<p>Just had new carpet installed in my family room with 9’ ceilings and have a wall of windows (actually about 18" off the floor with 3 sets of double windows to 3 inches below the crown molding) along 20’. I have a single 20’ rod across the top with 2 sets of panels in between the 3 double windows and 2 panels on each end so that each of the 2 sets of windows is framed by drapery panels. Before the carpet guys came I took each panel and swung it up and over the curtain rod so it was off the floor for them to work. It looks really nice without the drapery hanging down but I don’t think I like valences in the family room. I have a rich burgundy wall color that accents the white window frames/sills and I’m thinking about just taking down all the window treatments. It’s mostly windows with burgundy wall accents and cloth furniture that softens the room a bit. </p>
<p>I am in no way a decorator and most of my ideas are pretty stale and traditional from Southern Living, etc. So, is it okay to go drapeless in a family room? I don’t need them for privacy because we have a forest as our backyard - all natural and I don’t need them for light filtering because the humongous trees do that. I’m just wondering if it would look weird to not have drapes on standard windows in a traditional style home?</p>
<p>I had some windows in our former house (music room) which I thought were so beautiful it would have been a crime to cover them up, so I didn’t (privacy also not an issue). The rest of my home did have window treatments.</p>
<p>Nowadays, I like some simple panels, no fancy valences or swags.</p>
<p>I have no window treatments on three sides of my home, because of varying land heights & the layout, I don’t need them for privacy & enjoy seeing the great outdoors. I did have a housesitter who thought it was weird & it is bright early on summer mornings, but i love it. My home has wood trimmed windows throughout, the wood is the showpiece, I think.</p>
<p>We have very understated lace valences in our LR and DR. We have no other curtains on our first floor. Our bedroom and both upstairs bathrooms have no curtains. Kids rooms and office have curtains.</p>
<p>During the day I love the look of undressed windows. At night I become totally paranoid about those black holes and not being able to see beyond them. However, I must be in the minority because I see uncovered windows in many house photos online. Quite a few of our neighbors appears to have either no coverings or only valances, too.</p>
<p>I have never met a window treatment that I like. I LOVE the bare windows. I like seeing out and I like the light that comes in. We don’t need them for privacy downstairs.</p>
<p>The only window treatments we have in our house are pull-down blinds in the bedrooms, for privacy. We pull them down and night and pull them up in the morning. No curtains, drapes, valances, panels.</p>
<p>I don’t like the black holes either and we get glare on our TVs. We have blackout shades that are inset in the windows and simple sheers just to soften the look. I could totally live without the sheers. In our bedroom we put in blackout Duette honeycomb shades. They are cordless and I totally love them, but were rather pricey. DH was appalled.</p>
<p>My wife was a decorator many years ago. We’ve had 2" wood blinds that match the trim for 20+ years. They look great and they are very practical. When not in use, they hide behind a wood valence, also the color of the trim.</p>
<p>The back of our house looks out at a golf course and little stream. I didn’t want anything which would obscure the pretty view, yet I wanted privacy at night. We got Silhouettes, which almost disappear at the top of the window when they are pulled up. But they can be lowered at night (or any other time) and provide full privacy or partial.</p>
<p>Here they are partially closed-you can still get light. You can completely close them as well just like regular blinds. When pulled up, it’s not obvious that there is anything there.</p>
<p>I do have wood blinds on the front of my home and in the bedrooms, no screens on any of the windows in the front of the house or in the family room in the back. I do have screens on the bedroom windows so you can open them during spring/fall evenings without bugs. </p>
<p>I think I’m going to have my husband take down the hardware - only problem I see is getting him to put it back up if I change my mind. He’s not real fast about the “honey do” stuff. I’ll try it through 3 1/2 seasons through next Spring and see what it looks like throughout the year…it’s very lush and green right now but it is a forest of hardwoods and can look rather cold and gray in the winter - I’m wondering if it might be too stark then. Thanks to all for your thoughts…I’m rather slow on change.</p>
<p>Another vote for bare windows. Best scenario is to have something that can be thin and pulled up and only put down for a bit of privacy when you want it. I adore light and need the openness. </p>
<p>We have a wall of sliding glass doors that open onto a screened porch. We haven’t had window covering for years. Most of the wall has furniture along it, but one set of doors is used to go out on the porch and I’m worried about someone walking through the glass. Safety is more important than aesthetics, so I have some decals there now, but would love to find something that looked nicer. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Most of my windows do not have draperies. They are beautiful french windows that frame views outside. I do have draperies for full length picture windows that take up the entire wall. They felt a little naked without draperies. </p>
<p>I don’t have any curtains/blinds in our great room. We have large windows across our living area( that opens onto a large screened porch) Our bedroom is on the same wall as the living area…no window treatments there either! </p>
<p>We live on the river. There are no neighbors across from us or beside us. We wanted our water view to be unobstructed. Due to the elevation of our house, even someone driving their boat by the house would not be able to see in. We do have blinds in the two guest bedrooms.</p>
<p>My family room has French doors to the outside but we never use them. I have thin honeycomb-style blinds, but they are always pulled all the way up to the top (how else is my poor dog supposed to look out and protect us from squirrels?) so it’s like having nothing there. The only time we pull them down is if it is super hot out and we want some shade in the room. I, too, don’t like a lot of heavy draperies and most of my windows just have some kind of fairly plain blind on them. My master bedroom has 4 windows and we just use plain white pulldown shades in the evening.</p>
<p>I am sitting in a family room right now. It has a french door slider at one end and several other windows as well as two sky lights. But there is not a window covering anywhere. We do have shades in the bedrooms.</p>
<p>Another vote here for bare windows…our ground floor has no window coverings…I love the simplicity and the nice, unobstructed view. Upstairs, we have wooden mini blinds with large slats only in the bedrooms.</p>
<p>We have just honeycomb shades only in the bedrooms and they disappear when they are pulled up. They are cozy in the winter and block the early morning sun in the summer. Our windows are nicely trimmed (in a simple, mid century contemporary way). Were I still in my starter home, with no real trim around the windows, I’d probably want some kind of window treatment.</p>
<p>I don’t know what we’ll do with the house we’re building, a contemporary with walls of south-facing windows. Suggestions, anyone?</p>
<p>I have lots of bare windows in my house, I want lots of sunlight and don’t want to pay for unnecessary window coverings for no real reason. I’m on the corner lot, there is somebody behind me, but we’re not doing anything that requires windows covering. I tend to go for the minimalist look.</p>
<p>I just got something like these (different manufacturer) <a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube; Got them in white. They are a european design. petty cool. No other window treatments in the room at this poin t (no drapes or anything). These are in the kitchen and family room</p>