Draperies and Top Treatments - Drapery as room divider?

Hi,
I just had a wall knocked down to make two small rooms into one large living room- but it's really boring/rectangular now. I was thinking of using just one
side for a "swoop" of drapery to sort of "divide" the areas a little to add a biti of drama/style- without losing the spacious feel.
However, I have NO IDEA how to attach this? There is no woodwork to use since when they knocked down the wall they took the door trim too (I'd have liked them to have left a 1/2 way up wall but I was too late on the scene!)
Anyways- would I somehow hang this from the ceiling??? There's the corner edge coming into the room where I'd like to have it hang against but again it's just plaster and attaching it there wouldn't keep it "up" anyways.
Any ideas?
I thought a pretty rich colored silk material would be nice and not too heavy or Victorian looking... (unfortunately, not a Victorian period house- it's a little cape)
thanks,
deb

i think you'd be better off rearranging the furniture to create cozier conversation areas than to put up what would look like a strange curtain in no-man's land. do you have all the furniture shoved up against the walls? if so, angle the sofa or a couple of chairs out into the room. it's called floating the furniture, and the floated piece becomes a sort of divider itself. i can't imagine that you really want to divide the space when you just knocked down a wall to open it up. but if you truly do, then i'd use a standing screen instead. or a big plant or tree.

Well, that is exactly what my mom said! Why would I want to "divide" a room I just knocked a wall down to create more space? But unfortunately the majority of my furniture is BIG from my old house so I'm not sure I can use them appropriately for conversation areas. However, due to this issue, I'm going to need to buy a new sofa and probably a coffee table (may end up with using the more trendy ottoman idea for versatility and storage) Not sure yet.
I have no separate room to work on my "beading" hobby so I guess that's why I thought using a drape would be reasonable as not sure my storage chests and work table are going to "fit in" with a living room style. Of course, I don't know what I'm going to use yet for storage pieces either. I think I have more to buy than I thought. I have a lot of "occassional" tables at my current house but I don't want to line the walls with tables either...(I am also the one with the low ceilings) There are no built-ins which might've been nice for the jewelry storage area.
I don't think I'll use a plant since I have a big dog and I'm sure he'll knock it over at some point. I do have 2 screens but that seems more hard looking than the drape idea, don't ya think?
Maybe once I move and the stuff's all in there, it'll be easier to figure out a good floor plan. Plus, there's always 2nd hand furniture stores.
I guess my next question would be, in such a rectangular, yet low ceiling area with fair amount of furniture- you probably wouldn't recommend bothering with an accent wall color...right? :confused:

hi, I have a similar problem in my house. you can find rods that will attach to the ceiling, look up shower curtain rods for claw foot tubs. i know i've seen them in bathroom catalogs. they will be a brass or chrome and will have a rectangular U shape when mounted from the ceiling. you can soften the look by adding a taller plant like a ficus preferably real but if you have to go fake make sure its good quality. also consider putting rocks or plaster of paris in the bottom of the planter to weigh it down. Floating the couch worked well for me and then adding a sofa table behind it, then under the sofa table i added an old camel back trunk for storage. I know it sounds cluttery but it works for now. if your dead set on the curtain make sure it looks like it supposed to be there and not just hanging out in no man's land. hope this helps.