Curtains puddling or skimming the floor?

Linsco56 I am not in the least surprised you got rid of the extra length. An interior designers fetish. All it does is to sell more fabric.

Kathyd I am quite sure you are not the only one with pins or tacking thread in their curtains.
Mind you my mum would have been horrified they were not finished off properly. She was very particular about the curtains she made.

Kathyd I'm ashamed to say I can beat you .... 15 yrs!!! But as the pi s kept falling out I hit on the idea of stapling them! Brilliant!!!!

stansgran that really tickled me. Been there done that got the dry clean only T shirt that no longer fits !

I've just washed my dry clean bedroom curtains . They no longer puddle elegantly they skim .

We have a TV room in our house. It sounds posh but it isn't. It's part of an extension built by the previous owner and is at the side of the kitchen. I'm in there now. It's the room where the dogs have their beds and there is a side door to the garden with a door curtain.

For some reason the Chihuahua always cocks his leg up on this curtain. I got so fed up I took it up so its four inches from the floor and his leg won't reach now. It works fine. the curtain does it's job and he now has to get up and go outside

I think when curtains trail on the floor they look a mess and can cause accidents.

Jaxie I did that for curtains across my inner hall door. The wool material I wanted, by Moon, was ridiculously expensive so I bought 3 wool rugs, chopped one in half and sewed each half to the top of the other 2 and flapped the fringe over the join and sewed the heading behind it. They have been much admired and saved me about £600

SiL lengthened hers by 3ins attaching heavy upholstery fringe in a contrasting colour. It actually looked nice and gave the curtains additional weight which made them hang nicely.

Synonymous: One way to lengthen your curtains is to stitch a piece of fabric to the top, then cover that with a contrasting, possibly trimmed at the edge "flap" to cover the joined on piece. I hope I've explained it clearly enough.

Never heard of puddled or skimming with regard to curtains ( obviously I need to watch more interior design programmes.) I like long curtains but not on the floor, a whisker above if possible.

I have been following this thread with interest. Some years ago I measured our 9ft wide windows incorrectly! I assured DH that the drop was correct when we ordered the custom made curtains, at great cost. Well, I was wrong by 6 inches. So we lived with puddled curtains. ( deliberate, of course!)

Now we have moved, the ceilings and curtain poles are higher, so the curtains skim. So much better!

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Oh, Bee-arse-den. I heard a radio DJ announce a request for somone who lived there.

Marmight...No, Bearsden where mortgage payments are so crippling we cant afford coal!

Linsco that wouldn't be Morningside would it? (Where coal comes in sex)

I've just read the OP as "Christmas Pudding" or Skirting and I've only had two sips of wine!

Thank you for that link cc that looks a distinct possibility especially as I have a pole which would fit.

A friend suggested I put in a contrasting fabric in a chevron either across the middle or towards the bottom. I think that could be fraught with difficulties so I don't feel too confident of a reasonable looking result.

Definitely skim. I think that they look nicer, they "open and close" more easily, and most importantly, that they're so much safer!

Marmight affie posh, as we say in these parts. The last person I heard saying that was my Gran when we moved to a certain area.

I think puddled ones look messy and untidy as well as collecting dust and hairs.

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....I only have rooms with curtains, as all the other windows have shutters. The other curtains which are enormously wide and 10' deep, just touch the floor, so I am not a complete slut

I have puddled curtains in one of the bedrooms. They are a sheer material, 10' drop and, yes, I couldn't be bothered to turn them up. They look rather good, slightly louche, and when I am vacuuming I just sweep them up over my shoulder. I haven't lost them up the Hoover yet. I have a neighbour with very grand heavy silk curtains which sort of puddle; they are draped over a pillow on each side to make them 'bouffant' - affie posh, as we say in these parts

I had never before considered puddled curtains until we stayed in a chateaux in Boulogne last year and the puddled curtains suited that type of property and that got me to thinking, as we had hardwood flooring they would probably look good in my bedroom. Have to agree with most of you, they are dust collectors and an accident waiting to happen. Happier now that I've shortened them and they definitely hang better.

Skim,skim, skim. Imagine lifting all that extra weight when hoovering. Bad enough holding skimmers out of the path of the hoover. Don't understand this fashion myself.

Think puddled ones look good if in a "grand" setting - large bay windows and hardwood floors. In an average-sized lounge with carpeting they are just a nuisance!!

I prefer skimming curtains. Puddled curtains are for those with mansions and VAST rooms, or very au fait with the fashion... Having said that I hate making curtains and hemming them
Probably skimmed curtains are more hygienic?