Gigi’s renovation posts have been fun to follow, and her recent one on the window treatment she’s planning for her master bath reminded of one we did. Our mid-century modern house was built in 1967. Window treatments are a challenge because every room around the perimeter has a slider and a floor to ceiling glass wall. My sewing room (a bedroom) and my daughter’s rooms have vertical blinds:
But for our bedroom we wanted something different and also a solution that we didn’t need to open and close every day. However by the time we finished the house the thought of spending another big wad of cash on window treatments wasn’t really in the cards. So I bought several yards of non-woven, non-fusible interfacing at Jo-Ann’s and taped it to the windows. A few pots lids and plates were templates for the decorative border. That was six years ago and its still there!
OMG, Phyllis, that is so far beyond what I had even imagined. Gorgeous!
Very cool!
I take it your house is midcentury modern, given all the glass? I’d love to see more details.
I’d love that much light in my house! Interesting idea to use the interfacing – sort of a modern take on the shoji (sp?) screen.
What a great idea! All the times I’ve been in your house and I never had a clue the window treatment was interfacing! Perfect for letting light in but retaining privacy.
How cool !
Gail that’s funny; we did look into shoji but they were too expensive!
I love what you did with the interfacing and the design. Makes me want to revamp my tired room!
Phyllis, You have the best ideas! I love this.
As creative today as it was the day it was done. The “pot lid” templates are as grand as is the idea.
Super idea!! I ordered cafe rods years ago for our upstairs windows but windows are still bare. Never got around to making curtains. I may do this too. What is the privacy level??
Deb, During daytime privacy is good you can’t see in at all. At night the privacey depends on how bright the room is, under normal low bedroom light shapes are vaguely descernible but no details.
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What a great idea! You really have the greatest ideas. I love the idea of this as it lets the light in but you have privacy. My west facing walls in my mid-century house are all glass. Unfortunately this is not true of any other outer walls so the house is still dark, except in the late afternoon. And that issue has not yet been addressed. There is one room I’ve been thinking of something along those lines, but I hadn’t thought of interfacing. How does the interfacing work with glare? Given the west-facing windows, I am looking for a way to have light without glare in the late afternoon.
Mardel, this side of our house faces true west, and I took this photo at about 2pm in the afternoon this time of year (April). It’s bright but not painful. My sewing room above is next to our bedroom and you can see the landscape outside – its pretty open and sunny. Hope that helps!
Thank you, that helps a lot.
This is such a clever idea for a window treatment and I love the look! I have a mid century ranch too so I’m going to file this idea away for later use. Thanks!