Lovely colour and floor. I would use the alcove round the window like a box bay and fit a rail all the way round so that floor length curtains can pull back right into the side walls of the alcove when not in use. I would go floor length because those doors/window combinations tend to be a bit draughty.

Hi! Finally sorted & happy! I made 2 linen panel curtains with loose linings ( started with fixed linings but the panels were wavy when open). The panels are roughly the size of the window. I used a system called Integra Discreet Metal Curtain Track ( ceiling or wall fix) available through www.polesandblinds.com and bought a cording set to go with the system. it's simple but effective. I use a clear & hook to fix the drawn curtain panels in place. The added bonus is it was a very cheap product! The photos don't really do it justice!

I would suggest keeping the blinds white to sit in with the window, this way the will blend in nicely and not become a feature. Your feature for the window will be the silver curtain pole and blue voile curtains, maybe add some blue/navy scatter cushions to your bed, the great thing about blues are you can use a mixture of shades. Good luck with your project!

My house 1970s house has quite wide (2.35m) windows that I struggle to know what to do with. I love the look of plantation blinds but it would be over £1000 to do the two front windows and that’s from a DIY website. I looked at wooden Venetians but they don’t sell them in the width I want. Would it be weird to have two side-by-side? My son wants a plain roller blind for his window but I sort of like the idea of his window matching the one below as they are the only two windows at the front of the house. The downstairs front window really needs a bit of privacy as lots of people walk past every day but it’s not an issue upstairs as there is only a high school across the road. At the moment the front and rear living room windows have shabby old vertical blinds which I know many people hate. However, they are good for privacy and filtering light, which is particularly important as the back of the living room has a large sliding patio door. Picture with ladder shows new upstairs window going in. The ground floor window was also replaced with one made up of 8 panes.