Curtain Length & Hanging Rules
Make your ceilings look taller and windows twice as wide. Master floor clearance heights, the "High & Wide" rod placement rule, and fabric fullness ratios.
Kissing / Touching the Floor
Classic, custom-tailored, bespoke craftsmanship.
Best Room Fit:Dining rooms, formal sitting rooms, master bedrooms.
Moderate. Requires exact millimeter measuring, as room humidity can cause linen curtains to shrink or stretch by 1/4 inch.
The gold standard among professional interior decorators. Creates a continuous vertical visual line from ceiling to floor.
Interior Designer Optical Illusions
Mount the rod 6–8" above the window frame and extend 8–12" wider on each side. When opened, the curtains frame the wall, letting 100% of natural sunlight inside while making the window appear twice as wide.
Total fabric panel width should be 2x to 2.5x the width of the window frame so the curtains maintain lush ripples even when closed.