A curtain slides across for privacy.

In the foreground are Float beanbag chairs and poufs from Paola Lenti. Mamagreen sofas nestle near the house on the sun-dappled deck. A 9.5-foot-tall shade cloth curtain seals off the entire length of the house when the couple is away, keeping the heat out of the interior and preventing accidental bird suicides against the floor-to-ceiling glass walls.

A curtain wall obscures the closet in the master bedroom.

Ready Made Curtain hanging system by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, produced by Kvadrat A/S.

The Conine family engineered the stainless-steel chain-mail mesh curtain system themselves using bedsheets to mock up the design. In the final version, a sunscreen with grommets from Whiting & Davis blocks the blazing sun while standing up to the strong winds of the Jackson Hole valley.

Custom curtains by Manhattan Textiles delineate the kitchen and sleeping room from the main space. A Rais Pina wood-burning stove keeps things cozy on the West Elm Henry sofa and Eames lounge chairs.

Metal Curtain at Practice Space Based on the principles of origami and oriented based on the path of the sun, the curtain of triangle-cut, thin-gauge sheet metal creats a contrast of old and new. The addition stands as a visual metaphor for the way Detroit’s past informs future promise. Photo by Catie Newell

The bedroom is enclosed with a glass wall. A blackout curtain can be drawn closed for privacy. An IKEA cabinet and white lacquered shelves help to provide plenty of closet space.

Clear glass panes set strategically into the otherwise translucent curtain wall expose the mezzanine to fresh air and rear views.

A curtain of mirrored metal helps erase the building’s historical references and also “dematerializes” the building by creating the sense of a porous connection between interior and exterior. Photo by Paul Clemence.

The bedroom has no wall to divide it from the rest of the building; blackout curtains can shut out the light entirely.

Levin’s daughter Charlotte and son, Dylan, both 11, finish homework in the Metapod. A linen curtain purchased on Etsy helps regulate the amount of light entering the space. Photo by Dustin Cohen.

Taking the idea of an outer wall, and the concept of a shoji screen, to an extreme end, Ban wrapped the open triangular space of this contemporary home with large drapes, which provide an almost surreal quiet in and separation from the vast metropolis.

Ready Made Curtain by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Kvadrat from $442 Turning privacy into an easy DIY project, this lightweight, all-in-one curtain system includes hanging cord, wall fixings, pegs, and a selection of woven and synthetic textiles.

A perforated metal screen serves as a shower curtain.

The master bedroom's wall-mounted light sconces continue upward to form the curtain rods.

A Rais Pina wood-burning stove keeps things cozy on the West Elm Henry sofa and Eames lounge chairs.

He replaced the remaining facade with a custom curtain wall by Arcadia that affords a sweeping view of the property.

The approximately 4 inch by 4 inch white ceramic tile flooring is typical of Soviet-era bathrooms. Vorontsov sought to update the utilitarian style of the original bathroom with Kludi Bozz fixtures (which he painted black himself) and a graphic IKEA shower curtain.

The intricate metal curtain doubles as a work of art.

Shigeru Ban: The Curtain Wall House in Tokyo, Japan, 1994-1995

The Versailtex blackout curtains are from Amazon.

Aoi Yoshizawa's Tokyo textile design, manufactured by Svensson Markspelle.

The master suite is located just off the living room and features electronic blackout shades.

This bedroom has a king bed, blackout shades and a white noise machine for the lightest of sleepers to relax.

Blackout curtains installed along a curved rod can cover the entire glass window to provide privacy and block light.

Formal living room with client's collection of skulls. Custom built in shelves alongside existing fireplace

When the sofa is being used as a bed, blackout roller shades can be lowered to turn the living space into a proper sleeping area.

In the master bedroom, Mori custom built a bed with side drawers and lined the space with windows that are outfitted with automatic curtains—both blackout and sheer.

“I wanted to bring in a little bit of apricot to nod to the name of the studio,” says Troup of the $25 USD orange velvet curtain he hung as a space divider.

The lower-level guest room, which makes inventive use of a hospital curtain.

The hanging living room gains greater privacy via a gauzy curtain wall.

The apartments are all fitted with opulent blackout blinds, sound absorbing curtains, and soft lighting to create a calming ambience that relaxes the brain and body.

While Nature Pod pictured here has a showerhead installed outside, it is normally placed in the in the bathroom behind a glass door (or a curtain if the home is purchased without insulation).

The bathroom is utilitarian with simple white subway tiles and bluestone flooring. The blackout

The sunroom is "quite possibly the current star of the house," say the designers. Black-out shades behind the Roman shades make it possible to ready the room for movie nights or slumber parties.