Friday, December 12, 2008

Top quality curtains and fabrics at the curtain factory outlet.

There are still people who are unaware that we are one of the largest curtain & fabrics retailers in London. For those who don't know, Curtain Factory Outlet is not only an online curtain store. We have a number large warehouses packed with top quality curtains and fabrics, for you to visit.

Since we buy in bulk, our prices are very competitive. Here are a few examples:

Upholstery Fabrics cost no more than £6.99/sqm.

Super A Sta
Save as Draft
inless Hessian - 137 / 140cm width - £1.99/sqm.

Neutral shades £1.99/sqm. Colours £2.99/sqm.

Special clearance plain and corresponding patterned designer Silk Velvets whilst our stocks last only: reduced from £19.99 to just £6.99 per metre.

Visit us now. We are located 10 minutes from M25 Junction 23 and we have free customer car park. Our full postal address is:

Curtain Factory Outlet
269 Ballards Lane
North Finchley
London
N12 8NR

BUSES
Bus routes; 82, 125, 221 & 460.


UNDERGROUND
Come out of West Finchley Tube Station, turn right, take the second turning on the right and walk to the top of the road. Turn left on to Ballards Lane and we are situated next to Waitrose supermarket.
WE ARE OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK
Mon-Sat: 9am-6pm
Sun: 10am-4pm

Friday, January 18, 2008

Roller Blinds


Roller BlindsIf you are in a hurry to install blinds in your home but are not able to because your budget just doesn’t reach the cost, then Roller Blinds are probably the best alternative available to you. Roller Blinds, unlike their contemporaries provide a chic opulence to your home or office, without digging a deep hole in your pocket.

Roller Blinds are versatile and high on stylistic value. They are a relatively inexpensive method of safeguarding your home from unwanted sunlight, which could reduce the life of the furniture, giving it a faded and a jaded look. Roller Blinds come in an array of colours and designs which could add an extra oomph to your home or office decor. Roller Blinds are considered beautiful decor by many, particularly for those windows which do not have enough space to hang curtains. They are ideal for the kitchen because cloth curtains are not considered safe near the stove, due to the possibility of them catching fire.

Installation: Roller Blinds can be easily installed, which on the positive side saves money compared to other options. Roller blinds can be easily fixed inside the window recess and if the space is insufficient they can be fixed outside the window recess. You don’t need the help of a carpenter to fix them, ordinary household tools such as a screwdriver, scissors, a driller and a pencil is all that you need. Once installed properly, they can be used in multitude of ways, they can be easily rolled the way you like. You can allow a little light to pass through them, giving a submissive light effect to your room, you can let in no light at all, and everything between that and full light.

Cleaning: If you thought, that cleaning the Roller Blinds is a big task, you would be delighted to know that, a simple swipe over them with a damp cloth can easily clean them and make them look like new. Roller Blinds usually do not carry huge chunks of dust as they are flattened and raised everyday, but if you have gone out for some days and find after returning that the lots of dust has gathered on them then a damp cloth could quickly do the job. Or just roll over the vacuum cleaner over them and the dust will be sucked leaving the roller blinds spotless. If you have put the Roller Blinds in your kitchen then they might get a layer of hard grease over them, then a vacuum cleaner won’t be able to help. In such cases, you can use steam to get rid of the grease and then you can wipe the blinds with damp cloth or sponge.

Roller blinds have found favour for their suitability to contemporary households and look to stay that way, since they provide a range of quality services without asking for a colossal expenditure.

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Net Curtain


Net CurtainCurtains provide a graceful look to any room, keeping the envious and curious looks of neighbors away, thus providing a sense of privacy, yet allowing fresh oxygen to breath in the room. Although with it, the curtains also obstruct natural light, which causes a big problem. Here, Net Curtains prove functional yet stylish and thus have become quite popular.

Net curtain are a feasible choice among other alternatives, since it provides a very neat look to your home and prevents the bright sunlight from damaging your valuable furniture by fading it. Available in wide a selection, net curtains could be coordinated with the décor of the room, providing a stylish look. Net curtains can be bought readymade or can be made-to-measure to avoid fitting problems.

