Stella Open Weave Semi Sheer Curtain Pleated Review: 420 gsm Hybrid Verdict

The Stella Open Weave opens the conversation on two numbers that almost never sit together. The first is 420 gsm, a weight that puts the panel in the heavyweight tier of the Two Pages drapery program. The second is 50% Viscose, 50% Polyester on an open plain weave, which keeps the surface translucent enough to read semi-sheer. Most of the sheer family lives between 50 and 230 gsm: Scandina at 50 gsm flutters, Flynn lightweight reads classic sheer, Freya jacquard sits around 120 gsm. A semi-sheer at 420 gsm is the rare combination, and it changes the drape behavior, the light path, and the way the panel reads in the room.

What follows is the Stella Open Weave Semi Sheer Curtain Pleated × TWOPAGES, twelve colorways ranging from Oatmeal White 701-1 through Blush Pink 701-31, base price from $49/panel, configured through the same Two Pages workflow as the rest of the catalog. The line sits inside the broader Two Pages sheer curtains hub for context, and the open weave structure is what distinguishes it from every other pleated sheer the brand catalogs.

Quick verdict

If you want a semi-sheer with a body that hangs structurally and reads more drapery than fluttering sheer, the Stella Open Weave is the one collection at 420 gsm inside the Two Pages sheer program. The trade is no memory training, which means the pleats arrive flat and need a hand-set at the moment of hanging, plus a dye-lot caveat that pushes you toward swatch-first, single-cart ordering. It earns its place when the room actually needs the weight to anchor the drape, and it is harder to justify when you wanted a true airy sheer that floats on the slightest draft.

What follows opens with the drape behavior, because the 420 gsm open weave is the structural fact that drives every other call you make on this collection, then the configurator math, then the spec deep-dive that anchors the memory-training caveat, then the verdict.

Drape and finish: the open weave heavyweight signature

The first thing that reads in the room on a Stella Open Weave panel is the structure. 420 gsm is heavyweight territory, and on a semi-sheer that is unusual: most sheer fabrics live between 50 and 230 gsm, designed to float and to catch airflow. The Stella does neither. The body hangs with a planted, sculptural pleat geometry that stays put in a draft, the kind of behavior you normally read on a 350 gsm Liz Linen drapery, not on a sheer. That weight is what lets the open weave sit cleanly on the pleat fold without the panel collapsing into a soft column, which is the failure mode you see on a 50 to 100 gsm sheer poly. Configure the line directly on the Stella open weave 420 gsm line on Two Pages if you want to see the configurator output at your room dimensions.

The second thing is the light path. The open plain weave leaves measurable gaps between the heavier yarns, which lets roughly 30 to 50 percent of visible light through depending on backlight intensity. Daytime privacy stays solid at conversational distance, around 6 to 8 feet, but you read silhouettes at the window at a foot or two away. At golden hour, the open structure catches the warm wash and the whole panel takes on the room’s color temperature instead of fighting it. The hand at the touch is the viscose-polyester signature: the viscose half brings a soft, slightly silky finish, the polyester half brings the color stability and the long-haul resistance to UV degradation.

The third thing is what the body does to the drape geometry. A 420 gsm semi-sheer holds the pinch pleat fold straight down from the header without the funnel-shape pull-in that a lightweight sheer shows at the bottom corners. The pleat reads sculptural rather than soft. That is the reason a Stella panel anchors a window architecturally, while a lightweight sheer reads as a curtain that happens to be there. Owners describe the visual register as closer to a translucent drapery than to a sheer panel, which is the right way to set expectations going in.

The twelve colorways split into three families. The warm neutrals (Oatmeal White 701-1, Oatmeal Beige 701-2, Pale Yellow 701-5, Pale Gold 701-15) carry the sun-touched side and read warmer than they look in flat catalog photos. The cool neutrals (Oatmeal Grey 701-7, Light Grey 701-10, Charcoal Grey 701-12, Dark Brown 701-13) bring the structural register, and Charcoal Grey 701-12 is the rare semi-sheer dark pick that holds visual weight without going opaque. The four pastels (Powder Blue 701-20, Sea Blue 701-22, Mint Green 701-27, Blush Pink 701-31) are the design-forward picks for a nursery or a coastal room.

