Window treatments Help!

[niknik]

So our new house has giant picture windows. We don't really have anybody looking in to our house so privacy and darkness aren't that big of an issue except in the evenings.

I would do curtains and am still debating this because I have great curtains I bought last year that would work really well but our big problem is our heating system.

We have hot water baseboard heat all over the place and makes furniture placement and window coverings difficult. They don't get terribly hot and aren't really a fire hazard (unlike electric baseboard heat)

Does anybody have any ideas? I don't really like short curtains especially since half our windows go almost to the floor. I think it looks so unfinished without window coverings...

You can see various pics of our windows on our reno blog www.homeinthesehills.blogspot.com

[ssmjlm]

Is it these windows?  Could you maybe do some blinds or roman style shades?

[niknik]

Yes, those and the upstairs ones in our living room are similar. The side windows aren't as tall but the dining room window is.

Thanks for the pip btw

[munkii]

I would also skip the curtains and just do blinds or shades.

[Deleted]

I love those windows. So pretty. I agree that I would do shades or blinds. Better yet, maybe sometime down the road get the shades that are installed between the panes of glass.

[magdala]

My old house had a single giant window in the living room and hot water baseboard. Even though the windows were 63" I used 84" curtains to allow the curtains to puddle on the floor in front of the base board. I also used a honeycomb shade in offwhite to difuse the light. This room got morning light and I found it too bright in the morning without the shade to diffuse the light. My greatest challenge was finding a simple 120" rod.

[FoxInFiji]

Yes I'd do fabric roman shades there since the fin tube runs the entire length of the room.

So water based fin tube radiators use a water temperature of 180 degrees so they are a lot hotter than electric which is normally 140 but the shroud helps protect you from the 180 temp. You shouldn't have anything flammable touching that cover or within 6" or so.

I'm not a fan of the windows with the blinds between the panes because when they break you're stuck with ugly non-working mini blinds in your windows. Plus they reduce the efficiency available and cost a lot (on top of the crazy expensive window cost to begin with).