We love hiding white roller shades behind bamboo blinds which offer a ton of privacy and can be inside mounted on the top of your window so they’re never in sight behind your bamboo blinds unless you have them pulled down and in use for privacy (and even then you can hide them by lowering the bamboo blinds as well). Hope it helps!

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Hey Stephanie,

Just click the Design Advice tab under our header for more info on our services. And as for our curtains, they’re Vivan panels by Ikea. Hope it helps!

xo,
s

I love the window combination! I am stumped on what style of IKEA curtains that you used. If you would please let me know, then I can run out and get them for my bedroom.:-)

Also, do you charge a fee for your room makeovers with your room boards?

Your blog has inspired me to change the colors of my house!! I love reading your blog and look forward to your daily posts.

Thanks,

Stephanie

Not at all! We have a window ledge and we outside mounted our blinds a few inches beyond our windows. Just bring one home that’s a few inches wide on each side and hang it up! Of course you can always return it, but it’ll feel nice and balanced with a few inches of overhang, especially if you hang curtain panels on each side. Hope it helps!

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s

Those terrible vertical blinds are actually a great solution because they can be pulled open and can “hide” behind the curtain panels on each side of the sliders when you’re entertaining and letting the light in but they provide great privacy for a slider when they’re drawn. We just love that they can hide behind curtains so it’s usually what we recommend for privacy- especially because it sounds like you already have them. If not you can always go with thicker lined curtain panels that you draw for privacy but again you might have a fire hazard issue with the baseboard heaters. Hope it helps!

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s

Ok I have another window dilemma. (I am the one with the baseboard heaters at the bottom of my windows)*see a couple posts above. So our sliding glass door leads to our balcony which is enclosed with windows. My husband just informed me he would like window coverings on these windows as well as the building next to us is not too far and when they are on their balconies they can see right into our living room. So he thinks that he wants something out their so that we can have the sliding glass door window coverings open for the majority of the time. I would like something that will let in the light still but am definately not a fan of the plastic “vanetian” blinds, which is what was their before we bought the condo. So any suggestions that would go with the bamboo and white panels on the inside slider adn window, since you will see it all at the same time. I was thinking a white sheer panel but I’m not sure I want material out their. Maybe some more roman shades?

I think you could totally keep the cords down for regular use and tuck them up when company is coming over- that way they’re super functional and easy to use. Hope it helps!

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s