Browse Forums Interior Decorating Lounge Re: Bedroom Window - ideas needed please 2Jun 22, 2010 8:11 pm Site Start: 10th September, 2010 PCI : Friday 27th January, 2011. Handover: 3rd February, 2011 Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37677 Re: Bedroom Window - ideas needed please 4Jun 23, 2010 10:41 am Site Start: 10th September, 2010 PCI : Friday 27th January, 2011. Handover: 3rd February, 2011 Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37677 Re: Bedroom Window - ideas needed please 10Jun 25, 2010 5:56 am you're welcome. they're eyelets, a thick metal pole threaded through big holes, you can see them up the top of the second pic. "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Bedroom Window - ideas needed please 11Jun 25, 2010 8:57 am We have timber venetians on quite few windows including a north west window. It has reasonable thermal qualities, although being a west window, in summer it would be worth getting an external blind as well, as this stops the sun even hitting the window. There is one downside. I am not sure what the timber look venetians are made of, but our timber blind on the NW window has suffered a lot of sun damage. Ours was oiled (as it's above a kitchen sink). All the rest of our blinds still look good (would have been up over 12 years) but that particular looks pretty average due to sun damage. Another reason we would like an external blind Re: Bedroom Window - ideas needed please 12Jun 25, 2010 11:39 pm Tjilpi, the venetians we are looking at are actually a pvc (with polystyrene inside). They are said to be fade proof, fire retardent and have a 10 year warranty. We are looking at white ones and were told they are guaranteed not to go yellow. Thanks for your comments. Re: Bedroom Window - ideas needed please 13Jun 25, 2010 11:59 pm why dont you get full timber venetians. i have used set sized ones and cut them to size before, relatively easy and i am not a handyman. the reason i mentioned this is cause i got mine from spotlight and they are having there 50% off sale now. Only goes for a few days though. they have heaps of sizes to choose from. Pick the closest size and trimm it. i did this for whole house before and they were gr8 for keeping most of the light and nearly all of the heat out. and my house also faced west. https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=37134 THE THREAD https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=35962 THE BLOG! http://pedrosinspiredbeauty.blogspot.com/ BRICKS BRICKS ARE FINISHED... ROOF STARTS TODAY 03/02/2011!. Re: Bedroom Window - ideas needed please 14Jun 28, 2010 10:13 am SharonC Thanks for your replies 4walls, thanks for your helpful comments. I think just having most light blocked out would be fine - doesn't have to be fully blockout. We shouldn't get any direct light in our room from neighbours vehicles next door. I see what you mean about curtains being out of balance if only having 2 panels, hadn't thought about that! Maybe it would be better to have 2 panels on the bigger window and loose some light. Have you seen or done this on similar windows before? Otherwise I guess I could go back to timberlook verticals, but back to problem of insulating properties! I don't have any photos I can show you, although I have seen this type of solution to similar windows. Roman blinds that are interlined will give you insulating properties - you would have to get this custom made as measurement will be key to avoid the two blinds hindering each other when being open and closed. Personally, considering your layout (study/work desks in bedrooms), I don't think you have any other option but to leave NW windows and make them as big as possible e.g.… 7 10485 Hi, I'm planning to build a new house and wanted to get some feedback on the different window designs for a master bedroom. Our bedroom is north facing and the bed will… 0 4561 1 15766 |