Blinds,curtains or nothing?

[Rascal79]

I'm after some advice for a new kitchen/living/dining room that we r having built. Across one wall will be 3m bi fold doors with about 1 1/2 m of large windows on each side with 40cm high sills. So... A large expanse of glass. What be your advice about whether to cover them. I don't want it to be too cold in the evenings if we don't have anything but I also don't want it to look stupid with big flouncy curtains that will be enormous, heavy and expensive!! Help!

You want something like Perfect fit blinds or easyfit blinds which fit to the frame at the top of the glass.

Hi thanks for the reply, they look fab.

Any other ideas anyone???

I have the perfect fit blinds, look great on one big window but hate how they look on the windows that have a top and bottom pane, reminds me of bars, and not the liquid refreshment types lol how about some nice fitted Roman blinds?

Could this be a use for the Ikea Kvartal panel curtains?

Either that or put lights in the garden so you don't have a black hole?

Curtains don't have to be flouncy. They can be quite plain. I'd definitely have something there though, just for privacy and a bit of heat conservation.

Shutters might work too?