Living room curtains in Dubai, for glass that runs wall to wall
Living room curtains are usually two layers. A sheer softens the daylight and keeps the room private by day, and a heavier curtain closes it in the evening.
Ours hang on a double track that is included in the price, with the sheer nearest the glass and a blackout or dimout pair in front of it. Both come in a wave or pinch pleat heading, cut to drops that run from the ceiling to the floor.
AED 35 per m²
for a sheer, with the track and the fitting included.
A blackout pair in front is AED 45 per m², on the same double track. Curtains Express measures, makes and fits every pair, usually within about a week of your go-ahead, with a two-year warranty on stitching and fitting.
Free measuring visit
There's no walk-in counter. Someone brings the sheers and the fabric book to your living room and holds them against your own glass, so you judge them in your own light.
Double track included
A sheer behind and a heavier curtain in front share one double track, and the track and the fitting are in the price.
Two-year warranty
Every pair is covered for two years on stitching and fitting. We cut and sew what we fit, so an alteration later comes back to the same people.
Living room curtains, in short
- Curtains for a living room in Dubai are usually two layers on one double track, a sheer for the day and a heavier curtain for the evening.
- Curtains Express makes living room curtains to measure, from AED 35 per m² for a sheer and AED 45 per m² for a blackout, with the track and the fitting included.
- A sheer hides a living room only while it is brighter outside; once the lamps go on at night, people can see in.
- Many sheers come on rolls 280 to 340 cm wide, used on their side, so living room glass of any width can be dressed without a join as long as the drop fits the roll.
- A wave heading stacks into about 18 to 25 cm for every metre of track when it is drawn back, which decides how much of the glass you get back.
- On west-facing living room glass, a sheer takes the glare off a screen from mid-afternoon, and a heavier curtain in front keeps the sun off the sofa and the floor.
- Living room curtains from Curtains Express are usually fitted within about a week of your go-ahead and carry a two-year warranty on stitching and fitting.
The sheers themselves, fabric by fabric, are on our sheer curtains page; the lining that makes the front curtain dark, on blackout curtains.
What living room curtains cost in Dubai
A living room sheer starts at AED 35 per m² in a plain voile and a blackout at AED 45 per m², and both prices include the track and the fitting. Hung together they share a double track, which is included too.
Living room glass is wide, so the cloth adds up. A 400 × 300 cm window in a wave heading takes 30 m² for each curtain, which is AED 1,050 for the sheer, or AED 2,400 with a blackout in front. In pinch pleat it takes 24 m², so AED 840, or AED 1,920 for both.
Price your living room glass
- Fabric
- 400 cm × 2.5 (fullness) × 300 cm = 30 m²
- Sheer
- 30 m² × AED 35 = AED 1,050
- 0 m² × AED 0 = AED 0
AED 1,050
A plain voile sheer, or a standard face fabric with our four-pass blackout lining, with the track and fitting included; a sheer and blackout pair shares one double track. The final figure follows the free measuring visit.
What moves the figure:
- The sheer
- Plain voile starts at AED 35 per m². Linen and linen-look weaves, chiffon, organza and embroidered or printed sheers cost more.
- Heading
- Wave and eyelet are gathered to two and a half times the window's width; pinch pleat to twice, so the same glass takes a fifth less cloth.
- The curtain in front
- A blackout at AED 45 per m², with our four-pass lining. A dimout, which brings the light down but still glows, is priced on its fabric.
- A motor
- A motorized track per metre and a motor for each layer, priced on top. The figures are on our motorized curtains page.
Measuring is free. Send rough sizes on WhatsApp for a first figure, and nothing is cut before you have seen the final one. Pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, or in instalments with Tabby or Tamara.
Private by day, on show after dark
A sheer works by contrast. Whichever side of the glass is brighter is the side that can be seen. Switch the hour and look at the same window from the garden.
Wall-to-wall glass without a seam
Many of our sheer collections come on rolls 280 to 340 cm wide, and the cloth is used on its side, so the roll's width becomes the drop. Living room glass of any width can then be dressed in one piece, with no vertical joins, as long as the drop fits that collection's roll.
Double-height villa glass is the exception. A drop taller than the roll is made with vertical joins, and which collection fits your drop is settled at the measuring visit, with the fabric in your hand.
How much of the glass you get back
Drawn back, curtains stack at the ends of the track, and on wide living room glass that stack decides how much view you keep. A wave heading stacks into about 18 to 25 cm for every metre of track, so a 4 m track gathers 72 to 100 cm of curtain in all, split between its two ends.
Run the track past the glass onto the wall at each side and the stack stands on the wall rather than across the view. That needs wall at both ends, which a corner window or a slider against a side wall may not have, so it is planned at the visit.
Which heading suits a living room
Living room curtain styles come down to the heading, which is the way the top of a curtain is sewn and hung. Across a long run of glass, it sets the look of every fold.
Book a free measuring visit
Tell us how wide the living room glass is, which way it faces and whether there is a curtain pocket above it. Someone brings the sheers and the fabric book to you, anywhere in Dubai.
West sun, the TV and a Dubai afternoon
Most living rooms here face a lot of glass, and from mid-afternoon on the west side that glass carries heat as well as glare. Each layer deals with a different part of it.
Glare on the screen
From mid-afternoon the sun comes in low on west-facing glass and lands on the TV and the sofa. A sheer drawn across takes the glare off the screen while the room keeps its light and you keep a soft view out.
Heat
Drawn through the hottest hours, a blackout pair in front keeps the sun off the floor and the furniture, and the air conditioning has less to do. A curtain shades the room but insulates very little, so if the heat is the problem, a honeycomb blind traps still air against the glass and does more.
