Hay Interiors is a long-established Perth curtain maker based in Nedlands, an easy drive from City Beach. We’ve been making custom made curtains for Perth homes since 1969, and few suburbs put window furnishings to the test like this one — ocean views worth keeping, and afternoon sun determined to ruin whatever hangs in its way.
Curtains and Roman blinds are made by hand in our workroom; roller blinds, cellular blinds and shutters are made to our exact specification by trusted specialists. Advice, making and fitting stay with the same people throughout.
City Beach wears its architecture proudly. The suburb still holds some of Perth’s best mid-century homes — clean-lined, glass-heavy houses whose window treatments should honour that restraint, not fight it — alongside substantial contemporary rebuilds that chase the view with walls of glazing. For the mid-century originals, simple track-hung panels, crisp sheer curtains and unfussy Roman blinds keep faith with the architecture. The rebuilds ask harder questions, and a recent consultation on Windarra Drive shows the kind of answer a workroom can give: the home’s glazing wraps toward the ocean, so we specified motorised curtains on a curved track, bent to follow the glass — when the curtains stack back, they clear the view completely instead of bunching across it. That’s the sort of detail that comes from making, not retailing — and it’s why many of Perth’s interior designers bring their City Beach projects to our workroom, briefing us from drawings stage; homeowners coming to us directly get exactly the same standard. For the widest spans, layered sheers and blockout curtains complete the picture.
Our showroom and workroom sit together on Stirling Highway in Nedlands — an easy drive from City Beach through Floreat, and worth it: you can handle full-width curtain fabrics rather than squinting at swatches, then take samples home to judge against your own walls and your own light, which beside the ocean is a test no showroom can fake. And Annie brings the consultation to you — measuring your windows, watching how the afternoon light actually enters your rooms, and advising on the spot. If anything needs adjusting once your curtains have settled, we’re close enough that it simply gets done.
The whole point of City Beach is what’s outside the window — so the last thing you want is a treatment that blocks it all day. Sunscreen roller blinds are made for exactly this: they cut glare and UV while preserving the view out, so the ocean stays part of the room even at four in the afternoon. Layer them behind sheers or blockout roller blinds for evening privacy and dark bedrooms, and the same window works around the clock. Fabric choice matters just as much: this close to the coast, Annie specifies UV-stable weaves and hardworking linings that take the punishment of western sun, drawing on Warwick, Nettex, Charles Parsons and more — brand-agnostic, so the recommendation is what survives your windows, not what a supplier is pushing.
Homes here live outdoors half the year, and the workroom serves that life too. Our team makes outdoor cushions for alfresco areas in fade- and weather-resistant fabrics, along with window-seat cushions and scatter cushions that tie interior schemes together — all cut and sewn in the same Nedlands workroom as your curtains, so colours and fabrics coordinate properly rather than approximately. For families with a boat in the driveway (this is City Beach, after all), we even make boat and caravan curtains. One maker across the whole home is rarer than it should be.
“Annie was wonderful in helping us choose new roller blinds. We received excellent service and the blinds are fabulous.” — Marian C, City Beach
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Our showroom and workroom are an easy drive from City Beach, on Stirling Highway in Nedlands — and Annie brings the consultation to you. You can explore hundreds of fabric samples, see finished examples, and often watch work happening in the attached workroom. Annie or a member of the team is always happy to talk through possibilities and answer questions.
Alternatively, we can arrange an in-home consultation at a time that suits you. This has the advantage of enabling us to consider your actual windows and provide advice on the best window dressings for your space.
Either way, you will receive honest, expert guidance focused entirely on what is right for your windows and your home.
We look forward to helping you create window furnishings you will love for many years to come.
Sunscreen roller blinds cut glare and UV while keeping the view through to the outside — ideal for west-facing City Beach living areas. Layered with sheers or blockout blinds, the same window gives you view by day and privacy and darkness by night.
The wrong ones will. Annie specifies UV-stable fabrics and protective linings chosen for intense coastal light, so colours and structure hold for years rather than seasons.
An easy drive — our showroom and workroom are on Stirling Highway in Nedlands. You’re welcome to visit and take fabric samples home, or Annie can come to your City Beach home for a free consultation.
Yes – in home consultations are free and without obligation, and Annie can usually visit quickly.
