Custom Curtains for Sangolda Homes

Sangolda's main road, on the way from Porvorim to Saligao, is known for its furniture, antique and lifestyle stores, and the homes behind it are furnished with care. Curtains here are best chosen as part of the whole room, against the sofa, the rug and the wall colour, and they can be stitched from fabric you have bought yourself if there is enough of it. Linen, cotton prints and silk all hold up well, because the village is inland, without salt and with only moderate humidity. Old family houses want long drops above tall shuttered windows; new villas want ceiling tracks across sliding doors. Line west-facing windows against afternoon heat.

• Old family houses: full-length linen or cotton curtains on a wooden or metal rod fixed above the frame, so the shutters open freely.
• New villas and row houses: wave-fold curtains on a recessed ceiling track, with a motor on double-height or very wide glazing.
• Houses on the main road: a sheer kept drawn behind the main curtain, in a tighter weave that holds back and hides road dust.