At this time of the year, many people are experiencing issues with excessive sunlight in various rooms in the home. Last week we talked about blackout blinds for sunny bedrooms to alleviate problems with waking up too early. In most cases this solution is more than sufficient. However, there are situations where a regular blackout […]
Having a bedroom that gets the morning sun can be a little annoying for sensitive sleepers at this time of the year as the dawn breaks ever earlier. We get lots of enquiries from light sleepers and from parents with young children. Very early morning sun streaming in through windows can keep the kids awake […]
We have recently added as many as 17 exciting new fabrics to our fabric range. Many of these are already available to view in our 4 London showrooms, where you can see them actually made up as curtains or blinds. Over the coming weeks, we look forward to showcasing our new fabrics on the website. […]
We cover an increasing number of curtains and blinds projects for customers in North West London, particularly around NW10 and NW6 – the Kilburn, Kensal Green and Queens Park areas. One very common question that comes up is what type of blinds should be used in specific situations. Windows are generally a focal point in […]
Did you know that from our curtains and blinds showroom at number 20, All Saints Road in London W11, we cover most West London postcodes? The West London and North West London postcodes we cover include: NW6 – Kilburn and Queen’s Park, NW10 – Willesden, W2 – Hyde Park, Bayswater, Paddington, W6 Hammersmith, W9 Maida […]
This recent project involved dressing two sets of French windows in the living / dining room of a London SW13 home. The French windows open out into the garden and terrace and would therefore need to remain freely accessible. Our brief was as follows: our client wanted to integrate the two wall-hanging radiators which are […]
North, South, East or West, we have London covered with four London curtains and blinds show rooms. We like to make the process of Window Treatments as easy as possible for our customers. With an emphasis on personal service, we take care of the entire process from the initial design to final fitting of the […]
Even though kitchen windows can be a challenge, getting the right blinds especially when you have a kitchen window over the sink, can make all the difference. In this case, a Roman blind with twin inset borders positively lifts the entire kitchen space. Let’s take you through the design detail behind our thinking! As you […]
Lower ground floor flats or basement rooms in London can greatly benefit from careful consideration when choosing window treatments. London basements can be quite large rooms with very often a big bay window at the front (street side) and French windows or bi-fold doors at the back (garden side). This large London basement in Notting […]
We get a lot of queries from our customers on choosing curtains for two windows close together or side by side on the same wall. It is not always obvious how to dress two windows in the same room. The task becomes even more challenging when one of the windows is a bay window and […]
At Prêt à Vivre, we are happy to share our interior design ideas and to help you transform your windows and your home with bespoke curtains and blinds that are made to measure your windows. And all this without costing the earth. To make it as easy as possible for our clients, we carry the […]
We thought we should share these lovely pics of a recent curtains and blinds project we did for customers in W14. For the open plan living area with the large floor to ceiling windows, we used Layla. Layla is a textured stable voile fabric with a linen look. The shade is Layla White. In this […]
