Custom drapery sold like a configurator, not like a clearance rod
Ready-made curtains fail on real windows for a boring reason: the panel is 84 inches long and your rod is 96 inches from the floor. TWOPAGES, which has sold window treatments since 2015 according to its own site, exists to take width, length, header, lining, and fabric as order fields. The company describes a vertical factory, more than twenty years of industry experience on the production side, and a catalogue of 50-plus collections and 1,000-plus fabrics, with 10-plus header styles and multiple liners including blackout, thermal, and noise-reduction options. Memory-shape training is offered so pleats hold after unpacking. Hardware is largely separate. You are buying sewn panels, not a bundled room makeover.
The commercial pitch is workroom look without a local decorator’s timeline. TWOPAGES says 95 percent of drape orders ship by express in 5 to 12 days, with fabric booklets in about 3 to 5 days, and it claims to have served more than 600,000 households. Those are company figures, not a guarantee for a peak-season custom queue. Support is listed at support@twopagescurtains.com with US phone lines and hours that run morning into evening Pacific Time most days. A design-consult service can recommend fabric, hardware, and a shopping list. COM — customer’s own material — is supported if you want to send fabric in. None of this removes the need to measure with a steel tape.
Fabrics people actually order, and what the fibres are
Liz is the volume linen-look collection: a 90 percent polyester / 10 percent linen blend at about 350 gsm, with 38 colours and a slub texture. It is the affordable neutral workhorse, not Belgian flax. Jawara is 73 percent linen / 27 percent cotton at about 274 gsm, a true linen-cotton midweight that interior editors tend to pick when they want a more natural hand. Patti is 100 percent Belgian linen at about 248 gsm. Isabella is a heavy cotton-blend (the product pages list 76 percent polyester / 24 percent cotton around 500 gsm). Birkin is a midweight velvet at about 300 gsm. Kyla is another polyester-linen blend at a lighter 220 gsm. Erin is listed as 100 percent linen on border-curtain specs. Names change; fibre content on the SKU is what you should save.
Lining is a separate decision from face fabric. TWOPAGES documents unlined, privacy, room-darkening, blackout, and thermal choices, and it publishes light-block ranges that depend on both the face cloth and the liner. Self-blackout collections such as Lila and Saba are described as blocking light without an extra liner. Sheers are excluded from normal blackout-liner add-ons. A blackout liner (the company mentions 150 gsm two-pass or 250 gsm three-pass coated options in care notes) also helps with fade. Velvet and heavy cotton already drape with weight; sheers will never behave like pinch-pleat linen no matter what liner you add. Order booklets if colour on a calibrated monitor still might not match your wall.
- 50-plus collections and 1,000-plus fabrics, including Liz, Jawara, Patti Belgian linen, Isabella, Birkin velvet, and sheers
- Header styles such as pinch pleat, tailor pleat, triple pleat, goblet, ripple fold, grommet, and soft-top variants
- Liners: unlined, privacy, room darkening, blackout, thermal, with extra noise-reduction options advertised
- Memory-shape training as an add-on so folds hold after hanging
- Fabric booklets and a free first 20 minutes of Zoom measuring help
- COM (send your own fabric) if you already bought yardage elsewhere
Headers, fullness, and why width is not window width
Pinch pleat, tailor pleat, inverted pleat, and goblet styles are built with about 200 percent fabric fullness already sewn in. Triple pleat and triple tailor pleat use about 230 percent. The width you order for those styles is the finished pleated width, not the flat fabric width. If the rod or track is 100 inches, you typically order one 100-inch panel or two 50-inch panels, then think about overlap and stack-back. Soft-top, grommet, and similar styles often need you to multiply rod length by 150 to 200 percent fullness yourself. Ripple fold is its own system. Pin hooks are included on many pleated headers and adjust about three inches; rings and rods are extra. Length measurement changes with header: pleated length is usually from the ring eyelet to the floor, grommet from the top of the rod.
Memory shaping is worth paying for on windows with no sofa to hide a crumpled hem. It is less critical behind furniture. Bottom hems on pleated drapes are deep (product sheets mention around four inches on some styles), which looks tailored and also eats length if you measured as if the hem were a bedsheet. Side hems and tucks steal width. Puddle length helps light block at the floor and collects dust. Inside-mount shades are a different measuring problem than drapery on a rod that extends past the frame. TWOPAGES sells Roman shades, bamboo woven shades, cafe curtains, border-trim pairs, and traverse rods such as the Cato. Mixing a shade and a drape on one window is normal; measuring each layer separately is mandatory.
Order a fabric booklet first, then use the Measurement Finder or a Zoom session before you commit to custom panel width and length.
