Dreaming of Redecorating with Curtains: A Window to the Soul

Dreaming of redecoration, particularly through curtains, can reveal much about your emotional landscape and desires. In Islamic tradition, dreams are often viewed as reflections of our inner thoughts, aspirations, and circumstances that may need attention. Curtains, as dream symbols, are particularly interesting.

They represent boundaries, privacy, and personal expression of one’s inner world. When you find yourself dreaming about redecorating with curtains, it may signify a longing for change, a fresh perspective, or the need to shed old emotional baggage. This dream is a beautiful reminder that your surroundings often mirror your inner state.

Perhaps you are seeking to express your individuality more vividly or create a sense of security in your life. Embracing this symbolism can lead to a deeper understanding of your journey towards renewal and self-expression. Thus, recognizing these dreams may help guide you towards fulfilling your spiritual path.

• Dreams of redecoration reflect inner emotional changes.
• Curtains symbolize boundaries and personal expression.
• The act of redecorating signifies a desire for transformation.
• The colors and styles of curtains can indicate specific feelings or situations.
• This dream suggests a need for rejuvenation in your life.

Symbols

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  • Spy glass:

    (Spy glass; Telescope) In a dream, binoculars represents a notable person or the person who is looking through them. Looking with binoculars from a distance in a dream means victory over one’s adversary, attainment of one’s goals, rising in rank, spying, or happiness. If a merchant looks through binoculars in a dream, it means sovereignty, prosperity, presiding over his fellow merchants and gaining power.

    Bird’s nest:

  • Telescope:

    (Spy glass; Telescope) In a dream, binoculars represents a notable person or the person who is looking through them. Looking with binoculars from a distance in a dream means victory over one’s adversary, attainment of one’s goals, rising in rank, spying, or happiness. If a merchant looks through binoculars in a dream, it means sovereignty, prosperity, presiding over his fellow merchants and gaining power.

    Bird’s nest:

  • Askance:

    Eyes in a dream represent one’s religion or wealth. If one sees grass growing all over him but does not cover his ears or eyes in a dream, it means prosperity. One’s eyes in a dream also represent his faith and the road to victory in this life and in the next.

    One’s eyes in a dream also could represent his guidance or his heedlessness. Having many eyes throughout one’s body in a dream represents one’s piety, vigilance and excellence of character. If one sees the eyes of his heart in a dream, it means that he sees with the light of clarity.

    If one sees a man looking at him with a side glance in a dream, it means that he will suffer from an adversity, mistrust, disapproval, suspicion and disdain at the hand of such a man. If such a man opens his eyes and looks at him straight forward in the dream, it means that he will help him in his business or support his interests. If one’s eyes turn into iron in a dream, it means distress, a scandal or serious suffering from one’s community.

    If one sees himself looking at women in his dream, it means that he commits adultery with his eyes by looking and desiring what is unlawful. If one looks at someone’s eyes in a dream and likes them, it means that he will suffer from an adversity, religious corruption or jealousy. If one sees himself having an extra eye inside his body in a dream, it means that he is an atheist.

    If one sees himself having an extra eye over his shoulder in a dream, it means that he will be named to receive money in absentia. If one sees his eyes transfixed in a dream, it means that he looks suspiciously at a relative or someone else’s wife. Black eyes in a dream represent a religious person.

    A bluish-black eyes in a dream denote opposing one’s religion. Blue eyes in a dream mean religious innovations. Green eyes in a dream mean a religion which is different from all religions.

    Sharp sight in a dream means blessings, while weak sight means joblessness and living from the generosity of others. If a father sees weakness in his sight in a dream, it means that a sickness will inflict his children. If one loses his eyes in a dream, it means the death of his children.

    If a poor person or a prisoner sees that in a dream, it means that he will never become free again, or see any light for the rest of his life. If an oppressed person sees weakness in his eyes in a dream, it means that someone will help him overcome his adversities. If a traveller sees that dream, it means that he will DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 149 never return to his homeland.

    If one sees that his eyes belong to an unknown person in a dream, it means that he will become blind. If he recognizes that person in the dream, it means that he will be married to his daughter. If one’s eyes fall into his lap in a dream, it means the death of his brother or son.

    The eyes of a human being in a dream also represent his beloved, his son or his faith. Any defect in them in the dream may reflect in such people. Having one hundred eyes in a dream means money.

