Home · Guides
The workroom, explained
Curtain guides, in plain English
Custom curtains come with a vocabulary nobody was born knowing, and too many places use it to sound clever rather than to help. These guides hand the language over. Read one before the measure and you will know exactly what you are asking for.
Heading styles, explained
S-fold, pinch pleat, pencil pleat, eyelet. The fold at the top decides the whole curtain; this is the guide to choosing it.
The flagship guide
How curtains should fall
Drop, break, puddle, fullness, stack-back. The quiet numbers that separate a made curtain from a bought one.
The craft guide
Tracks, rods & pelmets
The hardware decision, made simple: what carries each heading, what hides, what shows, and why a pelmet is not just decoration.
The hardware guide
Fabric weight & light
Sheer, light-filter, blockout, thermal-lined: what each weight actually does to light, privacy and warmth, told in cloth.
The fabric guide
The drapery glossary
Every term the trade will use at you, defined in one plain sentence each. From architrave to wave fold.
Look it up
The Fold & Fall Planner
Reading is one way in. Trying the choices on a window, room by room, day and night, is faster. The planner does that.
Open the toolThe measure is better when you arrive with opinions. These pages are where opinions come from.
Book a free measure & quote