We seem to have tackled quite a few curved bay windows recently – templating them for everything from poles through to lath and fascias. In this case, some friends approached us to make curtains for a large (6 metre wide), compound curved bay window in their bedroom. A bay of this size needs to be templated because ...
So often we are asked to produce curtains that are exquisitely pristine, both in terms of their crease-less folds, and beautifully crisp pleats. And you can understand why, because hand made, lined and interlined curtains in fabrics ranging from £60 to £150 per metre are expensive, and so our clients expect perfection for their money. So ...
Gilded Bed Tester – a very bespoke brief! Our client presented us with a tear sheet from one of the home interest glossies. She was scrupulously restoring her early 19th century Grade II listed hall, and had found a look that captured the very essence of what she wanted for her the master bedroom – ...
It was a slightly challenging brief from our interior design client. “Charlie, how do we incorporate a sheer curtain into the elliptical window in the master ensuite, to give our client a little privacy, during the day?” We were all anxious not to hide the unusual and rather beguiling shape of the window – as ...
We’ve made some pretty huge roman blinds in the past, but this one I think sets another record – in-house at least! When we first met our Buckinghamshire client during their house renovations, their 5 panel bi-fold doors posed the usual problem. Five panel doors are a bit of a tricky proposition. A two blind ...
It’s great when an old friend gets in touch – the icing on the cake is when a curtain conundrum has given them an excuse to pick up the phone! So a short trip down the M5 to beautiful Cheltenham revealed the problem. The old roman blinds in the Sitting Room bay windows of ...
We’ve done a lot of electrical blind installations in and around London, but last week’s install was a little different. Different because our client, concerned about security in their new kitchen, had the presence of mind to ask if they could have a timer switch with their new Somfy roller blinds that we were soon ...
On a recent home consultation we were advising our client of the various ways of spanning a 4 metre recess in their drawing room. Client had recently removed the fussy pelmets they had inherited when they had bought the property – a stunning mansion nestled in the Northamptonshire countryside, and they were keen to replace them ...
When you’re planning home renovations or starting from scratch with a new build, it’s easy to get mired in the detail of the build – through tireless meetings with architects, builders and contractors. With money seemingly leaving your pocket like water through a sieve, the tendency is to leave soft furnishings right until the end. But ...
So you could say that the dust is now settling in the aftermath of the hurried implementation of the new blind cord safety regulations. For a reminder of how the regulations change the soft furnishings landscape, take a look at our recent blog. Affected products – most notably roman blinds – won’t leave the market, ...
