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Curtains for Apex windows

  • 28-01-2014 10:08pm
    #1
    gg2608
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭


    Just wondering if anyone would have ideas for this window. I don't want roller blinds, etc. It has to be curtains or Roman blinds or possibly a combination of both. Any ideas greatly appreciated.


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  • #2
    lil84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭lil84


    In my opinion, as an Interior Designer who has come across this type of window layout before, your best option would be a pair of curtains specifically made to fit shape of apex window and do roman blinds on the other windows. Romans on apex windows, whilst they can be made to shape, take up too much natural light.


  • #3
    gg2608
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭gg2608


    Thank you, i'm thinking along this line aswell, I think if the curtains were held back close to where the apex begins & perhaps down further aswell it would look good (i.e. 2 sets of holdbacks) This would certainly help to keep the window clear.


  • #4
    2 stroke
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    I can't even think that window looked good on the plans. What were you thinking? Alter the window or face a lifetime of grief.


  • #5
    2 stroke
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    gg2608 wrote: »
    Thank you, i'm thinking along this line aswell, I think if the curtains were held back close to where the apex begins & perhaps down further aswell it would look good (i.e. 2 sets of holdbacks) This would certainly help to keep the window clear.
    Curtains will rise from the windowsill as they are held back, looking like a skirt tucked badly into knickers.


  • #6
    gg2608
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭gg2608


    I'm merely the curtain maker ... the window actually is fabulous & the view from it is amazing. It will even be more fabulous when its dressed. !! Its not in my own house, I just have ordinary boring 'normal' windows .


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  • #7
    gg2608
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭gg2608


    As a curtain maker, there is a way to solve curtains 'rising' when pulled back, sounds as though you've had a bad experience with these types of windows. ??


  • #8
    2 stroke
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    gg2608 wrote: »
    As a curtain maker, there is a way to solve curtains 'rising' when pulled back,
    I'd love to know how.
    gg2608 wrote: »
    sounds as though you've had a bad experience with these types of windows. ??
    If only you knew.

    If it were my own house, and getting a builder in wasn't an option, I'd consider romans on the normal windows. I'd fix a long curtain track on the ceiling with a pair of curtains that just covered the apex windiws when closed, however these curtains pull back all the way to the corners and hide those ugly pillars when open. A small apex shaped pelmet would fill the gap.


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