant patterns can take a while to get used to, and you may tire of these more quickly. The bolder the colour and pattern, the more you must simply adore the fabric and be sure you can live with it!
Country / Rustic Window Treatments
Again, keep it simple.
Curtains with an attached floppy valance work well (the valance can be in a contrasting fabric), as do pencil and pinch pleats.
Fabrics to consider are fresh floral printed cottons and chintzes, checks and stripes - ginghams for example - don't be afraid to mix these.
Poles can be oak or pine with simple finials.
Keep away from fussy trimmings - consider simple braids or button braids.
Tiebacks in the same fabric as the curtains.
