Resort Curtains in Goa

The single most useful thing a resort can own is a written curtain specification: the fabric and colour reference, the lining, the heading type, the fullness, the finished drop measured from the track, the track profile and its fixing height, and the hook and glider count. With that sheet, a curtain damaged in cottage eighteen next year can be remade to match without anyone guessing.

We prepare that document during the job. Ask us to set aside spare fabric from the same dye batch — a later batch of the same colour can differ just enough to show when two curtains hang side by side.

Blackout lining alone does not make a dark room. Light leaks around the edges: over the top of a pole, past the sides, under a curtain that stops short. In guest rooms we prefer a ceiling-fixed or face-fixed track with returns at the ends, curtains that overlap at the centre and extend past the frame on both sides, and a drop that sits just off the floor.

If a room has a gap above the window that the track cannot close, a pelmet or a blackout roller blind behind the curtain usually solves it. We check each room type for this during the survey rather than assuming every cottage is built the same — on older properties they rarely are.

Resort curtains are drawn and opened many times a day by people who don't own them, laundered between seasons and exposed to strong sun. Choose a mid-weight woven fabric with a firm hand, in a warm neutral or a tone that will not show sun fade. Very open weaves snag on luggage and jewellery; very heavy fabrics are hard to launder and slow to dry in the monsoon.

For guest rooms and public areas, specify fire-retardant contract fabrics and ask for the documentation with the order. Our coastal fabric advisor is a quick way to narrow the options before samples arrive.

We survey every room type, agree the mock-up room, then cut and make in batches. Curtains are pre-hooked and labelled by room before they leave the studio, so time spent in each cottage is mostly fixing the track and hanging. Rooms can return to inventory in groups while the next block is being fitted.

See how we approached a working resort on the guest room and lounge project, and read about our wider contract work on the commercial and hospitality page.