The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

Pyxis

Try this one......


https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/textiles-rugs/curtains-blinds/

PasturesNew

I'd traipse if they had the right thing at the right (cheap as chips) price.... and I'm sure I looked on their site many months back.

I'll have another look via your link ... and report back.

First thoughts are: They do funny sizes and there's no way of filtering out those you don't really want.

Needed is: 90" x 90" -or- 228cm x 228cm. Eyelet style. Not voile/sheet/net.
That will produce the starting list.

Review: They don't do any wide enough ... you could say "buy two pairs then", but then you're doubling the price and so then most would be discounted based on overall price. And ... there's nothing "vaguely exciting" about them, they're all "just curtains"... and I want "just curtains, but with a little something about them"

Gotta be a bit picky .... I already have curtains that fit at the windows that are just "meh".... chose/bought them, hung them and immediately thought "they're rubbish aren't they", but I'd spent so long getting to that point I hoped they might grow on me.... they didn't.

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'd traipse if they had the right thing at the right (cheap as chips) price.... and I'm sure I looked on their site many months back.

I'll have another look via your link ... and report back.

First thoughts are: They do funny sizes and there's no way of filtering out those you don't really want.

Needed is: 90" x 90" -or- 228cm x 228cm. Eyelet style. Not voile/sheet/net.
That will produce the starting list.

Review: They don't do any wide enough ... you could say "buy two pairs then", but then you're doubling the price and so then most would be discounted based on overall price. And ... there's nothing "vaguely exciting" about them, they're all "just curtains"... and I want "just curtains, but with a little something about them"

Gotta be a bit picky .... I already have curtains that fit at the windows that are just "meh".... chose/bought them, hung them and immediately thought "they're rubbish aren't they", but I'd spent so long getting to that point I hoped they might grow on me.... they didn't.

They do have a price filter.... at the top. And a colour filter.

PasturesNew

Pyxis wrote: »

They do have a price filter.... at the top. And a colour filter.

It's not a price filter.... I sort everything into price order before I start scrolling ... it's a size filter mostly... but also to filter out blinds from curtains.

Ebay's just as bad/worse - you can't sort by price on there because they have multiple listings, so they start at £2 for a tie back, £8 for a cushion, £20 for a small curtain .... all the way up to £100+ for my size of curtain. Most annoying it is. I need to have that £100 price for big curtains displaying in price order.... not all those flogging £2 tie backs coming first!

michaels

For our btl we got clearance curtains at Argos that were cheap as chips

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's not a price filter.... I sort everything into price order before I start scrolling ... it's a size filter mostly... but also to filter out blinds from curtains.

Ebay's just as bad/worse - you can't sort by price on there because they have multiple listings, so they start at £2 for a tie back, £8 for a cushion, £20 for a small curtain .... all the way up to £100+ for my size of curtain. Most annoying it is. I need to have that £100 price for big curtains displaying in price order.... not all those flogging £2 tie backs coming first!

No really, there is a price filter..... top right..... it says "All prices" but there's a little arrow v, and tap on that and it gives prices from £5 to £75.

silvercar

Do you really need 90 x 90? If you aren't going to close them then Lenda 140 x 250 would do for £20. We've had them for ages and people think they are far more expensive than IKEA.

Pyxis

silvercar wrote: »

Do you really need 90 x 90? If you aren't going to close them then Lenda 140 x 250 would do for £20. We've had them for ages and people think they are far more expensive than IKEA.

Or two pairs for £40. That would give you the width.
No need to join them together.

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

Do you really need 90 x 90? If you aren't going to close them then Lenda 140 x 250 would do for £20. We've had them for ages and people think they are far more expensive than IKEA.

They are closed - and pegged just to make sure

Lenda are tab top ... and really "too plain/plainer than I'd like".

Re "people think" - they might be just being polite, or, they might assume you must've spent more on them because .... "you're a bit posh"

As I say, I do have curtains... so need to change them for better curtains, dirt cheap, that fit as they are closed

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

For our btl we got clearance curtains at Argos that were cheap as chips

There are lots of cheap as chips curtains to be found .... the three issues with that compared to my situation are:

1/ they need to be big enough, there are fewer 90x90 / 228x228 available.

2/ they do need to "go with" the furniture etc I've got and what I like - I've got curtains "that'll do", but they aren't right for the room/the furniture ... so annoying as they make a "bit of a drab impression".

3/ As a btl you weren't interested in whether the curtains matched furniture as it was a rental...