Design Partnerships - dollar curtains + blinds

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Made from timber or aluminium blades, our Venetian Blinds are modern and functional, offering excellent privacy, light control and ventilation. Easy to use, Venetian Blinds allow you to open and close the blades to any position and control the direction of sunlight throughout your room or home.

They can be recessed or face fitted, meaning the Venetian Blinds can be installed inside the window frame or on the architrave bordering the window. In addition, Venetian Blinds can be locked into position at the bottom using a pin and bracket system which makes them suitable for glass doors or windows which are frequently opened and closed.

A great choice to co-ordinate with Curtains, Drapes , and Tiebacks.

The difference in our Venetian Blinds is in the detail. We use a top of the line technically superior hardware system. Perfected by years of extensive research and development, the operating system has been designed for precision. Our Blinds are also designed with extra componentry as standard, at no extra cost, to ensure the most durable and long lasting Venetian Blinds available.

For a step-by-step guide on choosing your Venetian Blinds, call for assistance or visit your nearest store.

Choose your fabrics by borrowing our large full-length samples to compare the fabric weights, transparencies and colours in your own home. Compare your favourite fabric choices at large scale with your paint colours, flooring + furnishing, and view them in different lights. It’s the best way to start.

For a comprehensive step-by-step guide on choosing your Curtain fabrics, download the Curtains Brochure, call for assistance or visit your nearest store.

ACT
Fyshwick	02 6280 9272

NSW
Batemans Bay	02 4472 8033
Griffith	02 6962 7225
Merimbula	02 6495 4900
Wagga Wagga	02 6921 7160

SA
Mt Gambier	08 8723 0406
Renmark	08 8586 6501

VIC
Ararat	03 5352 3251
Ballarat	03 5331 3712
Bendigo	03 5442 1094
Chirnside Park	03 9727 5211
Cobram	03 5871 1142
Colac	03 5231 1494
Doncaster	03 9841 8400
Echuca	03 5482 4163
Epping	03 9408 6524
Ferntree Gully	03 9294 8600
Geelong	03 5222 8055
Hoppers Crossing	03 8360 8757
Melton	03 9743 1369
Mildura	03 5023 7179
Moorabbin	03 9566 8200
Mornington	03 5975 3655
Niddrie	03 9379 6228
Oakleigh	03 9569 9237
Pakenham	03 5940 0395
Shepparton	03 5831 5622
Sunbury	03 9744 4700
Warragul	03 5623 8100
Warrnambool	03 5231 1494
Wodonga	02 6024 2333
Wonthaggi	03 5672 2915

Partners.

dc+b designs

dc+b designs offers on trend, high quality and affordable Curtain, Blind and Outdoor window covering fabrics. With a focus on reducing time to market and minimal waiting times for fabrics, dc+b designs offers customers more value for money in their fabric selection. Manufactured in Australia, Europe and Asia, the dc+b designs fabric ranges are designed to ensure long lasting quality and durability in order to withstand Australia’s harshest climates.

Ashley Wilde

As a quintessentially British company, Ashley Wilde are proud to be a family business with three generations of expertise. Rich in heritage and with design, style, innovation and service as the company’s guiding principles. Since its launch in 1950, the Brodin family vision has been to create inspirational interiors with a range of soft furnishing fabrics and home decor accessories. Today the brand is internationally regarded as the ‘Ultimate Home Interiors Haven’.

Basford Brands

As one of Australasia’s leading wholesalers of window furnishing fabric with a rich history in design and development, Basford Brands invests in state-of-the-art technology for the design, manufacture, warehousing and distribution of fabrics through their Maurice Kain, Sekers and Four Families brands, delivering on-trend furnishing fabrics to the market.

Charles Parsons Interiors

Fabric Material.

Another important aspect of the fabric is the type of material. This affects both the look and feel, and the performance of the fabric.

Linen Fabrics.

As the earthy trend continues to gain momentum in Australia, natural materials are gaining popularity. One of the most sought-after natural Curtain fabric materials is Linen.

However, before selecting real Linen Curtain fabrics, there are a few things to be aware of:

Linen colours fade in sunlight, and overtime this can create patchy and uneven Curtains
the material creases and can have an odour, which dissipates over time
Linen fabrics can shrink in humid environments, including when exposed to sunlight, in coastal regions or when used in bathrooms, meaning there can be movement in the length of your Curtains.

When designing Linen Curtains, it’s recommended to add more length to the drop to allow for this possible shrinkage i.e. design Linen Curtains to puddle on the floor.

To overcome these issues, dollar curtains + blinds have a range of linen-look Curtain fabrics available. Made from polyester, or a polyester / linen blend, these high-quality fabrics look just like 100% Linen but offer superior performance and longevity.

Hoad

Velvet Fabrics.

Luxurious in nature, Velvet fabrics continue to be a popular choice with its soft and tactile handle. Velvet Drapes create an opulent look and are especially popular in stately homes and theatre rooms, often combined with custom made Pelmets.

Polyester fabrics or man made blends.

By far the most popular material for Curtains in Australia is polyester or a blend combining polyester or rayon with cotton, wool or linen.

Man-made fibres have come a long way since the ‘70s and many have such a soft, luxurious or textured appearance that they look just like natural materials.

Polyester fibres can be designed with a slubbed texture, creating a luxury look of a Dupion silk (pure silk) without compromising on performance.

