Curtains for awkward floor to ceiling windows
Jack Smedley
4 years ago
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Comments (21)It's a lovely light room but certainly a tricky one to furnish given the configuration of door with windows. Lesley345 is right that the easiest way to deal with it would be to consider it as a room of two halves to either side of the door. Then you can give each end a function so potentially the area to the left of the door where the TV is now could be a seating area and could take a corner sofa, while the opposite end could be more about watching the TV in the alcove and have a couple of comfortable chairs which could be easily adjusted in a situation where the TV was off and you had a larger group of friends/family around. you would then want to tie it all together by using a large rug to visually bring it all together. You could also look at having a projector rather than a TV and using the large white wall at one end to project onto. If watching TV isn't actually that important to you then you could create a seating area centrally to the room with the windows as the focal point and statement storage units/art work/piano at the ends of the room. It's not necessary to have furniture backed up against the walls and placing items centrally instead could help free up the way you consider the space. The key thing to do is to consider the activities that you want to do in the room most of the time and then decide on the furniture you need to support those activities, particularly considering ways to make things flexible and possibly multifunctional. Hope this helps!...See MoreAwkward windows to dress. Help
Comments (4)Hi - my slight concern with Italian strung is that it will cover a lot of the glass on this particular window & so permanently cut out a lot of light. Also, whilst shutters would look good, I wonder if the windows will still be able to open? Personally, I'd see if the client was up for a more bespoke/creative solution here. 1) use 2 flat right-angled triangular panels, one either side, attached on sloping top edge of window. Use an eyelet or loop at the bottom right-angled corner of each, then lift them up & out wards to the ceiling, pivoted along the sloping/attached edge, to figure out where you need to put a tiny hook to fix to. Hard to describe- a bit 'sail-like' but you could vary the sag to suit. This would be v economical on material, though they would need to be double-sided & this could be in complementary fabrics. 2) use similar shaped fabric, but each side rolls up to effectively a sloping blind. You could use a roller blind mechanism along each slope, or simply have hand-rolled blinds. They will of course roll up 'unevenly' - rolling parallel with the slope means the right-angled triangle point will be last to disappear! You could perhaps play with this by having it attach to the ceiling right next to the rolled blind - ie roll blind up until just left with triangle point, then flip this up over the rolled blind & attach - it would look rather attractive (like an envelope flap or neatly wrapped present!!) In this way, you keep the light & option to open the windows, and hopefully impress your client with your creativity!...See MoreUrgent help for awkward window treatment
Comments (2)Link to slightly puddled curtains and pics of offending window https://www.houzz.co.uk/photos/show-house-atlanta-homes-and-lifestyles-christmas-house-2008-traditional-dining-room-atlanta-phvw-vp~95001-house-atlanta-homes-and-lifestyles-christmas-house-2008-traditional-dining-room-atlanta...See MoreCurtains for bay window with shutters?
Comments (3)I would put floor to ceiling curtains outside the alcove. that's what I have and i tend to come to bed after the hearing has gone off so dont notice its cold....See MoreShahina Mulla
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