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The choice of bedroom curtains can be seen as a rite of passage for children. It may not be a life-changing act, but asserting your aesthetic taste is still an important stage. The curtain industry is cognisant of the money available for spending in the pre-teen market and has responded accordingly with child friendly products.

There are the inevitable spin-offs from the world of cinema; your child could have his or her bedroom embellished by Woody and Buzz, or perhaps Shrek. This expansive merchandising is a cash-boon for the film studios, the revenue derived from Toy Story 3 games, toys and franchise deals will far out strip profits made from the movie itself. Then of course there are the football team themed curtains, or perhaps favoured CBeebies programs, such as ‘In The Night Garden.’

It is usually possible to buy a whole host of matching products to go with your character curtains. The advice would be to make some price comparisons online, as there are large disparities in cost for these items. Since children’s tastes are liable to change it is advisable not to spend too much money at this point.

Luckily, the curtain vendors are aware that your youngster is likely to change their favoured cartoon or film quite rapidly, so it is easy to find relatively cheap products. However, remember that with the cheaper items you are likely to need to buy additions such as curtain liners separately, unless you want your offspring up at the crack-of-dawn!

If you are skilled with the sewing machine and want to create your own curtains you will also be able to find fabric featuring popular characters that can be bought by the ream. However, to be honest, unless structural requirements make ready-made curtains an impossibility, I would save yourself the agro and expense of fabricating your own. If you are trying to avoid your child quickly tiring of their curtains it might be worth looking at the kid’s designs provided by online and high street ‘own’ brands. These can be really fun and will date less rapidly. Although, in the end, it is not worth having a confrontation if your child insists on Sponge Bob curtains, see it as an important form self-expression that, thankfully, they will soon grow out of!

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Curtains are often viewed as adding the finishing touch to a room, creating that homely or personalised feel. However, they are renowned for being expensive, particularly if your windows don’t correspond to the seemingly random industry sizing for ready-made curtains.

Thankfully, the Internet has started to change the minefield of curtain purchasing. It is no longer necessary to take your kitchen scissors to those shop-bought drapes in order to make them fit, or to pay large sums of money to have them specially made. Websites, both those of well-known high street stores and Internet only curtain specialists, offer a one-stop-shop to achieving the interior design look of your dreams.

Ready-made curtains can be bought online and shopping around will pay dividends in terms of price. However, the best sites offer you a bespoke service at a fraction of the cost that could be achieved on the high street. They will take you through the process step-by-step, beginning with the function of your curtains, some of which you may not even have considered! Once you have decided whether you want an ‘energy efficient thermal door curtain,’ or bedroom curtains with ‘black-out’ liners, then you can move onto the choice of pleat and hanging, ranging from a ‘double pleat’ to a ‘goblet’, or even the opulence of a ‘triple pleat.’

After choosing your design, fabric selection is the subsequent stage. The limitless capacity of the virtual world means the web-stores can offer a massive choice in comparison to high street competitors. Evidently, this gives you far more design options. To ensure the quality of the material you select opt, for a well-known brand or material producer.

Finally, it only remains for you to input the dimensions you require, again most sites will offer a detailed explanation of where and how to measure up. A quote will be generated, which could well be less than you might pay for a generic, ready-cut set of curtains, and you can await at leisure the arrival of the finishing touches for your room.

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Whether as a result of the recession, or a general trend for the appreciation of the handcrafted, making your own curtains is once again in vogue. This is part of a wider movement that has seen a renaissance in activities previously derided by the young and upwardly mobile, including knitting, baking and sewing. The Women’s Institute, seen as the denizen of well-meaning, but ultimately outmoded grannies, has become, not only fashionable, but also recognised as a haven of expertise and knowledge.

Ever ready to jump-on-the-band-wagon, television has sought to capitalise from this return to the homemade ethic with a plethora of savvy ‘grow your own,’ ‘craft your own,’ programs. But where to start for the uninitiated lacking recourse to a ‘granny of knowledge,’ but wanting to sew their own curtains?

Perhaps, rather bizarrely, the Internet could be the most fruitful starting point. The range of curtain types on offer can seem overwhelming to the inexperienced but most sites will give an explanation of ‘tab tops’ and ‘pencil pleats’ and thus make a good entry point. However, for a more step-by-step sewing guide look out for handy-craft sites with their wealth of DIY remedies.

The primary concern of creating the perfect curtains is the choice of material. Again, a trawl around the Internet can be fruitful. In recent years, the traditional fabric haberdashery has become almost extinct on the high street. Some of the better-known homeware stores still sell material by the metre, but to really appreciate the range on offer the Internet has by far the greatest display.

The only problem lies in the fact that the feel of a fabric is often a key factor in product choice. Inevitably, the Internet cannot do justice to this aspect and falls short of the high street experience. For the dedicated seamstress, the traditional haberdasher will probably be the only place that will suffice but, for those less particular, find yourself a website that is prepared to post free fabric swatches to you. Here you will have reached an ideal compromise, a massive warehouse of fabric to choose from and the tangibility of fabric swatches delivered to your home.

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