The benefits of polyester fabrics are they:

are highly stain-resistant and easy to clean
can resemble natural fabrics like cotton, linen and silk
do not fade in sunlight
are less likely to wrinkle and will not shrink
often have good washability

James Dunlop Textiles

How did you find the design + measure + install service?

I couldn’t fault it! I didn’t have to do a thing. I opened my door to the dollar curtains + blinds installer and closed it a few hours later with gorgeous Curtains, Blinds and Shutters installed.

Did you originally know what you were after in terms of window coverings or were you seeking our advice?

I’d say a little bit of both. I’ve always been drawn to the warm vibe and look the Sheer Curtains provide so that was a must. There were a few decisions such as Roller Blind vs Blockout Curtains and partial wall Curtains vs. wall to wall Curtains, that’s where Liz really helped with my indecisiveness.

Louvolite

Louvolite is a company wholly engaged in the design, manufacture and distribution of window blind systems and fabrics. Founded by Chairman Reg Allsopp, Louvolite has grown to supply over 65 countries worldwide. Louvolite invests heavily in its state-of-the-art manufacturing depots in Britain. This enables the company to develop and launch new products quickly to market.

Mermet

Mermet design technical fabrics for solar protection. For 70 years, Mermet has been designing and manufacturing hi-tech fabrics to provide visual and thermal comfort to building occupants. Unique expertise based on the utilisation of glass fibre, a natural and abundant raw material, enables Mermet to offer innovative fabrics combining efficiency and durability. They constantly innovate to design products that meet the highest of standards in terms of environment, eco-design and durability.

Nettex

Nettex Interior Textiles has been in operation for over 35years and prides itself on high quality, home textile fabrics at competitive prices. With an Australian-based distribution network, the company has a long-standing collaboration with dollar curtains + blinds due to their daily focus on delivering innovation in production, performance and quality across every fabric under the Nettex brand.

Ozroll

Ozroll is family owned, with a real passion for developing environmentally friendly home improvement products. The company has now grown to become the largest Roller Shutter manufacturer in Australia. dollar curtains + blinds is proud to partner with Ozroll for their market-leading Rollashield; the most premium Roller Shutter in Australia. Each Rollashield is engineered and custom built by trained technicians who meticulously inspect every product under strict quality control guidelines.

Ricky Richards

Ricky Richards has grown to become Australia’s number one supplier of sun control textiles. Their outdoor awning fabrics are carefully curated by their experts, offering features which include Greenguard indoor air quality certifications, Microban antimicrobial protection, lead free products and fabrics made with ecolibrium bio-based plasticisers, all helping to offer renewable solutions. Ricky Richards also has an ongoing partnership with the Melanoma Institute of Australia and donates a percentage of fabric sales directly to the not-for-profit organisation.

Rollease Acmeda

As leading innovators of window covering hardware solutions in Australia, Rollease Acmeda are dollar curtains + blinds’ hardware supply partner for good reason. Rollease Acmeda is at the cutting edge of window covering trends because their superior systems have evolved over time. Their continuous improvements in product development have been enhanced from extensive research and development by a team of over 25 engineers in their Innovation and Design Centre based in Melbourne.

Turnils

Established in Sweden in 1953, Turnils creates superior componentry and systems for internal and external window coverings. Featuring an array of world-class Awning technologies and an outstanding range of internal Blind systems and fabrics, Turnils represents the best with all components engineered and manufactured to create a stylish, high-quality finished product.

Uniline

Established 50 years ago, Uniline has long been synonymous with providing high quality and innovative systems, components and fabrics, for indoor and outdoor window covering products. Uniline manufacture their own system components and fabric collections in their production facilities throughout Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Uniline focuses on quality with each product stringently tested before leaving their facility bearing their industry-leading warranty.

Warwick

There’s a trend across interiors towards fabrics with a weave pattern, such as fabrics that mimic the appearance of raw linen.

It’s important to keep in mind that each fabric has its own characteristics and performance levels. With Australia’s largest range of Curtain fabrics, you’ll be spoilt for choice at dollar curtains + blinds. Discover more about their Curtain fabrics online or visit your nearest store.

Wilson Fabrics

Wilson Fabrics has been supplying quality Australian-made Curtain and Blind fabrics since it was first established in 1926 and remains a wholly Australian owned company, proudly supporting employment in Australia. The company’s unique expertise has seen the launch of a vast range of innovative, decorative and functional quality fabrics.

Zepel Fabrics

Zepel Fabrics has been in the fabric industry since 1978 and has delivered quality designer furnishing fabrics for some of Australia’s most exceptional commercial projects, from the Palladium at Crown in Melbourne to The Star Grand Residences in Sydney. By using only the best in materials and always striving to push creative and technical limits, they provide consumers with the best range of fabrics available in Australia.

Luxe.

If you love marble, deep colour palettes and accents of bling, your interior style is most likely luxe. This style is all about lavishness and elegance. Everything in your space is intricately layered and beautifully measured – and your window coverings are no exception.

To achieve a luxe interior, opt for Wave Fold Curtains that span from wall-to-wall, if possible, in a heavier fabric weight with a luxurious feel. The length of these Curtains should puddle on the floor for added opulence.

Hopefully this guide to finding the right Wave Fold Curtain helps you to find the perfect solution for your home. Visit your local dollar curtains + blinds store to find out more about Wave Fold Curtains.