Cherryellie Designs sells discount made to measure curtains, cushions and throws by the top UK designers Designers Guild, Harlequin, Iliv, Jane Churchill, Romo, Sanderson and Morris. Made to measure curtains with matching throws and cushions are available. Ready made pencil pleat and eyelet curtains are also available with Iliv's 12 matching collections ideal for instant interior design effects. These also include matching wallpaper, throws, cushions, wall art, bedding and rugs. Cherryellie can also add made to measure curtains and blinds in this fabric. Cherryellie Designs also sells lining, heading tapes, tiebacks, trimming, ready made blinds, poles and tracks from a variety of quality manufactures including Swish, Conso and Rufflette. Why not take a look at our site for more information at www.cherryellie.co.uk. Our free advice on measuring for made to measure curtains and blinds should be useful as well as our regularly updated free interior design advice. Measuring for Curtains If you don't already have a track or pole above your window or door measure the full width of the window or door and add on approximately 30-40cm for the extra pole/track width. If you do already have a track or pole up simply measure the width including any side returns when the rail bends back towards the wall. For the length if you currently have no pole or track fitted measure from the top of the window and door to where you want the curtains to fall to and add 12cm above to allow for the fitting of the pole. If you want the curtains to finish just above the floor measure to the floor and deduct 1.5cm. If you want the curtains to finish just above the sill deduct 1.25cm from your full measurement. In general sill length curtains look more informal than floor length curtains. If you would like the curtains to finish below the sill allow at least 20cm from your measurement to the sill. If you already have a track or pole in place and want floor length curtains the easiest way is to measure from the track to the sill and then from the sill to the floor and add the two together. Measuring for Blinds If you are going to be having your blind in the window recess you will need to be very accurate with your measurements and the best way to do this is to use a steel measuring tape and take 3 measurements for the width and length at different levels on the window and use the smallest of the three for your final width and length. You will then need to deduct 5mm from the width of the blind to allow for the fitting. If you are having the blind on the exterior of the window again measure in three places for both the width and the length, but this time use the largest of these three measurements to provide the width and length of your blind.