When I woke up for the third time in three days at 8 o’clock having gone to bed fewer than eight hours before, I finally decided to get my butt in gear and get some curtains. Clearly the roll-thing that was there was not sufficient. I’d previously tried to buy a curtain rod and fabric, but I kept on chickening out, unsure whether I could make it work. Well, Saturday, I decided that I could, so off to the store I went, keeping 1.5 meters distance from everyone as mandated.
I got 4 meters of a white fabric that should not let any light through and four meters of some outer fabric. Got some curtain tape, a pre-assembled curtain rod and went on my merry way. I used the lines on the outer fabric to iron hems and edges into place and then put the lining and the curtain tape on. Sewed it all down, installed hooks and it was good to go.
The before and after is quite striking considering it’s broad daylight outside. I don’t know whether it will have much effect on my sleep. However, the fact that I managed to hang up curtains all by myself (I used a drill and everything) is as much of a boost as getting more sleep will be. At least for now.