Curtain question
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Topic: Curtain question
Posted By: Bizzy
Subject: Curtain question
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 8:37pm
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Ok so the boys have trashed the curtains in the room they have... admittedly they are plain brown and not my taste anyway. So i am thinking about what i can have in there instead. I like the idea of roman blinds, but was wondering if you can put them with nets or would that look silly? I dont mind if we dont have nets, i had none in my last place except in the bedrooms that faced the road. But one of the windows in the boys room faces out to the driveway and the neighbours place and i dont think she would want to see my lot naked!
there are windows on two of the walls and the beds have to go by them so something that doesnt hang too low would be ideal i think. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 8:45pm
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The one thing about roman blinds Bizzy is that they don't cut out anywhere near as much light as curtains (which may not be a problem for you of course!) and I'm afraid that they might look completely weird with nets. I wonder if you can somehow double-layer blinds, so that you have a curtainy blind, and one behind it which is a bit organza-like (sp?).
Sorry that's b*gger all help  ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: nannyabbey
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 8:46pm
| you could always hang the nets from inside the window frame and then have the roman blind over the window....do you know what i mean? |
Posted By: T_Rex
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 9:03pm
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My roman blinds cut out heaps of light. I lined them with blackout fabric and it works great. I guess I've mounted them close to the window frame though which I did for warmth. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 9:05pm
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You mean how when you have wooden blinds they sit within the frame nannyabbey? Huh. That could potentially work because you'd probably draw the nets for privacy when needed, otherwise you'd have a more traditional framed window look (the way they have big curtainy bunches at the top of the window and then the curtains hanging down the side).
Right, if you do that Bizzy, we're going to have to see pics  ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: rachndean
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 9:09pm
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You can get screening roller blinds quite cheap from some sites on the net. They are fantastic, especially for kids as you can roll them all the way up and the kids cant get to them! You could hang one on the inside of the window frame, and put a roman blind on the outside? It would also mean if you had the roller blind up you wouldnt be able to see it from inside? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: MyLilSquishy
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 9:11pm
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something i want to do is get some plain boring curtains (like plain calico type ones) and let DS paint them (obviously when he is a bit older) but if they get to paint on them before they get hung - maybe they wont trash them again because they 'made' them?
and I think net curtains would be fine if they were 'inside' the window - but i agree that they dont block out nearly as much sun as actual curtains. |
Posted By: pudgy
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 9:24pm
We have these under all all our roman blinds, they are fantastic. 
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rachndean wrote:Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 9:27pm
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hmmm i hadnt thought of romans not blocking out light.
what i really wanted was these really cool wooden shutters that sat within the window that i saw at the home show... but they would be way out of budget. Might have to go to spotlight and have a look... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 9:41pm
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i wonder if i would get a big sticker for the window instead of worrying aobut nets.
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Posted By: MrsH23
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 10:49pm
My parents have these at their place too and they block out lots of light (made with dark thermal backed curtains tho) it's great for making DS sleep longer  ------------- Lisa mummy to Ryan http://www.alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: pudgy
Date Posted: 26 January 2011 at 8:42am
Ours are blackouts too and they keep a lot of heat out I usually have them down most of the day in the summer. |
Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 26 January 2011 at 8:50am
| I wanted wooden ones but the thought of cleaning them put me off. We have thermal ones which are great in winter & I can not stand light in the kids rooms as they will get up too early. We don't have nets in their rooms but they don't face anyone & if they did I would put nets in. |
Posted By: nannyabbey
Date Posted: 26 January 2011 at 11:02am
| You can get that stuff that you put on to windows to make them frosted......don't know where to look for it tho. Some windows in ollie's room get the horrible afternoon sun and instead of pulling the curtains i have taped up coloured paper on the glass! very west auckland! he he |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 26 January 2011 at 12:21pm
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I made my curtains, they are romans & I used heavy block out fabric. It is really dark in there.
I'll take a photo for you to see the light that does come in. I have short windows so had to mount outside the window frame but if you had taller windows & mounted inside that would would well. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: LILI
Date Posted: 15 May 2012 at 10:32pm
| yes boys are naughty,you'd better choose blinds cordless to protect them.May be you can try paper blinds,after boys growing up a little you can think about a new blinds for them. |
Posted By: squoggs
Date Posted: 16 May 2012 at 6:19pm
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I have roman (black out) blinds with a sunfilter thingy, its a pain in the butt because every time you raise them, the sun filter gets all scrunched up. We need it for privacy on that room though, as it faces out to the street ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: InthemiddleMummy
Date Posted: 17 May 2012 at 4:11pm
| on the caution side of thing, ensure that roman blind cords are plaited or have a kids safety clasp on them, as to avoid child hanging self on the cords. |