Custom curtains in Los Angeles, made for the window.
Made to measure curtains in linen, cotton, sheers and performance fabrics, with the right hardware and fitting by our own installers.
Custom curtains and ready made curtains.
Ready made curtains are sold in a few fixed widths and lengths, and the window must make the best of them. They are nearly always too narrow to hang in proper folds and either too short or too long for the floor. Custom curtains are cut for one window. The length is exact, the width gives real fullness, the pattern is matched across the seams and the hems are weighted so that the panels hang straight.
Curtain styles we make.
For relaxed rooms we make soft, unlined and lightly lined curtains in linen and cotton, with simple headings that suit a breakfast room, a guest room or a house at the beach. For more formal rooms, pinch pleat drapery and interlined panels. For modern houses, ripple fold drapery and sheer drapery. For bedrooms, blackout drapery. Café curtains, door panels and curtains for bay and corner windows are made as readily as the standard pair.
From the first visit to the hanging.
We come to the house with fabrics, look at the window and the light, and advise on the cloth, the heading, the lining and the hardware together. We then measure precisely, have the curtains made and return to hang them, steaming and dressing the folds so that they fall as they should from the first day. The whole of the process is described on our custom drapery page, and the hardware on drapery installation.
We make curtains for homes throughout the region, from Santa Monica and Brentwood to Studio City, Los Feliz and Pasadena.
From selection to installation.
Consultation
We begin with the room itself: how it is used, where the light falls through the day and what you would like the windows to do.
Selection
Fabrics, materials, finishes and hardware are chosen together, so the treatment suits both the architecture and the furnishings.
Measure and Make
Every opening is measured precisely and each treatment is made to that measure, never adapted from a stock size.
Installation
Our installers fit and adjust every treatment, so it hangs true, operates smoothly and is finished properly.
Custom Curtains: common questions.
Are custom curtains worth the cost?
For a principal room, we believe so. They fit exactly, hang in proper folds and are lined to protect the fabric, so they look better from the first day and remain presentable for far longer than ready made panels.
How long should curtains be?
In most rooms they should just touch the floor or clear it by a fraction of an inch. A slight break on the floor suits a relaxed linen. Curtains that stop well short of the floor nearly always look like a mistake.
Do you supply the curtain rods and tracks as well?
Yes. We supply and fit decorative rods, rings and finials, concealed tracks and motorized tracks, chosen with the curtains so that the hardware suits both the fabric and the room.
Custom Curtains: further reading.
Performance Drapery Fabrics: How the Synthetics Stand Up to the Sun
Performance drapery fabrics for Los Angeles homes: how polyester, acrylic, olefin, nylon, viscose and acetate stand up to sun, sea air and wear.
Wool, Linen, Cotton and Silk: Natural Fiber Drapery in Los Angeles
A guide to natural fiber drapery for Beverly Hills and Los Angeles homes: how wool, linen, cotton and silk hang, age and stand up to the California sun.
Protecting Art, Floors and Furniture From the California Sun
The light that makes Los Angeles so beautiful is also hard on everything it touches. How window treatments protect what you have collected.
Transform your space with custom solutions
Tell us about your windows and the way you live with them. We will guide you from selection to installation.
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