looking for draperies/curtains

rauginta_kojine · Post by **rauginta_kojine** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:22 pm

Hey everybody,

I am trying to find a specialized curtains/draperies shop in Helsinki.
We have tried those Anttila, Hemtex, Tarjoustalo, Kodin Yksikko, but we are not satisfied with their supplements.
We want to try some specialized shops, they might offer us more.

The case is, we dont want any luxurious curtains shops.. I mean, we wouldn't like to spend 60eur for one set of curtains.

If you have any ideas from yo experience, please share.

Thanks.

rauginta_kojine

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EP · Post by EP » Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:35 pm

Have you checked IKEA?

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:02 pm

A specialised shop will cost you much more than 60€ for a pair of curtains.

Or buy the fabric from Eurokangas and then find someone who will run up the edges for you. For example a small place that does mending.

But I agree with EP... Ikea is the best value for money and you can put up the hems with tape and an iron, no need to sew.

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:44 am

rauginta_kojine wrote:I mean, we wouldn't like to spend 60eur for one set of curtains.

If you do not have the money, do not act above your status.

rauginta_kojine · Post by **rauginta_kojine** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:02 am

Hank W. wrote:
rauginta_kojine wrote:I mean, we wouldn't like to spend 60eur for one set of curtains.
If you do not have the money, do not act above your status.

oh my... if you don't like this, why do you read?

by the way, thanks penelope. Do you know more shops that sell fabrics? Because I saw them only in Kodin Yksikko, as far as I didn't visit so many shops yet.

And yes, we should go again to IKEA. We were there 3weeks ago, but we had in mind another things so in that time we didn't think to check curtain prices.

thank you everybody

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:12 am

Eurokangas is the best place for fabric. There are several in Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa. I think I remember seeing one in Itäkeskus and there are a couple in the city centre. They also offer sewing services.... I'm pretty sure the city centre stores would have a few people who speak English!

http://www.eurokangas.fi/index.php?page=6 (click on the drop down box for a list of outlets)

Stockmann also sells fabric. Ikea sells fabric and ready-made curtains with iron-up hems.

chickensexer · Post by **chickensexer** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:04 am

Yep, there is an Eurokangas in Itäkeskus, they do sewing and their people speak English. But the price... Mutliply Rauginta's original price-ceiling by 10 and you'll get it about right..

peteh · Post by **peteh** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:04 am

Ikea do ready to hang basic curtains between 5-30 euros a pair.

rauginta_kojine · Post by **rauginta_kojine** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:11 am

Thanks penelope! I will check it out. About sewing - fortunately we don't need it. Somehow in our new apartment we have found a sewing machine and we absolutely know how to use it

Thanks peteh for your hint. We will check it too.

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:48 pm

The thing with curtains - if you want them to just look something towards the room or actually help in the summer to dim the light. You can put up bedsheet-quality cloth that'll fray in the sun and keep nothing out, or then you can have heavy cloth that does cost a fortune, but it both keeps the light as well as its quality. So if you buy crud you have to buy it more often. So cheap isn't always cheap, but they do know to ask prices even for crud. I'm not that pretentious I'd have had but a black waste sack as a curtain to keep the light out. Currently I have actually what are bedcovers in the bedroom windows. The material is tight-weaved and doubled up they are quite impervious to light. Couldn't get the same effect other than either paying myself silly or with the black sacks, so thinking outside the box a bit. If the function is just to be more of a feng shui item, then of course there is not so much point in getting thick materials.

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:13 pm

Yes, I used those ubiquitous Ikea "Indira"bed covers to make curtains for one of the boys' bedrooms. They didn't even need hemming or seaming because the edges are all finished. They were quite thick and dark blue so took out enough light (his room is north facing anyway) and I didn't need to use lead weights in the hems. They hung really well (I used them sideways because it was a wide window but not a very tall one). I think Ikea has reduced the quality of these bedcovers in recent months. Last time I looked they didn't feel as thick and heavy as they used to but they look exactly the same.
http://www.ikea.com/fi/fi/catalog/products/90020701

I have now put blackout roller blinds in his room (they are actually white-ish not black) and they do a better job of keeping out the light and don't get so dirty. No curtains anywhere else in the house though, except one over the front door to stop the dog from scratching the woodwork.

If you want to look at Ikea curtains they are all on here:

http://www.ikea.com/fi/fi/catalog/categ ... oom/10700/

jwoods · Post by **jwoods** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:36 pm

Here some tips for making totally silent drape runners:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ADyHB29AuFY

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