what type of window treatment?
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Comments (6)Shutters sound like they would be a great addition to your new almost at the beach house. Is it an open concept? If so while you can change things up a bit you'll want to repeat some element and ensure that everything looks great together. Even the rooms you're thinking of putting drapes in might benefit from shutters or wood blinds for both looks and light/privacy control. Also be aware of how these windows will look from the outside. When choosing fabrics look at your existing furniture for inspiration or a piece of existing art or if buying new furniture think about the windows as you do. Everything in the room ties into each other. Ideally you would have swatches and samples of every finish in the room from flooring to window coverings and everything in between including wall colour, area rugs, bedding ect to help make your final decisions easier....See MoreLooking for advice on window treatment
Comments (3)Top down bottom up blinds? They come with an aluminum coating too (to block sunlight and thus heat). In our bedroom we installed 2 roller blinds on top of eachother. Both white. One translucent for privacy and one to darken the room. It was cheaper that the dual layered (cellular) blinds and I did not want foil. Not sure if you'd have the space for that (we insulated the walls from the inside, so our window frames are quite deep)....See MoreNeed help to update Floors, walls, vanity, mirror & window treatments
Comments (9)I agree with Diane's ideas! Grey is a nice color. The only thought I had on having a corner sink cabinet, you may not be happy with it in the end. You have a little corner, and the sink may be too small for you in the end along with not having any storage space. If you can't find any curtains that you love, try a cheap roller blind for now. It will give you a visual look and an idea if you want to stay with a curtain or going a bit modern with a patterned blind or even a roman type shade. It could turn the cozy look into a clean modern look. Framed mirrors are expensive. Call a glass company in your area and have them give you a price on mirrors. It might be quite nice to take the mirror down, and replace the wall there with a complete wall mirror to fit, stopping the mirror at the vanity, and continuing the mirror across the vanity between the sink and window. It will make your bathroom feel much bigger, even though you wont be able to see in the mirror over the sink. Close up the vanity doors with new door. Use props first (white poster to cover up the doors) etc. before you buy anything! Stick on tiles are a great idea! They clean nicely and look great. Although I wouldn't go with the wood look. Your bathtub tiles are old fashioned, go with a stick on floor tile that is easy to look at, try to get samples first. Remember Gray is a sleek clean modern color. It is not a cozy country color. If you don't like the grey in the end, maybe a real pale blue or butter yellow (that would be more of the cozy cottage look)....See MoreNot sure what to do to my kitchen
Comments (17)Lighting - pendants over the servery bench should be another feature that complements your chosen kitchen surfaces. So whilst I love the copper pendants in picture 1.. They could work depending on the rest of your decor and would be a highlight in a neutral white/timber kitchen = Good! If you choose copper you would complement it with a couple of copper bench top items. These are beautiful! (I collect copper because I love it, my kitchen pendants are silver, I renovated to sell in the next 3-5 years) You will see a picture starting to form in your mind and there is nothing wrong with making a statement with your lighting. I found that when I wasn't sure I would get a very strong sense of what was right and what was wrong for a space, then common sense or passion would determine the outcome! Here are another couple that might work, look her on Houzz under lighting, search pendants, then have fun looking!Timber tones with black or white to complement your cabinets... or Statement white pendants for a bit of quirky fun! Your personality can be reflected in your lighting and accessories creating that point of difference from the predictable white on timber look. Plus don't forget the power of greenery to punctuate the theme!...See More
PROWeaver Interiors
5 years agoEllen, as you have two high windows that do not need cover - especially when they add so much light to the room, if you wanted to have curtains on the large corner windows, there could be one stacking left on the street side and one stacking right on the other, with fixed roman blinds over the two high windows, using the same fabric. These will act like a pelmet and it will seem that the window goes to the ceiling and the whole effect gives a gracious look to the room (and I am so over roller blinds, they are practical, but boring).
This is a sheer curtain, but I think you require something denser to keep out prying eyes at night. Sheer curtains don't permit much vision from the street during the day, just movement. At night when the light is on it is the reverse. So you could have block-out blinds behind the sheer curtains that are just lowered at night.
Otherwise, you could have decorative curtains and blind, below are the latest ideas from Europe; I have tried to give you a variety of styles, as there was no mention of which direction you wish to proceed in your home.
All food for thought, have fun.Tina Glasson
PRODecoro Custom Interiors
5 years agoHi Ellen,
the main corner window could be covered by curtains on a bent track, centre opening, so the curtains are drawn to each side of the window, and closing into the corner. A double track could be installed to provide day time privacy (looks to face road and near entrance to the house) however the room looks small(?), and without knowing furniture and intended placement, a double treatment could impede too much. The smaller higher windows - there are a few blinds options but given space clearance for both to operate in the corner there would be a gap and thus greater light bleed, Same issue for if applied to larger window. Or the smaller windows aesthetically could best left with no treatment, if blocking out light is not an issue.
Example of draperies designed and made by us, installed on a bent track (these draw close away from the corner rather than into)
All the best, Louise, Decoro Custom Interiors - Window Treatment Specialist, Sydney.
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Weaver Interiors
5 years agoDear Ellen, further to yesterday's images, I have sketched the idea for your Spare Bedroom below:
PRONatasha Walker Interiors
5 years agoYou need softness in a Bedroom. Just be careful with the dual blinds due to the size of the bracket. I would suggest Rolle blind Recessed into the window reveal, and on the larger floor to ceiling window a soft sheer over the top of the roller blind. Below the blinds have been fitted at the top, but just an example of softness with the sheer
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5 years agoOoh, just another thought: you could put the zebra blind on the bigger window & a sheer sliding curtain that goes from one side all the way to the other side of that wall; this creates the sense of a huge window. (I would then leave the other window as is.)
We have something similar in our dining room. It’s really lovely! The pic on the left shows the blind & on the right the sheer curtain & blind underneath. Good luck.
julie herbert