I had the 3M anti-UV film put on my big east-facing dining room picture window to protect the furniture and it seemed to work well. Then I could do whatever window treatments I wanted.

On the western window in the LR, I had anti-UV/anti-heat film out on, and it worked so well I no longer had to close the curtains at 2:00 in the afternoon. (I did close them for about half an hour later in the day when the sun was just too direct and in our eyes.)

I am in the over 60 crowd and option 3 still doesnt appeal to me. I think option 1 but in a white woven shade with liner, or white 2 inch blinds.I wouldnt do anything dark. Before we ordered our shutters to replace the silhouettes for the dining room, we applied the UV film over the bare transom part of the window. It is not that easy to apply so it looks good, and no. 2 it gives the glass a funny color. I was happy to get rid of it.

Sorry to disagree, but I wouldn't do white blinds on that door. I like your woven shades. I think darker ones could work with your cabinet color. But, I wonder if there is a way you could line the ones you have up? I would check out the UV film. Maybe it comes in different colors? We have low-e glass in all our windows. You might check on replacing your glass panels with low-e, not sure how much $$ that would be, but worth checking out.

Ok, I'll nix the fabric panel options. Leaning toward new lined woven romans.

Tibb & Bpahome - I'll read up on the window films but I think it would be very hard to get right on a large space. Bumps or creases would really bother me.

Rose - Well you're hip and my grammy wouldn't use those either. :) I can come up with some doozies when tired. I find my eye goes often to the wide span of white 2" blinds in my LR and I don't care for it, but that ended up being the best/most practical option for us in their. White woven - hmm.. you mean like bleached?

I didn't realize they made shutters for patio doors until I was searching window treatments.

I even found some magnetic blind options I didn't know they made. I was thinking our basement door, but the reviews were saying the magnet wasn't strong enough to raise and lower without pulling down. Nice idea though.

Tina - The blinds are from Home Depot, but I know they made separate liners (saw at Lowes) you can attach to existing shades. I never got around to buying them before because I wanted the light not realizing my stuff is fading.

All our windows are actually low-e. They're Anderson and whatever ones they are do nothing for sun protections. :( If we ever replace (I'm hoping move) I'll be researching the heck out of windows.

Low-e windows will not prevent fading. Any shade you choose will have to be lowered daily to prevent further fading.

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Earlier I contacted a company, still quite far away, about a quote for Vista films. We'll see! I really should have them put on the LR windows.

Yes, you can have shutters on your french doors. We just had them installed in our family room. I also have to disagree with Tina about white blinds mixed with your dark cabinets. Everything cant be dark, otherwise it will look gloomy and dark. Its like saying you cant have white trim with dark hardwood floors, yes you can and it looks fabulous. Shutters add an architectural look to the room, I thought you didnt want to spend $$ that is why I suggested white blinds. I think you would love the white shutters.

Rose - Oh, I don't think I want to spend what shutters would probably cost. I was mainly just stating I didn't realize them made them for patio doors for some reason. In general I really like the look of shutters. It's very clean looking.

The company got back to me about the Vista film and it's not as expensive as I thought. I'm going to talk with DH.

Sheeisback, I didn't apply the films myself, I had the company do it!

No problem Rose - we can agree to disagree! LOL I should have clarified, it's not the color, I just don't care for blinds on french doors - just a personal preference. But, I do think Shee has a good bit of light colors in the rooms also (floor, walls, trim, backsplash, etc.) and think the room could handle the dark colored blinds. But, you never know until you see it!

Shee - guess we have been lucky with where our furniture/windows are placed because I don't have any fading and just assumed it was from the low-e. That's probably more for temp control than UVA, I would have to read up on it. The way our house is positioned to the sun, I don't have to lower shades/blinds, even in the sunroom. I keep those about 1/3 of the way down - that way we don't get glare. But I have white slipcovers in there so I wouldn't have any fading, although I do have a wood table right in front of the windows that the sun has not affected. I just assumed it was the low-e???

We have some friends who just put the 3M film on and you can't even tell its there. I had been looking into that and I'm going to do it now that I've seen it installed. I had to contact 3M directly to find out who would come to my location. They were very responsive and helpful. My friends used the dealer they recommended for me.