You invest in a property with a fantastic seeking bay window. You feel of all the wonderful techniques you can dress it. Then you assume of curtains or shades, subsequent you start off to shop around seeking and pricing up. Then it hits you the reality of dressing this gorgeous window.
Ready produced curtains just will not reduce it!
You can’t just go and acquire prepared made curtains or shades. You will have to have them custom made, and how a lot is that going to price. A lot I can tell you, that is if you don’t do your homework.
Choice time curtains or shades
So the first decision is will it be curtains or shades. Bay windows can look genuinely very good with custom produced roman shades. They look smart and perform actually nicely when there is furnishings to both sides of the window leaving tiny or no area to hang curtains. Possibly there is a window seat fitted. If this is the case then roman shades are a actually good way to dress your bay window. If your bay is good and clear all about then curtains are a fantastic way to go. Especially lengthy to the floor curtains. Long curtains really dress a window and give a touch of luxury. They also make the space really feel warmer in the winter.
Measuring for shades
You will need to take a lot of care when measuring shades to match a bay window. If you get it incorrect then the shades will go straight in to the bin. Quite normally they can not be altered. Specially if they are to narrow or short.
If you are measuring for roman shades then try to remember to leave a gap of about an inch between the shades. window sills is to enable for the binds becoming more bulky as they are pulled up. They will get started to bump into every single other.
A little tip I discover helpful is to add an added half inch to the drop (length) measurement. This is for the reason that and do not ask me why. The shade after made and hung appears to shrink a small. So adding it on now signifies it really is far more likely to match spot on once made.
Measuring for curtains in a bay window
This is a tricky 1 so spend focus for I will only say it as soon as. Nicely perhaps twice as I ramble on a bit sometimes 🙂
The style recently has been to match decorative bay window rods. Especially here in the U.K. My suggestions is basic Don’t even the really superior ones are real pain in the backside. They are far from simple to match suitable. Then the curtains struggle to open and close making use of the particular passing rings. So what do I advise, effectively glad you asked. My preferred way of dressing a bay is to match best boards. These are merely 6 inch by 1 inch timber boards. You fit them over your window on brackets just like fitting a shelf.
Then hang curtains from the underside of the boards on a curtain track. Then lastly cover the prime board with a fabric covered pelmet or as you Americans say Cornice. They can be made in all shapes and sizes and look ultra modern or traditional.
So the methods to fitting curtains in a bay window are:
1. Reduce and fit the best boards in the bay over the windows.
2. Then measure the width and take the drop (length) measurement from the track to the floor.
3. Then measure the major edges of the top rated boards for producing a pelmet/ cornice.
So you now have all the sizes you need for making the curtains and prime treatment. The subsequent step would
be to select your fabric and get them created.
Lee Stevens has been involved in the making and fitting of window treatment options for a lot of years. He has written a lot of “how to” articles on this subject.