Specialist curtain designer wanted

missile

Specialist curtain designer wanted. We would appreciate your recomendations.

Our lounge window is 3.5 metres wide and curves up and out in the middle to a height of 3.0 metre at either edge and 3.5 metres in the middle. We would like to fit a light weight voile material on a track but none of the local curtain suppliers have been able to help

ormus

do i get the job?
:rolleyes:

missile

Nice one

Ladybird20

I think that look is very dated now but itsa fun post ..heck you live in spain, so its going to be difficult to recommend someone if you live in the uk like me

rosekitten

reminds me of my old flat old victorian house
window there in the living room was massive
it took 35 metres of fabric to make curtains for it
Your dilema here is the weight,I bought a curtain
pole in John Lewis at the time it was £184 just
for the pole and fittings,no finials I could not afford
them.The shame of it is they dont sell this one any
more.It was the kind they use in large mansions etc
It was alright when the curtains were drawn but I
was heavily overlooked by the neighbours

So bought a cotton mix linen fabric that was sheer and
had a slight slub running through it,it let in loads of light
but meant the neighbours could not see in,Also it was
machine washable,used to wash it and hang it back up
to dry on the window,no creasing either,so no ironing.

It came in long lengths and was weighted with lead beading
running along the bottom.Looked on it as four panels
bought two metres for each panel again not cheap as
it was £15 a metre at the time,four panels,used wire to
hold each one up.All this was 19 years ago so heaven knows what
it would all cost today.John Lewis is the place to go the
staff are very good at working out windows and fittings.

Thankfully no big windows in this flat to worry about.
Chopped down one curtain to fit windows in here.they
still look as new as the day they were bought

diable

ormus wrote: »

do i get the job?
:rolleyes:

Liberace died ;p

diable

missile wrote: »

Specialist curtain designer wanted. We would appreciate your recomendations.

Our lounge window is 3.5 metres wide and curves up and out in the middle to a height of 3.0 metre at either edge and 3.5 metres in the middle. We would like to fit a light weight voile material on a track but none of the local curtain suppliers have been able to help

That is a beautiful bay/window I'd leave it as it is or if you have loads of money then gp for photo chromatic glass.

missile

Ladybird20 wrote: »

I think that look is very dated now but itsa fun post ..heck you live in spain, so its going to be difficult to recommend someone if you live in the uk like me

We are trying to sell our house in the sun That is our flat in the UK. The view is a little different today :rolleyes:

missile

diable wrote: »

That is a beautiful bay/window I'd leave it as it is or if you have loads of money then gp for photo chromatic glass.

I like it the way it is, but my wife feels curtains are required.
Photo chromatic glass would be very expensive. I suppose we could consider stick on film to keep out the sun. We are not overlooked so privacy is not a problem.

Errata

Looks like a job for John Lewis design service http://www.johnlewis.com/Magazine/Feature.aspx?Id=110

pajerochick

if you are not overlooked, i would almost say leave the window clear? it's a huge selling point i would have thought- quite a breathtaking view for a buyer. in addition, i suspect it would cost a lot for pole/tracking even before you get swept up in the fun of the fabrics...if you really are looking to cover/dress the window-have you looked at the vertical panels you can now get?(not the skinny ones of yesteryear!).. i know ikea do budget priced ones,and i do know ikea is in most countries...
nb at one time i worked on the JLP curtains/blinds desk... they were good for solving most issues- in my time the only time we were stumped was attempting to create blinds for a window with an arch.. ie an old church building. the top of the window was narrower than base... in the end we used Luxaflex blinds as a solution- blinds "concertina-d" upwards from base, rather than down from the top,as was more common )
With JLP you paid for what you got- ie good quality, good service but not cheap( i'm talking 10 years back) & at the time no one was doing panel tracking...i would imagine if Ikea do it now then there must be a few others similar...