Curtain hanging problem

How about a pelmet along the top of the curtain, to cover the gap?

sponix

If it is "l" shaped, what corner?

I presume with a pole you need to use rings hence the gap. Could ou not utilise some form of quality timber and fix a normal rail to it and use hooks and depending on which part of the header tape you use the gap would be hidden . Stuart

Or a very wide header or stiffener tape on the top of the curtain? Douglas de Lacey

Here is the a piccy of the problem

That vertical part at the top...the bit that juts out..... can you not put a rail on that or is it too shallow.?? Or can you not fit curtain rail brackets to the underside of that same part ( screws going upwards) so they just project slightly and the rail will be almost flush with it's face and using appropriate header tape and with the hooks fitted to the lower part of the tape that should do away with any gap......whats that part made of .??

Stuart

My suggestion would be to get the bendy curtain poles to fit in the bay window then use some very trendy eyelet curtains - see

Emma

That type remind of when I was at sea. Ok for kitchen I suppose.

-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Can we have a close up of that vertical bit?

You need a curtain rail not a pole. Attach to celing with spacers. Make the above-the-rail bit of the curtain fit the gap exactly, or to within

NT

Not these days, no.

I think he needs a ceiling mounted "track" rather than a rail or a pole. The kind of thing used in offices for nets.

You have got a problem there - this IMO is the sort of thing for which architects should be shot. Various sensible suggestions elsewhere in the thread, my only contributions are a) make sure you mount the rail or pole far enough out from the window that the curtain doesn't snag on the cill, b) make the curtains very long and full, lots of cheap fabric looks much better than not enough expensive material, c) you could consider coming back on the other wall an equal amount so that you wind up with a "U" shape which has mirror image symmetry and is therefore aesthetically more desirable. Make sure the curtains are lined and interlined if you do this so that light coming through from the screened window doesn't ruin the effect.

Pen

Software writers also get blamed by users that dont know how to use the software.

Mounting a strip of wood on the ceiling, eg 1.5x1.5 allows mounting of the track, and also acts as a light block for the little space above the curtains. I dont know what I was thinking when I said 1-2mm, a good

IME some curtains only look good lined (eg dark velvets), and some look much better unlined with the light shining through (eg patterned white).

NT

Well i screwed a track into the wood that goes across the window.

Though not perfect it was probably all i was capable of. It scrapes the ceiling slightly but we'll have to live with that.

Bought this house a couple of months ago, thought it was a bit of a bargain TBH. Turns out it's "The Money Pit" :(

Thanks everyone for your input. TBH i would have attempted to bodge a pole up there, never thought about track. ;P