Hi Tsjmjh - thanks for your input. Know what you mean about the floors. We have been really surprised how fast the wood color fades in the sunny areas! May I ask the brand of the window film you used? I don't think we have room above the highest part of the window for a rod. We do have room on each side, just not a big fan of drapes. We also have casement windows on each adjacent wall to this large window wall. This side of the house receives the afternoon sun and its pretty intense.

Make sure it is 3M and you should be able to get 12" sample to apply to the window so that you can see what level of tint you would be comfortable with.

I love your view!

+1. Great spot to hunker down in.

I don't remember the brand of window film; I'll dig through that giant box of "house stuff" and see if I can find it. If you're not worried about the floors in that room and if early morning light doesn't bother you, you can put solar shades on the bottom windows and leave the top ones bare.

I'd do the film and the solar shades if that is a western exposure. I've had a house (the obligatory McMansion) with that view/exposure and all windows - of which there were many - had coverings on that side. I had tile floors and wasn't worried about them but that was in NC and the summer sun was brutally hot. I had blackout draperies in the master bedroom because I don't like early morning light, lol.

Many places can do custom coverings - solar shades or blinds - for the odd-sized windows. I'd stick with the big guys - Hunter Douglas, etc. - or at the very least make sure someone else measures; don't send your measurements to an online window coverings site. I've done that once - ordered inexpensive wovens cut to order from my measurements for my screened porch - but I wouldn't chance it for "real" windows. I want someone else to install, too.

Thanks but don't worry about digging for the brand of the film. We don't mind the light - just know the summer heat will be intense. It is a south west exposure, so full sun. We don't have neighbors close and love having the views without window coverings but we are happy with the solar shades we have used in parts of the house. I am also thinking that the top windows may need to stay open. Thanks for your insight.

You can have a cutom piece for the top in solar shade material I had one done for a client in Calgary it was easily removed if he wanted the sun in the winter. Then just regular solar shades for the bottom. I dislke coating on my windows I use solar shades in the summer and roll them up on cloudy days and in the winter when I want the sun to heat my house.

Patricia - how was the top piece for your client removed? Was it within reach? The peak of this window is very high.