Curtain & Soft Furnishing Manufacturing and Alterations in Sussex, Surrey & Kent
Bespoke curtains, matching soft furnishings, professional track fitting, and expert alterations across Sussex, Surrey and Kent.
Perfectly fitted curtains and luxurious fabrics bring harmony to your home — and peace to your mind.
Tailoring is in our family’s blood—perfected over generations, learned from childhood, and refined in Milan, the heart of Italian fashion. Whether you need curtain resizing, bespoke cushion covers, or upholstery modifications, our expert tailors ensure precision craftsmanship and luxury results.
Why Choose Us?
How We Can Help
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Whether your curtains are too long, too wide, or need precise adjustments, we tailor them for the perfect fit, ensuring balance and elegance.
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Have you moved house or changed your décor? We resize and restyle your existing curtains to fit new window dimensions, preventing the need for costly replacements.
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Refresh your interiors with perfectly tailored cushion covers. We resize, reshape, and replace zips for a professional, seamless look.
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From re-stitching seams to resizing fabric panels, we alter and repair sofa covers, armchair upholstery, and decorative textiles, preserving their original quality.
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Need to shorten, reshape, or modify fabric blinds and drapery? Our tailors provide custom alterations for a flawless, well-fitted finish.
Track Refitting
Great curtains start with correct tracks. Property developers minimise tracks to minimise the curtain fabric and thus cost. Homeowners to upgrade these things to their own standards and taste. We offer you one cost effective solution to upgrade tracks and curtains together.
Optimising Curtain Tracks & Placement
We can move tracks to the ceiling line and extend the width to create a professional, architectural finish. This makes a dramatic difference!
Ceiling-to-Floor: We raise the track to the ceiling line. This draws the eye up, making classrooms feel larger and more airy.
Optimized Stack-Back: We extend tracks by 30-60% of the window width. This ensures curtains pull back completely clear of the glazing, maximizing natural light.
Correct Projection: We fit brackets with a 40mm - 60mm projection. This allows for airflow behind the curtain (preventing mold) and clears protruding window handles.
Optimising Curtain Dimensions
Luxury curtains achieve a premium look through a combination of architectural scale and material density. By manipulating height, width, and depth, they transform a standard window into a focal point that feels intentional rather than utilitarian.
1. Height: The Illusion of Scale
In high-end settings, curtains are typically ceiling-mounted or installed as close to the ceiling as possible.
The Look: By eliminating the visual gap between the top of the window and the ceiling, the curtains draw the eye upward, making the room feel significantly taller than its actual dimensions.
The Finish: Floor-to-ceiling coverage stop between 0 and 1 cm above the floor for a "clean" architectural finish or use "pooling" (adding 5 cm or more) to create a soft, opulent look that hides uneven floors.
2. Width: Volume and Frame Enlargement
Luxury curtains use a high "fullness ratio," meaning the amount of fabric used is 2.5 to 3.0 times the width of the track.
The Look: This ensures the curtains have deep, consistent gathers even when fully closed, rather than appearing as a flat, stretched sheet.
The Illusion: By extending the track significantly past the window frame (stack-back), the curtains "park" entirely on the wall when open. This makes the window appear much wider and ensures 100% of the glass is clear to maximize natural light.
3. Depth: Preventing "Crushing"
Premium installations account for "projection depth"—the space between the wall and the fabric.
The Technical Detail: For modern Wave headings, a minimum fitting depth of 160 mm (16 cm) is required so the "S" folds can hang freely without touching the glass or wall.
The Result: Properly projected curtains have a three-dimensional, sculptural quality. When the depth is too shallow, the folds crush against the window, ruining the uniform rhythm of the fabric and making the installation look amateur.
Bottom Line
Luxury curtains look superior because they behave as part of the architecture. The combination of floor-to-ceiling height and generous width provides superior acoustic dampening by acting as a giant fabric "baffle" that softens echoes. The density of the fabric (especially when interlined) provides a visual "weight" that signals quality, while the seamless integration from wall-to-wall or floor-to-ceiling hides the "messy" hardware and corners of the window frame.
Pricing & Cost Estimates
Bespoke Curtains & Matching Soft Furnishings
We manufacture made-to-measure curtains and matching soft furnishings for your entire home, creating a cohesive, fitted, and beautifully finished look. From curtains to cushions and other soft furnishings, everything is tailored to work perfectly together for a warm, elegant, and homely feel.
For the Best Results
We recommend installing curtain tracks close to the ceiling (or ceiling-mounted) to create height and a more luxurious appearance. Our specialist track fitters can do this for you.
Once installed, you choose your fabrics from swatches, and we manufacture matching curtains and soft furnishings for each room. It’s a simple and rewarding way to transform your home.
Is most cost effective to optimise your tracks/poles at the time of creating your curtains. Then work room by room.
Pricing
For new custom curtains, and/or track refitting. Call or email for a personalised quote.
For existing curtain alterations, see rates below are a ballpark. There are variables like the fabrics, repairs required, and relining. Call for a precise quote:
Curtain hemming from £15 per meter
Cushion covers from £30 (small cushion)
Curtain & Upholstery Alterations Across Brighton, Sussex, Surrey, Kent & London
From our Brighton studio, we work with homeowners and interior designers across Sussex, Surrey, Kent, and London — handling everything from curtain shortening and relining to cushion and upholstery adjustments. Clients often come from Lewes, Worthing, Tunbridge Wells, Guildford, and Central London for our reliable workmanship and precise finishing.
If you’re not nearby, our door-to-door postal service makes the process simple. Just send your curtains or soft furnishings with a brief note explaining what you’d like done, and we’ll return them neatly pressed, beautifully finished, and ready to hang or use.
Quick Answers
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Yes! We handle heavy drapes, blackout curtains, delicate silks, and high-end upholstery fabrics, ensuring expert adjustments that maintain quality.
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Absolutely! Whether you've moved house or repurposed old curtains, we adjust them to fit new window sizes while keeping their original elegance.
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Yes, we tailor curtains to your exact specifications, ensuring perfect proportions, even pleating, and a refined look.
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Yes! If you have fabric covers for sofas, chairs, or cushions that need resizing to fit new furniture, we tailor them for a perfect fit.
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Most alterations take 7-10 days, depending on complexity. Express services are available for urgent requests.
Talk to Us for a Precise Quote
Tailoring, Embroidery & Upholstery to Bring Harmony to Your Home
How to Work With Us
Tailored Alterations & Upholstery Guide
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The first step is to contact us to discuss your project. For curtains, please provide the accurate window dimensions and the desired final length and width of the curtains. For upholstery, please send us photos of the item. Book a consultation here
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You can either provide your own fabric for the project or consult with us to source the perfect material. Once selected, you can deliver the fabric and the item to our Brighton studio.
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Our master tailors will meticulously cut, stitch, and finish your fabrics, applying generations of Italian craftsmanship to ensure a perfect, high-end result that meets your exact specifications.
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Once your alterations are complete, we will notify you. You can then collect your beautifully transformed curtains, cushions, or upholstered items from our studio, ready to elevate your home.
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