Window help?

[k3am]

More appropriate for the H&G board, but I’d rather ask here...

I’m going to post the pic on mobile and then go back to desktop...

[k3am]

Okay, so my artwork is obviously done by a professional and to scale. This is basically our kitchen/living room combo. It's a lot of glass. And it's apparently never had any window covering on any of it. And it get's direct afternoon sun and is HOT.

I have a blinds guy coming today for a quote. We are planning on shutters for all the windows in the house. I'm not sure how to handle this section of wall. Can you do shutters on a slider? I feel like that takes up a LOT of space and makes opening the sliders difficult. I think it would be weird/impossible to do shutter on the window based on the shared frame between it and the slider.

Any suggestions? Links to somewhere with inspiration that isn't Pinterest (blocked at work)?

[sdlaura]

We have two sliders on the back that get a ton of sun. We ended up going the cheap route - a nice curtain rod and a large blackout slider curtain.

www.amazon.com/Rose-Home-Fashion-Blackout-Inches-Navy/dp/B018AFN1T8

We also had a pergola built along the whole back of the house, which helps too.

[xctsclrx]

I am thinking a curtain might be your best bet here. There is also the possibility of replacing the doors with doors that have the shutters between the glass, but that might not be the most economical solution.

[k3am]

sdlaura, xctsclrx, if we do a curtain, how do we handle the slider/window situation?

Also, we do have a pergola that covers the window/slider combo, but not the whole side of the house or the second slider.

There are so many things about this part of the house that just have me stumped.

[xctsclrx]

Okay so I missed the shared door window frame thing.

Without actually looking the real thing ( no offense to the drawing) I don't have a good idea. I do think your blinds guy will probably have some different options for you.

[sdlaura]

k3am I would do two matching bars above the slider and window, and buy the same curtain for both and just have one shortened.

[twinmomma]

I would do custom drapes.
You could get them made to fit the two sliders and then a shorter set to match the window?
Or, make the window ones equally long, down to the floor, so it doesn't stick out so much next to the slider.
Or, do drapes on the sliders and just a valance that matches on the window.

[186momx]

Look into the honeycomb blinds that go inside the window frame and can be pulled down from the top or bottom and the new ones have from left/right. They have a R insulation grade and really keep the heat/cold out. My parents got them for their south facing dining/kitchen windows and they make a huge difference. they are looking at it for the family room south window and slider. They are $$$$.

This is the local place that my parents used but you can see what I'm trying to explain. vscwindowcoverings.com/cellularshades.php#cellularenergy

[waverly]

I've only seen sliders with curtains or those terrible plastic vertical blinds. I am sure your blinds expert will have some suggestions. If you decide to do curtains, I would treat slider/ window as two separate entities even though they share a frame. Lots of good suggestions above.

[2chatter]

We put a shade sail up on the back patio to avoid so much fabric inside the house, then built a patio cover after a few years. With the windows like that I’d advocate an outside sun limiting solution, like a retractable awning.

If you go internal, I’d do curtains on the sliders and shutters on the other window. But it will be dark in there and I hate that.

[sandandsea]

I would do shutters everywhere except the slider. Then do curtains over the slider. We had to sew 4 huge panels together for our slider curtains but put them on a motorized bar and it is very nice. I like opening them to get the light until the sun shifts and makes it hot.

[divanerd]

k3am our dining room has a similar door set up and Im doing along rod and silk curtains.

[ilovelucyvv]

We used to have mostly see thru curtains on our slider. The small window would definitely be blinds