Why Do I recommend Pinch pleat curtains as one of the best
window treatment styles

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There are a few reasons that I recommend pinch pleat curtains as one of my favorite window treatment styles. Before I go into why I like them so much I think I should clarify what I mean by pinch pleat curtain headings.

These are drapery window treatments that have a stiffener (called buckram as the picture left) that is sewn in to the top of the curtain panel. Then it has either two or three pleats folded into the top of the curtain.

Then sewn together with usually a five inch space before the next curtain pleat is formed and sewn into place again. This is repeated right the way across the curtain panel.

This creates a beautiful decorative effect on the top of the pinch pleat curtains. However a very important point to mention is that this style of window treatment is not adjustable. They are made to fit your windows exactly. So you can't move them onto wider windows in the future. Also because they are custom made curtains they are obviously more expensive than ready made draperies, some times a lot more.

Why don't you find out how much it would cost to get some custom made pinch pleat drapes for your window.

So buying this kind of window treatment is not something you would do on a whim. It's more like buying a piece of major furniture for the room such as a dining room suite or a good bed.

How to hang curtains ?

When it comes to pinch pleated curtains you will need what are called pin hooks to hang them with. These are zinc metal curtain hooks that pierce the fabric and the buckram at the top of the back of the curtain panel.

You have to push a hook in right next to each pleat being careful not to push the pin of the hook right through to the front of your pinch pleat drapes. In most cases when fitted the top of the pin hook should be about a 1/4 inch down from the top of the curtain. Then when you hang your curtains from the curtaion rings they then hang from under the rod as in the pictures above.

This is the right way for this style of curtain to hang. Don't put the pin hook lower in the curtain heading otherwise the curtain will hang in front of the rod. This just makes the curtains look scruffy also they won't open and close smoothly as the pleats won't stack back properly.

Below is a picture of these pinch pleated draperies I hung from a brass curtain rod. Below this window treatment picture are the reasons I like these kind of window treatment styles:

Full size window treatment picture

1. The special pleated curtain heading on these curtains means that the curtains look great. They are also easy to manage as they require little dressing to look good.

2. The pleats sewn into the curtain heading cause the curtain fabric below each one to fall naturally into pleats following the heading.

3. Also when you open and close them they automatically fall into their pleats. So they are easy to use on a daily basis with out having to sort them out.

4. Also There is no gathering of the curtain header so it saves time and messing around trying to get pencil pleat heading looking neat and evenly spaced.

5. Then they are so quick and easy to hang as you don't have as many hooks as with the regular heading.

6. Also the curtains start to fall almost immediately into their pleats. Just a little dressing and they look like they belong in a show home.

Find out how much it would cost to get some custom made pinch pleat drapes to fit your windows exactly.

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