A One Curtains and Blinds makes and installs curtains and blinds in Wellington Point, and a lot of what we do there is replacing coverings that have simply worn out. Roman blinds and double curtains are the usual picks when people want a softer room, and we also repair and deep clean what you already have. Everything is made to measure in our Hillcrest workshop, and the in-home measure and quote is free.
Wellington Point, briefly
The suburb sits on Moreton Bay about 25.5 km east of Brisbane, in the City of Redland. Birkdale, Ormiston and Alexandra Hills are its land neighbours. At the end of Main Road the headland is a heritage-listed reserve, and when the tide is out people walk the sandbar across to King Island.
This isn't a new estate. Land sales in 1864 brought the first European settlers, the railway arrived in 1889, and Whepstead on Main Road is on the heritage register. You get a real mix of houses as a result: some have been lived in and renovated over many years, others went up far more recently. In the older ones, the window coverings have often had a long, hard life.
When the old coverings have had enough
The calls we get from Wellington Point tend to sound similar. A vertical blind with a couple of slats missing. Curtains that have faded on the side that gets the afternoon sun. A roller that creeps back up by itself. Old blinds with loose looped cords hanging within reach of little hands.
Some of that is worth fixing and some isn't. When we measure, we'll tell you plainly which ones can be repaired and which should go. Nobody needs to redo a whole house when only two windows are the problem.
Curtains and blinds in Wellington Point with a softer finish
After a renovation, a lot of people find that crisp new rollers make a room feel a bit bare. Fabric does the opposite. These are the two options we suggest most often.
Roman blinds
A Roman blind pulls up into flat fabric folds, so it reads more like a soft furnishing than a piece of hardware. Bedrooms, studies and sitting rooms suit them well. You choose the fabric from our full-size samples, and our Roman blinds can sit inside the recess or face fit outside the frame, depending on the window.
Double curtains
In living rooms and main bedrooms, double curtains are hard to beat. A sheer and a blockout hang on one track system. Keep the sheer across during the day for privacy, then pull the blockout at night.
If a room only needs the light layer, sheer curtains on their own are lovely on windows that look toward the bay. Linen fabrics are another good way to take the edge off a freshly painted, fairly empty room.
Wet rooms and the bay air
Bathrooms and laundries are another matter, because steam and fabric don't get along. PVC plantation shutters are moisture resistant and cordless, and they start from $250 per square metre. Living this close to the water also means salt air, which we cover in our guide to window treatments for coastal Redlands homes.
Repairs and deep cleaning
Well-made curtains can last for years if someone looks after them. Our aftercare service in Wellington Point includes repairs and professional deep cleaning, so a dusty set of drapes or a blind that has stopped behaving doesn't automatically end up on the verge.
It's worth asking about before you replace anything. If the fabric still has life in it, a clean or a repair may be all you need. If it doesn't, we'll say so and quote for new ones instead.
How a job runs
- Ring us on 0425 241 013 or book a consultation online.
- We come out, measure each window and look over anything that needs a repair or a clean.
- You hold full-size fabric samples up in your own rooms, so you can see how they look in your light rather than under shop lights.
- We give you a quote. The visit is free.
- Your order is made in our Hillcrest workshop.
- Our own installers fit it and check that every curtain and blind runs properly before they leave.
Why homeowners here use us
We design, make and install everything ourselves, with no subcontractors. The people who measure your windows are the people who come back to fit them, and the work is Australian made in our own workshop.
Our Google reviews sit at 5 stars from 102 of them, and Jessy and Puneet, two of our installers, get named in quite a few. Any corded internal blind we fit meets the ACCC mandatory safety standard for corded internal window coverings. That's worth thinking about if you're swapping out old blinds in a home where young children live or visit.
Nearby suburbs we also cover
We work right across the Redlands. Next door we cover Ormiston and Birkdale, and further along the Cleveland line we look after homes in Cleveland. Alexandra Hills is on our list too.
If the curtains or blinds in your Wellington Point home are looking tired, call 0425 241 013 or book your free measure and quote. We'll look at what you have and tell you honestly whether to fix it or start again.
