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Arch window and door window treatments or not?

last year

Hello!! Please help!

This is our front door and next to it our dining room window. We are facing west so it the summer it is impossible to have dinner in the dining room because the Florida sun it hitting us real hard in the eyes and the temperature in the room is extremely hot!!

I love natural light and if I could I would have no window treatments but I have no choice. I would like to have thin curtain panels on the side of the window from the ceiling (not from below the arch). I don’t know if I can do the same for the door?

Also guys look at the top moulding and how the window is recessed… its really hard to out a pole there.. I am thinking of layering that with a roller shade?

I want to have the possibility of opening it in the morning but closing it in the afternoon

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Lidia Croteau
Original Author
last year
This is the window right accross. Treatment on that will have to be cohesive.
Mrs. S
last year
The first thing I would do is have window film installed. That will cut down a significant portion of the glare.
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Another source to look is jcp.com. I noticed they have 3 blackout drapes (one in regular home WT section and 2 in clearance) in the longer length at low prices--if the colors work for you (always the challenge). If you can't find the grommet style that might be easier to pull open/shut on a daily basis, you might consider ring clips since they slide easily. If the hem looks too challenging to alter on rod pocket styles, you can cut off the top and rehem that quite easily. IMHO they'll look best if you have them full length, rather than end at the window sill. It seems like that would really detract from the effect of the window. Even your inspiration pic, while really cute, seems to just miss the mark a bit on the curtains. They're ok I guess, but full-length would have been better--IMHO. You may have to get extra panels to give the fullness you want across the window when they're closed unless you go with custom widths. Good luck with your project! Here is a link that might be useful: Clearance jcp.com blackout curtains
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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.
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I would do some blinds on the bottom and leave the arch since this is a play room make sure the blinds have no cords.
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arcy_gw
last year
Sooo many people are changing these semi circles to transom looking rectangles. I am not a fan. You may as well just take them out why fight the heat?
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JAN MOYER
last year
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"I love natural light and if I could I would have no window treatments but I have no choice."

Well........ you do.

Get with a Hunter Douglas source in your area, and request a house visit.. Options abound, that will literally disappear when not needed. Yes, even for the transom.

NO....NO...... to curtain panels. Not enough room!

I see no reason to add a window treatment to the entry door at all. Perhaps a film on the glass, or change to a seeded less open glass. I see no reason for grilles on the window but you aren't showing exterior. There are no grilles on the back.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
IMO the rched window gets a fized solar shade and the others get rollup ones you get to keep the view control the heat and UV rys and at night if you need privacy do drapes just on the lower windows in the DR
K Laurence
last year
Have the glass tinted , it will cut down on the heat ( & damaging UV rays ) significantly . Then, follow Jan’s advice , call a window treatment company for suggestions.
chispa
last year
You could certainly do Hunter Douglas Duette shades for sun/heat control. Have them inside mounted on the windows and you could probably do exterior mount on the doors. They also have solutions for curved windows.

I'm also in FL and my front windows face west and includes my dining room. I have HD Duettes that I close from about 2 pm onward and they do a great job of cutting sun/heat into the space. I have a 10 ft deep porch over the front entry which also helps with cutting back light coming in through my front door sidelites.
chispa
last year
You don't really have much room for drape panels, unless you don't mind blocking quite a bit of your window glass area.
Lidia Croteau
Original Author
last year
@chispa, do you mind sharing pictures?
chispa
last year
Lots of photos of the Duette shades on the HD site, although it doesn't seem to be working correctly tonight!

https://www.hunterdouglas.com/window-treatments/shades/cellular-shades/duette

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