We have a set of eyebrow windows (I beleive that's what they are called) in the front of our house, and we really like them, but we would like to get some shades or something for privacy. We've tossed around the idea of indoor shutters, but they are a bit expensive, and we would lose a little of the window we love, plus they are large-ish windows and I think the shutter idea wouldn't work so great.

The other idea we have considered is vertical blinds without the top piece (valance?), so that they are suspended from the interior of the window area itself (make sense?). We've also recently seen a neat vertical blind, where all the blinds are attached/covered by another fabric, leaving a very clean look when closed. The drawback to those, though, is that you would have to move the blinds entirely over to get any light.

Are there any other common dressings that we may be overlooking?

By the way, we are not interested in the 2" horizontal blinds that either start at the bottom of the eyebrow (leaving the upper part of the window uncovered) or that hang over the entire window. Neither appeal to our wants.

thanks,

dh

 

The most common window treatment for this situation is a "Duette" known as a "honeycomb shade". It can be made to fit the eyebrow exactly.

 

And this is used in conjunction with horizontal blind normally, right? I'm not sure if we like that idea too much either, but perhaps.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,

dh

 

i'd like to help, but i'm not sure what you mean by "eyebrow window". do you mean a regular rectangular window that has a half-circle window on top of it?

and are you wanting to cover the bottom rectangle, but leave the top half-circle uncovered? or cover it all?

thanks........

 

They're a little hard to describe. Picture a window as you described with a half circle at the top, only more like the top half of a football (as it would lay on the ground). It would be like that, except it's actually two windows, so each window has 1/4 circle (or football). Make sense?

dh

 

i think i know what you're talking about now, and i believe you could mount any type of pleated shade inside the bottom window frame, that you could raise & lower for privacy. then you can use a top treatment over that that would hide it when pulled all the way up. you could use a decorative iron rod with fabric swagged (looped) over the rod or a regular rod or even wooden rod with something sheered on to it......i don't believe you're too limited on the kind of top treatment you can do.

you're wanting to keep the eyebrow uncovered, right?

you might seach the web for window treatment pictures to get some ideas. try:

www.getdecorating.com or www.smithandnoble.com or www.swagsgalore.com

 

Not sure if this will help, but have you looked at placing window film?
http://www.concordwindowfilms.com/

This is just one idea.