Is anyone clever with curtains? Can't work out how to do this...

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I've put a pic of DS window on my profile. I can't work out how to put curtains up. The door in the middle opens inwards and the top of it is flush against the ceiling, so a pole across will block it.

Am I missing something obvious? I would be so grateful for any sort of workaround solution

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Try again Baroness it should work now. Thanks for looking!

Portiere rods or ceiling curtain tracks.

www.amazon.co.uk/Door-Curtain-Pole-Bronze-Portiere/dp/B0043R606E

or

www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/categories/departments/living_room/18893/

fix them like this?

Gorgeous room!

As your doors open inwards and go up to ceiling height I don't think you have any options bar a portiere rod, but I've only ever seen those where there is only one door.

Is it privacy or warmth that is the problem? You could attach curtains to the doors, to block the windows and keep the heat in a bit, but they wouldn't stop drafts coming round the doors.

That picture is exactly what I meant!

A ceiling pole will stop the doors opening, as they go right up to the ceiling.

I don't think curtains are going to work with that door unfortunately. You can get poles that pull away from the wall to allow a door to open but they would end up just jutting into the room, normally those sort of poles would push back against a right angled wall.

I was a curtain maker for many years but more involved in the make than the problem solving. So the things that I might suggest are some sort of covering for the panels in the doors. Maybe a blind that covers each window or netting? Otherwise might shutters work?

Is it just the windows you want to put curtains up on or the door as well?

We have large bay windows in the front of our house so poles were a no-no. Instead we used a curtain track but it does mean you can only have pleat top curtains. Then just under the curtain track we put the curtain wire so we could hang some voile nets as well. Although, when I was looking for curtains most seem to be tab-top or the ring variety ones made for curtain poles.

I would suggest forgetting ordinary curtains. Try a roman blind or a honeycomb blind that you can even fit inside the window frame if you want to.

www.kirsch.com/honeycomb-3-4-mosaic.html?

Thanks!

Hm, mummytomog that looks like the answer to all my prayers. Would it work? I'm going to put another photo on my profile to show the intersection of window and ceiling.

If you had a ceiling track sweeping around to cover the windows and the doors, would you have enough clearance? My track is about 1.5cm deep max, surely you have that much clearance because of the door frame? It would use a lot more fabric than doing each window/ door individually.

Alternatively you may just have to fix a panel or blind to each door.

It looks as if the side framing is also very slim, in which case roman blinds will, when folded up in the open position, stop the doors opening fully. The same may happen with a portiere rod.

I second a slim honeycomb blind fitting into the frame of the glass, as long as it has some depth. Do you need to stop the light coming in? If you just need privacy you could use window film.

Quite tricky doors to curtain, I agree!

I can't upload the other two photos, I've emailed HQ to see if they can do it.

The room is in the basement so it's warmth and draught protection we need. I did think about the little curtains over the windows on elastic but this would mean blocking the light from the door and would not stop draughts.

Also, it is a rented house, so I don't really want to fit blinds that we couldn't take with us.

mummytomog DS really thinks he got the rubbish room even though you can go in straight from the garden and has an en-suite bathroom - I would have killed for that room as a teenager!

I would kill for that room now!

I've got a curtain shop at the end of the road so I might go and show them the pics.

When you say the portiere rod would stick out into the room, I don't really think that matters - will definitely investigate that option.

Is there any way I could have brackets hanging down from the ceiling far enough in to give clearance to the doors?

It has a beautiful red cobbled floor. DS says it's 'not a real bedroom'. Complains loads. It opens into a lovely foresty garden, really dreamy and a bit lost on him.

Two hooks in the ceiling or the walls either side of the door. Hang the curtain on a bungy thing, and just unclip it when you need access to the door. You can also hang both ends on the one hook to keep it tidy.

Baroness I love that idea!

It's what I have to do with my nets as the windows open inwards. it'll be cheap and easy too

I love the way it's such a cheap easy effective solution

I've just told DS and he's very pleased. Blinds fitted into the two windows and a curtain on hooks over the door.