Macrame Door Curtain, Boho Room Divider up to 100 x 220 cm

Five: 85 x 200, 95 x 200, 100 x 200, 100 x 220 and 105 x 105 cm. The 105 x 105 is a short valance rather than a door curtain, and it is pictured as one.

Because the supplier has appended its packaging size to every value. It contradicts the width and drop at the front of the same string and it appears identically on a 105 x 105 valance and a 100 x 220 curtain, so it cannot describe the product. Read the first measurement, not the last.

Measure the opening rather than the door, and go slightly wider so the curtain gathers instead of leaving a gap. For the drop, measure from where the rod will sit to the floor and take the nearest size under it.

No, and this is the most important thing on the page. The 85, 95 and 105 cm pieces carry visibly different knot patterns from each other. Choose by the photograph as much as by the measurement.

No. The cords hang open with gaps between them, so light and sight both pass through. It screens an opening visually; it does not hide what is behind it.

Visually, yes. It marks the boundary and filters light while leaving both spaces open. It does not block sound, draughts or cooking smells, so treat it as a soft partition.

On its wooden rod, with two brackets or hooks at the ends. The rod is included; brackets, hooks and screws are not, and none appear in the photographs.

Yes, and two of the supplier's photographs do exactly that. Gathering it to one side turns it from a screen into a soft frame for the opening.

Cord with a clear three ply twist, on a wooden rod. The seller describes it as hand-woven; that is the seller's description rather than a claim we can verify.

No. Natural undyed cream is the only colorway on this listing.

Dust it or vacuum it on low suction. Do not wash a full length knotted curtain: it becomes very heavy wet, stretches under its own weight and takes days to dry evenly.

Undyed fiber warms in tone in strong direct sun over time, and a polyester and cotton blend is no exception. Nothing in the source addresses light fastness, so a bright south facing opening is the harder placement.

One of the supplier's photographs does. At 200 to 220 cm of drop it reads at full height behind a couple, and it photographs well because the knot pattern catches light without going flat.

No. It is open cord. It does nothing for draughts or heat, and anything that suggests otherwise is guessing.

Yes, the curtain comes on its wooden rod. Brackets, hooks and fixings are not included.

Something sized to the furniture rather than the wall. That said, this product is a doorway curtain rather than wall art, and it earns its place in a living room as a room divider or across an archway.

It covers area cheaply, which is the argument for it. This piece is designed to hang in an opening rather than flat on a wall, and against a wall the loose cords will move every time someone passes.

Textiles, and for an opening rather than a wall, a curtain like this one. Both give you surface and softness where a frame gives you an image behind glass.

Something with visible texture at full height. A 200 cm macrame curtain reads at standing height behind people and the knotwork catches light rather than going flat under a flash.

Landscape and matt. This is a full length curtain rather than wall art, so it is the wrong shape for above a couch; one of the wide swags in this collection suits that better.

A macrame curtain is the usual answer: it marks the opening, filters light and lets air and people through. Measure the opening rather than a door leaf, and go slightly wider so it gathers.

Hang something in the line where the wall would be. A full length open curtain divides visually while keeping both sides light, which is what a solid partition takes away.

Work in the openings rather than on the walls. A tension rod in a doorway needs no fixings at all, which makes a door curtain one of the few genuinely damage free changes available.

Art made from textile rather than paint or print: knotted, woven or wound. At home it is used where softness and sound matter, which is why it turns up on bedroom walls and in doorways more than in kitchens.

Usually the doorway rather than the wall. A bedroom with a dressed opening reads finished in a way that adding a third wall piece does not.

One made on a loom, with threads crossing. This is knotted rather than woven, which is a different technique: the pattern comes from the knots and the surface stands proud rather than lying flat.

A macrame curtain of this size is heavier than a net but far lighter than a lined drape. A good tension rod sized correctly to the opening will hold it; a cheap one that has slipped once will keep slipping.

Something with real drop. At 200 to 220 cm this curtain is one of the few pieces in the collection with the height for a tall wall, though it is built for an opening rather than a flat surface.

In doorways and openings, yes, more than on walls. The knotted curtain has outlasted the knotted wall hanging because it does a job rather than only decorating.

Soft, high and fixed. As for this product specifically, a full length open curtain in a nursery doorway is worth thinking twice about: it is a lot of loose cord at child height.

A door curtain, or a portiere in older usage. Beaded and macrame versions are the two common decorative types; this is the macrame kind.

Something for an opening or a window rather than a wall, because those are the parts people notice last and fix last. A door curtain is an unusual gift and a genuinely useful one in a flat with no interior doors.

One that is full height and open enough not to make either side dark. That is exactly what an open knotted curtain does, and it is why it beats a solid drape for dividing a small flat.

Do not. At this size a wet knotted piece becomes extremely heavy, stretches under its own weight and takes days to dry evenly. Dust or vacuum it on low suction instead.

Macrame is quieter and warmer looking; beaded curtains rattle and read as a period reference. Macrame also passes light more softly, where beads sparkle. For a lasting choice, macrame.

Layered texture, natural materials, warm light and a tolerance for things not matching. It is a way of assembling a room rather than a set of objects, which is why one piece rarely makes a room boho on its own.

A full length curtain is the usual answer where a door will not fit or is not allowed. Be clear about the trade: it gives visual separation and no sound or light privacy at all.

A curtain across the opening, hung on a rod inside the reveal. An open macrame one softens the opening but does not hide what is behind it, so it suits a tidy closet rather than a full one.

Break the sight line rather than the space. A full height open curtain across the middle marks a boundary while keeping both halves lit, which a bookcase or a screen does not.

It is worth buying for texture and softness, and not worth buying if you expect an image. The category's problem is that listings rarely say which of several quite different objects they are selling.

Barely. It filters and breaks up light rather than blocking it, and you can see straight through the gaps between the cords. For privacy or darkness you need a solid panel behind it.

Something full height, matt and neutral. A 200 cm curtain reads behind a standing couple, and the knotwork gives a photograph texture without adding a pattern.

Genuinely handmade macrame is slow work, which is what people are paying for. An import like this one is not that, and the price should reflect it. What a listing is worth paying for is honest information.

Nothing in the source supports outdoor use. Cotton cord outdoors grays within a season, holds damp overnight and grows mildew in the knots where it cannot dry.

No. A machine will tighten the knots unevenly, felt the cord and wrap the whole thing around the drum. There is no practical way to wash a piece this size.

Something that follows the shape rather than fights it. A full length curtain works in an arch because the top of the curtain sits below the curve and the eye reads the arch above it.

Something textile rather than something decorative. Boho as a look is mostly about surfaces, so a curtain or a hanging fits almost any version of it where an ornament is a guess.

A full length curtain of loose cord at child height is the one place we would say no. Above head height on a wall is a different question, but a doorway curtain is exactly where a toddler will be.

Yes, and it is one of the better options. It has visible texture at distance, it does not reflect a flash, and unlike a paper backdrop it survives being used again.

Usually 180 to 220 cm. This one comes in 180, 200 and 220 cm drops, so measure from where the rod will sit to the floor and take the nearest size under it.

Undyed cream, which is the only color this product comes in and happens to be the right answer. Cream against beige needs the texture to register, which knotwork provides and a flat fabric would not.