Curtains & Drapery
Fabric with weight. Softens a room the way nothing else does.
Made-to-measure panels on a track or rod, hung to the length the room actually needs. Drapery does the things hard treatments cannot. It absorbs sound, softens a corner, and makes a ceiling read taller when it is hung high and wide.
Where it fits
When it's right
- The room has hard floors and an echo. Fabric with weight is the only thing that deadens it
- You want softness and blackout both, layered over a shade
- The window should look larger and the ceiling taller than they are
- It is a sliding door or a wide opening, where a single shade would be unwieldy
Usually goes in
- Living rooms
- Primary bedrooms
- Dining rooms
- Sliding doors
Where it doesn't
When it isn't
- A kitchen, particularly over a hob. Drapery holds cooking smells and it is not something you wipe
- Anywhere the hem is within reach of a cat or a toddler
- There is no wall either side of the window. With nowhere to stack back onto, open panels sit over the glass and you lose the light you were trying to keep
Before you order
The choices that change the result
Two or three decisions do most of the work on this product, and they are all easier to make at the window than afterwards. This is what we talk about at the measure.
Hung high and wide, or not worth doing
The rod goes well above the trim and well past it on both sides, so the panels clear the glass when they are open and the eye reads the whole wall as window. It costs more fabric than hanging inside the opening and it is the single biggest difference between drapery that looks made and drapery that looks bought.
The lining decides the whole character
Unlined panels move, glow, and show their weave. Blackout-lined panels hang heavy and straight and hold a sharp edge, and they darken the room. Interlining sits between the two and is what makes a curtain feel expensive. Same face fabric, three genuinely different windows.
Pleat or wave, and it is decided by the hardware
Pinch pleat reads traditional and hangs from a rod. Ripple fold, the continuous S-wave, reads modern and needs a track to run on. They are not interchangeable later, because the heading is sewn and the hardware is fitted to match it, so the choice happens before anything is made.
Made to order
What we can make
Every one of these is cut to your window, so this is the range rather than a list of sizes on a shelf. If what you need is not here, ask, because the answer is often yes.
| Width | Any width. Panels are made to the opening and joined where a single fabric width will not reach |
|---|---|
| Length | To the sill, below it, or breaking on the floor |
| Heading | Pinch pleat, ripple fold, grommet, rod pocket or tab top |
| Lining | Unlined, lined, interlined, or blackout-lined |
| Hanging | Decorative rod, concealed track, or a track recessed into a ceiling pocket |
| Controls | Hand-drawn, wand draw, corded traverse track, or motorised track |
| Fabric | Sheers, linen looks, textured weaves and blackout. The book comes to the house at the estimate |
Pricing depends on size, fabric and control type, so it is quoted per job rather than listed. The estimate is free and there is no obligation attached to it.
Installed
Drapery jobs
Full-height drapery beside an arched window
The arch is the feature, so nothing crosses it. The track sits at ceiling height and the panels stack clear of the glass, with a zebra shade behind for when the light needs cutting.
Pinch pleat, ceiling-hung, zebra shade behind
Drapery panels flanking patio doors
Hung at the ceiling and stacked wide of the doors, so the glass stays fully clear and the run of the wall reads taller than it is.
Floor-length panels, ceiling-hung
Estimate for drapery
Send a photo of the window and we'll tell you whether this is the right product for it, including when it isn't.
Also available
Other window coverings
Roller Shades
One clean line of fabric. The most versatile shade we hang.
Zebra Shades
Also called day and night. Alternating bands that tune the light.
Roman Shades
Soft folds. The closest a shade gets to drapery.
Sheer Horizontal Shades
Shangri-La. Fabric vanes floating between two sheers.
Faux Wood Blinds
The look of stained timber, without the warping.
Aluminium Venetian Blinds
Thin metal slats. Precise light control, minimal stack.
Motorised Blinds & Shades
One remote, one app, or just your voice.
All eight
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