Pricing by configuration: what the cart actually shows

The catalog reads from $49/panel, which is the smallest unlined pinch pleat at the entry width and one of the lowest entry points in the Two Pages drapery pleated catalog. A Liz Linen sits at $89 entry, an Isabella at $59, a Sabrina Ramkhelawan designer collab at $119. The $49 base is the brand’s accessible end of the pleated program, and it makes sense: a semi-sheer body costs less to manufacture than a 500 gsm cotton-poly heavyweight printed body. Once you load real room dimensions, the configured total moves into the $129 to $285 range per panel depending on size and lining choice.

The lining ladder is where the call gets interesting on this collection. On a regular drapery, the lining choice is a comfort and privacy upgrade. On a semi-sheer like the Stella, adding a cotton or blackout lining cancels the entire reason you bought the open weave: the diffused daytime glow disappears, the panel reads opaque, and you have effectively paid a $49 semi-sheer entry price for what is now a regular drapery on a 420 gsm body. The right approach for night privacy is layering: a Stella unlined panel in front for the daytime light path, a blackout panel behind on a separate rod or a double-bracket setup for night blockout. Two budgets, two panels, one window treated correctly.

The step up to the 100″ × 120″ unlined puddle at around $285 makes sense when the room is a floor-to-ceiling living with white walls and the open weave can read as architecture against the daylight. The $245 cotton-lined 75″ × 108″ only makes sense if you have already accepted that this panel is no longer behaving as a semi-sheer and you wanted a 420 gsm body in a cotton-lined drapery anyway. For most rooms, the answer is the entry unlined config and a separate blackout layer for the nights you need it.

Specs deep-dive: the 420 gsm semi-sheer mechanics

Material and composition

The body is 50% Viscose, 50% Polyester at 420 gsm heavyweight, woven on an open plain weave structure. The 50 / 50 split is the key. Most sheers run high polyester (often 100%) for cost and stability, or they go full natural fibre (linen) for hand. The Stella picks both halves of the trade. The viscose half gives the surface its soft, slightly silky feel and brings the luminosity at backlight, the property that lets the open weave read as warm light rather than as plastic mesh. The polyester half stabilizes the color through cycled UV exposure and resists the wrinkle return that pure viscose would carry on a 420 gsm body. Two Pages publishes its mill program under the OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100 baseline for residential textiles at the company level, and the certification reads as a sitewide posture rather than a per-collection claim. If you want a structured contrast inside the sheer pleated family, the Florida embossed white semi-sheer line sits at the opposite end of the surface design choice: same semi-sheer translucency, embossed motif instead of open weave.

Specification	Value
Material	50% Viscose, 50% Polyester
Weight	420 gsm heavyweight semi-sheer
Weave	Open plain weave (airy gaps, thicker yarns)
Translucency	Semi-sheer, ~30 to 50% visible light passage
Colorways	12 (701-1, 701-2, 701-5, 701-7, 701-10, 701-12, 701-13, 701-15, 701-20, 701-22, 701-27, 701-31)
Fabric width	110 inches per panel
Bottom hem	1.5 inches (puddle option recommended on living for sculptural drape)
Side tuck	2 inches (from side hem to first pleat)
Sold	Individually, per panel
Header styles	9 (Pinch default, Triple, French, Goblet, Inverted Box, Tailor, Tab Top, Rod Pocket, Grommet)
Lining options	6 available, unlined recommended to preserve semi-sheer behavior
Max custom size	236″ × 145″ OR 160″ × 255″
Memory training	NOT supported on this line (catalog exception)
Lead time	10 to 12 business days
Base price	from $49/panel
Includes	Curtain hooks (rings and rods sold separately)
Care	Dry clean recommended ; lengths may vary by 1 inch ; dye lots may vary
Return policy	Final sale once production begins
Shipping	Free over $300

