Ready-Made Curtain Sizes: Standard vs Extra Length Drops

A ready-made curtain arrives finished: the heading is stitched, the drops are hemmed, and the fabric is ready to hang. Two measurements matter most. The first is the drop - the finished length from the top of the heading to the bottom hem. The second is the width of the panel itself, which determines how full the curtain looks once it is gathered onto a track or rail.

Ready-made sizing keeps the drop standardised so you can plan around it. The Whittaker Sheer and the Daloa Blockout both come with a taped heading that works with curtain tracks, rails, and hooks for a classic gathered drape, and both are offered in Standard Length (220cm) or Extra Length (250cm). That single choice - 220 or 250 - is usually the deciding factor between an off-the-shelf fit and a made-to-measure one.

The drop decides the fit; the fabric decides how the room behaves. Two fabrics do two very different jobs.

The Whittaker Sheer is a soft, light-filtering sheer that gently diffuses daylight while keeping the room bright, open, and airy. It is the right choice where you want privacy and softness without blocking the light - living areas, north-facing rooms, and guestrooms that benefit from a light-filled feel during the day. It comes in White and Sand.

The Daloa Blockout is a woven blockout curtain that controls light and privacy with a clean, tailored finish. It suits bedrooms where guests need to sleep past sunrise, media rooms, and any space where glare and heat through the glass are a consideration. It comes in Cloud, Coffee, Linen, and Storm - a palette that sits easily in neutral and hospitality interiors.

Many rooms benefit from both, layered on the same window: a blockout panel for night and privacy, a sheer for daylight. Because both use the same taped heading, they hang from the same track or rail and read as one considered window treatment.

Both ready-made ranges use a taped heading, which gathers onto a track, rail, or hooks for a classic drape. Confirm the fixing you already have before ordering: the heading needs to match the track or rail, and the gather affects how full the panel looks. Wider windows often need two panels to achieve proper fullness, even when a single panel technically spans the width.

For accommodation operators furnishing many identical rooms, consistency matters as much as the look. Choosing one drop and one fabric across a room type keeps the presentation uniform and makes replenishment and replacement simple as curtains wear.