Macrame Door Curtain, One Pattern in Three Sizes to 100 x 200 cm

No. It is open cord with gaps between the strands. It changes how an opening looks, not how it performs.

On the wooden rod that comes with it, using two brackets or hooks at the ends. Brackets, hooks and screws are not supplied.

Yes, if the frame is deep enough for the rod and its brackets. Fitting it inside the reveal gives a neater line than hanging it on the face of the wall above.

Yes. Gathering it to one side turns it from a screen into a soft frame for the opening, and there is nothing on the piece that stops you.

Cotton cord with a clear three ply twist, on a plain wooden rod. The seller describes it as hand-woven; that is its description, reported rather than verified.

No. Natural undyed cream is the only colorway on this piece, and there is no color selector to change it. The only choice you make here is the size.

Yes, and we photograph it that way. The 200 cm drop reads at standing height and the open knotwork catches light instead of going flat in photographs.

Yes, though at 180 to 200 cm of drop it is long for most windows. It suits a full height window or a glazed door better than a standard casement.

Nothing in the source supports outdoor use. For a dry outdoor ceremony it would be fine for the day, but it is not an outdoor product.

A tension rod inside the door reveal, which needs no fixings at all. It is the main reason a door curtain suits a rental: nothing goes into the wall and nothing has to be filled when you leave.

They are one of the best changes a renter can make. A tension rod leaves no trace, the curtain comes with you, and it softens an opening that would otherwise stay bare for the whole tenancy.

Marking an opening without closing it. It gives a doorway definition, filters light and softens the sound a little, while people and air still pass through freely.

It varies with size and whether it is handmade or imported. This is an import with no named maker, so judge it against other imports rather than against studio work.

A full length curtain, which is the usual answer where a door will not fit or is not permitted. Be clear on the trade: visual separation, and no sound or light privacy at all.

A full length curtain of loose cord at child height is the one placement we would avoid. On a wall above head height it is a different question; in a doorway a toddler will reach it.

Something full height and matt. A 200 cm curtain reads behind a standing couple, and the knotwork catches light rather than flattening under a flash.

Usually 30 to 32 inches, about 76 to 81 cm, with the opening a little wider than the leaf. That is why a 90 to 100 cm curtain is right: it gathers rather than sitting exactly flush.

Textiles cover more wall per pound than anything framed. This piece is built for an opening rather than a wall, though at 200 cm of drop it will hang flat against one if you want it to.

Something that breaks the sight line without blocking light. An open knotted curtain does exactly that, where a bookcase or a screen makes the far half of the room dark.

Barely. The cords hang open with gaps between them, so light and sight both pass through. Use it as a softening layer over a blind rather than as the blind itself.

Softer and it combs out better; against that it fades faster in strong sun.

This one comes on its rod already. For a piece that does not, loop the cords over the dowel and bind each loop, or run a cord between the dowel ends and hang from that.

Dress the openings before the walls. A curtained doorway and a soft window do more for how a bedroom reads than a third wall piece, and both cost less than furniture.

One full height textile piece, reused afterwards. It photographs better than fabric draping because it has texture, and it costs once rather than per event.

Do not wet it at all. Cotton cord shrinks unevenly across knotted and unknotted sections, so the piece comes back a different shape. Vacuum on low suction instead.

Macrame is quieter, warmer looking and filters light softly. Beaded curtains rattle, catch on clothing and read as a period reference. Macrame is the more durable choice in both senses.

A full length curtain, a folding screen or nothing. The curtain is the only one of the three that leaves both rooms lit, which is usually the reason the doorway has no door in the first place.

To the floor or just above it. Measure from where the rod will sit down to the floor and choose the nearest size under that, since a curtain pooling on the floor collects dust in the fringe.

In doorways more than on walls. A knotted curtain does a job, which is what has kept it current while purely decorative macrame panels have cooled.

Something for an opening or a window. Those are the parts of a new flat that stay bare longest, and unlike wall art a curtain does not assume a room size.

Yes, and it is a common use where closet doors have been removed. It softens the opening but does not hide what is behind it, so it suits a tidy closet better than a full one.

Tension rods in any recess and adhesive strips elsewhere. A door curtain on a tension rod is one of very few dorm changes that leaves genuinely no trace.

Undyed cream, if the wall behind it is not also cream. Neutral pieces need either contrast against the wall or strong side light, or they disappear entirely.

Cotton cord fluffs at cut ends with handling, which is normal. Genuine fraying only starts if a bound end is cut past its binding, which is why the ends should be left alone.

About 35 by 71 inches and 39 by 79 inches. The third size here, 95 by 200 cm, is about 37 by 79 inches.

Nothing in this our listing supports outdoor use. Even under cover, cotton cord holds overnight damp and grays within a season.

Something for a doorway or a window rather than a wall. Those are the things a first flat has no budget for, and they need no decision about the recipient's taste in art.

Almost anything, which is the problem: with no constraint the choice is only about the room. Undyed cream reads as texture on white; a strong color reads as the single object in the room.

You can, though at 180 to 200 cm of drop it is long for a standard casement. It suits a full height window or a glazed door, where the length has somewhere to go.

Less than a solid one does. Because you see through it, the eye still reads the full depth of both spaces, which is the main argument for an open knotted curtain over a fabric panel in a small flat.

No. Our own instruction sheet says, in red, that the stick needs to be prepared by oneself. Brackets and wall fixings are also yours to supply.

A connecting cord that holds the header square in transit. You can leave it in and slide your pole through underneath, or remove it and thread the pole through each knotted loop individually - which looks better, because the header then sits directly on the rod.

95 x 200 cm. A standard interior doorway is about 80 x 200 cm, so that gives 15 cm of width to spare and the full height. The 90 x 180 cm panel will stop about 20 cm short of the floor in the same opening.

No. All three sizes carry the identical eye-and-diamond header. Only the measurement changes, which is not true of every macrame curtain.

No. It is open twisted cord: it filters light into a pattern, softens a doorway and marks a threshold, but you can see straight through it.

We say yes. We would not - a meter of knotted cotton cord tangles in a drum and takes days to dry. Spot clean it, or hand wash it flat if it really needs it.