Sheer curtains, Melbourne
Sheer curtains are what you fit when you want soft, filtered daylight, daytime privacy from the street, and the look of fabric softening a window. We fit them across Melbourne every day in main bedrooms, formal living rooms, and the front- facing rooms of growth-corridor new builds.
What sheers actually cost
For a typical three-bedroom Melbourne home — sheers in the main living, the master bedroom and the secondary bedrooms — expect $3,000 to $4,000 supplied and installed, with S-fold or wave-fold tracks and a standard fabric grade. Smaller scopes (sheers only on the master and the front living, say) run at the lower end. Premium imported fabrics, motorised tracks or two-storey openings push you to the upper end.
What moves the price within that range: the ceiling style (square-set ceilings play nicely with S-fold tracks; cornice ceilings often need a pelmet for the same look); the track type (motorised vs manual); the fabric grade (entry vs premium European blends); and whether the curtains run ceiling-to-floor and wall-to-wall or only window-width.
When to use sheers alone, and when to layer
If a room only needs daytime privacy and soft light, sheers do the job on their own. They're the right choice for formal lounges, front-facing rooms that you want to look soft from the street, and any space where the goal is the look of fabric rather than a hard light-blocking layer.
For rooms where you also want full darkness on demand — main bedrooms, media rooms, pooja or prayer rooms — layer the sheer over a blockout roller or a blockout curtain. The sheer is drawn during the day, the blockout closes at night, and the combined look is softer than a blockout layer on its own.
S-fold, wave-fold and pinch pleat — which heading
The heading is the style of fold at the top of the curtain, and it determines a lot about how the finished curtain looks. S-fold and wave-fold are the modern look — even, soft, ceiling-mounted folds that hang straight to the floor. They need either a square-set ceiling or a custom pelmet to sit properly, because the track is visible by design.
Pinch pleat is the traditional heading — gathered folds at the top, fixed to a more substantial track that sits behind a cornice. It works on almost any ceiling without modification, and reads as a softer, more classic curtain. Both are fine choices — we'll recommend the one that suits your home at the in-home measure.
About these indicative prices
Pricing on this page is indicative only and is not a quote. It assumes our standard baseline configuration on a typical residential opening with standard installation within our Melbourne service area. Final pricing depends on actual measurements, fabric, configuration, and install conditions. Your written quote after the free in-home measure is the binding figure. Reviewed quarterly. As at May 2026. Full pricing policy →
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