Formal or casual? The interior style of your home will help to guide your decision. A traditional home with high ceilings and period features may suit heavy velvet drapery puddled on the floor, while a more contemporary modern home might suit a minimal style that is less fussy. The curtain header you select (of which there are a range of options) will also achieve a certain look. Take your time to review the different header options and ensure you select a header which suits your desired aesthetic. Generally, by maintaining the header style throughout each space you will achieve a cohesive look.

An S Fold or Wave curtain heading provides a simplistic look which is suited to most solid, patterned and sheer fabrics. Through the use of a structured buckram tape, adhered to the back of the header, the material is evenly distributed in a symmetrical Wave formation. The use of wide width fabrics is a great way to achieve a continuous line across a window with no joins or seams, leading to production efficiencies and minimal stitching.
A simple curtain heading with slight fullness that achieves a refined, contemporary look. This style is ideal for solid and sheer designs, or patterned fabrics as there are no pleats to disrupt the pattern repeat. A flat pleat is also a perfect header option for sheers behind a lined curtain on a double track as it sits neatly underneath with little stack-back. Given the casual look of this header style it works perfectly with high quality linens for relaxed elegance.
A pinch pleat offers a classic look. Pleats are achieved through folded creases in the stiff buckram tape, hooks are then inserted allowing the curtain to be hung on a track or rod. There are three varieties of pinch pleat headers characterised by the number of folds/creases at the top (single, double, or triple) as well as the fullness, stack-back, and overall look.
Represented by its small pencil sized pleats, the pencil pleat is a gathered header allowing you to gather the fabric to your desired fullness. The fullness is dependent on the amount you gather with the pull cords and due to the fullness that can be achieved it’s advised to avoid heavy or bulky fabrics as these can disrupt the even distribution of the gathering.
The box pleat is a classic curtain heading style that creates a tailored, elegant look. Deeply inverted pleats run across the top of the drape to create a flat heading style that is designed to sit neatly under a curtain rod or on a track. Creating uniformed folds, a box pleat is suited to most fabrics however thought must be taken when using highly patterned designs, especially geometrics, as the pleating can disrupt the pattern match. A great heading style when using a standard width fabric as joins can be hidden into the fold of the pleat therefore minimising the appearance of unsightly seams.

″Curtains have the ability to transform a room. They soften the hard architectural edges of a space, provide warmth, privacy and light filtration for ultimate comfort and aesthetics. It’s an age old saying that a window unfurnished is a window unfinished.

James Dunlop Fabrics Curtains Available at MG Curtains and Blinds

Colour Field

Colour Field is an expressive, energic print which explores Abstract Expressionist’s experimental layers of colour and captures some of the influential painting techniques that defined the movement.
Miesian

Named after the influential style of mid-century architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Miesian is a polyester cotton blend sheer with an organic, subtly crushed surface texture and slubby nature.
Zip

Zip is a wide width, open weave drapery textile with a slubby construction and curated colour palette. Woven from 55% recycled polyester, Zip achieves both our Eco standard and key international fire retardancy requirements
Gouache

Woven using finely twisted linen yarns, the paint-like opaque surface brings depth and energy to our plain wide-width drapery. Further surface tacitly is created via tumbling, delivering a soft and contemporary drapery.
Ronde

Ronde is composed of cloudlike shapes digitally printed onto a wide linen base, creating a translucent drapery where soft shapes dance together.
Assemblage

In a modern and unconventional take on the medium of collage, embroidery stitching, playful fringing, and geometric shapes are assembled into a soft rhythmic stripe.
Kyoto Stripe

Woven in Turkey in our signature pure linen Kyoto quality, Kyoto Stripe is a classic drapery stripe suitable for interiors from the country to the coastline.
Kennedy II Blackout

For those after a sophisticated textured 3 pass blackout for residential application. Featuring a luxuriously thick construction with subtle mélange colour to create a natural aesthetic.
Atrium

Inspired by the concept of open air gardens found within interior spaces worldwide, James Dunlop’s Atrium print showcases biophilic design by inviting the outside in.
Toile De Jouy

Toile de Jouy takes inspiration from traditional toile scenes delivered through a contemporary lens.
Anticline Blackout

Reminiscent of undulating landscapes, Anticline Blackout offers a transitional blackout design for residential application.
Bauhaus

Bauhaus captures the artist’s hand in a large-scale repeat of considered geometric motifs, artfully arranged to carry the eye through blocks of colour in a space.
Reverie

Woven in Turkey, Reverie expertly blends the soft feel of tumbled linen with the practicality of polyester.
Nightbird Symphony Panel

Nightbird Symphony gathers painted motifs from Catherine Martin’s textile oeuvre, combining them to create a tropical garden vista where peacocks reign supreme.
Alchemy

A textured drapery woven in 100% polyester; Alchemy joins our growing stable of natural looking, wide width textiles.