Children's Bedroom and Nursery Curtains.

How to Measure for Nursery Curtains

We appreciate buying your nursery curtains online and having to specify your own measurements is quite a daunting feeling, however we have put together this simple guide on how to get the right measurements for your curtains. In its simplest form there are just two steps, measuring the width and the length. Each measurement requires some additional aspects to consider so please bear in mind whether you are going for the pencil pleat or eyelet option as you’ll need to measure slightly differently for each style.

Measure Curtain Width

Since both our styles of curtain (eyelet or pencil pleat) both make use of a curtain pole, measuring the width required for each curtain is very simple. You just need to measure from each end of the pole, please note this is not including any ornamental ends – or ‘finials’ as they’re professionally known!

It’s also worth noting at this point that although you’re measuring the entire width, this is the measurement for one individual curtain. However to make it as easy as possible for you on the site you don’t need to overly worry about as we have factored this into each product page so you only need to type in these measurements once and the price shown will automatically be for a pair of curtains in your size.

Choose Drop Length

Before measuring the curtain length, you need to decide on which style you want to go for, there are three options here : above sill, below sill, floor length.

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a. Above Sill

The above sill style give a little light beneath the curtain and looks most appealing when it measures exactly 1cm above the windowsill.

b. Below Sill

The below sill is the most common length of curtain and should be around 15cm below the bottom edge of the windowsill.

c. Floor Length

This is quite ‘elegant’ in style since a floor length curtain carries a true regal feel and should measure exactly 1cm off the floor.

Choose Heading Type

Once you have chosen which length you prefer, you then need to choose whether you want to have an eyelet or pencil pleat style curtain. Each is measured slightly differently so you must ensure to make a decision before measuring.