Dressing a stained glass bay window
I'm looking for ideas on how best to dress my bay window.
I don't want nets and I want to be able to see the stained glass from inside and out.
Any thoughts and ideas please?
(Ps you'll be pleased to know the storage heater is long gone!)
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Helen C
8 years agovickypark
8 years agoI once lived in a 1930's house with all the original features! I loved it!
I just hung heavy curtains to dress the window. But if you live where there are lots of people passing by, you may want privacy. In the bedroom, I attached roller blinds to the frame just below the stained glass. I was in JL the other day, as I'm doing up another property and noticed these blinds, that appear very practical. Good luck.
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8 years agoHelen C
8 years ago
PROHillarys
8 years agoHiya,
As others have mentioned, a blind or shutter which covers the bottom of the window only, leaving the stained glass to make its own statement could be a really great choice. Lots of people like to put shutters at a bay window as they make a feature of the different facets, and cafe style sit halfway up, allowing you privacy but not covering up your lovely stained glass.
We also do something called Trilite Top-Down Bottom-Up Pleated blinds, where tabs mean you can position your blinds anywhere in the window, and even pull them up from the bottom (not just down, as with traditional Pleated blinds). I've attached a picture to show you a little better how these work.
It is hard to tell from the pictures whether your window frames are Wooden or uPVC, but in the case of the latter, blinds in PerfectFit frames can also be fitted. This is where they simply clip into your window frame, so each blind perfectly fits the window. You could cover the bottom windows, and leave the stained glass ones undressed and beautiful in their own right.Hope that's given you some inspiration - these pages will explain the blind types in more detail:
http://www.hillarys.co.uk/blinds-range/top-down-bottom-up-blinds/
http://www.hillarys.co.uk/shutters-range/cafe-style-shutters/
http://www.hillarys.co.uk/blinds-range/perfectfit-blinds/
Looking forward to seeing how you show off your window,Zoe
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