    The eyes of a ruler represent his spies. Eyes in a dream also represent a controller, a man or a spring. Treating one’s eyes with medicinal ointment in a dream means correcting one’s religious life or begetting a son who will become the jewel light of his father’s eyes or if one’s brother is exiled or deported from his homeland, it means that he will solicit him and entrust him with duties toward his family.

    If one sees his sight better than what people think in the dream, it means that his inner character is better than what people think, or if he sees his sight weakened though people do not know about it in the dream, it means that he keeps his faith to himself. If one’s eyes become white in a dream, they represent sorrow, or loss of a beloved. If one sees his eyes white, and if the white veil is lifted in the dream, it means that he will be reunited with his beloved and his distress will be dispelled.

    The right eye in a dream represents one’s son and the left eye represents one’s daughter. If a father sees one of his eyes being transposed to mix with the other eye in a dream, and if he has a son and a daughter, he should separate their bedrooms. Eating someone’s eye in a dream means steeling his money.

    Seeing one’s eyes without eyelashes in a dream means defying God’s laws. If one unplugs his eyelashes in a dream, it means that he will expose himself to his enemy. Seeing beautiful eyes in a dream could denote, sorcery, black magic, life or death.

    Eyes in a dream also represent one’s family, relatives, children or workers. Eyes in a dream also signify mourning someone or they could denote a sickness. Smearing one’s eyes in a dream means calamities, sufferings and punishment for one’s sins.

    To guard one’s eyes from looking at what is unlawful in a dream means heeding God’s commands.

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  • Drapes:

    (Cover; Happiness; Fears; Veil) In a dream, drapes means veiling one’s private life. Drapes in a dream also represent a confidant or a trustworthy friend or a wife who covers the pitfalls of her husband, protects his business and guards him from looking at other women. If a man of knowledge sees such a dream, then drapes represent his integrity, his honorable wife and children.

    Unidentified drapes in a dream represent worries or distress. If the drapes are hanging over one’s front door in the dream, it means that such difficulties will come from the world. Old drapes in a dream represent adversities which will not last.

    Torn drapes in a dream mean happiness and joy. If they are torn vertically in the dream, they represent a quick joy. If they are torn horizontally in the dream, they mean slander against one’s family.

    Black drapes in a dream mean worries because of money, a child, or the authorities. White or green drapes mean good results. Drapes hanging over the door of a mosque in a dream represent spiritual problems or religious failure.

    Seeing drapes out of their place in a dream mean adversities, and seeing them hanging over one’s windows has no interpretation. In a dream, seeing drapes hanging over a strange environment means fears which will culminate in satisfaction. Drapes adorned with gold means hallu¬ cination or dispelling one’s worries.

    If an unmarried person sees drapes in his dream, it means that he will get married and protect his chastity, or it could mean a business that will shelter him from poverty. If a fugitive or a scared person sees himself covered with drapes in a dream, it means a shelter from what scares him. Falling through a hole while hanging to a drape in a dream means taking a long, frustrating, toiling and a distant journey.

    The bigger the drapes are in a dream, the more difficult is one’s adversity.

  • Canopy 1:

    (A canopy with drapes covering one’s bed; Mosquito net; Transparent hood) In a dream, the canopy that drapes over one’s bed represents a good woman or a well mannered man. In a dream, a canopy also may represent one’s wife, or it could mean affliction, grief, distress or darkness.

  • Attire:
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  • Philander:

    (Flirting; Love poems; Philander) Courting a woman or singing love songs to her or displaying amorous behavior for her in public in a dream represents someone who divulges people’s secrets.

  • Armistice:

    (Armistice; Cease fire; Cessation) Negotiating a truce, or witnessing one between two armies in a dream means cessation of fear, relaxing, recovering of a sick person from his illness, caring for the wounded, extending the chances of one’s survival, profits, business, marriage, rebuilding, doing good, or perform¬ ing one’s prayers. 4DU id's oniiiin.ii's o

  • Cease fire:

    (Armistice; Cease fire; Cessation) Negotiating a truce, or witnessing one between two armies in a dream means cessation of fear, relaxing, recovering of a sick person from his illness, caring for the wounded, extending the chances of one’s survival, profits, business, marriage, rebuilding, doing good, or perform¬ ing one’s prayers. 4DU id's oniiiin.ii's o

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  • Hemming:

    (Couturier; Garment alteration; Hemming; Tailoring) Seeing a tailor doing alterations to a garment in a dream signifies dispelling one’s worries, overcoming one’s difficulties, eradicating dishonesty, dispelling conceit or per¬ haps he could denote music, elation, sexual intercourse or someone who ex¬ hausts himself and strives in every way to help others. A tailor doing alterations to a garment in a dream also could represent a preacher or a teacher at whose hands many people will repent of their sins and walk on God’s path. A tailor doing alterations and handling trims and the ends of things represents a charitable person who makes someone happy by taking something from him and giving it to others.

