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[GCR18]

I prefer blinds with curtains.  

[Kitlynn]

We have sliding doors out of the kitchen on to the patio and out of the master bedroom on to the patio. In the kitchen I have vertical fabric honeycomb blinds and drapes with a valance in the bedroom just the blinds and a valance. The curtains are pulled back in the kitchen and I like that look.

[RespectLife]

Plantation shutters!!

We are finishing up building a new home.  It has a slider from the Master to the covered porch in the back (large porch)

I am really trying to get away from my 'old' need to have curtain treatments of some sort on every window.

I LOVE the sun streaming in, so I really don't want anymore shades.  Roman blinds I have are always crooked on the bottom.  Honeycomb have been too dusty in my current house and cover too much.  Venetian blinds are okay...but I want something more modern and chic looking!

For the master slider, I am hoping to go with a full plantation roller shutter system.  Also know as Bypass Plantation Shutters.

See shutterblinds.com 

They are SO cool!!  I have seen them where they bi-fold but these don't so they won't be in the way.

They are expensive but exactly what I want!!!  I plan to go in and out a lot and don't want any curtains in my way.

For the front bedrooms, I hope to have just plantation shutters.  It is such a clean and modern look!!  No more rods, sheers, valances etc.

The morning room huge wall of windows and ALL other side windows I am leaving naked!  I think...LOL  It would take a huge adjustment but we have no neighbors on either side.  For me, I am thinking only the bedrooms need the privacy.  We will be on the end of a dead-end cul-de-sac.

That's what I am hoping for anyways....pocketbook may cry otherwise!

[SilleeMee]

I prefer the honeycomb shades, top-down-bottom-up style, on most of my windows except for one large picture window facing my prized view of the mountains. This picture window has solid, opaque verticals that I slide completely open during the day.

[Big Joanie]

Plantation Shutters are the easiest things to keep clean ....

[CelticCrafter]

I have to have curtains covering the windows.  

I tried the mini blinds with just a valance and I wasn't happy.  

[proudlyfromNJ]

I have some of the honeycomb shades that open from the top or bottom. They are cordless. No strings to worry about.

[gmkb]

I don't have any sliding doors now, but in my former home I had a slider leading out to a balcony which overlooked a beautiful setting.  From Country Curtains I ordered a one way traverse rod and sheer curtain 4x the width of the slider.  It was a beautiful look, let the light in, offered some privacy, but what made it so special was the way the 4x width draped the window.  

[chickenbutt]

In my rooms like kitchen, bathrooms, etc, I use mini blinds (I like being able to have the colors that go with each room) with swags.

I like the look of a swag so much more than just a valance across the top.  The swag has like the valance across but then each end has a nice 'drape down' along the vertical edges of the window to the sill.   

[151949]

I would love nothing better than plantation shutters on every window - that is what I have now in my villa - but they are expensive and this house has a lot of windows plus 3 sliding doors.

Oh well, we haven't even decided if we want the house. Just thought I'd see what everyone likes on their windows.

I'll have to watch some HGTV and see what is in for windows now. Here in Florida shutters are definitely best for sun control.