What kind of window treatment goes well in this room?
cgrimes75
5 years ago
I’m hoping for some help figuring out what type (if any) window treatment balances this room. It’s a dining room open to my kitchen. My style is casual, a little eclectic and I love color. The rug must stay and because the room is open with the kitchen, I don’t plan to paint it. Many thanks for the always thoughtful thoughts in advance!!
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What kind of window treatment would you do here?
Comments (23)mtnrdredux - thanks for the pic, that looks great in your room. How was your experience with Smith and Noble, I've never ordered from them but was considering for this treatment. Les - Thanks so much! I like the idea of a wood valance to hide the shade. So the valance should be wide enough to cover the top piece of trip completely? I'm going to discuss this with my husband as I think this will give it a clean look. Thanks for the link Chris. Julie, thanks for the tip, I think it would be so much easier to just take the cranks off or look for a smaller size. They are a pain! springroz - I'm in between the solar shade and the cellular shade. I like the insulation the cellular will give as well. We got all of our romans from jcpenneys and they were very reasonable during one of their big sales. Annie - are your shades bamboo? I would love to see a pic. Jeannie, you place sounds lovely, do you have any previous pics to share? Yaya - your link takes me to JCp's blinds but not sure which one you were referring to. cliffandjoann - thanks for the pics. I love the way the solars let the view shine through. Do you have direct sun through that window? I'm wondering if they do a good job reducing the glare? Thanks everyone! Right now, I'm leaning towards a wood or fabric valance and roll-up solars or the cellular shades. I know the cellulars are great for insulating, how about the solars, any insulating benefits? Also, do the solars reduce the glare or do you think I'll still be squinting once the sun hits this window?...See MoreWhat kind of window treatment do you suggest for Living Room
Comments (4)Thanks guys..Maybe I'll put this project on hold since it seems it's not as bad as I thought. I was thinking a valance of some sort, just to add some color to the area. I lived here for 9 years with no treatments really throughout. THanks for your input...See Morewindow treatment(s) for a window & slider in the same room
Comments (4)eld6161.........thanks. I too am in Florida. My second shutter vendor was here yesterday to measure and price, etc. The first told me I would find the slider "cumbersome", the second disagreed....and offered a reg. slider or a bi-fold slider. Did you have that option and did you use a bi-fold design anywhere? I do see where it would allow in more light, balance the visual appearance of the door when both open, but I hadn't even been expecting that option and I am typically NOT a bi-fold fan.....thx for any additional info you can share....See MoreDilemma over what kind of window treatments to get for bedroom!
Comments (19)If you do drapes, you will need to keep them within that deep frame so the baseboard heat doesn't get trapped under them. The hems would stop at the sill. Or you could do floor length drapes that are kept open all the time. This is to simply trim the window if you feel like shades alone are too plain. I've looked into top-down cellular shades for my large windows and determined that they would be too fussy and hard to keep straight. They break easily. The bigger the window, the more annoying they will be to deal with. Besides, top-down is more like for homes where people are trying to get some privacy from the street, not a problem in your high rise. For you I recommend room darkening roller or honeycomb shades. (or blackout if it's east facing, but otherwise I don't recommend blackout if you don't need it.) Don't get the "pull down" style. Get the ones that can be operated with "continuous loop" cables, or even motorized if you are feeling fancy. If you need to filter the light (like to keep the room cool), some people get two sets of shades -- one opaque, one sheer -- and install the the opaque ones in front. Your frames appear deep enough for that....See More
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5 years agoThanks everyone. There isn't another wall unfortunately for the buffet. And yes, those are heaters. Beckysharpe I miss the zebras too but one fell down last night so I took it as a sign! Rug is not off center on purpose, likely the result of my dog and 3 kids.
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5 years agoI have seen your three threads concerning the same dilemma. I think your room and windows are beautiful and I have gleaned that you don’t need window treatments for privacy, but my sense is you would like them for adding more layered interest. I love mixing patterns also , and have seen several in previous posts, which in my opinion would work beautifully together. —- What I do think you should NOT do is have full length side panels at either window - the small window has registers at both sides below . ( It would be nice to have a carpenter build decorative boxes around those, btw, using white latticed material made for that purpose. ) The bay would look too heavy in comparison and they would take up most of your side wall space there . —- I suggest Roman shades for both windows in the white and blue vine- like pattern ( Duralee - from your ideabook ) , Windowseat cushion in the cobalt Kravet fabric , AND 2 pillows in your blue zebra drape material ( I loved that pattern with your rug - just not so much of it ) , combined with 2 solid light linen pillows. Here are the fabrics I pulled from various places -
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