  • Garment alteration:

    (Couturier; Garment alteration; Hemming; Tailoring) Seeing a tailor doing alterations to a garment in a dream signifies dispelling one’s worries, overcoming one’s difficulties, eradicating dishonesty, dispelling conceit or per¬ haps he could denote music, elation, sexual intercourse or someone who ex¬ hausts himself and strives in every way to help others. A tailor doing alterations to a garment in a dream also could represent a preacher or a teacher at whose hands many people will repent of their sins and walk on God’s path. A tailor doing alterations and handling trims and the ends of things represents a charitable person who makes someone happy by taking something from him and giving it to others.

  • Tailoring:

    (Couturier; Garment alteration; Hemming; Tailoring) Seeing a tailor doing alterations to a garment in a dream signifies dispelling one’s worries, overcoming one’s difficulties, eradicating dishonesty, dispelling conceit or per¬ haps he could denote music, elation, sexual intercourse or someone who ex¬ hausts himself and strives in every way to help others. A tailor doing alterations to a garment in a dream also could represent a preacher or a teacher at whose hands many people will repent of their sins and walk on God’s path. A tailor doing alterations and handling trims and the ends of things represents a charitable person who makes someone happy by taking something from him and giving it to others.

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  • Hemming:

    (Couturier; Garment alteration; Hemming; Tailoring) Seeing a tailor doing alterations to a garment in a dream signifies dispelling one’s worries, overcoming one’s difficulties, eradicating dishonesty, dispelling conceit or per¬ haps he could denote music, elation, sexual intercourse or someone who ex¬ hausts himself and strives in every way to help others. A tailor doing alterations to a garment in a dream also could represent a preacher or a teacher at whose hands many people will repent of their sins and walk on God’s path. A tailor doing alterations and handling trims and the ends of things represents a charitable person who makes someone happy by taking something from him and giving it to others.

  • Garment alteration:

    (Couturier; Garment alteration; Hemming; Tailoring) Seeing a tailor doing alterations to a garment in a dream signifies dispelling one’s worries, overcoming one’s difficulties, eradicating dishonesty, dispelling conceit or per¬ haps he could denote music, elation, sexual intercourse or someone who ex¬ hausts himself and strives in every way to help others. A tailor doing alterations to a garment in a dream also could represent a preacher or a teacher at whose hands many people will repent of their sins and walk on God’s path. A tailor doing alterations and handling trims and the ends of things represents a charitable person who makes someone happy by taking something from him and giving it to others.

  • Tailoring:

    (Couturier; Garment alteration; Hemming; Tailoring) Seeing a tailor doing alterations to a garment in a dream signifies dispelling one’s worries, overcoming one’s difficulties, eradicating dishonesty, dispelling conceit or per¬ haps he could denote music, elation, sexual intercourse or someone who ex¬ hausts himself and strives in every way to help others. A tailor doing alterations to a garment in a dream also could represent a preacher or a teacher at whose hands many people will repent of their sins and walk on God’s path. A tailor doing alterations and handling trims and the ends of things represents a charitable person who makes someone happy by taking something from him and giving it to others.

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  • Hemming:

    (Couturier; Garment alteration; Hemming; Tailoring) Seeing a tailor doing alterations to a garment in a dream signifies dispelling one’s worries, overcoming one’s difficulties, eradicating dishonesty, dispelling conceit or per¬ haps he could denote music, elation, sexual intercourse or someone who ex¬ hausts himself and strives in every way to help others. A tailor doing alterations to a garment in a dream also could represent a preacher or a teacher at whose hands many people will repent of their sins and walk on God’s path. A tailor doing alterations and handling trims and the ends of things represents a charitable person who makes someone happy by taking something from him and giving it to others.

