https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 18 May 2026 13:40:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2627976 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 14:37:20 +0000 Foodnerd81 2627976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LulaBee: you don't have any photos of your cellular shades and curtains together, do you? I haaattttee the broken roller blinds we have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2627913 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:36:49 +0000 LulaBee 2627913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just had plantation shutters installed on our dining room and living room windows (2 double windows) and it was $1800. They are pricey. I love them, but too much $$.</p> <p>We loved our cellular shades we had at the old house- then had curtains for inside when we wanted total privacy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2627751 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 10:40:58 +0000 mediagirl 2627751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: my only guess is because it makes it easier to clean without them in there? I have no idea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2627749 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 10:40:19 +0000 Foodnerd81 2627749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: that's awesome! Why would they have removed them?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2627738 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 10:28:28 +0000 mediagirl 2627738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: oh, super duper. I had no idea. :/</p> <p>We actually found the grids in our garage and put them into the windows on top. The house looks so much better with them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2627695 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 09:53:12 +0000 Foodnerd81 2627695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I just came back to this thread since we have moved in and now I'm really thinking about our window treatments. Currently we have busted roller blinds in C's bedroom and a black garbage bag taped up on G's window. Classy. </p> <p>But we do have grids on our old windows, which I love, Ours are single pane and need to be replaced soonish, so we had a window guy come out-- did you know the grids add like $400 minimum, depending how many squares you want?? On top of the regular cost of the window. Ugh. Just preparing you, though maybe you already knew that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2615234 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 08:31:49 +0000 Mamaof2 2615234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have Roman shades, bamboo to be exact - I love them! They all match from the outside and only a few have curtains over them (kids room) I prefer no curtains in the house </p> [attach=4342/16/ocvpl2.600x450.IMG_7670-1-.JPG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2615229 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 08:28:26 +0000 looch 2615229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love your home, looks lovely!</p> <p>For inside, I really like a combination of a fabric or bamboo/ wooden roman shade and then drapery panels on both sides of the window. It really looks finished to me that way.</p> <p>I also don't mind the roman shade with a valance on top, three of the four bedrooms are done this way in my home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2615158 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 21:58:56 +0000 mediagirl 2615158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: we had those faux blinds in the old house and they were great for light blocking!! I didn't realize plantation shutters weren't so great at it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2615157 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 21:56:33 +0000 mediagirl 2615157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't like that the windows don't have grids. That really bothers me. I know at some point we need to replace them and will get Windows with grids at that pint but these plain Windows annoy me! </p> <p>Would shutters down, blinds up with shutters in the center window look okay? </p> <p>@KayKay: I hate dusting blinds/shutters so much!! The front of the house is the only place where we will put them for sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2615141 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 21:18:45 +0000 KayKay 2615141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I generally like something that either covers the full window all the time (e.g., plantation shutters) or something that, during the daytime, you don't see much/at all (e.g., pulldowns or roman shades). We are doing mostly cordless pulldowns in our new house because I really like the way the windows look standalone, and because I don't want to worry about cords with kids!</p> <p>ETA: we had plantation shutters at our old house and, while i liked them and thought they looked nice, we did have to dust them a lot! :meh: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2615129 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 21:01:23 +0000 avivoca 2615129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went with white faux wood blinds with curtains. I love it! We have blackout curtains in the bedrooms and unlined white curtains in the living room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2615125 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 20:54:18 +0000 Smurfette 2615125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would do wood blinds. I think the front of a house should all match. You can still have curtains if you want. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2615109 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 20:25:17 +0000 ShootingStar 2615109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: They actually came with our house, so I'm not sure what they cost, but I think they're real wood so they must be expensive (but no where near as good at blocking light as our old cellular shades). There's a few things about this house I feel the same way about - certain things are good quality and expensive but not my taste. But I feel dumb for wanting to change these things out. . </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2615097 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 20:17:33 +0000 Littlebit7 2615097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe plantation downstairs across all 4<br /> Faux wood upstairs (white) in what I'm assuming are bedrooms with a light gauzy curtain (heyyyyy ikea) hung high and wide . Though if it were my dream, hunter Douglass blackout pull downs in all bedrooms. Life changing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2615090 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 20:05:14 +0000 Foodnerd81 2615090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: I hate when you get something expensive that you just don't like. For us, the sellers just replaced the carpet on the stairs and hallway- but we hate it. But I really don't feel like spending a lot to replace it since its new. So wasteful. </p> <p>I am thinking of doing faux wood blinds (which supposedly are very good at blocking light) with lighter airy curtains hung high and wide to make our smallish Windows look bigger. Because I want to live in the house of Young House Love (which is also where I found C's name). For the upstairs rooms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2615071 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 19:24:43 +0000 ShootingStar 2615071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a fairly similar house with plantation shutters and I don't think it adds anything to the outside. I do like the look inside but I hate that they're not very light blocking. I miss our light blocking shades from our old house. But I can't bring myself to replace the wood shutters since they were probably expensive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2615060 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 19:17:03 +0000 mediagirl 2615060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: no. There are two windows per room. So different things wouldn't matter. But we want it to look good outside! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2615043 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 18:54:50 +0000 Foodnerd81 2615043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you see the window treatments that much from the outside? I'm more concerned with how things look inside. So I feel like if you did all the same- whatever it was- upstairs and then the same downstairs it would look ok from outside? For example all cellular blinds upstairs and all drapes down, you know? </p> <p>That said plantation shutters do always look nice! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2615016 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 18:22:19 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2615016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Plantation shutters! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-type-of-window-treatments#post-2614993 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 18:04:36 +0000 mediagirl 2614993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have this great house and terrible window coverings what would you do? Blinds? Shutters? Something else? I hate how plain the windows are!! </p> [attach=251/16/oculfo.577x600.image.jpeg]