Custom Made Thermal Blockout Curtains

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What Are the Benefits of Blockout Curtains?

Custom Blackout Curtains aren’t just good at blocking out light for complete night-time privacy in the bedroom (or any other space where room darkening is required). They provide superior UV protection as well as excellent sound insulation and thermal insulation, which minimises outside noise levels and preserves up to 20% of the heat in your home. This goes a long way towards supporting better energy efficiency and helping to reduce your household energy bills.

They also block out the heat in the warmer months, giving you all year round temperature control in your home.

Other benefits and features include:

Australian designed, Australian made
High quality + affordable designer fabrics
Custom made to your exact window dimensions for a precise fit
Stringent quality control + testing

Why More Customers Are Choosing Thermal Blackout Curtains.

There is a significant amount of attention and care that goes into every stage of creating our contemporary Blackout Curtains.

Unlike off-the-shelf window coverings that may need replacing over time, our Blockouts are crafted using quality fabrics and hardware for long-lasting durability, comfort, and performance.

Pair lined Blockouts with a custom Curtain Pelmet to help minimise light gaps and improve thermal performance even further.

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Types of Blockout Curtains.

Making Curtains for 55+ years means we’ve made and perfected every design style imaginable. Here’s just a selection of some of our more popular styles.

Wave Fold Curtains.

Also known as S Fold Blockout Curtains, this style has a smooth, evenly distributed symmetrical ‘wave’ formation that’s created using a special track and tape heading. The vertical lines elongate the walls, making the space seem taller and larger. Easy to operate, it offers a contemporary, relaxed look, giving an understated aesthetic favoured by interior designers.

Triple Pinch Pleat Curtains.

This smartly tailored, classic look is ‘pinched’ at evenly spaced intervals in groups of three. Suited to traditional homes or formal rooms, it creates a beautiful fullness and stacks neatly to the side. Ideal for limited wall space.

Double Pinch Pleat Curtains.

This version of the Pinch Pleat is ‘pinched’ at evenly spaced intervals in groups of two. Suited to traditional homes or formal rooms, it is not as full as a Triple Pinch Pleat and offers a neat appearance on large windows.

Pencil Pleat Curtains.

Gathered or pencil pleat Blockout Curtains feature folds of fabric that are tightly gathered to create small pencil sized pleats. This style allows you to gather the fabric to your desired fullness. Less structured than the Pinch Pleat, it creates a soft and informal look.

Reverse Pleat Curtains.

A simple, structured style with a tailored appearance, this Curtain style hangs below a decorator rod and has a larger stack back compared to other styles.

Eyelet Curtains.

Blockout eyelet Curtains feature metal rings that are pressed into the top heading of the Curtain. Teamed with a decorator rod, it offers a casual look with less stack back. Perfect for smaller windows where you need to take advantage of the natural light.

Blackout Curtain Fabrics.

Each Blockout Curtain fabric has its own characteristics and performance levels, so it’s important to choose the best one for your lifestyle. We offer an extensive collection of contemporary and traditional Curtain fabrics for light, warmth and privacy within your home, office or commercial space.

When selecting fabrics, safety and sustainability are just as essential as style. At dollar curtains + blinds, we’re proud to offer Oeko-Tex® Certified Fabrics as part of Australia’s largest range. The materials are free from harmful substances, safe for human contact, and produced with environmental responsibility in mind.

Banding + Trims.

For a decorative finish or splash of colour, our design team can add banding or trims across the top, bottom or sides of your Curtains. Opt for a complementary fabric for a subtle finish or a contrast fabric for a bolder statement. Pairing sheer and heavier weight fabrics together is also a beautiful way to add texture and visual appeal.

Do you have a room with very high ceilings? Banding is perfect for this. Simply by banding another fabric to the top or bottom of the Curtain, you can achieve the required length for your Curtains without introducing any additional seams.

Design Options.

Width.

It’s always good to aim for wall-to-wall if there is wall space available. If not, go as wide as possible. This means that when drawn open, the stack back covers less of the window, maximising your view and natural light.

Height.

Where possible, go high and wide. Curtains can be installed on the ceiling, known as ceiling fit, or fixed to the wall, known as face fit. It’s best to go ceiling-to-floor or as high as you can if there is ample wall space. Doing so adds the illusion of height to windows and rooms while also having practical benefits such as blocking out light and increasing insulation.

Length.

What length should I choose? It’s very much a personal choice, but for light control, privacy, and insulation reasons – not to mention aesthetic appeal – we always recommend full length Curtains where possible. We can design to any length, but our three standard length options are Float, Kiss, and Puddle.

Stacking.

Stacking is the amount of space the Curtains occupy when in a fully open position. Our Curtains can be designed to be centre opening with the Curtains stacked on both sides of the window when drawn open, or with a one way opening with the Curtains stacking back to either the left or right side of the window when drawn open. They can also hang freely on your Curtain Track or Rod.

Control Options.

Automation.

Maximise luxury, functionality and control with Motorised Curtains.

Easy to operate by hand, remote control, voice control, or via the dc+b control smartphone app
Clean, modern look with no cords
Suitable for difficult to reach windows
Operate heavyweight curtains with ease
Child + pet safe

Cord Drawn.

Easy operation with cords secured in position to the walls behind Curtains for child + pet safety
Centre open or one way open
Ideal for large windows to help with the weight of the fabric
Improves stack back when Curtains are drawn open as tension is increased to maximise your window’s natural light + views

Hand Drawn.

Child + pet safe
Highly adaptable
Can enable flexibility for large window configurations
Centre open, one way open or free draw open
Add wands, available in varying sizes, to easily operate + protect fabric

Choose dc+b for Custom Made Blockout Curtains.

All modern Blackout Curtains and window furnishings from dollar curtains + blinds are carefully handcrafted and custom made to order at our local manufacturing facilities. They are 100% Australian designed and made to meet the needs of every individual customer.

Call us today for a free measure + quote or visit your nearest dollar curtains + blinds store. We have showrooms in Melbourne, Canberra, New South Wales, and South Australia.

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