Bespoke Curtains & Blinds
in Pinner, Made on
Marsh Road

The dominant window type in Pinner is the inter-war bay: three or five facets, a wide overall span and a shallow reveal that leaves almost nowhere for a curtain to stack. Fitted without a plan, one curtain ends up covering a third of the glass when open, and the room loses the light it was designed around.

The fix is set out before making: a bent pole or bay track following the facets, generous returns at each end, and a stack width calculated from the fullness and fabric weight rather than assumed. Where the stack genuinely will not fit, a Roman blind inside each facet with dress curtains at the outer edges gives the same softness without blocking glass.

Radiators sit directly under a large share of Pinner windows. A floor-length curtain over a radiator traps heat against the glass and marks the lining over time. We will say so at the visit and offer sill-length curtains, a Roman blind, or a raised fitting height rather than quietly making something that fights the heating.

Around Pinner High Street and the conservation area the houses are older and smaller-windowed, often with uneven reveals, low ceilings and original timber frames. Squareness cannot be assumed: a width measured only at the top will bind or gap once the blind is fitted, so widths are taken at several heights and the narrowest figure governs.

Fixings are the other variable. Lath and plaster, soft old brick and timber lintels all take a bracket differently, and a heavy interlined curtain on the wrong fixing will pull away within a season. We identify the substrate on the measure visit and specify the pole, track and fixing to match rather than fitting whatever is in the van.

In smaller cottage rooms the design decision is usually about not stealing space. Sill-length curtains, a slim pole, or a neat Roman blind keeps the window in proportion, where a full floor-length treatment can make a low room feel lower.

Rear extensions and garden rooms are widespread in Pinner, and they change the brief. Large glazed spans, roof lights and bi-fold doors bring in far more light than the original house, so fade resistance and lining choice matter more than in the front rooms.

Pale, unlined fabrics on a south or west-facing extension will lose colour along the leading edge first, and the damage is usually noticed a year or two after it starts. We advise on lining weight and light-fastness at selection, and will steer a delicate fabric to a different window rather than let it fail in the brightest one.

Wide runs also raise a practical question: how many separate blinds do you want to operate by hand every day? Where the answer is fewer, motorised blinds grouped to one control are the sensible specification, with the power route agreed with your electrician before fitting.