Kitchen curtains in Dubai, cut for a working room
A kitchen window sits in the one room that gets hot, damp and greasy, and it's often above a counter or a sink where a full-length curtain would only be in the way. So the decisions worth making here are about length and fabric, and not much else.
We make them to your window's measurements and fit them, across Dubai. The fabric range comes to you on the free measuring visit.
Free measuring visit
Someone comes out with the fabric range, measures the window and works out where the drop should finish above the counter.
Made to the length you need
A kitchen window rarely wants a full drop. Curtains are cut and sewn to finish at the sill, or just clear of the worktop.
Washing and repairs later
Kitchen fabric picks up cooking more than any other room's. We take curtains down, clean them and rehang them, and alter or repair them when they need it.
What a kitchen window has to put up with
Steam and cooking oil settle on anything hanging nearby, and in a kitchen with a window that opens, so does the dust. That points at a lighter fabric you can take down and wash often, rather than a heavy lined pair you'll leave up for years.
Length is the other decision, and part of it is a safety one. Cloth hanging level with a hob is a hazard, so a kitchen drop usually finishes at the sill or a little below it — well clear of the burners, and clear of a sink you lean over.
If the window faces west it still has the afternoon to deal with, and there a curtain that filters rather than blocks is usually the better answer. You want the worktop to stay lit.
Book a free measuring visit
Tell us where the window sits — over the sink, beside the hob — and we'll bring the fabric range to you.
Curtains, or a blind?
Plenty of Dubai kitchens are better served by a blind, and it's worth saying so before you order curtains. A roller pulls up clear of the worktop and comes down in one piece to be cleaned. An aluminium venetian takes heat and damp without complaint — which is exactly why it turns up in kitchens more than living rooms — and the slats tilt to cut glare without shutting the light out.
Curtains still win where the kitchen opens into a dining area and you want the two to read as one room, or where the window is wide enough that a blind would be heavy to lift. A short pair hung on a rod across the lower half of the glass covers the part people can see in through and leaves the top open.
We make both, so this is worth deciding at the window rather than in advance.
Kitchen curtains in washable fabrics
Fabric that can come down and be washed
- Cotton is the usual choice for a kitchen. It washes, and it takes colour well — wash it cool and leave the bleach out of it, since that's what takes the colour back out.
- Linen suits a kitchen that gets a lot of light, though it creases and takes up moisture, so it moves a little with the room.
- A sheer gives you daytime privacy at a window facing a walkway without darkening the worktop behind it.
- Rings or eyelets on a rod come down faster than a pleated heading on hooks, which matters if you'll be washing them often.
Call or WhatsApp +971 50 280 8765, or email sales@curtainsexpress.ae.
Tell us about the window
Call or WhatsApp with your area and we'll arrange a time to come out and measure it.