One of the many things I love about our HOME are the windows. They bring in plenty of natural sunlight and afford us beautiful views. We have 33 windows and a set of bay windows off the living/dining rooms which create more space in each area and a lovely view of the pond as soon as you walk in the door. JUST LOVELY. I, also, love the double patio doors on the morning room/basement doors because they maintain the same look/feel as the windows thus more natural sunlight. The biggest decorating job will be choosing the window treatments. I have narrowed down my choices and choose to use beautiful drapes and valances for most rooms. I plan to put some micro mini blinds in the one hopper window that we have in our basement/media room. That one was easy. lol Oh, the other easy choice was the garage window--one simple white mini blind. lol
I still have the temp blinds up in the most visible areas for privacy and will keep them there until I find the perfect window treatments to coordinate with my color palette. We do not have any temp blinds in the morning room and I love it that way; however, I will put some drapes in that area to maintain the view that we have now. I hate the idea of covering those windows plus I am grateful that no one can see through those windows to disturb our privacy. YAY! In the meantime, we do plan to sit down with a blind company tomorrow to select some options for the two guest bedrooms, master bathroom and my dressing room. Wish us luck.
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I love how the drapes embrace the windows without the blinds in this picture from the old model in our community. We have the same design with our living room windows in the family room and the fireplace next to it. It is a great way to visualize our family room with window treatments.
I like the idea of keeping the drapes open throughout the day and close them at night.
I don't want to open the drapes and have our view impeded with blinds.
The only location in the house where I am willing to include both blinds and drapes will be our master bedroom and the guest bedrooms for their privacy and comfort too.
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I totally agree with you Nadase! We only did curtains in our family room, no blinds because I didn't want to close it off from the sunlight. We don't have any privacy problems. I still can't decide what to do with the morning room window though!
ReplyDeleteI decided to go with the same style of drape hangings you see in the picture. This gives us the option to open and close the windows and preserve the beauty of the windows. I am clear I don't want to cover up the windows with blinds at this time. I like the open city feel it gives me.
DeleteI go back and forth about the blinds! I do like the openess without them but i also like having the option to close and open blinds. We'll see!
ReplyDeleteAlso, what are you doing about the patio doors? Are you leaving them uncovered? I can't think of any option other than vertical blinds.
DeleteHeyyyy, I frequent the blogs as well but never got to do a house blog -__- but I thought hey I recognize that house pic! its been 3 months and im still up in the air with the patio doors, but now since im assumming the other neighbors will move in soon I need to hurry up and think of something!
DeleteWe don't have a privacy issue with the morning room or the patio door location. At this time, I don't plan on covering up the the doors because I like the openness to much. I may decide to put a valance over the door to coordinate with the drapes. I did visit Next Day Blinds and they have some really cool options for the patio doors. You should go check it out. I just really love the morning and night time views.
DeleteWe met with a blind company on Friday night and I picked out some blinds for the two bedrooms and the loft--Dark Mocha.
DeleteI love the way the blue "pops" in that picture. We put 2 inch white wood blinds up in the kids' rooms and my office. We hung curtains in the family room. We plan on hanging curtains in the living room and dining room. I just can't find any that I LOVE. Any suggestions on website or stores?
ReplyDeleteNot yet! Still working on the door handles. Did you make a conclusion on your handle choice? Send me a picture.
DeleteNot yet!!! I am so afraid to commit to one. I don't want to drill a hole and then change my mind in the style! I have been here a year already.
DeleteWe actually drilled a few holes! Ugghh I thought I was set on the handles but they were not suiting my design even though my husband liked them. I have decided on the ORB.
DeleteAhhh man, those drapes do look nice in the living room, I currently have faux blinds in most rooms and was thinking about a cornice for the morning room, I really don't have the vision for decorating and find it challenging:(
ReplyDeleteCheck out Houzz.com or Pinterest.com for ideas. The ideas are so amazing!!!
DeleteThose are my favorite websites for home decorating ideas!
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