curtains - please help!

[dementedma]

I hate curtains and all their kin with a passion. Rods and rails and hooks and clips and widths and lengths and gathers and.....breathe, dammit, breathe
Ok, we finally have a bit of money and neeed new curtains. All the ones we have are second hand and don't meet in the middle and sag and everything.
In the sitting room I have a bay window with a plastic rail which runs right round. The windows go right up to the ceiling so the rail is suspende from clippy things in the ceiling. Where they have come loose, it sags and looks awful. I can't face taking it off and trying to work out how to fit a new one. I like the ones with poles which just slide through the holes in the curtains, but can't do those because there isn't a gap between curtains and ceiling. is this making sense?

I don't know what to get, what size, or how to fit them! don't want to spend a fortune either. Sitting room is cream with coral/reddish feature wall, cream sofas. red rug on wooden floors. can anyone help?

Oh, and length means the same as drop.

I don't get the hatred of sill length curtains, either. They work so well with wide windows, particularly with the current midcentury fashion and don't block off what is often the only radiator in a room.

Your current track isn't wide enough, that's why so much light is being blocked presently. I find the natural curtain company has some good guidelines on their website regarding choosing track length etc. You will need to do your research and yes it's very boring! Good luck!

Our local curtain shop will come out and measure and do all that for you, I have no clue how much they charge for such a service but just a thought if funds aren't an issue!

OP, I’ve been through this hell numerous times. It’s a minefield.
So, when I moved yet again, I got shutters. They look nice, wipe clean, don’t take the space (but you’re losing the window sills). Yes, they are expensive. But I paid rather than having to deal with the headache.