Sorry, no photos, but our gameroom (about 18' by 30', if I recall correctly) has a wall of floor to ceiling windows at one end, a window over a little kitchen area at the other, and windows in each of the four little bays. All have burlap curtains lined in blackout lining, European pleated on rings, hung from silver-toned rods that look sort of like plumbing pipes. I had spent so much money on hand-embroidered silks and linens for the rest of the window treatments in this house that the $2/yard hemp-toned burlap looked really good to me. They are no dustier than anything else here in this agricultural area, have been very practical, and I love the texture. I only use natural fabrics for window treatments, but I find that that choice does not limit me in terms of textural contrast at all. The blackout lining holds the shape of the curtains very effectively. We needed that because the gameroom is also where the largest flat screen t.v. is, so effective light control is important. One other thing that I have done with burlap in the past: cut it, shape it into an irregular wedge, starch it, and use it as a sort of sculptural, fixed, partial shade over a weird attic window.

Thanks! This room has the only windows that allow for an inside mount, sadly! Otherwise I would be doing it that way everywhere. The hardware projects 1.75" total by itself, and my husband had to install the brackets just a tiny bit forward in order to get the screws in. But I just took a look, and from the side, the shade looks just about perfectly flush. With just the hardware and the shade un-velcroed, the hardware seems to stick out more. I knew it would be close, because we had an extra piece of the header that we cut off the dining room shades. I confirmed all of that before I got started on these shades. :)

Becky - don't know if you remember my room and link from up-thread but I've continued to follow your situation and thought I'd give you an update on mine since we have similar large, private settings and goals for views. Much as I love roman shades whether fabric or some kind of woven wood/bamboo, I just didn't want to cover up that much glass with the stack height. We did a test run with a textured roller shade on 2 windows in our living room. That way if we hated them it wasn't an investment in every window and we'd keep looking. Here's what we have, a roller shade behind a cassette. You can see the texture, it's not room darkening but offers excellent light/glare control and privacy. When they're open, they are very unobtrusive and leave the glass bare. The cassettes aren't invisible but if you match your wood they will disappear as much as anything can. Mine are in between my wall and my wood color so they have a bit of warmth to them. We are probably going to use these throughout the house where we need light control. Some of those windows may get additional decoration with curtains, and that's an opportunity to add some pattern and color. Personally, I don't think these have a modern look or really any definitive style look because I chose a neutral to basically disappear. If you chose a wood tone or a color of course they will be a focal point and that to me is where the clean lined modern look comes in. But as a first layer with curtains or even on their own matched to your wood, IMO they can work with any home or decorating style. Hope that helps. It's a tough decision and a lot of money, that's for sure!

So I checked out these two and I don't care for either. The Sailrite one looks like a lot of extra work and a big no to the top stitching. Can't begin to imagine where they came up with that odd construction? Putting the headrail together is helpful if using that headrail, but otherwise.............. I don't care for the second one either. I don't particularly care for the pillowcase method. I guess it might work for some but I just don't care for it. I looked at a few more online, but didn't like any of them. Don't have time to check them all out tho. I can recommend a good book if you're interested.