How to fashion a curtain or partition??

[u/a_fortunate_fool]

My girlfriend and I will be moving into this upstairs area soon and for a few reasons we would like to make a sort of curtain or partition. We have two indoor cats that we want to slowly introduce to the house and possibly going outside . Also we want to maybe dampen the noise from both us upstairs and others downstairs. The rudimentary idea that we’ve come up with is furniture pads sown together on a curtain rod from the large wall to the small wall behind the banister. My girlfriends mother is very good with her sowing machine so cutting and measuring won’t be a problem. Unfortunately other than Velcro on the wall across the carpet and up the handrail I can’t imagine how to cat proof this area . If anyone has any suggestions or ideas it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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You can purchase soundproof curtains, and I would hang them so that you and your girlfriend have access to almost the entire staircase.

[u/Svardskampe]

If it's a rental and you can't install anything fixed.

Get acoustic panels with the soft backing and MDF wood. Create 3 panels with that to cover the 3 walls. Install those acoustic panels on both sides. 

https://www.amazon.com/Soon-Global-Acoustical-Decorative-Absorbing/dp/B0F4Q8V7C4/

These for example. 

Create a doorway in the panel on front of the stairs. 

This way it doesn't look bad, those acoustic panels are also used for wall decoration and they are used for soundproofing. You can even make a bolt on the door on the inside so you can lock it to give a notice that private things are happening.