激しい curtains for 前線 doors are making a 復帰 as they 封鎖する draughts and 減ずる the need to switch the heating on

By Valerie Elliot For The Mail On Sunday

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They had their heyday during the war to 黒人／ボイコット out doors and windows ーするために hide 居住の areas from German 爆撃機s.

But now 激しい curtains are popular again to help with another 危機 ? as people struggle with heating 法案s.

蓄える／店s 報告（する）／憶測 a 殺到する in sales of hanging door curtains, often for open-計画（する） homes where 前線 doors lead 直接／まっすぐに into sitting rooms.?

需要・要求する at John 吊りくさび is up 50 per cent in the past six months, Argos is selling more thermal door curtains, and Dunelm has 延長するd its 範囲.

Rebecca 追跡（する）, a John 吊りくさび 買い手, said: 'Door curtains are 支援する in fashion. Some use them to 妨げる draughts and save on heating 法案s, while others are drawn to the aesthetics.'

Costing as little as £30 (and 要求するing a 政治家), favourites are made of 厚い, colourful 構成要素s, interlined linens, wools, brocade, bold abstract prints and large-規模 florals to match room decor.

Demand at John Lewis is up 50 per cent in the past six months, Argos is selling more thermal door curtains, and Dunelm has extended its range (stock photo)

需要・要求する at John 吊りくさび is up 50 per cent in the past six months, Argos is selling more thermal door curtains, and Dunelm has 延長するd its 範囲 (在庫／株 photo)

内部の designer Emily Harrop-Griffiths said: 'There is a big 影響（力） of maximalism in 内部のs now, and 追加するing 詳細（に述べる）s like door curtains has become 望ましい.'

One 変える who has put up a door curtain at his Oxfordshire cottage says: '以前, it took three hours to make our rooms warm downstairs but now it's just an hour. Door curtains definitely work.'

There is also a 復帰, too, for 'cafe curtains' ? half-length sheer drapes. They were favoured in the 1950s to keep out dust and 保護する furniture from direct sunlight.?

Often derided as '保護物，者s' for the nosy who could keep an 注目する，もくろむ on 隣人s without 存在 seen, they are now frequently bought to 保護する 価値のあるs from the peering 注目する，もくろむs of 夜盗，押し込み強盗s.

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