Sheer Linen Curtains

Sheer linen curtains in 100% flax linen at 105 gsm, stonewashed, with a 3 in. double-turned chain-weighted hem. Our sheer linen curtains diffuse light unevenly — bright through the open ground, dim through the slub — so the far wall of the room reads as soft, moving, mottled light rather than a flat wash. Why linen sheer curtains beat polyester voile A sheer is not a thin curtain. It is a curtain whose job is to change the quality of light rather than the quantity, and linen is the best fiber there is for it because the fiber itself is irregular. Polyester voile diffuses light evenly and reads as a flat gray film. Linen diffuses it unevenly — bright through the open ground, dim through the slub — and the result on the far wall is a soft, moving, mottled light rather than a wash. Construction: 105 gsm flax linen, stonewashed This is woven at 105 gsm in a plain open ground from 100% flax linen, tightly enough to hold a straight vertical line and openly enough that you can see the weave against the sky. Stonewashed, so it has the softened hand from the first day, and hemmed at 3 in. double-turned with a chain weight — lighter than the main range, because a heavy chain on a sheer drags the ground out of square. The night-privacy fact sheer curtains are usually sold without Now the part sheer curtains are usually sold without. During daylight this gives you privacy in the useful direction: the outside is brighter than the room, so the cloth reads as opaque from the street and transparent from inside. After dark that reverses completely. With a lamp on behind it, a sheer linen panel shows silhouettes clearly and shows the room in outline. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling you a return. The two-layer window is the reason this cloth exists Which is why sheers are almost always the inner layer of two. On a double track with a lined or blackout panel outside them, they filter the day and the second layer takes the night — and the two-layer window is the reason this cloth exists at all. Our linen blackout and room-darkening panels are cut in the same palette to hang together. Semi-sheer alternative and specifications Semi-sheer is the same cloth at 135 gsm, if you want more body and a little more discretion in the evening. Both in 52 in. panels at 63 through 120 in., rod pocket, pinch pleat or grommet. Alabaster, Bone, Fog Gray, Sage and Blush — pale only, because a saturated dye on an open weave reads as a color cast across the whole room rather than as a curtain. Cold wash, line dry, never tumble. Sheer linen curtain size guide DropWeight 63 in.105 gsm sheer / 135 gsm semi-sheer 84 in.105 gsm sheer / 135 gsm semi-sheer 96 in.105 gsm sheer / 135 gsm semi-sheer 108 in.105 gsm sheer / 135 gsm semi-sheer 120 in.105 gsm sheer / 135 gsm semi-sheer How to care for your sheer linen curtains Cold machine wash on gentle Line dry — never tumble (heat warps the open flax weave) No ironing — the softened folds are the character of the cloth Skip fabric softener — dulls the stonewashed hand Frequently asked questions Are sheer linen curtains private at night? No sheer is. With a lamp on the outside becomes darker than inside and silhouettes show through. Pair with a blackout curtain or lined linen curtain on an outer track. Why do sheer linen curtains beat polyester voile? Linen’s irregular slub diffuses light unevenly; polyester voile reads as a flat gray film. The wall behind linen glows; the wall behind polyester dims. What weight for a sheer linen curtain? Our sheer is 105 gsm, our semi-sheer 135 gsm. Semi-sheer holds discretion later into the evening. Can I tumble dry sheer linen curtains? Never — heat warps the open flax weave. Line dry. Complete the two-layer window Pair on a double track with linen curtains or linen blackout curtains, and add linen throw pillows for the sofa.