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Window coverings for sliding glass door in master bedroom?

9 years ago

We are in the process of buying a newly built home. I'm just not sure what we should do for the bedroom sliding glass doors! A friend of mine suggested we could do curtains. I think we could also do plantation shutters (they did that on the sliders in our rental house) but honestly, we never open them because we have a chair in the way. It doesn't seem like a great solution. I've attached a picture of the room.

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chloenkitty
9 years ago
Curtains would be nice. You can add a little something special with a pretty fabric, close them when needed and keep them open on a pretty rod while budding some color to the room.
desertsteph
9 years ago
tell me that's a picture postcard pretending to be patio doors or I'm gonna be terribly jealous ...
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We put white plastic verticals in our entire house in 1988 as a "temporary" window covering. We took them down last year when they started cracking. LOL We looked all over for different window ideas. I like contemporary, and I wanted the panels (like vericals, but wider and can't be turned on an angle), but at the time they were very expensive. We had a plantation shutter guy come out and give us a quote, and it was about the same. One note, I had called Sunburst Shutters first, and then saw a special at Expo. (Calling them myself directly turned out to be the cheaper route.) We decided that these would add value to our home, be beautiful, and easy to take care of. We were right. We love them. We plan to add some dummy curtain panels to the ones in the family room, and the living and dining room. Our sliders have big panels that slide to either side. They are awesome. We have three panels in the LR, and one in the FR. If you have wall space on either side, you could stack them and have the whole slider open. The only one I don't absolutely love is the one above the sink because he made it an acordian. I don't like the way it opens, but it was the only way to do it because of the cabinets. I just open the slats and I get lots of light. I like no covering over the kitchen window too, but because of privacy and security, I chose this. Splatters just wipe right off. All of the others can open up all the way to either side just like outside shutters. Here's a picture I took of it the night before our granite install. It shows it the best. Take a look at the morning sunrise. This is the only view of the kitchen nook. Here you can see the sliders. They look great with the slats open, or we can open it by sliding one or two panels. ...and for fun, here's my view from my computer right now. It's Florida...it almost always looks like that! Good luck with your decision!
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I would look at white plantation shutters for the windows and a Vertiglide on the slider since you use it every day. I would then either add a cornice over the Vertiglide or some drapery side panels. Now if you have young children I am going to change my Vertiglide recommendation to a vertical. I know no one like verticals but if you have sticky little hands, you want to be able to clean the blind easily! When they have grown to the point where you don't have to worry about that anymore, then you can move to a Vertiglide or something else. Here are some links to a blog you may want to look at for ideas. https://dressthatwindow.com/beauty-of-shutters/ https://dressthatwindow.com/i-hate-verticals-what-else-is-there-for-sliding-glass-doors/ https://dressthatwindow.com/drapery-side-panels-complete-the-look/ Not a perfect example but just trying to give you a sample of the combination of shutters, a Vertiglide and a cornice board. You can really dress up the windows on that back wall to look great! Good Luck!
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Thanks for your input Patricia. I don’t have other pictures of the bedroom at this time, but there is nothing in it anyway. It is one empty rectangular 11x15 ft box with the window you see and a door. I actually like the view. I like the urban look with the old brick building I can see in addition to the park below me and mountains in the background (to the left). I thought that for drapes I needed more wall space on either side of the window to hold enough fabric to cover the window properly. If I had all that fabric, it would cover some of the window, limiting the natural light I get.
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eibren
9 years ago
You have a lovely view, but I'm betting that (depending on your zone, of course) there will be times when it is either too hot or too cold outside, and you will want more protection from the elements than your glass doors provide.

I have sliding glass doors at both ends of my sun porch, and have countless times thanked myself for installing thermal drapes over them. The drapes easily slide aside when the weather is good and then just soften the edges a bit, but are there to provide protection, additional warmth or coolness, and privacy when desired. Although even sheers will provide some warmth, they will not keep out the heat of the sun or the chill of a cold wind nearly as well, not will they afford full privacy when that is desired.

Here is a link that might be useful: Drapes vs Curtains article.
Annie Deighnaugh
9 years ago
Beautiful view...I'd hate to block it with shutters.

I'd look into what Hunter Douglas offers in terms of slider covers be it silhouettes or luminettes if you want light control and privacy but not necessarily room darkening.

Insulated drapes are probably the best for temperature control, privacy and room darkening ability, but don't give you as much light control for daytime situations.
graywings123
9 years ago
You need to figure out what your light control needs are. And for that, you may need to live in the house for a while.
tammyw
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks for all the feedback so far!

If we live in the house for a while, to figure out exactly what we need, is there a way to give ourselves some privacy at night? I won't really feel comfortable not having something up there in the meantime.

It is a east facing window, so it will get warm, especially in California. I like the idea of something that can be closed to control for warm summer temperatures. It sounds like we need to focus on something heavier! And I never realized drapes and curtains had specifically different meanings! Interesting!

This post was edited by tammyw on Tue, May 6, 14 at 9:14
tibbrix
9 years ago
I really like the sliding cellular blinds, and they also are the most energy efficient.

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