Pret A Vivre

London, Greater London

Pret A Vivre specialise in made to measure curtains and blinds. We have four London based showrooms in Fulham, Islington, Notting Hill and Muswell Hill. Our service is unique in that we offer a finite range of fabrics which we make up into either curtains and blinds and show these on our website and in our showrooms. Our fabrics are sensibly priced ranging from £25 - £99 per metre approximately. This approach helps our customers to visualise and make a decision. We offer a personalised service with our design consultants offering expertise advice on technical aspects of curtains and blinds and style and colour advice : all the team are very familiar with the most well known designer brand paints so can give guidance on which fabrics will work well with any given paint scheme.

Services Provided

Blinds, Electric Blinds, Made to Measure Blinds, Made to Measure Curtains

Areas Served

London

30 Projects for Pret A Vivre

London Townhouse - W2

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City View Apartment - SE1

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Notting Hill, London, Greater London

The grace of natural linen in West London home

Wimbledon, London, Greater London

Contemporary Surf curtains on sliding doors in Wimbledon

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London, Greater London

Bi Fold Windows and Large Glazed Areas

16 photos

London, Greater London

Contemporary Designs

23 photos

Reconverted hospital development outside Wimbledon Village SW20

6 photos

London, UK

Wansdworth SW18 Contemporary Flat

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125 Reviews for Pret A Vivre

4.8|125 reviews

Work Quality

5.0

Communication

5.0

Value

4.0

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Exceptional service from these creative curtain, blinds and fabric specialists. They're totally on it, whether your priority is to maximize light, make a statement with a blind, or combine blinds and curtains for heat and light efficiency. They have a huge selection of fabrics from which to choose, and, great advice is always on hand for those moments when you're not quite sure whether a roller blind would do it for the huge staircase drop, or if roman blinds would be better. They were certainly right on that one. Everything is expertly fitted, and, if you made the mistake of not having the blind automated, their talented, charming and polite fitter is just the person to fix that. If you're looking for people who know what they're doing, have great ideas, a wide range of fabrics, and a talented, dedicated team of people to deal with every step of the way, look no futher.

8 January, 2021

Comment from Pret A Vivre:

Dear Karen,
From all the team we would like to thank you for this really lovely review. We are all glad and pleased that you are satisfied with the end result of your new motorised blind. And I will make sure that our fitting department knows about this Thank you so much again and best wishes.
Alienor

Liz Greenhill

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Client

Thank you to the Team at Pret A Vivre! Excellent service throughout. Great help provided in deciding on best solution. Speedy delivery of sample fabric options to work within defined budget, speedy turnaround ahead of schedule. 2 x blinds great quality and workmanship. Personal service made a real difference, wouldn't hesitate to recommend.

29 July, 2020

Comment from Pret A Vivre:

Dear Liz,
It was an absolute pleasure to work with you on this project. I'm so pleased you're happy with the roman blinds. The Lausanne was a stunning choice of fabric and worked perfectly with your scheme. If you have any future projects that you need help with, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.
Best wishes
Fran

Julia N

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For a while now i have been meaning to look into getting a voile solution fitted as my flat faces onto a busy road in London and i would love to get a bit of privacy so that those on buses or walking below on the street can't look straight in. So, bearing in mind that everything has pretty much been shut down due to COVID-19, it was a pleasant surprise to receive an email from Pret A Vivre saying that they could provide a temporary voile solution for this period, which was great! So after contacting them stating my interest, only a couple of days later i received a reply, giving me more information and asking me to send measurements of which windows i wanted the temporary voiles for, along with pictures of those windows. I was further pleased to find out that any money spent on a temporary voile would be fully refunded against a future order of curtains or blinds. Once i had sent all the measurements, pictures and paid for the voiles on a Sunday (which were very affordable and with P&P included), my order was processed, accepted and dispatched all on the Monday. I received my temporary voiles the very next day on Tuesday morning. The speed in which i received by voiles and the quality of them is fantastic. Once lockdown is over, i will definitely be organising to get permanent voiles fitted by Pret A Vivre. I couldn't recommend them any higher!

22 April, 2020

Amy Manchershaw

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Client

We visited the Muswell Hill branch to discuss blinds for a large bay window and we are so glad we did. Gayle Game was very helpful, efficient and knowledgeable.. We were impressed with the promptness of all communication. Everything went very smoothly from start to finish - ordering, measuring and installing. Catia was also very helpful. The fitter, Owen, was excellent. We love the blinds, excellent quality and workmanship. Cannot recommend too highly! Thank you.

21 February, 2020

Comment from Pret A Vivre:

Dear Amy
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review and mentioning all the team who were involved in your project: it was a pleasure working with you.
Bay windows are always tricky to get right - but all our fitters are very experienced in measuring up and fitting blinds to ensure that they look perfect; we make all our own roller blinds in house so pride ourselves on the quality of the fabric and workmanship.
If you have any future projects that you need help with please do not hesitate to contact us.
Best wishes
Gayle.
Pret a Vivre, Muswell Hill

Sabina Toniolo

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Client

Pret a Vivre gave me an excellent customer service and advice as well for the colour to choose and the material (I bought blinds fior myv30es Crittal Window). Everything was carried out excellently and my bedroom is finally looking much better. I would highly reccomand.

