Window dressing for angled window reveal

pineapple

I am doing up a cottage with dinky little cottage windows (albeit wood effect UPVC ).
The window reveals are angled into the rooms (in the way they used to be to maximise light) wih attractive bench seating built in. There is a beam at (low) ceiling height and the previous occupiers had a curtain pole fixed onto the beam - so the curtain ended up being a lot bigger than the actual window and covered the whole recess including the seating.
I would prefer just to dress the actual window. In my old house I had light fabic on extendable brass rods but in this case the rods won't grip because the window openings are angled
Ideas on a postcard please......

Eliza_2

I've got the same. I just use an ordinary curtain rail fixed to the top of the actual window frame with ditsy cottagey curtains on it, sort of bunched half way down. They look pretty and it means the whole window sill (my walls are about 2ft thick, more in places) are inside. It also means that plants c on the window keep warmer. My predecessors also used the same system you describe and with low ceilings and small rooms, the curtains seemed to take over.

Would that work for you?

pineapple

Thanks. I'm assuming I can't fix anything to the UPVC? There is no wall above the window frames. There is however a (could be plasterboard) lintel across the top which butts onto the top of the frames. Apparently it is possible to fix curtain poles from above but everytime you knock a hole in this cottage you end up with a bigger hole and I don't know what is above the plaster. The sides of the reveals seem more substantial and I'm wondering about even just fixing some brass or cast iron hooks and running some cafe nets along some picture wire tied to the hooks or something.
Or somehow fitting a rod/light pole across. Goes off in search of fittings for angled window sides......

Eliza_2

pineapple wrote: »

Thanks. I'm assuming I can't fix anything to the UPVC? .

I did. 3 screws to fix curtain rail. Right, left and centre. Its held absolutely fine.

pineapple

I'm just a bit worried about voiding the guarantee

aggypanthus

How about velcro> I used it for fixing a fabric blind to my pvc front door. it comes with one adhesive side to stick on, sew both sides to fabric.

Eliza_2

pineapple wrote: »

I'm just a bit worried about voiding the guarantee

Ah that's a shame - I can understand that though it doesn't make any difference to the glazing part of the window. My old house is rented and the window has been there since I moved in, 15 yrs ago. Strong glue? Velcro? Depends how heavy your curtains are in that case.

Fen1

Could you get a carpenter to put in triangular blocks on each side of the window in the reveal to make a straight edge, then affix the curtain rod to the new straight edge?

Alternatively, put internal shutters into the reveal. Very traditional. The shutters don't have to be wooden. You could use fabric on a frame.