Description
These are pencil pleat curtains in a plain, matt velvet, and they arrive as a pair. The face is a soft-piled polyester velvet backed with a blackout layer, so the fabric is doing two jobs at once: giving you the warmth and light-absorbing texture of velvet while blocking daylight through the panel. The colour is a muted mocha, a soft greyish brown that reads as a warm neutral rather than a strong colour. They come in eight sizes, from 117 x 137cm up to 229 x 229cm, so you can match a narrow bedroom window or a wide living room span from the same range.
Blackout curtains earn their place in a bedroom, a nursery or a room with a television, where cutting daylight makes the room darker and quieter to be in. The matt velvet face keeps them from looking shiny under a lamp, so they suit a calm, contemporary room as easily as a traditional one. The mocha tone sits comfortably against cream and off-white walls and warms up alongside timber furniture and rust or chocolate accents, as the styling shots show. Buy a pair per window, and measure your track width against the curtain width so the gathered fabric has enough to fold.
The pencil pleat header pulls up onto standard curtain hooks and works with a track or a pole, which makes hanging straightforward. Being polyester through the face and lining, they are hard-wearing and hold their drape well. Because the panels carry a bonded blackout backing, check the care label before washing, as bonded linings do not always behave like plain cloth. Pencil pleat is one of the most forgiving headers to hang, so if this is your first time dressing a window these are a sensible choice.
Specification
| Material |
100% polyester face with polyurethane blackout backing |
| Design |
Plain matt velvet, mocha |
| Construction |
Pencil pleat header, lined, blackout, sold as a pair |
| Size |
117 x 137cm to 229 x 229cm (per pair) |
| Sold as |
Pair of curtains |
Frequently Asked
Is this price for one curtain or a pair?
Each order is a pair of curtains, so you get two panels to dress a single window with one purchase.
Do these block out daylight?
Yes, they carry a bonded blackout backing that blocks light through the fabric, which makes a room darker for sleeping or watching television.
Which size do I need for my window?
Measure your track or pole width and your desired drop, then pick from the eight sizes running 117 x 137cm up to 229 x 229cm.
Will a pencil pleat header fit my track or pole?
Pencil pleat gathers onto standard curtain hooks and works with either a track or a pole, so it suits most fittings.
Is the velvet shiny or matt?
It is a soft matt velvet, so it adds warmth and texture without the sheen you get from a glossy pile under lamplight.