How would you dress these windows?
Our bedroom windows. Ideally I would like two sorts of “dressing” on them - one sheer to give privacy (but still allow light in) when dressing in the daytime, one lined to keep out light on summer mornings.
As you’ll see there’s not much space on the right side of the right window so any thick curtain there isn’t ideal as it will end up overlapping the window a lot. I’d prefer not to block too much of the window when the curtains/blinds are open.
I can’t decide what combination will work best - curtains plus roller, curtains plus roman, roman plus roller ? And which should be the sheer one and which the opaque/lined one.
All suggestions welcome! Thanks
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