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Want to get our first set of 'proper' curtains - DH baulking at the price, is he right?

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RhinestoneCowghoul · 23/10/2008 19:00

We have had tatty IKEA ready-made curtains hanging from cheap poles in our living room for the past five years (since we moved in - they were a temporary measure).

The living room is our main room, with archway through to small dining room, and the only room we haven't really decorated. We recently bought a fairly expensive new sofa, which is lovely, but the rest of the room is painted cream, DH is making some wooden furniture and I would like some nice curtains to set it off.

Trouble is I have just had a quote and DH is a bit by the price. I spend a lot of time at home, and also think that proper thick curtains with decent lining will help keep heat in. We are not extravagant in general and have money saved that could cover the cost about 10 times over.

WWYD?

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woodstock3 · 25/10/2008 17:41

agree just get the material from JL and get a nice curtain lady to make them up (i've done this lots of times and would not pay the JL markup). i just had a pair of thick lined velvet curtains done for our bedroom bay window, so lots of fabric, which our curtain lady charged £120 to make. got the material online from an ebay store for about £10 a metre.

crestfitters · 25/03/2014 19:16

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