Some projects are straightforward. Others begin with sheets of paper spread across the showroom floor.

For a recent workspace project with Saint Social and AKI Design, we needed to create a custom radial curtain track to form a separate seating area within the space.

Because of the size and shape, it wasn’t possible for it to be transported in one piece. It required a full-size template, careful coordination with the designer and a precise installation to keep the curve consistent.

The finished result looked simple, but a lot of planning happened before the curtains ever went up.

Not something a curtain business would normally say. But sometimes it is genuinely the right advice.

Window furnishings look simple from the outside. In practice, there are a lot of moving parts. And timing matters more than most people realise.

Over the years, some of our best outcomes have come from slowing the process down. Some of our trickiest situations came from moving too quickly. Here is what I have learnt.