Memory training (not supported)

This is the single most important caveat to set before clicking buy. The Stella Open Weave does not support memory training, which makes it the exception across the Two Pages drapery program. On every other pleated line the brand catalogs, Body Memory Shaping ships included, the pleats arrive pre-formed, and the panel falls into a clean fold geometry out of the box. On the Stella, the pleats arrive flat from the made-to-order run, and you hand-set each pinch at the moment of hanging. The right method is documented in Two Pages’ pleated curtain hanging tutorial, which walks the pinch-and-settle sequence. Plan on a 24 to 48 hour settling window after hanging for the panel to take its final fold geometry. This is the single biggest delivery surprise reported on Trustpilot for buyers who skip the tutorial.

Sizing, headers, and linings

The configurator carries the standard Two Pages depth on this collection. 9 header styles: Pinch Pleat (default), Triple Pleat (+$15), French Pleat, Goblet Pleat (+$25), Inverted Box, Tailor, Tab Top, Rod Pocket, Grommet. 6 lining options available in the dropdown, although unlined is the only choice that preserves the semi-sheer behavior the product is designed for. Max custom size 236 inches wide by 145 inches tall, or 160 inches wide by 255 inches tall if you need the taller orientation. Lead time is 10 to 12 business days, in line with the standard Two Pages program.

Colors and code logic

The twelve colorways follow a code that is worth reading before you click. The prefix 701 identifies the Stella collection. The number tells you the tone. 701-1 Oatmeal White and 701-2 Oatmeal Beige are the warm safe-pick neutrals. 701-5 Pale Yellow is the sun-warm hero, the launch image of the line. 701-7 Oatmeal Grey and 701-10 Light Grey are the cool light neutrals. 701-12 Charcoal Grey and 701-13 Dark Brown are the dark register, rare on a semi-sheer. 701-15 Pale Gold brings a metallic warm tone. 701-20 Powder Blue, 701-22 Sea Blue, 701-27 Mint Green, and 701-31 Blush Pink round out the pastel family for a nursery or a coastal room.

The dye lot caveat matters more on this twelve-color line than on a one-color sheer. Two separate orders of the same 701 code, placed weeks apart, can land on slightly different production runs and read a touch different in the same room. Order all the panels for one window in a single cart, and add the rings and the rod to the same cart so the entire window arrives in one ship and matches across the dye lot.

What owners actually report

The Stella Open Weave sits in a niche corner of the sheer market, so the verified-buyer photo set is smaller than the Liz Linen or Isabella libraries. The broader baseline that frames this collection is Two Pages’ sitewide Trustpilot 4.5/5 across 5,000+ Two Pages reviews. The recurring 2025 surprise on the Stella specifically is the flat-pleat delivery, which catches owners who expect the same out-of-box memory training every other Two Pages drapery line ships with. Once the hand-set settling window passes (typically 24 to 48 hours), the panel reads as designed and the feedback turns positive.

The recurring praise lines up around three points. The drape holds without flutter, which is the property buyers noticed when they bought a heavyweight semi-sheer in the first place. The light diffusion matches the catalog photography faithfully, with the open weave reading warm at backlight and clean at front light. The twelve-color palette unlocks combinations a one-color sheer cannot offer, and Charcoal Grey 701-12 and Dark Brown 701-13 in particular get called out as rare dark semi-sheer picks that hold visual weight without going opaque.

The recurring criticism is also predictable. The flat-pleat delivery surprises first-time Two Pages buyers who read the broader catalog description and assumed memory training was universal. The hand-set workflow during the first week feels demanding for owners who wanted plug-and-play. The rings and rods separate ordering forces a second decision tree at the cart. And the dye lot variation between two separate orders, weeks apart, is a real risk because the production runs are not perfectly identical batch to batch on a twelve-color line.

