Subject: RE: Window Coverings...Any Suggestions?
From: Jason Wolf (wolfjas2@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Nov 27 2007 - 13:29:51 CST
Joy,
We were planning on putting up a rod.
We have a few options including the rafters, brick and putting an undermount design from the window support.
We are pretty much open to about anything.
Regards
Jay
> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:21:44 -0800> From: ringger@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: Window Coverings...Any Suggestions?> To: vanguard-talk@venus.soci.niu.edu> > 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 UNLE
SS 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> 501> ----- 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 > > enou
gh 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> >> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------> > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.> >> >> > > > > > > > >
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