Curtains And Blinds

There is quite a variety of French door window treatments available these days. It’s good to have large variety, but at the same time it may make the task of choosing the most appropriate ones rather difficult or confusing. There are quite a few considerations that you should take into account before spending substantial sums of money on a new set of window treatments to ensure that they very well suit your style of French doors.

Some of the factors that you have to keep in mind while deciding your requirements include the amount of light you would like to enter the room and the overall décor of your room. Certainly you would like them to go along well with other colors in the room and the style of furniture you have there. And of course, the most important factor is the budget you may earmark for new drapes. All such considerations need to be taken into account while buying new window treatments for your home.

One of the best categories that I would personally recommend is the Honeycomb type. You would often find many homeowners to be patronizing these. Their availability in many sizes adds to the convenience, apart from their being very durable. People love them for that special softness that they possess. They derive their name from the way they are designed. These are provided with layers of air pockets designed in the form of a honeycomb. This feature keeps the temperature regulated all the time due enhanced insulation they offer. The more the number of honeycombs in a given area of the drapes, the better is the insulation.

You may go for Honeycomb drapes in either single, double or triple style. The single ones, naturally don’t provide that level of insulation as the double, which in turn is not as effective as the triple one. You’ll also experience those curtains with larger pleats yield better results than those with the smaller ones. A popular edition would be the one with 3/8 inches double cell shades that are quite reasonably priced too. Now you can see that good insulation is an important consideration while procuring new French or patio door window treatments, like the patio door curtains.

You may also consider having drapes with strong light filtering properties in case you have a media room or such that needs to remain dark for long periods of time. You also get these curtains with the added feature of their being motorized. Or even the top down variety, as opposed to the bottom up, which are certainly more popular these days.

Finally let’s not overlook the Roman blinds, which are equally popular for French doors. They present a very powerful medium for room décor while opting for French door window treatments. These days you get them at very attractive prices.

Except for closet doors, your problem of decorating other doors can be well taken care of by using curtains of different kinds to get funky interiors. Usually, it’s quite difficult to have appropriate curtains which would offer plenty of privacy, especially when you have French doors.
Beaded door curtains make one the very funky choices. Generally, the beads are made from plastic and that keeps the cost low. As they don’t provide adequate level of privacy, they are more suited for teenagers’ rooms. Adding them in the main living area of your house gives a somewhat cheap look and there is that element of old style associated along with.

Your other option could be bamboo door curtains. The typical old design has had a painting all over the strands and the classic design is that of a “Hula Girl”. This can be the centre of attraction of your room with the bamboo creating a tropical atmosphere. Yet, you could add an element of grace by having bamboo in its natural texture and include colorful beads in between.

French door curtains pose typical design problems. Most often they have a rod pocket at the bottom and also at the top. It would also include a conventional fabric panel that goes to cover the door completely. However, it is one of the best designs offering loads of privacy as it blocks the view completely. If you so desire you may use a tie in its central part to tighten it, yet a major part of the window gets blocked. Before you decide to have this kind of design style, you would like to keep in mind the overall purpose of having French doors at the outset. In case you intend having lots of natural light coming in, the French doors are certainly not the ideal choice, though they offer a lot of privacy.

Roman shades present another alternative for French doors, but that’s quite expensive. Quite often you have to get them tailor made but these can be pulled up or down. Because of their higher price, you may opt to have them in a somewhat neutral fabric, though it could simply be plain canvas, country plaid or just French toile. These materials can last for a long time.

Even if you decide to have mini blinds on the doors, you get adequate privacy but they certainly look a bit cheap. In their case you could simply apply border on them by using different curtain materials. That way you can add a bit of grace to the curtains at your doors. However, you’ll need to ensure that the arrangement doesn’t affect the closing or opening of the door.