14 February, 2020

Comment from Pret A Vivre:

Hi Sabina,
It was a pleasure to work with you and we are pleased to hear that you are happy with your Roller Blind order in our Texas Blackout fabric.
We hope we can be off assistance to you again soon.
Best wishes,
Deepak

Elena Cirillo

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Client

High quality service and beatiful products. The curtains are expensive but the quality of the service and of the materials is outstanding. Everything was managed with great attention to details and the process of ordering, having a check measure and fitting was smooth and managed very professionally. We are overall extremely pleased.

30 January, 2020

Comment from Pret A Vivre:

Dear Elena,
Thank you for taking the time to write such a kind review.
I’m delighted that you are pleased with the whole service through to the luxurious end result. The combination of the two linen rich fabrics, voile Monique and Linen Chintz worked beautifully alongside each other to create an elegant scheme. Unfortunately with the price of linen these days, any fabric with a high linen content is much more expensive than cotton or synthetic mix fabrics. However, the quality of the linen gives the superb drape and finish and I am glad you consider it to have been a good decision not to go with the less expensive cotton options. It was a pleasure to work with you and I’d be happy to assist on any further projects.
Best wishes
Fran

Anna Lee

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Client

Thank you Alienor at Pret a Vivre for your expertise and patience with fabric selection – we look forward to working with you again on my next project. Kitchen - I welcome your sharp thinking re our kitchen blinds as the dimensions/colour had to be ‘spot on’ to compliment the build and we love them - faux linen really softens the expanse of fabric, I would even venture to say the colour is perfect, exactness of the fitting is MUCH appreciated. Bathroom - thanks for the striking colour choice, I would not have thought of that and it works very well as contrast to the paint colour - adds a new dimension to the bathroom.

8 January, 2020

Shivani Pathak

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Client

Fantastic service! I ordered four blinds and received them in less than 10 days. The quality of the fabric is excellent and the price is very reasonable. Definitely recommend Pret A Vivre!

15 December, 2019

Andrew Walsh

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Client

I contacted Pret-a-Vivre shop in Islington to make two replacement roller blinds for my aged mother-in-law, who lives in a Georgian terraced property in Clerkenwell. I took one of her existing blinds to the shop to ensure measurements were accurate. The shop placed the order with their workshop in the Midlands and a couple of weeks later I picked-up the new blinds. I fitted the blinds myself - thankfully they were easy to fit, ran perfectly over the windows and look great. So this was a good job well done!

11 December, 2019

flair studio

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I have had the opportunity to have Pret A Vivre on board on a few high-end interior projects where also bespoke solutions had to be developed and I have always been pleased with the end result, the craft and the ability of their fitters.

4 December, 2019Last modified:5 December, 2019

Comment from Pret A Vivre:

Thank you very much Federico for your very nice review. It has been a pleasure to work with you on this project. The wave curtain in Lugano ricepaper looks stunning against the blue wall. I really look forward to work with you again on one of your next project.
Kindest regards
Alienor

Caroline Royds

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Client

We've just had some new blinds from Pret A Vivre. They're a stunning red that lights up our basement kitchen with a warm, elegant glow. And on top of that they're beautifully made and were installed with great cheerfulness and professionalism. Altogether a very good experience!

3 December, 2019

Comment from Pret A Vivre:

Dear Caroline,
Thank you very much for your review! It’s been an absolute pleasure working with yourselves in finding the most suitable colour and solution for your window treatment. The end result looks perfect for your room, we look forward to helping you again soon.
Best wishes,
Deepak

Jane Brockbank Gardens Ltd

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We have a tricky Victorian bay window with uneven ceiling, very drafty sash windows. We received excellent advice from Helen at the Fulham Showroom & are delighted with the results of our double curtains especially the combination of blackout lining with interlining on the main linen curtains. Very knowledgeable and efficient Fitting team, great measuring - the pelmet fits perfectly. All round excellent old fashioned customer service which is so hard to find.

29 November, 2019

Comment from Pret A Vivre:

Dear Jane,

Thank you for your kind words, it was a tricky window indeed with the sloped ceiling and uneven floor but it looks amazing! Linda & Sue who made your pelmet were so pleased to see how well it all came together.

The Avignon stonewashed curtains look like they have always been there and suit the room beautifully.

Best wishes,
Helen

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Commented: HiGood afternoon Kimberley, Yes we do. Shall I ask our Muswell Hill or Islington showroom to contact you? Can you please give me your telephone number or email address? Best wishes Philippe

22 June, 2020

Commented: How did you acheive the recess lighting effect?Sorry Mark. We didn't supply the lights for this project so we cannot help you for this. All the best.

19 March, 2017

Commented: what curtains colour and fabric?Hi Katrina, we think a plain silk in a soft neutral colour would be perfect to complement the shine of the wallpaper and the chandelier glass droplets. This would create a very feminine boudoir atmosp...

15 July, 2016 in Design Dilemma

Commented: Kitchen extension updateHi, your new extension looks great !! What an amazing space you have created ! We love the fresh and subtle tones of the floor tiles. We would suggest to dress your bi-folds doors with unlined wave cu...

12 June, 2016 in Design Dilemma

Commented: Bedroom blank canvas!Hi Jenny, the low cornice in your bedroom is a good feature to play with in the colour scheme. It is always effective to paint wood works in a darker shade than the walls. It gives character to the ro...

6 June, 2016 in Design Dilemma

Commented: Crittall-style windows - hot or not?Hi Polly, to dress a crittall-style window, wave curtains on a ceiling fixed pole are great. There is a wide selection of colours for wave curtain poles so you would easily find one to blend in with t...

20 May, 2016 in Polls

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