FAQ

What is the Stella Open Weave Semi Sheer Curtain Pleated by TWOPAGES?
A pinch pleat semi-sheer drapery in a 50% Viscose, 50% Polyester open plain weave at 420 gsm heavyweight, 12 colorways ranging from Oatmeal White 701-1 through Blush Pink 701-31. The weave is open enough to diffuse daylight softly while keeping daytime privacy at conversational distance, and the body is heavy enough to read structured rather than fluttering, which is unusual for a semi-sheer at this price band.

How much does a Stella Open Weave pleated panel cost?
Base price is from $49/panel for the smallest unlined configuration. A standard 50″ × 96″ unlined panel returns around $129, a 75″ × 108″ cotton-lined bedroom panel around $245, and a 100″ × 120″ unlined puddle floor-to-ceiling living room panel around $285. Code JULY applies 20% off sitewide. Free shipping unlocks above $300 cart value. Free swatch booklet (12 colors) ships separately for $2.99.

Does the Stella Open Weave support memory training?
No. Memory training is NOT supported on the Stella line, which makes it the exception inside the Two Pages drapery catalog. The fold pleats arrive flat from the made-to-order run and need a manual hand-set at the moment of hanging: pinch each pleat by hand and let the panel settle for 24 to 48 hours to stabilize. This is the single biggest delivery surprise reported by Stella owners on Trustpilot, and the reason the official hanging tutorial step matters.

Should I add a lining to the Stella semi-sheer?
On a semi-sheer like the Stella, unlined is the default. The whole point of the open weave at 420 gsm is the diffused daytime light path and the soft privacy, and adding a cotton or blackout lining cancels that behavior and turns the panel into something closer to a regular drapery. If you want night privacy, the right approach is layering: a Stella unlined panel in front, a blackout panel behind on a separate rod or a double-bracket setup.

Which Stella colorway should I pick for a south-facing room?
On a south-facing room, Oatmeal White 701-1, Pale Yellow 701-5, Pale Gold 701-15, and Oatmeal Beige 701-2 hold warm light beautifully and read sun-touched by mid-afternoon. Powder Blue 701-20 and Mint Green 701-27 lean cool and balance a saturated warm-paint wall. Charcoal Grey 701-12 and Dark Brown 701-13 are the rare semi-sheer dark picks that hold visual weight against bright south exposure without going opaque.

What is the lead time for a Stella Open Weave pleated panel?
10 to 12 business days from order confirmation, before shipping, in line with the standard Two Pages line. The catalog flags dye lot variation across separate orders, so the recommended workflow is single-cart ordering for any one room, especially because the Stella ships without rings and rods, only hooks. Add the rod and rings to the same cart.

Final verdict

The Stella Open Weave Semi Sheer Curtain Pleated earns its $49 entry inside the Two Pages drapery program when you actually want a structured semi-sheer that hangs like a drapery and diffuses like a sheer, the rare hybrid the 420 gsm body delivers on a 50 / 50 viscose polyester open plain weave. Twelve colorways span warm neutrals through cool darks and four pastels, the open weave catches backlight without flattening into mesh, and the dense body anchors the pleat geometry instead of fluttering. The compromises are clear: memory training is not supported on this single line, so the pleats arrive flat and demand a 24 to 48 hour hand-set settling window ; the dropdown linings cancel the semi-sheer behavior the body is designed for, so layering is the right move for night privacy ; and rings and rods ship separately, so the cart needs a second decision tree. 4.2/5. Recommended for a living room or bedroom where the curtain is the daylight architecture, with Oatmeal White 701-1 or Pale Yellow 701-5 as the warm safe picks, Light Grey 701-10 as the cool counterpart, Charcoal Grey 701-12 as the dark structural move, and Powder Blue 701-20 reserved for a coastal-leaning room.