The Ultimate Blackout Plain Woven Eyelet Curtains - Ecru

These are blackout eyelet curtains sold as a pair, in a soft ecru cream. The fabric is a textured plain weave, woven rather than printed, so the interest is in the surface of the cloth itself rather than any pattern. What makes them worth choosing is the hidden interlining: the curtains are double-faced, with the blackout layer sealed between two faces of fabric, so the light is blocked without a plasticky white backing showing at the window. From inside the room and from the street the curtain reads as the same warm neutral. They come in eight sizes, from 117 x 137cm up to 229 x 229cm, each figure being the width and drop per pair, so you can match a small bedroom window or a wide set of doors.

Ecru is a genuinely easy neutral to live with, sitting comfortably against the sage green walls and pale wood shown here, and equally at home with white, grey or warmer sandy tones. Because they block light fully, these earn their place where darkness matters: a child's bedroom that needs an early night, a nursery for daytime naps, a bedroom where morning light comes too soon, or a spare room doubling as somewhere to watch a film. The eyelet header threads straight onto a pole and hangs in even, relaxed folds, so there is no tape to gather or hooks to thread.

The face is polyester and the lining is polyurethane, the layer that does the light-blocking work. Polyester holds its shape well and does not crease easily, which is part of why the folds fall so cleanly from the eyelets. Choose your size by measuring the pole width and the drop you want from ring to floor or sill, remembering that the width figure is the total across the pair. Set against a plain wall, these give a room a quiet, finished look without competing with anything else in it.

Do these curtains block all the light?

Yes, they are described as 100% blackout, with a hidden interlining between two faces of fabric that stops daylight coming through the cloth itself.

Is the price for one curtain or a pair?

Each size is a pair of curtains, and the width figure is the total across both, so remember to allow for that when you measure your pole.

Which size should I choose for my window?

Measure the width of your pole and the drop you want from the ring down to the floor or sill, then pick the nearest size from 117 x 137cm up to 229 x 229cm.

What does the header look like and how does it hang?

They have an eyelet header that threads directly onto a curtain pole and falls in even, relaxed folds, so there is no separate tape to gather.

Will the back look odd from outside?

No, the curtains are double-faced so the blackout layer is hidden inside, and they read as the same ecru cloth from both the room and the street.