Open TWOPAGES custom curtains →How to measure so the factory is not guessing
Use a steel tape, not a dressmaker’s tape that sags. Measure each window. Note whether the rod is already up; if it is, measure rod length and the drop from the hanging point that matches your header, not from the ceiling by default. Add stack-back so glass is clear when panels open — often several inches past the frame on each side. The site’s Measurement Finder walks these branches. A Zoom consult is free for the first 20 minutes; extra time is billed (TWOPAGES lists further blocks in the 20 to 30 dollar range depending on length). A smart laser helps on tall glass. The phone app is offered as another measuring aid. If you have never hung drapes, the consult is cheaper than a remake. Custom panels are not a mall return.
TWOPAGES will sew what you typed. If the typed length is two inches short, you own two inches of light leak. Booklets and a tape measure are part of the product, not optional extras.
— Priya Nair
Limits: returns, stiffness, and hardware you still have to buy
Made-to-measure means change-of-mind returns are restricted. Defective or unused-in-original-packaging cases follow the current policy, often discussed around a 30-day window for qualifying issues; read the live terms. Some buyers note that fused blackout layers feel stiffer than a department-store drape with a loose liner. That is a construction trade-off, not necessarily a flaw. Wrinkles after transit need steaming. Corded versus cordless shades have child-safety and reach implications; a high window may need cordless or a motorised lift, which TWOPAGES offers on some Roman shades. Rods, rings, and brackets are easy to under-buy. A heavy linen pair on a cheap rod will sag. Budget hardware in the same project, not after the panels arrive.
- Measure rod or track length, then apply the fullness rule for your exact header
- Measure drop from the correct hanging point (eyelet, rod top, or track) to the floor or sill
- Order booklets in daylight; phone photos of fabric lie
- Add memory shape on fully exposed windows
- Buy rings and a rod rated for the fabric weight
- Do not cut or hem a custom panel until you confirm the hang, because alterations can void return paths
FAQ: measuring, lining, and remakes
Do I order width as the window glass width?
Usually no. You order from rod or track length, plus overlap and stack-back, then split into panels. For sewn-in pleats, finished width already includes 200 to 230 percent fabric. For grommet and soft-top styles you often multiply fullness yourself so the cloth actually gathers. Ordering glass width as panel width is the classic mistake that produces a flat, stingy hang. Use the Measurement Finder rather than copying a neighbour’s Amazon size or a ready-made 54-inch panel from a big-box aisle.
How long does a custom order take?
TWOPAGES advertises 5 to 12 day express delivery for most drape orders and 3 to 5 days for booklets. Custom work can still miss that window at peak times or if you add complex trims, COM fabric, or motorised shades. Booklets should come first if you are undecided on colour, because a remake costs more than a sample pack. Shipping insurance is mentioned on the marketing pages; keep photos of the packed arrival. International duties, if they apply to your address, are not something this review can quote as a fixed number.
Which lining should a bedroom get?
If you need darkness for shift work, look at blackout liners or self-blackout cloths, and consider a shade plus drapery so edges leak less. Privacy lining is for street-facing rooms that still want daylight. Thermal lining is about drafts as much as light. Unlined linen is a dress fabric, not a sleep cave. Percentages TWOPAGES prints for light block are ranges, not a lab certificate for your leaky old sash. Overlap, floor puddle, and wrap around a wall return matter as much as the liner SKU.
Can I send my own fabric?
Yes. TWOPAGES supports COM with a dedicated process described on the site, including how to send yardage. You remain responsible for whether that cloth can take their lining and header construction. Designer remnants that fray, stretch, or are too narrow will not magically become pinch-pleat drapes. If you are not sure, stay inside their collections, where lining pairings are already mapped. Trade and press contacts exist if you are specifying for a client rather than a single home, and those inboxes are listed separately from consumer support.
What if I measured wrong?
Custom length errors are the expensive kind. Some buyers report goodwill discounts on a remake, but the baseline is that made-to-measure is not refundable like a pair of stock panels. Use the free Zoom slice, the app, or a second person on the tape so the numbers are written twice. Confirm header type before measuring drop. If a rod will be moved higher to make the room feel taller — a common decorator trick — measure after the rod is installed, not before you place the fabric order.
Start with swatches and the Measurement Finder on twopagescurtains.com, then order custom panels only after the rod height and fullness math are written down.
Shop TWOPAGES window treatments →Verdict for people willing to use a tape measure
TWOPAGES is a credible made-to-measure source if you want pinch-pleat linen looks, real Belgian flax, or velvet at a direct-to-factory price band, and you are willing to specify lining and header like a workroom ticket. It is the wrong store if you need same-day stock panels or a full-service installer holding your ladder. The fabric library and the 5-to-12-day shipping claim are the draw. The risk is always the same: the factory will match the numbers you typed. Type them twice.
