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Help! Treatment for Arched window over the front door

5 years ago

Hello everyone, I have a huge arched window over the front door which needs some kind of covering, as it shows all of our movement from outside. It currently has a fabric covering which I am not a big fan of. Any ideas how I can fix this issue? thanks! =)

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GN Builders L.L.C
5 years ago
You can get drapes made up for that window, but 98% of the time this windows are left open. The whole idea of this type of a window is to display the chandelier and the staircase...

Unless of course, someone likes to run around naked in that case you would cover that up because I doubt someone would be parked in front of the house and wait for someone to cross the hallway. In my development, everyone has this windows and none of them are covered.
Lisa
5 years ago
We had the same window and left it uncovered. However, if you really need privacy or protection from the sun, how about some type of window film?
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