When planning curtains and blinds for an entire home, it is tempting to begin with a list of products and features. Motorised blinds throughout, sheers in every room or matching treatments on every window can create consistency, but they may not reflect how the household will actually use each space.

Not something a curtain business would normally say. But sometimes it is genuinely the right advice.

Window furnishings look simple from the outside. In practice, there are a lot of moving parts. And timing matters more than most people realise.

Over the years, some of our best outcomes have come from slowing the process down. Some of our trickiest situations came from moving too quickly. Here is what I have learnt.