Help me decide. Please.

We are getting faux woods blinds for our whole house. House is a split with an open floor plan

Our formal living room has what looks like four casement windows but it's really three- single, a double and a single.
Oh and it has a half circle window on top

This window is the bane of my existence.

Directly across from this window which is in the front of our house , is the" four casement " den window. In this case it's two doubles separated only by mouldings.

The only choices for window treatments for the front window are as follows:

One giant silhouette, mounted ON the gorgeous thick mouldinfs, which would stick oout from the mouldings and perhaps make me purchase extender brackets for a curtain rod (want curtains on the side for color)
Or
Three separate faux woods , one tucked inside each window. Again I'd do a curtain rod across the top with curtains on the side.

Right now I have paper shades. I like opening the side windows when I want fresh air in the house. I roll the shades up. I leave them there. Xmas time I scotch tape Xmas lights around the inside of each window.

A silhouette means I'd have to push up the entire blind in order to open a window (dust dirt etc blowing in would get trapped in the fabric)

A silhouette looks a little fancier and the way the light comes in through them is beautiful,

A silhouette is different from the faux wood blinds directly across from it (den windows and living room windows are separated by a dining room but it's an open floor plan-figure 30-40 feet from one set of windows to the other)


Pls help. I haaaaaate this

eta:
I should also add that over the years, ive gotten quotes for the faux woods and opinions on the front window from various professional companies....(I finally am pulling the trigger...cuz prices for the faux woods were going up 5%)

every single company said they would do one silhouette, mounted on the moulding. they also said if you hang curtains (which I definitely am doing), youre not going to see the mouldings anyway, because they will be covered on the sides by the mouldings.

they also said one piece of silhouette is a much cleaner look than three of anything, because the mouldings that separate the windows protrude at different lengths. three different pieces of anything will protrude at different spots and look sloppy.

Also, if the silhouette is mounted on the moulding, it will hang far away enough from the window cranks at the bottom

basically they said the showstopper will be the entire window, not just the mouldings around it. youll see them in the rest of the house.

wow this is ridiculously long- sorry and thank you so so much for your opinions

Message edited 4/17/2018 1:58:46 PM.

Help me decide. Please.

I would want to keep them the same treatments in an open floor plan.

Help me decide. Please.

I would also keep same window treatments for the floor plan. I don’t like 1large piece over multiple windows.
I would suggest you call a shop at home place, while a little more expensive they do give opinions and you see the colors in your home.

Re: Help me decide. Please.

Although I like faux wood blinds, I find them a bit heavy looking. I would opt for something softer in appearance for your main living area. Woven and roman shades are nice. You can easily pair them with drapes.

Have you contacted a blind/shade company for a free home visit? If not, I would start there. Lots of options in styles. Don't limit yourself to just 2.

Re: Help me decide. Please.

Yeah we considered everything else but those are the two faves. We ordered the wood blinds for the whole house. This darn front window is tough

Just can't figure out if we should keep it the same and do wood look which would be three pieces mounted inside the mouldings or one silhouette which would be mounted on the mouldings

Re: Help me decide. Please.

I would do the three pieces mounted inside the molding.

Something like this right??


ETA:
Can you take a pic of your window? The different lengths protruding is throwing me off.

Message edited 4/18/2018 11:07:32 PM.

Re: Help me decide. Please.

I agree, inside mount.