Help with window treatment for kids' rooms
My kids' rooms have 4 windows each. They big triple windows face the front of the house and are east facing. My 3 yo son is my early riser and is light sensitive - he'd be up with the sun every morning if I let him. He has currently wood blinds and a valance but I don't think it's dark enough. So I'd like their rooms to be DARK when I want them to be.
I'm thinking a combo of blackout drapes on the sides plus some sort of shade or blind. I'm having an issue with these triple windows. We used blindsgalore or blinds.com in our current house and liked the products.
The problem with these windows is that they are not very deep. I think I will have to get an outside mount shade. But is it going to look funny with the valance on the frame and then the curtain rod above? I was thinking something rather plain, but a huge wide roller shade looks really industrial. They have some woven wooden shades that can have blackout fabric added? Or a roman shade? Still not sure how the outside mount valance is going to ever look right.
Here is the room (not my furniture):
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Comments (19)Thanks for the visual Okibujp. The room is approx. 22' X 17'. The room is an addition, the opening to the room is from the kitchen and is about 9'. I am thinking it was once a sliding door to the outside. We have left the kitchen open, without a table. I am wondering if it would be awkward to come through the large opening to the back of the couch? Fenstermann, I love the idea of an inside mount shade, however they will not work for the type of windows we have. I do feel like it is a shame to cover the molding we just had painting, which is why we have left the windows alone. I am just looking for a little privacy once the trees drop leaves and we do not have coverage. Patricia, I love blues and thought the cognac would go nicely. Regarding the solar shades, they would need to be outside mount. How would you do that with the far windows, with the curved top window and also draperies? In your experience, would leather fade without the solar shades? Thanks again for your input!...See MoreHelp with suggestions for window treatments in a dark room?
Comments (5)They have mix of light sandy paint and bit of white trim. Helping it, imo, is the also small amount of black trim on curtain - does it look 'purposeful'? Maybe you like bit of black for contrast. https://www.houzz.com/photos/kid-friendly-mother-approved-beach-style-family-room-new-york-phvw-vp~14914179...See More
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8 years agoThe PBK black out drapes are only 44" wide per panel...I don't have exact measurements but guessing that tripe window is wider than 88". I'm worried it would look awfully heavy for a child's room if I were to get really wide drapes.
I found this photo on young house love blog. What do you think? If I kind of covered up the top trim of the window, and then blackout curtains on the sides to catch any light that wanted to come through the sides.
Butternut
8 years ago
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