After the first two months here our electricity bill was a horrendous four hundred bucks. And now it's winter, and we find we need the heater on most of the time when we are home in the apartment. One of the delightful things about this apartment is the lovely spacious main room. Another is the large kitchen with it's wide spread of windows. Add to that an open door way between the kitchen and main room, and there is no way to keep this place warm.
It occurred to us that if we could close off the kitchen area then maybe we could keep the main room warm. Sure, that's easy, just go buy some curtains and curtain rods ...
First we took a photo of our doorway and window next to it. 
Then I measured it up and drew a picture of the doorway with curtains in it and the measurements written in. Armed with these and the words "chuang lian" (curtain) we found a tiny shop with curtains hanging all around and a lady busy sewing. She was most impressed with our preparations, got straight onto her mobile and ordered the quantity of our chosen material, and told us it would be ready "ming tian" (tomorrow).
As you can see, there was considerable excitement when we returned to pick up the finished articles. Its moments like these that make it all so much more fun.
So, it was easy really. Easier than making them myself.
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