curtains, romans, nothing or both? Help!

4 years ago

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Dear houzzers,

after years of searching we found our perfect flat and despite the renovation being an uphill struggle we have finally reached the place where we need to decide on window treatments as our builder needs to install (or not) tracks.

The situation is:

- all windows of the property have heating below (underfloor not an option unfortunately).

- I am not sure what I prefer style wise, so I'm looking for help with functionality/ practical aspects of it

- The heater from the kitchen window has been removed as we will place the sink and tap under there. The heating pipes on the side of the kitchen window and the blinds box above the kitchen window have been nicely covered and look like wall. In this window I think the roman is a must, as I don't want a curtain interfering with the tap/sink.. but where do I place it? On the ceiling height? Or on the window? I think I would prefer on the ceiling but I am not sure.

For the dining room I do not want to hide the heater below and reduce the heating efficiency, you cannot see the heater in this pic but you can see the pipes leading to it. If I put a roman, again, do I hang it on the ceiling? And should it be as wide as the window or wider? I think I would prefer the wall to wall track with a light linen curtain but the problem is the heater below. This is the situation with all the bedrooms of the flat too.

Finally, to the last and I think most challenging element here at the living room. There is a door leading to the balcony and I am contemplating not putting any window treatments because I find it a difficult decision on what to chose.. But we do need some treatments for privacy.. If I put a wall to wall curtain here and on the opposite wall (behind me as taking this pic is the dining room) it would look too heavy on fabric, and I don't want that. Is there any combination of roman&curtain that would make the look here a little bit lighter?

Thank you very much for your help!!!

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At No 19
4 years ago
Hi there, your flat looks great! I understand your dilemma which is accentuated by opening inwards windows. For the kitchen I’d be tempted to use a Simple Fit or Perfect Fit pleated blind within the frame of the window. It would fold into a small stack when not in use to allow plenty of light. A Roman blind behind a sink and tap is not really very practical. Alternatively you could consider a roller blind face fixed or ceiling fixed.

in the dining room, again Simple Fit or Perfect Fit within the frame for practical purposes then dress the window with a pretty single linen voile curtain on a ceiling fix track stacked to the right hand side. This could be repeated in the lounge stacked to the left. also, as the fabric would be fine and unlined you could draw it across the windows without impacting heat from the radiators. Hope that helps.
so phie thanked At No 19
so phie
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4 years ago
Thanks so much for your kind comments At No 10! I actually quite like Romans but I will definitely take a look at the simple fit or perfect fit.
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