Made to Measure Dining Room Curtains
What curtains should I have in a dining room?
Dining room colour schemes don’t have to be bland and boring! The dining room is often one of the less-used rooms in the house nowadays, so if you still have a formal dining room, it’s worth embracing that sense of occasion and being a little more extravagant and daring with its decoration. Read More...
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Made to Measure Curtains
What curtains should I have in a dining room?
Dining room colour schemes don’t have to be bland and boring! The dining room is often one of the less-used rooms in the house nowadays, so if you still have a formal dining room, it’s worth embracing that sense of occasion and being a little more extravagant and daring with its decoration.
Here are some of the pros and cons of curtains vs blinds for rooms around your property.
Which of your fabrics would you recommend for smart dining room curtains?
You could go for drama with darker blue/green walls and have lighter curtains like our Herbaceous Border Detail, part of our botanical collection which will help your windows feel lighter. Dark walls and light fabrics are a good combination. Cow Parsley, part of our wildflower collection and Flora and Fauna, part of our meadow collection both make lovely dining room curtains in pale colours.
Luxurious interlined curtains cosy up a dining room, lovely to shut out the night in the evening and light the candles.
Which of your fabrics would you recommend for a more informal dining room?
We recommend using simpler fabrics for the dining room, such as anything from the woven striped collection. These would create a more airy, modern Scandinavian dining room feel and be more in tune with a room with multi-functions, such as doubling up as an office.
Remember napkins and tablecloths add colour and softness to a dining room and can be made from any of our fabrics. They will fade with machine washing but this gives a vintage feel.
Exquisite curtains with a variety of headings can be made for you through our Made to Measure curtains service. Just provide the measurements for the curtain sizes you need for your dining room and we'll make them to your size requirements.
Please ask for fabric samples and see the colours in your rooms. If you order a half metre returnable sample you can drape it over an existing chair or pin it to your present curtains and see how it looks. All our fabrics are printed in the UK on a good weight of 100% Linen and Linen Union making them suitable for curtains, blinds, cushions and upholstery.
We hold good stock of all our fabrics ensuring delivery is usually within 3-5 working days, with an overnight service available by phone call request. The same team who takes your order will roll, inspect and cut it, so accuracy and quality can be assured.
How to measure up for your curtains:
A video guide to help you measure up
Please remember that pattern repeats and fabric widths are automatically calculated if you order through our website. It is advisable to fit your pole or track before ordering your curtains. Your pole or track should ideally extend 30cms on each side of the window so when drawn back light is maximised and at least 15cms above the top of the window to block out as little light as possible again. Please use metric units only when measuring.
Poles:
Width: If you have a pole, measure the distance between the finials. (A)
Finished Length for pencil pleat, triple pleat and double pleat - when measuring the finished length using a curtain pole, we recommend allowing between 2cms and 5cms above the eyelet on the underside of the curtain ring, depending on how much of the pole and rings you wish to hide. From the measurement you choose above the eyelet, measure down to the bottom of the hem (see B & C) and that is your finished length measurement.
Finished length for cottage pleat (choice of either 5cm or 10cm depth)- these have to be made using a 3cm single position tape, which makes the finished length non adjustable. To measure the finished length for this header, please provide us with the distance from the eyelet to the floor, and depending on your choice of depth, add 5cm or 10cm accordingly.
Finished length for flop over frill - these curtains have to be made with a 3cm single position tape which makes the finished length non adjustable. To measure the finished length for this header, just give us the measurement from the eyelet to the floor. Don't add any extra for the frill, we will do that.
Please note, we will add 25cm for hem allowance.
Tracks
Width - If you have a track, measure the total length of the track, including any overlap where the curtains meet in the middle.
Finished length: For pencil pleat, triple pleat and double pleat - when measuring the finished length of your curtains using a track add 1cm above the track (to hide the track) down to the bottom of the hem. (D)*
Finished length for cottage pleat (choice of either 5cm or 10cm depth)- these have to be made using a 3cm single position tape, which makes the finished length non adjustable. To measure the finished length for this header, please provide us with the distance from the eyelet to the floor, and depending on your choice of depth, add 5cm or 10cm accordingly.
Finished length for flop over frill curtains - these have to made with a one inch single position tape which makes the finished length non-adjustable. To get your finished length measurement, just give us the measurement from the eyelet to the floor and don't add any extra for the frill as we will do this.
Please note, we will add 30cms for hem allowance.
