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Blockout Curtains are the perfect choice for complete light, temperature, and privacy control in your home.

Blockout Curtains (otherwise known as Blackout Curtains), provide superior thermal insulation, preserving up to 20% of the heat in your home. They’re also highly suitable for blocking out the heat in the warmer months, giving you all year round temperature and light control in your home.

Australian designed, Australian made
High quality + affordable designer Curtain fabrics
Custom made to any window size or shape
Full length Curtain samples to borrow
Stringent quality control + testing
Excellent for blocking out light
Complete night-time privacy
Best Curtain type for thermal + sound insulation
Reduces energy bills
UV protection
Ideal for bedrooms + spaces that require full privacy

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Design styles.

Making Curtains for more than 55+ years means we’ve made and perfected every style imaginable. Here’s just a selection of some of our more popular styles.

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Wave Fold Curtains

Also known as ‘S’ fold this style has a smooth, evenly distributed symmetrical ‘wave’ formation that’s created using a special track and tape heading. The vertical lines elongate walls, making the space seem taller and larger. Easy to operate, it offers a contemporary, relaxed look giving an understated aesthetic favoured by interior designers. Suitable for Blockout/Blackout and Sheer Curtains.

Triple Pinch Pleat Curtains

This smartly tailored, classic look is ‘pinched’ at evenly spaced intervals in groups of three. Suited to traditional homes or formal rooms, it creates a beautiful fullness and stacks neatly to the side. Ideal for limited wall space. Suitable for Blockout/Blackout and Sheer Curtains.

Double Pinch Pleat Curtains

This version of the Pinch Pleat is ‘pinched’ at evenly spaced intervals in groups of two.
Suited to traditional homes or formal rooms, it is not as full as a Triple Pinch Pleat and
offers a neat appearance on large windows. Suitable for Blockout/Blackout Curtains.

Pencil Pleat Curtains

Pencil Pleat or Gathered Curtains feature folds of fabric that are tightly gathered to create small pencil sized pleats. This style allows you to gather the fabric to your desired fullness. Less structured than the Pinch Pleat, it creates a soft and informal look. Suitable for Blockout/Blackout and Sheer Curtains.

Reverse Pleat Curtains

A simple, structured style with a tailored appearance this Curtain style hangs below a decorator rod and has a larger stack back compared to other styles. Suitable for Blockout/Blackout Curtains.

Eyelet Curtains

The Eyelet style features metal rings that are pressed into the top heading of the Curtain. Teamed with a decorator rod it offers a casual look with less stack back. Perfect for smaller windows where you need to take advantage of the natural light. Suitable for both Blockout/Blackout and Sheer Curtains.

Fabrics.

Fabric is an essential part of choosing Curtains. Each fabric has its own unique characteristics and performance levels so it’s important to choose the best fabric for your lifestyle. We offer an extensive collection of contemporary and traditional Curtain fabrics for light, warmth and privacy within your home, office or commercial space.

When selecting Curtain fabrics for your home, safety and sustainability are just as essential as style. At dollar curtains + blinds, we’re proud to offer Oeko-Tex® Certified Fabrics as part of Australia’s largest range. These fabrics provide peace of mind by ensuring that the materials are free from harmful substances, safe for human contact, and produced with environmental responsibility in mind.

Banding + trims.

For a decorative finish or splash of colour our design team can add banding or trims across the top, bottom or sides of your Curtains. Opt for a complementary fabric for a subtle finish or a contrast fabric for a bolder statement. Pairing sheer and heavier weight fabrics together is also a beautiful way to add texture and visual appeal.

Do you have a room with very high ceilings? Banding is perfect for this. Simply by banding another fabric to the top or bottom of the Curtain, you can achieve the required length for your Curtains without introducing any additional seams. Banding across the top of a Sheer Curtain in a heavier fabric is also a great way to disguise a wall or the top of a Blind that may be behind.

Design options.

Width

It always good to aim for wall to wall if there is wall space available or if not, go as wide as possible. This means when drawn open the stack back covers less of the window therefore maximising your view and natural light.

Height

Where possible go high and wide. Curtains can be installed on the ceiling, known as ceiling fit or fixed to the wall, known as face fit. It’s best to go ceiling to floor or as high as you can go if there is ample wall space. Doing so adds the illusion of height to windows and rooms while also having practical benefits such as blocking out light and increasing insulation.

Length

What length should I choose? It’s very much a personal choice but for light control, privacy and insulation reasons, not to mention aesthetic appeal, we always recommend full length Curtains where possible. We can design to any length but our three standard length options are Float, Kiss and Puddle.

Stacking

Probably not a term you’re familiar with but it basically means the amount of space the Curtains occupy when in a fully open position.

Our Curtains can be designed to be centre opening with the Curtains stacked on both sides of the window when drawn open or with a one way opening with the Curtains stacking back to either the left or right side of the window when drawn open. Curtains can also hang freely to draw to any position on your Track or Rod. It all comes down to what is the most practical and functional design solution for each window.

How do Blockout Curtains work?

Made from high quality fabric to improve thermal resistance, Blockout Curtains maintain a room’s warmth much like a winter jacket does. By creating dead air space between you and the cold, Blockout Curtains can preserve up to 20% of the total heat and/or cooling in your home.

When a Blockout Curtain covers a window, it traps a layer of air between the glass and the fabric, protecting and maintaining optimal room temperature. This results in keeping the space warmer in winter and cooler in summer.

What are the benefits of Blockout Curtains?

Best for insulation all year round
Savings on energy bills
Reduction in outside noise levels
First choice product for blockout of light
Room darkening
Complete privacy
UV protection for interiors

Where are dc+b Blockout Curtains made?

All of our Curtains, including our Blockout Curtains, are carefully handcrafted and custom-made to order at our local manufacturing facilities. 100% Australian designed and made, to meet the needs of every individual customer.

What fabrics can I select from for my Blockout Curtains?

You can choose from our extensive range of coated fabrics, or select an uncoated fabric with lining fabric attached. Studies demonstrate that Curtains made from blockout fabric can reduce heat gains by 33 percent. You can order up to 5 of our most popular Blockout Curtain fabric samples to envision the look in your home.

Can Blockout Curtains be motorised?

They sure can! Our Automate® range is the ultimate choice for modern day living, providing convenience and safety for all. Maximise luxury, functionality, and control with motorised Blockout Curtains which glide open and closed and stop exactly where you like, with just the touch of a button.

Control options.

Automation

Our Automation range is the ultimate choice for modern day living and is now more convenient than ever. Maximise luxury, functionality and control with motorised Curtains which glide open and closed and stop exactly where you’d like – all with the touch of a button.

Easy to operate
Remote control, voice control, or dc+b control smartphone app
Clean, modern look with no cords
Suitable for difficult to reach windows
Operate heavy weight Curtains with ease
Operate by hand when necessary
Child + pet safe

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Cord drawn

Easy operation with cords secured in position to walls behind Curtains for child + pet safety
Centre open or one way open
Ideal for large windows to help with weight of fabric
Improves stack back when Curtains are drawn open as tension is increased to maximise windows natural light + views

Hand drawn

Child + pet safe
Highly adaptable
Can enable flexibility for large window configurations
Centre open, one way open or free draw open
Add wands, available in varying sizes, to easily operate + protect fabric

“Since I had Blockout Curtains installed by my local dc+b store, I have noticed such a difference in my homes insulation. My energy bills have decreased since, + they block out so much outside light!”

— David, Blockout Curtains.

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