Fading
A sheer slows the fading of sofas, rugs and wooden floors in direct sun, but it doesn't stop it, because the light that gets through still carries ultraviolet. A living room with textiles you care about wants the heavier layer drawn through the sunniest hours.
Blackout or dimout in front
A living room rarely needs to go fully dark, so the front curtain is often a dimout. It cuts the light without making the room feel closed in, and it glows softly when the sun is on it. Blackout suits a TV room or a living room someone sleeps in. Dimout is priced on its fabric.
Tower living rooms, villas and the majlis
Tower living rooms
Floor-to-ceiling glass, a curtain pocket above it and often another tower opposite. A wave sheer and a heavier pair on one double track inside the pocket is the usual answer; for two layers the pocket needs 20 to 25 cm of depth for wave, or 10 to 15 cm for pinch pleat.
Villa double-height glass
Long drops, heavy curtains and glass out of reach. A drop taller than the sheer's roll is made with vertical joins. For a very heavy drapery there is a 100 kg Solis motor, priced at the visit.
The majlis
A formal room suits pinch pleat, with its sewn pleats at twice fullness, in a heavier face fabric. A sheer behind keeps the majlis bright by day, and the pair in front closes it off once the lamps are on.
Balcony sliders
A curtain on a sliding door has to stack clear of the opening panel, so the track runs past it onto the wall. Where there is no wall to stack on, a vertical blind draws aside instead, from AED 80 per m².
Open-plan kitchen-diners
Curtains dress the living room glass. The kitchen end needs something that stays clear of the worktop: over the sink, a roller or an aluminium venetian blind from AED 90 per m². Our kitchen curtains page shows where fabric can hang in a kitchen, and where it shouldn't.
Small side windows
A narrow window beside the main glass can take a blind in its recess while the curtains dress the main glass. A faux wood wooden blind suits it, or a roman in the curtain's fabric.
The bedrooms, the kitchen and every other room are covered on our home curtains page, with a planner that prices a whole home window by window.
Motorized curtains for long runs and high glass
A motor is most worth having on wide living room glass, with two layers, a long run and, in a villa, glass out of reach. Any pinch pleat or wave curtain we make can run on a motorized track, with Somfy or Dooya.
One motor for each layer
On a double track the sheer and the curtain in front each have their own motor, so they move separately. One motor pulls up to 6 m of track; wider glass takes a motor for each run.
Timers at sunset
In the app, the curtains can open in the morning and close at sunset on their own, so the room is never on show once the lamps go on.
Power in the pocket
Each wired motor takes a power point in the curtain pocket, at its end of the track, and that is easiest to add before the ceiling goes up. A battery motor needs none. Track and motor prices are on our motorized curtains page.
Living rooms, a majlis and a kitchen-diner
Questions about dressing the living room glass
How much do living room curtains cost in Dubai?
At Curtains Express a sheer starts at AED 35 per m² and a blackout at AED 45 per m², with the track and the fitting included. A 400 × 300 cm window in a wave heading costs AED 1,050 for the sheer, or AED 2,400 with a blackout in front on a double track, which is included too.
The fabric, the heading and a motor move the figure. Measuring is free.
Should living room curtains be sheer or blackout?
Usually both, on one double track. The sheer stays drawn by day for privacy and soft light; the heavier curtain in front closes in the evening. For the front curtain, a dimout often suits a living room better than blackout, unless it is a TV room or someone sleeps in it.
Can people see through sheer curtains at night?
Yes. A sheer is private only while outside is brighter than the room. Once the lamps are on, anyone outside can see in through it, which is why a living room facing a street or another tower needs a heavier curtain to draw in the evening.
What curtains are best for floor-to-ceiling windows?
A wave or pinch pleat pair on a ceiling track or inside the curtain pocket, so nothing shows above the curtains, with a sheer behind on the same double track. Because many sheers are woven wide enough to use on their side, even very wide glass can usually be dressed without a join.
Should living room curtains touch the floor?
That is your choice, settled at the visit. The hem can finish about 1 cm clear of the floor, just touch it, or puddle on it. Clear of the floor stays cleanest in a room that is mopped every day; a puddle looks softer but gathers dust.
How wide should living room curtains be?
The track runs past the glass onto the wall on each side, so the curtains can stack back off the view. The curtain itself is gathered to two or two and a half times the track's width, depending on the heading.
Wave or pinch pleat for a living room?
Wave for a modern tower living room, because the folds are even, the stack is slim and nothing shows above it. Pinch pleat for a formal room or a majlis, and it takes a fifth less cloth for the same window. Both can be motorized; eyelet can't.
Can I put curtains on a sliding balcony door?
Yes, with the track run past the opening panel onto the wall so the curtain stacks clear of the door. Where there is no wall beside the slider to stack on, a vertical blind that draws aside is often the better fit.
Do curtains keep a living room cool?
Only while the sun is on the glass. Drawn through the afternoon, a heavier curtain keeps the sun off the floor and the furniture, but it shades rather than insulates, and on hot west glass a honeycomb blind does more.
Can living room curtains be motorized?
Yes, in pinch pleat or wave, with Somfy or Dooya. On a double track each layer has its own motor, one motor pulls up to 6 m of track, and a wired motor needs a power point in the curtain pocket. Eyelet curtains can't be motorized.
How long does it take, and is there a warranty?
Usually about a week from your go-ahead to fitted curtains, after a free measuring visit. Every pair carries a two-year warranty on stitching and fitting.
Send us the living room's glass
Send the width and height of the glass, which way it faces and whether there is a curtain pocket above it, and we will tell you what suits it and what it costs.