Curtain & Upholstery Directions
Softening chosen for the room, and built to survive the climate.
Price is a relative direction only — never a quotation. The real figure is confirmed by ALUMAX or a specialist at site measurement.
One approved build, component by component.
How ELS directs the soft layer — curtains, sheers, blackout and upholstery. The direction is chosen by what the room needs, then executed to survive an unconditioned tropical room; ELS specifies and the curtain / upholstery specialist supplies and installs, while the client buys the loose furniture ELS coordinates. Fabric behaviour and mounting are constant; only the direction changes.
| Component | Route | ELS specification | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direction | Specialist trade | Chosen by what the room needs: Diffuse sheer — a single sheer across the full wall for an even glow (pale, reduced styles) · Layered privacy — a sheer inner plus a heavier outer only where privacy demands (warmer, richer styles) · Roller utility — a flat roller blind, no gathered drapery (minimalist, rental and commercial). | Primary |
| Sheer fabric | Specialist trade | Linen-look synthetic over true linen (real linen holds moisture and mildews at the hem in an unconditioned room); ivory, not optical white — brighteners fluoresce blue and make the joinery beside them look dirty. | Primary |
| Blackout | Specialist trade | Where a bedroom needs it, a recessed roller inside the window reveal — never a second side-stacked curtain, the one detail that makes a light style read heavy. | Conditional |
| Track & mounting | Specialist trade | Track recessed in a pelmet on the richer styles; hung clear of the floor everywhere, so mopping water never reaches the hem. | Supporting |
| Upholstery | Client | Loose furniture one shade off the joinery, never matched; removable washable covers (humidity punishes fixed fabric); one textured piece — boucle, weave or leather — per room, a shade warmer than the doors. | Supporting |
| Fabric to avoid | Specialist trade | No fabric drapes on contract-cleaned commercial floors (mopped daily, never washed); no single blackout layer on warm timber, which flattens it by day. | Not recommended |
- Primary
- Suitable for large surfaces and main cabinetry.
- Conditional
- Approved only under the stated room, lighting or material condition.
- Supporting
- Suitable for secondary surfaces.
- Not recommended
- Available from ALUMAX but not approved for this ELS style.
- Specialist trade
- Quoted, supplied, installed and warranted by the appointed specialist; ELS specifies the requirement and checks the installed result.
- Client
- Purchased by the client under their own supplier's warranty; ELS coordinates the fit.
Where the original selection is unavailable or commercially unsuitable, an approved equivalent must match it on every axis above. The installer must never choose an equivalent on site — a substitution is subject to ELS design and specification review and client approval.
ELS selects, specifies and coordinates materials to one approved design direction. Products supplied by ALUMAX are quoted, supplied and warranted by ALUMAX. Products and works supplied by specialist trades remain under the respective specialist's quotation and warranty. Any proposed substitution is subject to ELS design and specification review and client approval.
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Concept studies, not photographs of completed projects.
What to publish from the library, and what to commission new.
- Publish existingPublish 3 window-treatment renders from the gated CTN-DRP / CTN-BLD sets — diffuse sheer · layered privacy · roller utility.
- Commission newA reveal detail — a recessed roller inside the window reveal vs a side-stacked curtain (why the light room stays light).