Some blogs take a bit of careful consideration to put together. Others knock on the door persistently – crying to be released into the blogosphere. Previously it’s been requests from our customers about voile roman blinds that came into this category, but this week it’s the curtaining predicaments raised by juliet balconies that have been [...]
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Made to measure curtains for juliet balconies
Also posted in Case Studies, Curtains Tagged apartment curtains made to measure, bedroom blackout curtains, juliet balcony curtains 1 Comment
Made to Measure Curtains and Blinds for Apartment Windows
This is the first blog in our series investigating the best way to dress the windows of your city style apartment. In this blog we’re going to tackle the living space/ sitting room area by reference to a recent customer case study, and in subsequent blogs we’ll move onto the sleeping areas – because each [...]
Curtains and Blinds for Canary Wharf style developments
Stunning locations…Pan Peninsula Square, Canary Wharf is a typical example of the new build residential developments that have sprung up around London and other large cities around the UK in the last decade. The sophisticated architecture with its sleek lines and floor to ceiling aluminium framed windows creates a living space that is as stunning [...]
Five reasons to buy Roman Blinds
The most popular style of blind: with their neat folds when fully raised, roman blinds are one of the most popular styles of blind. Here are five reasons to buy this most versatile of window treatments:
1. Roman blinds cost less than curtains: the amount of fabric used to make curtains is far greater than that [...]
Also posted in Roman Blinds Tagged energy saving roman blinds, made to measure roman blinds, sloping ceiling blinds 2 Comments
Bay windows: a guide to choosing the right poles or tracks
Dressing bay windows represents one of the most demanding challenges for designers and their customers alike – the ultimate “exam question” of window treatments, if you like.
There are so many options to consider, but only some of these will be practical and of those, just a few might be to your taste. The skill is [...]
Staircase Curtains
One of our customers has a beautiful barn conversion in the heart of the Cotswolds.
She’s recently refurbished a wing for B&B guests, and came up with the idea of hanging a curtain across the staircase to give guests staying in the upstairs part of the wing privacy from the rest of the house.
Privacy and practicality [...]
Gathered Curtains made to measure using Extra Deep Pencil Pleat Tape
Gathered curtains with a difference: A customer recently came to us with a very specific brief. A designer friend had suggested she have her curtains made with a gathered heading comprising 6 inch (145mm) pencil pleat tape set approx 3 inches (75mm) below the top of her curtains, to give the desired look for the [...]
Eyelet Curtains – made to measure
There’s a danger that you might mention eyelet curtains in the same breath as tab tops – a bit of a cheap, bog standard, ready made solution where you just need to fling some curtains up to give you a bit of privacy. Well you shouldn’t!
Made to measure: Eyelet curtains sit very comfortably in the [...]
Also posted in Curtains Tagged evans ripplefold, eyelet curtains, eyelet made to measure, lined and interlined eylet curtains, silent gliss wave Leave a comment
We salute the Silent Gliss Panel Glide System
With their sleek, minimalist lines sliding panel systems fit a certain contemporary brief, and not everyone knows about them – so here’s a little bit of information for the uninitiated:
What is a Panel Glide System? It’s a series of fabric panels that are attached by velcro to a series of tracks that slide along a [...]
Also posted in Case Studies, Poles and Tracks Tagged colorama fabric, silent gliss 2700, silent gliss panel glide 1 Comment
Make your own curtain cord tidy!
When you’re using curtain tape, you need a tidy way to store the excess cord that is created when you pull the tape together to create your pleats. You can’t just tie the cords together and cut off the rest, because you might want to release the pleats some time in the future (e.g. when [...]
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