FABRIC & LIGHT CONTROL · SINGAPORE

Dimout curtain fabrics

A softer glow, with fabric you can feel.

Dimout is a light-control choice that reduces light through the fabric. It does not specify the pleat style, fibre content or an identical percentage across every cloth. Choose the finish you like, then test the actual sample.

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Made to measure · Fabric and hardware specified for your home

Warm ochre-and-cream basket/check weave layered over striped fabric samples. — Elegant Seal collection image

Compare in your own daylight

A showroom spotlight and a west-facing bedroom are different conditions. Compare samples at the window and under your evening lamps.

Keep opacity separate from style

Choose dimout cloth with S-fold for a flowing wave, double pleat for a tailored top, or eyelets for a visible rod.

Write down the actual specification

Record the sample code, lining if any and light-control description. A label such as “premium” does not establish a tested transmission value.

How we would style it: Linen-look texture works with timber and warm stone. A more fluid weave makes double pleats softer and S-folds less rigid.

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FABRIC LIGHT CONTROL · WITHOUT A PELMET

Dimout to blackout.
Notice the fabric. Then the gaps.

Move the slider to see less daylight passing through the closed curtain fabric. The indoor lights stay off. With no pelmet above the track, daylight can still enter through the top gap, even at the blackout setting.

Through the fabric

The dimout example has a visible glow through the cloth. The blackout illustration removes that transmitted glow.

Around the curtain

The uncovered top, side and floor gaps remain a separate path for daylight. Blackout fabric alone does not seal the window.

Real curtain references

Three aligned views of the same bedroom showing bright daylight through sheer curtains, reduced light through a closed curtain, and a much darker room behind blackout curtains without a pelmet. — **Sheer to blackout · no pelmet**The same bedroom moves from sheer-filtered daylight, to a closed curtain with a warm glow, to blackout cloth with the room much darker. With no pelmet, the final result still depends on light at the top and edges.

Closed dimout curtains with daylight glowing through the fabric and visible gaps at the top, sides and floor; no pelmet. — **Dimout · no pelmet**Daylight glows through the fabric and enters around the edges.

A substantially dark room with closed blackout curtains and narrow daylight gaps around the top, sides and floor; no pelmet. — **Blackout · no pelmet**The blackout cloth removes the glow through the fabric, leaving the room substantially darker. Daylight is still visible around the uncovered top, sides and floor.

Photos supplied by Elegant Seal. Select a photo to view the original.

Bedroom illustration informed by Elegant Seal’s curtain examples. Percentages illustrate light passing through the fabric; they are not tested fabric ratings. Actual room darkness also depends on fitting, daylight and gaps around the curtain.

Understand dimout, blackout & fitting

No pelmet · daylight can enter above the track

Curtain fabric: dimout to blackout

Dimout reference · 80% throughBlackout fabric · 0% through

80% illustrative light through the fabric20% blocked by the fabric in this illustration · top and edge gaps remain

Why is the top still bright? There is no pelmet covering the space above the curtain. Ask us to assess top coverage, side returns, centre overlap and hem clearance when planning a darker room.

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Questions about dimout curtain fabrics

What percentage of light does dimout let through?

It varies with the actual fabric and test conditions. Ask for the selected fabric’s report; the website simulator uses illustrative settings only.

Can dimout fabric be made with double pleats?

Yes. Opacity and the sewn heading are independent choices, subject to the suitability of the cloth.