We have three windows on the western side of our house, upon which the sun beats unmercifully in the winter, and over which our neighbors enjoy a height advantage and bedroom windows.
Those three windows are, of course, in bathrooms — the downstairs lav and the upstairs in the WC room and the “main” room.
The previous tentants had some 2/3 curtains up in those windows, which provided a modicum of privacy, and shielded at least 2/3 of the sunlight pouring in during the hot summer afternoons. But they were kinda ugly, not all that private (especially, it felt like, at night), and in the summer the upstairs bathroom was easily ten degrees warmer than the rest of the house.
No more. Just before the June Travelfest began, we went by the 3-Day Blinds counter at the Great Indoors by the mall, and ordered some very nice double-celled blinds for both the upstairs bathroom windows. And we ordered ones that can be pulled up from the bottom and lowered from the top, so that during the summer they can be fully closed, and during the winter we can lower the top to let some light in.
Installed them this afternoon. Spiffy. They look really nice, and the rooms now have a nice warm, dappled light in them (more light, ironically, diffused across the length of the window), and feel much cooler. Plus — no privacy concerns. W007!
Now we just need to order some for the downstairs bathroom and we’ll be stylin’.