Pale blues must be the most popular shade to decorate with after neutrals and – currently – greys. However many people are nervous about decorating with pale blues or using pale blues in a scheme as they are concerned that the room will look too cold and unwelcoming. We have put together four colour schemes […]
Sophia Velvets is our velvet fabric of choice at Prêt à Vivre. Very popular with clients looking to have made to measure velvet curtains, yet it is also ideal for upholstery and soft furnishings. Sophia Velvet is cotton viscose velvet of superb quality with a lovely sheen and a subtle crushed velvet effect. Ideal for as […]
From our recent London Projects, this is a nice example of a pair of made to measure Roman blinds for a client in London NW2. Elegant and timeless, these Roman blinds are interlined and blackout lined in our beautiful Nepal Silk fabric. The colour is flint. Our Nepal Silk fabric is a very high-quality Chinese […]
The challenge: made to measure curtains for bifold doors for a client in Clapham, SW4. The result: Wave headed curtains in Luxor Mid Blue hung on Silent Gliss Wave track on a bifold door. Luxor Mid Blue is a heavyweight mainly linen fabric with a lovely two-tone weave that is not prone to creasing. These […]
Curtains & Blinds Chelsea – more updates from our popular London Projects Series! We recently completed an interior design project to provide bespoke curtains & blinds for this house in Chelsea SW10. In the Kitchen: To complement the spacious, contemporary style kitchen, we used 65 mm Shutter Style Wood Venetian blinds in truffle. In the Living […]
Here at Pret a Vivre we are busying ourselves with last minute Winter Sale preparation. The Winter Sale starts at 9:30 on Thursday 2nd January 2014 and will run to the end of January. Fabrics On Sale We have some fantastic offers on cut length fabrics available online and these can be paid for over the […]
We would like to share these images from one of our recent made to measure curtain projects in London N1 (Islington). For the living room, we used voile curtains in Matira White with an informal wave heading, hung on black wrought iron poles. For the bedroom, we used Whitby Clay (which is a Ticking in […]
Our Poligny line of fabrics is 100% cotton textured fabric in muted soft colours. As well as making striking curtains, this fabric can be used to great effect in roman blinds. Pictured here are bespoke roman blinds in Poligny Parchment with the borders in Poligny Slate. As you can see, these natural tones work extremely […]
Staying with our theme of solutions for curtains ready for Christmas, take a look at this good looking pair of curtains we put together in our Fulham showroom. To give you an idea of what can be put in place in a short space of time without costing the earth, we used two end of […]
If you need curtains or blinds before Christmas, we can help! Option 1 – From as little as £35, create a temporarily dressed window including fabrics and clips! Option 2 – Match up your window measurements to our ready made ex-display curtains & you’re good to go! We all know the feeling. Christmas is fast approaching but you […]
Have you got what is takes to be an Interiors Advisor? Prêt à Vivre Curtains, Blinds and fabrics is looking for experienced sales people to join their dynamic London sales team. The role To manage all aspects of the order process effectively and efficiently for both retail and trade clients from initial enquiry; in person […]
We took these lovely photos after a recent fitting of our made to measure curtains for bay windows in North London. We thought we would share the end result, especially as our client is lucky enough to have two bay windows! Our wrought iron curtain rods can be bent to fit bay windows with up […]
