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Is there a real reason they're expensive, or is it like weddings where otherwise simple things get massively marked up just because ?

My wife enquired at a local curtain shop about a pair of curtains for the main bedroom here. It's not an unusually big window or anything, about 6' wide by 4' high.

£967.20

Whaaaat ?

You're paying for the 'handmade' service, I bought a large pair of curtains off Amazon for £20 and they are perfectly good at keeping light out and looking as presentable as rucked up material can.

Thankfully we found someone who can get branded fabric dirt cheap and makes them herself. I think we pad £250 for a set for the lad's bedroom and a huge set for our bay.

If you can find someone local that makes them that's the best route - this is where our material came from clicky. They manufacture for John Lewis, Scion and various other big names

I paid about £300 for the same size (Blackout) from a local Supplier.

£900 odd seems way too expensive...

We got curtains from Yorkshire Linen online last year. Perfectly serviceable and a tenth of that price for a similar size window. They now look a bit second-hand after being climbed by three kittens fairly extensively, so I'm glad we didn't pay more.

Thank goodness for for blinds, otherwise it'd be curtains for all of us.

Beef?

Did you go shopping in the Aston ?

Hi back in the Compact and they'll be £250

NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 5:13 pm Thank goodness for for blinds, otherwise it'd be curtains for all of us.

Someone had to Dave. Good man.

Our bay window ones, heavy fabric and blackout, bendable runners and installation was £1300.

Perfectly fitted curtains is a real joy.

I think we spent about £2200 for the living room curtains and roller blinds with covers for the playroom.

I also got excited about our robot vacuum which has changed my life

Dave!

Ps, it also appears I’ve grown a vagina at the same time.

mik wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 6:46 pm

NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 5:13 pm Thank goodness for for blinds, otherwise it'd be curtains for all of us.

Someone had to Dave. Good man.

Shutters?

scotta wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 7:27 pm

mik wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 6:46 pm

NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 5:13 pm Thank goodness for for blinds, otherwise it'd be curtains for all of us.

Someone had to Dave. Good man.

Shutters?

Louvre.

I don’t like curtains.

Rich B wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:25 pm I don’t like curtains.

You prefer curtain poles?

NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:10 pm

scotta wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 7:27 pm

mik wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 6:46 pm

Someone had to Dave. Good man.

Shutters?

Louvre.

Mona Lisa?

NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:33 pm

Rich B wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:25 pm I don’t like curtains.

You prefer curtain poles?

NO! Brexit means Brexit, no foreigners!

Zonda_ wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:43 pm

NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:33 pm

Rich B wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:25 pm I don’t like curtains.

You prefer curtain poles?

NO! Brexit means Brexit, no foreigners!

Ha, I hadn’t even thought of the Pole angle That’s also a penis euphemism.

Zonda_ wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:43 pm

NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:33 pm

Rich B wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:25 pm I don’t like curtains.

You prefer curtain poles?

NO! Brexit means Brexit, no foreigners!

Especially the bigger that had my wallet

Simon wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 5:15 pmBeef?

Good lad. First thing that popped in my head when I saw this topic.

McSwede wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:46 pm

Zonda_ wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:43 pm

NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:33 pm

You prefer curtain poles?

NO! Brexit means Brexit, no foreigners!

Especially the bigger that had my wallet

Was it the smaller that took the coat?