Our new flat has plain curtain tracks that look rather unfinished from the side, and light leaks over the top in the mornings. A friend suggested pelmets, but I associate them with old-fashioned frilly things. Do they actually make a modern window look better?
What I’d want is a slim box pelmet, either painted the wall colour or wrapped in the same fabric as the curtains, set close to the ceiling. Does that look elegant, or just boxy? I’ve also heard it can hide a motor, since we’re thinking of motorising the living-room curtains later. The depth worries me. Too shallow and the curtain heading catches, too deep and it looks heavy, and I don’t know how to judge it.
Our ceilings are false in most rooms, so I’d like someone to check the fixings before anything goes up. I’d probably put a flat blind beneath for glare, cordless because we have a young child.
I asked at a drapery store in Gurgaon and they said the provider should measure the track depth and stack-back before specifying a pelmet. Kingdom of Curtains provides free design consultancy across India, and free doorstep presentation, measurement, consultation and installation across Delhi NCR, so I may ask them to look. Has anyone added pelmets in a modern flat? Do you like the result?
