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!

room style has lot to do with your choice I think because that is lot of wall space-- you have privacy beyond the sliders into the backyard--doesn't look like you have problem with neighbors overlooking your house too badly.. if you have a more contemporary/electic type of look in mind, consider using cable for one long curtain rod---and have sheers on rings--with lot of fullness-- you can add stops along the cable line so that sheers/panels can only go so far in either direction-- meaning they would stack where the wall separates the sliders when they are open doing that would make it easier to keep same amount of covering in each section cable can be in almost any metal finish to go with your hardware in the room--like door handles/cabinet knobs check out the website for Cote de Texas she has some good photos of similar window treatments

I had luminettes in my prior home. They were okay but one of them came unattached from the top thing and it was a pain to reattach. Like verticals, they are made of plastic so someone (2 DS's probably or dog) must have pulled them at one time or another. I know have sliding panels, unsure of maker but not JCP's. They are in the basement and have a bamboo look to them which we love. They are easy as they open like curtains and so you open in the morning and then close at night for privacy. Oh, and yes, they are going to be pricier than verticals. We have a 3 panel slider so this worked great for us because the door that opened was the center one. Good luck!

Hi sjhockey fan. Thanks for the warning. I have seen both the milky and frosted options in the showroom. I don't care for the stark opaque white of the milky glass. (The laminated option looked better, but for a 30% cost upgrade.) The frosted has a sandblasted textural "softness" to it that I like. I could only see a little bit of clothing color through the frosted glass in the display closet. If it is a problem once installed, we will add Solyx film (or maybe light blue painted or fabric panels) behind the glass to increase opacity.