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Window treatments for sliding door + 2 windows in Master Bedroom

2 years ago

I'm hoping someone has advice on how to treat these windows. The master bedroom in the house we're building has an 8' W x 8'H sliding door to the patio, flanked on both sides by 24" W x 89" H windows. There's 10.5" space between the windows and wall, and 14" between the slider and windows. We would like to not obstruct our view during the day, but need a treatment that will be room darkening at night. Complete blackout isn't necessary. We will be using the sliding door frequently but not necessarily every day. Our style is rustic/eclectic. The lack of stackback space around the windows is stumping me.

Options we've considered are:

Mounting Silhouettes on the outside of all 3 windows, but not sure they won't look strange, or if they will last being raised every day.

Lined Drapes: if I used 3 rods, the drapes on the windows would pull to the sides, drapes on the slider would pull from the center. I can sew, so this would be a less expensive option, and was thinking that ripplefold drapes might fit in the stackback space.

Bi-fold plantation shutters on the slider and shutters on both windows.

Sheer vertical shades. These look nice online, but have yet to find an actual display locally. I really don't like vertical blinds from 20 years ago. Does anyone have experience with these?

This is a not great photo of the window, cut off by a door. I attached a diagram, not to scale.

Thanks for any help!

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calidesign
2 years ago
You have such a nice view I can see why you would want to retain it during the day. I'd mount one rod from wall to wall, and use drapery panels. One panel on each end and wider panels in the middle around the sliders so you can pull them closed. Use a lightweight lined fabric so you can get teh fullness you need without taking up too much space. Don't use shutters. They block a LOT of light even when open, and you would never have a clear view outdoors.
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