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Wide curtains wanted

4 years ago

Hi, I'm after some wide, dark grey, velvet, pencil pleat curtains. Standard made to measure width of 228cm is too small. I can't find any wider and my budget is approx £200. Any suggestions?

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AMB
4 years ago
If your budget is limited you might struggle to find curtains wide enough as you are likely to need made to measure.

I had the same issue as you and just bought two sets of the same curtains. It's not ideal but when they are opened and closed neatly you can't really tell. If you are handy you could stitch them together?

I buy curtains from Dunelm and always recommend them for curtains as they have a large selection at good prices.
Gabby Wong
4 years ago
How wide do you need them to be?

Ikea has some that are 250cm so a bit wider at least

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/annakajsa-room-darkening-curtains-1-pair-grey-20390239/
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Tani H-S
4 years ago
Weird question, but what is the overal width you need to cover? Ie we had huge windows in our last house (60’s house) and when I was looking, none seemed wide enough.
However, I kind of forgot that the size listed is per panel and not the overal curtained size when closed ie with 2 panels drawn, LOL.

So I got ones from dunelm that were fine for our 8’ wide window!

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