Curtain Yoga

Curtains are very flexible... or at least they can be...
Gone are the days of skimpy non functioning side panels.... Today's modern homes are begging for softness begging for tactile fabricky goodness. They are also begging for better functionality from their curtain walls. Recently we designed and fabricated some large sheer curtains for a remarkable home in West Vancouver. The curtain wall was designed to allow for maximum coverage while at the same time working in concert with the window wall to provide a flexible functional solution.
The curtain itself was a large fold custom ripplefold, scaled to the size and scope of the window and the size of the space. Also customizing ripplefolds allows for more fabric and smaller stacks. When you redistribute fullness away from the number of folds and into the depth of each fold you not only get a more luxurious and fuller curtain but also fewer folds and a smaller stack. It's unfortunatethat most of the people selling curtains today know almost nothing about curtain making, I feel most people when faced with the possibility of having functional, beautiful curtains that actually work with their architecture and interiors actually would prefer them over blinds. Anyhow... Shavasana ho!

Here I am hanging the curtain...

I often feel like a dwarf when faced down by my huge curtain walls... or maybe a hobbit. This curtain has a whopping  500 square feet of fabric! That's whopping!

Closed

Fully Open, notice the stack... take it from me, a standard ripplefold would be about 20% wider, our proprietary custom ripplefolds are designed for minimum stack, maximum coverage.

Dosey Doe your partner to the left....

And the Right....

Now up the middle... allowing you to use either door, perfect for when you want ventilation on those sunny days but also want some shade from the sun.

Closed to one side... lets you use the door on the right...

Here's what the window looked like before the curtain went in. What a huge difference it makes. Look at how bare the window seems, and how much reflection there is on the floor. This much sun is both damaging to the floor and the furniture... not good.