Subject: RE: Window Coverings...Any Suggestions?
From: Matthew Loeffel (matthew.loeffel@loeffelsteel.com)
Date: Tue Nov 27 2007 - 11:30:14 CST
What type of price range are you gunning for? I have a corner unit and I
had southern shutters and blinds installed.
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-----Original Message-----
From: vanguard-talk-bounce@venus.soci.niu.edu
[mailto:vanguard-talk-bounce@venus.soci.niu.edu] On Behalf Of Joy Ringger
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 11:22 AM
To: vanguard-talk@venus.soci.niu.edu
Subject: Re: Window Coverings...Any Suggestions?
could i ask how you are putting these up? are you drilling a hole in the
brick wall to put up the curtain rods?
joy 603
Barbara Thomas <barst@comcast.net> wrote:
I'm with Mary on nothing being needed to "transform" windows. I live in a
corner unit so I found I had to put up blinds on all of the west facing
windows, because the sun is so intense in the summer as well as the late
spring and early fall, that it was unbearable in the afternoon. If that
wasn't the case, I would have left them bare, except for the bedroom.
Though they do offer a bit of insulation in the winter when it is really
cold. I never put up blinds on north facing balcony doors, because I like it
like that. Though as Mary stated, fading is a big problem.
In any case, the choices for window coverings for our large sliding balcony
doors is fairly limited UNLESS you want draperies. For blinds, you are kind
of limited to vertical type blinds. The exception might be putting up
separate horizontal blinds on EACH section of the balcony window, otherwise
the door wouldn't be able to open properly.
One alternative to the standard vertical blinds is the Hunter Douglas
Luminette which combines vertical blinds with sheer fabric. They are very
nice but expensive. Take a look at the Hunter Douglas website for some
ideas http://www.hunterdouglas.com/our_products.jsp and check out Home Depot
to see examples of them and other brands. Whatever you do, it is going to
involve custom blinds or draperies because of the size of our windows.
Barbara
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Deskovich"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: Window Coverings...Any Suggestions?
> My experience is that nothing is needed on the "transom" windows. The
> balcony above keeps the sun out in the summer because the sun is high
> enough in the sky, and in the winter the sun is welcome. I did have a
> film put on my windows to keep things from fading. It was fairly
> inexpensive ($700 and I had the bedroom window done too). The film
> doesn't provide privacy, but since I like the sun coming in during the
> winter (I'm on the south side) I tend to keep the vertical blinds (one
> solution for window coverings, albeit a not very creative one) open but
> don't have to worry about fading the floor and furniture.
>
> Mary
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