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The range
Curtains made to measure in Newcastle
A curtain is made, not bought off a shelf. It is measured in drops and widths, specified by heading and fabric weight, and sewn for one window. That is the whole trade, and it is what every page here is about.
Sheers & S-fold
Voile and open-weave cloth that turns hard coastal light into something you want in the room. The S-fold wave, done properly.
Sheer curtains
Drapes & lined curtains
Pinch pleat, pencil pleat and eyelet drapes, with blockout and thermal linings that make bedrooms dark and cold rooms warmer.
Full drapes
Day & night layering
A sheer and a lined curtain sharing one double track. The daylight answer and the night answer on the same window.
The double track
Tracks, rods & pelmets
The hardware carries the whole show. Tracks for waves, rods for eyelets, pelmets where warmth or a clean finish calls for one.
The hardware guide
Why measured matters
The window sets the numbers
Every quote we write starts at your window, not a size chart. The measure decides:
- Drop: where the curtain finishes, to the sill, below it, or kissing the floor.
- Fullness: how much fabric the heading needs to fall in proper folds rather than hang flat.
- Stack-back: where the curtain lives when it is open, so it clears the glass instead of covering it.
- Returns and overlap: the closed ends and centre that stop light knifing down the edges.
If those words are new, that is exactly why we wrote the drapery glossary and the guide to how curtains should fall.
Fabric, in plain words
Four weights, four jobs
Every fabric we bring to a measure sits somewhere on this scale. The room and its light decide which end you shop from.
| Weight | What it does | Where it earns its keep |
|---|---|---|
| Sheer | Softens glare and daytime sightlines while keeping the light and the view. Not private at night once the lamps are on. | Living rooms, harbour views, coastal glare |
| Light-filter | Diffuses daylight into an even glow and holds daytime privacy from the street. | Street-facing rooms, terraces, home offices |
| Blockout-lined | Stops light properly. With a measured overlap and returns, the room goes genuinely dark. | Bedrooms, kids' rooms, shift workers, media rooms |
| Thermal-lined | An insulating lining that slows heat moving through the glass, in both directions, and blocks most light with it. | Cold rooms, west-facing glass, older homes |
The full story, including why a pelmet makes a thermal curtain work harder, is in the fabric weight and light guide.
Choosing without the jargon
Walk in with a plan, not a vocabulary lesson
Most people ordering custom curtains are doing it for the first time, and the trade does not make it easy: S-fold or wave, pinch or pencil, track or rod, drop and fullness and return. You should not need to learn a language to dress a window.
The Fold & Fall Planner walks you through it room by room and shows you what each choice does to the window, in daylight and after dark. Ten minutes there and the measure visit gets faster, clearer and more useful.
