Our new flat has a large, open-plan living room, where we tend put any guests when they’re staying overnight. There’s plenty of space for our futon and it’s without the scuffling noises from the guinea pig cage that’s in the small back bedroom.
The only problem is that, as it is an open-plan space, it’s a bit like sleeping in the kitchen at the same time… Also, it makes it difficult for Boyf or I to go upstairs to get breakfast, fetch pig greens or iron a shirt in the morning before work.
We didn’t want a permanent barrier, as we love the open space. We came up with the idea of putting a curtain pole up, concealed on the back of a beam that goes across the room. We could hang curtains from that pole, which could be drawn across when we have guests staying, but hidden away most of the time.
The design I came up with involves several black curtains to form the majority of the “wall”, alongside one red panel to form the “door”. These would need to be around 2.5m tall, to cover the space from floor to ceiling. A friend suggested button-down tab tops, which would make it really easy to move and remove the curtains as required.
Knowing that I would need to make at least five matching curtains, I made up a quick pattern for what each curtain should look like.
Then, I headed up to Walthamstow market one Saturday, to get hold of enough fabric to cover the huge space. I spent less than £30 on 18m of black fabric, 4m of red fabric, 30 buttons and some red trim. A proper bargain for over 5kg of fabric!
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