  • Garment alteration:

    (Couturier; Garment alteration; Hemming; Tailoring) Seeing a tailor doing alterations to a garment in a dream signifies dispelling one’s worries, overcoming one’s difficulties, eradicating dishonesty, dispelling conceit or per¬ haps he could denote music, elation, sexual intercourse or someone who ex¬ hausts himself and strives in every way to help others. A tailor doing alterations to a garment in a dream also could represent a preacher or a teacher at whose hands many people will repent of their sins and walk on God’s path. A tailor doing alterations and handling trims and the ends of things represents a charitable person who makes someone happy by taking something from him and giving it to others.

  • Tailoring:

    (Couturier; Garment alteration; Hemming; Tailoring) Seeing a tailor doing alterations to a garment in a dream signifies dispelling one’s worries, overcoming one’s difficulties, eradicating dishonesty, dispelling conceit or per¬ haps he could denote music, elation, sexual intercourse or someone who ex¬ hausts himself and strives in every way to help others. A tailor doing alterations to a garment in a dream also could represent a preacher or a teacher at whose hands many people will repent of their sins and walk on God’s path. A tailor doing alterations and handling trims and the ends of things represents a charitable person who makes someone happy by taking something from him and giving it to others.

Practical Steps to Understand Your Dream of Redecorating

• Reflect on Your Current Life Situation

  Start by examining your current emotional and situational contexts. Ask yourself what areas of your life feel stagnant or in need of rejuvenation. Consider journaling your feelings and thoughts to explore why the theme of redecoration arises.

  It may draw attention to your desire for personal growth or changes in your relationships. Are you feeling confined or limited in expressing yourself? Understanding these feelings can provide clarity and help you identify what needs to change or evolve in your life.

• Consider the Colors and Styles of Curtains

  The colors and styles of curtains often carry specific meanings that can offer further insight into your dreams. For instance, light colors may suggest hope and positivity, while darker shades could indicate a need for protection during emotional turmoil. Pay attention to details such as whether the curtains were flowing or heavy; this can indicate the degree of comfort or restriction you feel in your current environment.

  By accessing what these design choices mean to you personally, you can decipher more messages from your dream.

• Acknowledge Your Desire for Change

  Recognize that dreaming of redecorating often points to a proactive mindset where you want to elevate your life’s decorum. Consider practical changes you can make in your waking life, whether it's decluttering a room or introducing new decorative elements. This hands-on approach not only embodies the essence of your dream but also serves as a manifestation of your inner transformations.

  Empower yourself to act on your dreams, as each small change can signal a bigger life transformation.

• Seek Guidance from Intuition

  Trust your intuition when reflecting on your dream. Meditate on it and allow the subtleties of your feelings to surface. How did the act of redecorating make you feel during the dream?

  Emotion is a crucial compass; your feelings toward the new or changed space can tell you about your readiness for transformation. Engaging with your dreams through meditation or prayer can help connect to deeper spiritual meanings and encourage positive personal growth.

• Engage in Practical Decoration in Reality

  Consider undertaking a real-life redecoration project, even in small ways, to mirror your dream. It could be changing your curtains or rearranging things to promote better energies. Engaging actively with your environment can significantly lift your mood and help you manifest your aspirations.

  As you redecorate, keep your heart open and embrace each change as an opportunity for renewal and emotional clarity.

FAQs

• What does it mean to dream of changing curtains?

  Changing curtains in a dream often symbolizes a desire for change in your life. It reflects your need to adjust boundaries or reveal new aspects of yourself to the world. This may indicate personal growth or a shift in perspective.

• Are curtains in dreams related to privacy?

  Yes, curtains symbolize privacy and protection in dreams. They often represent the barriers you have in place to separate your inner emotions from external influences, so dreaming of them might suggest a reevaluation of those boundaries.

• Can the color of the curtains impact the dream meaning?

  Absolutely. The colors of curtains in dreams can convey different emotions or situations. For example, bright colors may symbolize joy and hope, while darker hues may indicate sadness or a need for security.

• What if I feel happy re-decorating in my dream?

  Feeling joyful while redecorating indicates a positive transformation. It suggests that you are embracing change and looking forward to new beginnings in your life, reflecting an optimistic approach to personal development.

• What should I do if I dream about curtains frequently?

  If curtains appear frequently in your dreams, it could indicate ongoing feelings of confinement or the need for change. Take this as a prompt to assess your waking life, and consider areas where you might feel restricted or wish to express yourself more freely.

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