Curtains, and only curtains, made for Pakenham homes.
Soft sheers that glow at four in the afternoon. Lined blockouts that hold the heat in on a cold Cardinia night. S-fold, pinch pleat, tracks, rods, alterations and re-hems. We do not sell blinds, so the fabric and the fall of the drape get all of the attention. Free in-home measure with the sample books.
Five things, all of them curtains.
From a single sheer across a Lakeside dining window to a whole Cardinia Lakes handover in sheers with lined blockouts through the bedrooms. Measured, made, hung and dressed.
Sheer curtains
Soft daytime privacy without losing the light or the garden. Linen-look, voile and textured weaves on an S-fold track. Around $280 to $700 per window fitted.
See sheers →Blockout curtains
Lined or triple-weave, floor to ceiling, sealed at the top. Dark bedrooms in summer and a genuine winter warmth gain. Around $300 to $900 per window fitted.
See blockout →S-fold curtains
Continuous even ripples on a wave track, about 2.2 to 2.5 times fullness. The look most new estate homes are after. Roughly 10 to 20 percent over pinch pleat.
See S-fold →Curtain tracks & rods
Standard, heavy-duty, bay-bent, twin, ceiling-fixed and motorised tracks, plus decorative rods and finials. $90 to $600, motorised $700 to $1,800.
See tracks & rods →Alterations & re-hems
Curtains that came with the house, or moved with you. Re-hem $80 to $180, re-heading $120 to $300, adding lining $150 to $400 a pair. Care and cleaning advice too.
See alterations →What actually makes a curtain work.
Three things separate a curtain that looks and performs like it belongs in the room from one that hangs flat and does nothing. None of them are the fabric colour.
Fullness and drape.
Fullness is how much more fabric is used than the width it covers. A curtain made at 1.5 times fullness hangs in shallow, tired folds and reads as cheap the moment you see it, no matter how good the fabric is. Pinch pleat wants around 2 to 2.5 times. S-fold wants 2.2 to 2.5 times, because the ripple only forms properly when there is enough cloth between carriers. That is the single biggest reason a made-to-measure curtain looks different to a ready-made one of the same colour. Fabric weight matters too: a light voile needs generous fullness and a decent hem weight to fall straight, while a heavy textured blockout will hold a fold on its own. We hang the sample in your window at the measure so you can see how a fabric behaves in your actual light rather than under showroom downlights.
Lining and winter warmth.
Melbourne south-east winters are cold and damp, and glass is where the heat leaves. Lining is what turns a decorative curtain into a thermal one. A standard cotton and polyester lining adds body and protects the face fabric from sun damage. A blockout or coated thermal lining adds a real insulating layer and stops light entirely. Interlining, a soft bump layer sandwiched between face fabric and lining, gives the deepest drape and the best warmth, and is what makes a curtain feel expensive when you handle it. Triple-weave blockout fabric skips the separate lining by building the block into the weave, which costs less and washes more easily but never drapes quite as richly. In newer double-brick estate homes we also have to think about condensation, because a tightly sealed curtain over cold glass can trap moisture, so lining choice and how the curtain vents at the top and bottom is a real decision, not an upsell.
Tracks, returns and pelmets.
This is the part almost everyone underestimates. On a cold night the air touching your window cools, sinks, and drags warm room air across to replace it. That convection loop runs all night and it is why a room with curtains can still feel cold. Stopping it means sealing the top of the curtain: either a pelmet across the heading, or a return where the track bends back and the curtain finishes against the wall. Without one of those, the loop simply pours over the top of the curtain and down behind it, and the fabric is little more than decoration. The track itself matters as well. An S-fold heading only works on a compatible wave track. A wide sliding door or a bay window needs a heavy-duty or bent track that will not sag or bind. Getting the track right at the measure is cheaper than fixing it after the curtains are made.
Where we measure and hang.
Pakenham VIC 3810 and the Cardinia Shire, out along the Princes Highway to Officer and Beaconsfield, and south into the flat farming country toward Koo Wee Rup, Bunyip and Garfield. Free in-home measure across the lot.
Free measure to dressed curtains, 4 stages.
Free in-home measure
We check the drop, the track run, the returns, the floor level and what the room is actually used for. Every window measured individually, because estate homes are rarely square.
Fabric chosen at home
Sample books stay with you and get held against your own glass at the times of day that matter. Fabric looks completely different in a west-facing Pakenham lounge at 5pm.
Made to measure
Cut, pattern-matched, machined and hand-finished to your sizes. Allow 3 to 5 weeks. Tracks can go up earlier if a room needs covering in the meantime.
Install and dress
Track levelled, curtains hung, hems set once the fabric has settled, then dressed and tied so the folds train in properly from day one.
Book a free in-home curtain measure.
We bring the sample books to you. Straight advice on fullness, lining and what your rooms actually need.
Reading for Pakenham homeowners
What curtains cost around here, how to choose between the two main jobs a curtain does, and which heading suits which room.