@GenderApostate19
I don’t know why some people think nets are ‘awful’ , they look a damn sight better than vertical blinds, every other house has them and they make it look like a prison!
Really good quality nets, like the ones in high end hotels, have a lovely weight and hang beautifully, the thing is to have adequate width, 3x your window at least.
I actually have a theory about this.
My theory is that once upon a time, wealthy people lived in houses with windows set well back from a public footpath and privacy wasn't an issue. Poor people lived in houses with windows that faced onto the street and they needed privacy. They would put up net curtains, which meant that they could see out but the people outside couldn't see in. Consequently, net curtains became associated with the lower classes and were viewed by the middle class as declassė.
Over time, as house prices shifted and once-poor areas become sought-after, wealthier/middle-class people found themselves living in houses once reserved for the working class (old Victorian terraces and the like). They found themselves with the same issues of privacy as the old working class, but had inherited the snobbery about net curtains.
Since then, there seems to me to be an utterly desperate attempt to avoid net curtains. My friends have a variety of blinds, plantation shutters (which let in the light over the top, but are always closed so you can't actually see out), frosted stickers which let in the light but mean you can't see out... basically anything that will avoid the horror of net curtains.
We put up decent but plain nets in our bedroom (which faces directly onto the pavement). We can see out during the day and we close the curtains at night so people can't see in. Honestly, it's practical, not overly chintzy and makes a lot more sense than trying to faff around with other, inferior solutions.
Having said all that (climbing down from my soapbox), I hadn't heard of voile blinds. I might have a Google and see what they are like.