Net curtain with an open weave pattern are usually made up with fabric. The fabrics commonly used for making Net Curtains are Voile, Cotton, Nylon, Polyester and Muslin. Net curtains made up of voile are considered chic these days but nylon is cheaper. Net curtains can either have plain patterns or even motifs, or can be decorated imaginatively, to make more sophisticated patterns, which is quite possible with the current innovations in the field.

Net curtains are very delicate, it is advised that they should not be machine washed, instead, hand wash with a gentle detergent. Net curtains are usually hung along with the heavier curtains as the under-covers and are not rolled, removed or draped like the heavier one on the top. Due to continuous hanging, they tend to get dirty very quickly. Since they are most commonly bought in white, cream or light colours, special detergents and whitener are needed and are very much available in market to disallow any discolouring, keeping their original colour safe for a longer period of time. They should be washed at regular intervals to keep them in their original colour.

Net curtains are available on the market in all shapes and sizes, people can just drop into a shop and buy them, then hang them on their windows as if custom designed. Although people prefer to buy them in white or off-whites, they are also available in variety of colours .What has truly made the net curtains so very common in modern households is their feasibility and economy. They are available in a wide array and if properly taken care of, can last for a long time.

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Monday, January 14, 2008

Upholstery Fabrics


Upholstery FabricsGood interior designers rely on the richness of upholstery fabrics to enhance their furniture and get the best for their clients. Unlike fashion fabrics, upholstery fabrics can be easily replicated, but for a customer or a designer, the choice of the fabric is critical. There are a huge variety of upholstery fabrics to choose from, as on the internet you can order from anywhere in the world. You should chose fabrics that will compliment the wall colour and size of the room, upholstering furniture makes it more appealing. Plain furniture, when covered with a fine, quality fabric and decorated with cushions adds to the overall look of the room in which it is kept. And of course, cushioning provides comfort when sitting for longer periods.
You must look at a fabrics appearance and level of durability when considering it for covering furniture. Since different rooms require different types of upholstery, it is better to get professional advice before making any purchases. A child’s room will need to have softer furnishings and materials designed to prevent injury. In other rooms, which provide the first impression of a house (like the living room), high quality upholstery should be used. Making your fabric selections is the hard part, once you are aware of the fabric that you need, buying the actual fabric is easy by comparison.
The global market has a vast range of upholstery fabrics available in various different colours, designs and textures, including printed or dyed. The most common fabrics used for covering the furniture are Faux Suede, Velvet, Richloom, Cotton Prints, Carbon Fiber, Tapestry and Oxygen Polka Dots. Silk and cotton are increasingly popular, leather was once the standard, but trends have diversified.

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Designer Fabrics


Curtain Factory Outlet - Designer Fabrics
Expensive ‘glad rags’ continue to storm the fashion capitals of the world, every high end designer looks at creating magic with their clothes season after season. Some designer fabrics will eternally remain part and parcel of the glamour world. The rich silhouettes of Indian and Chinese silk, gossamer tulles, satin, crepe de chine and now even soft cotton are firmly established on this list, natural fabrics have an innate class that lends to any creation. There is something dreamy, sheer, and haute about these designer fabrics that are chosen time and again by designers all over the world to make their style statements.

Of late, cashmere has also become very popular in fashion circles, soft and elegant in feel and wear, it has an ever lasting quality. Some designers have even chosen to use cashmere as their signature line. Asian fabric producing giants like India and China have extremely competitive wholesale markets and provide good rates the world over for designer fabrics. Although both these countries produce designer fabrics, the quality differs. With some retailers and designers prefer one fabric type to the other,
good designers buy a large variety of unusual fabrics to create exclusive designs, some have tie-ups with regular textile providers as well. Sometimes it becomes very difficult to replicate a design, this happens largely because the designer fabrics stocks are limited and often expensive. This sometimes leads to smaller traders trying to copy the design in cheaper fabric and putting them up in the wholesale market at a lower cost. Most fabrics are available in many places, budding designers bank on some reliable vendors to give them exclusive stocks. With the fashion industry becoming larger, the numbers of suppliers has also increased worldwide, there is now more variety in fabric designs than ever. Even if the general public cannot afford the shelf prices of the top designers, they can bank on good fakes.


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