From artist Akane Moriyama and Oakland, California-based design firm Umé Studio, gauzy curtains woven from paper thread spun into yarn, with pockets sewn into each panel so you can tuck in fresh flowers:
![Each \10-by-\10-foot Draped Flowers curtain panel has more than \100 pockets in which to tuck in a flower; \$3,800 per panel from Umé Studio.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/curtains-with-flower-pockets-ume-studio-1-733x489.jpg)
![Knit from a durable Washi paper thread spun into yard, the paper curtain panels are washable.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/draped-flowers-yellow-blossom-paper-curtain-ume-studio-733x1098.jpg)
![Handmade in Japan, each curtain panel\2\17;s manufacture is a journey: \2\20;It begins in Shikoku, where washi paper is made from the veins in the leaves of the Manila Jute plant,\2\2\1; notes the designer. \2\20;Individual leaves are laboriously inspected before being picked by master washi makers, who ensure the leaves are mature before pressing them into resilient washi.\2\2\1; Read more of the story at Umé Studio.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/draped-flowers-curtain-ume-studio-woven-washi-yard-paper-733x489.jpg)
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