Drapes

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A sunroom or conservatory used as a reception room all year round benefits greatly from using fabric drapes instead of blinds. Drapes add a touch of class to the room, particularly if the main house is a period or neo-Georgian style.

Quality drapes are expensive and nothing looks as bad as inferior or cheap curtains in an otherwise beautiful room. If you have gone to the trouble of spending substantial monies on a quality sunroom/conservatory, then it is penny wise/pound foolish to degrade the room with inferior fabric drapes.

It is worth the money to get a designer to manufacture the drapes if that is your thinking in covering the windows. Heavy fabric and dressy accessories in the right colour scheme will enhance the room to an enormous degree.

They will provide other benefits, the principal one being that drapes are excellent in keeping heat in the room - when drawn, of course. No matter how well your windows provide insulation, a certain amount of heat will always escape. It is essential at night to pull the drapes to retain optimum heat in the room as well as giving the occupants some privacy.

Therefore, the advice is if going for drapes in the sunroom or conservatory do not skimp. You are better not doing it at all.