Office Curtains in Goa

On a busy open-plan floor curtains can feel fussy and gather dust behind desks. They come into their own in rooms where people sit and talk: the cabin, the boardroom, the client lounge, the waiting area by reception. These are also the rooms with the most hard surfaces and the most need for a little acoustic softness.

A common, workable pattern is blinds everywhere staff sit at screens, and curtains on the glass walls of the reception and senior cabins. Matching the curtain colour to the blind colour keeps the façade consistent.

Office curtains are opened and closed by many hands, and they hang in rooms cleaned by staff who will not hand-wash anything. Polyester and polyester-blend fabrics hold their shape, resist creasing and come through repeated washing better than pure linen or cotton. A linen-look polyester gives a natural texture without the maintenance.

If your building, landlord or insurer asks for fire-retardant soft furnishings, tell us at the start. We can source inherently or treated fire-retardant fabrics and give you the supplier's documentation to check against what they require; the requirement itself is set by them, not by us.

A ripple-fold or wave heading looks crisp and modern and suits almost any office interior. Pinch pleats feel more traditional and suit a heritage building or a lawyer's chambers in an old Panjim house. Eyelets are best avoided on wide glass; they drag on the pole and look domestic.

Ceiling-mounted tracks give the cleanest line and let the curtain cover glazing right up to the slab. For long runs, ask for a track with a cord or wand draw, or motorise it so nobody has to walk the curtain across ten metres of glass.

Stone, warm grey, oatmeal and charcoal suit most offices and hide everyday marks. Avoid pure white on a curtain that people will touch: it shows hand marks within weeks. A subtle texture or slub reads as considered without introducing a pattern the next tenant or rebrand will fight with.