Comments on: A multifunctioning curtain system

By: Angie

Angie — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:10:26 +0000

We also have the same panel system, however we’re having trouble with the rollers breaking in the top rail. Are you having the same problem???

By: Deborah

Deborah — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:05:54 +0000

I have a few questions:
Are there panels thick enough to create better heating efficiencies? We have enormous window in our house and hind sight realize how much heat we are losing in the winter. This type of rail and panel system would work quite well with our design/style. Also, as we are not around an IKEA and one cannot buy the panels online, is it possible to have something made to fit in rail?

By: allen

allen — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:34:44 +0000

I have a question: How wide of windows would this realisticly work for? My main window in my living room is something like 7-8 feet wide (stupid measurments are at home!), but i love the look of this. When you pull the panels off to the side, can they stack on each other on the same rail? Thanks!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:29:52 +0000

These panels are awesome! I’m going to be looking for new curtains in the next few months and I’ll definitely be giving these a shot!

By: Lori

Lori — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:02:07 +0000

This is beautiful!

By: Erin Doland

Erin Doland — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:46:38 +0000

@Debbie — I think you have it correctly … the right edge of the front one catches the left edge of the middle and so forth. When pulled to the side, they can all layer on top of each other to only take up the width of a single panel.

By: Debbie M

Debbie M — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:24:22 +0000

Wow! Two ways. That is very nice.

If they catch, do they all move together and stay next to each other, or can you make them kind of pile up on top of each other like with vertical blinds? I think I’ve seen where you can attach, say, the left end of each panel to the back rail and the right ends to the front rail, and then they can stack up.

(Sorry to hijack this entry!)

By: Erin Doland

Erin Doland — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:16:39 +0000

@Debbie — You can either have one or multiple wands. You can set up the end connectors on each panel to “catch” each other if you want (where you would only need one wand), or you can turn the end connectors the other way and not have them “catch” (which is what we did and have three wands).

By: Debbie M

Debbie M — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:09:00 +0000

Oh, I love when readers get to help you back!

Does each panel have its own wand, or are they all connected somehow? Mine would be behind a piano, so I could reach several wands if necessary, but it would require some stretching.

By: Erin Doland

Erin Doland — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:38:36 +0000

@Debbie — They move with wands that hang to the sides of the panels. We must not have yet installed them when I took these pictures. They’re very inconspicuous.

Also, it would be extremely simple to put up three full-coverage panels at the same time as these. That’s actually a wonderful idea … I’m going to run it past my hubby and see what he thinks about adding them, especially during the summer when the afternoon light is toasty through these windows.

Thanks, too, for the nice words!!

By: Debbie M

Debbie M — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:30:23 +0000

This is very intriguing. And I think your pictures are great; it’s clear that your space is just gorgeous. I’m now fantasizing about using these instead of vertical blinds in a place where I love vertical blinds but mine are broken and everyone else thinks they’re ugly.

I bet you could also have some panels that are opaque for, say, mid-summer, or mid-day sleeping, and some like yours for winter. With three rails, maybe you can keep them all up all the time somehow.

How do you move these panels? By pulling on them, or is there some sort of tool? Any other comparisons with vertical blinds you can point out? I bet they’d hold up to use better and be less likely to break.