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Post by Peach on Jun 16, 2010 14:50:04 GMT -5
With window glare, most rooms are still not visible to people outside -- unless they come right up to the window and look in, which would be very rude. I've sat in the front room and seen people bend right down to try and look into my house through the little spaces that existed between the scalloped edges of the blind! Ohhhhhh...... that makes me bristle!!!! I would have hopped up, flung open the door, and said "may I help you?" Those types need to be confronted. I have a small front lawn so any curious person would have to walk up the driveway and onto the front porch to get close enough to see inside.
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Post by puppybox on Jun 16, 2010 15:15:35 GMT -5
I walk a lot and love to look in the windows at night. As I pass by. I'm not spying on anyone. and I'm not too nosy I don't think. I dont' like to see people I like to see their decor and plants and books. I like it when people have painted their homes interesting or bright colours.
congratulations on leaving the window bare. I'm glad you are standing up to your unpleasant neighbours.
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Post by Peach on Jun 16, 2010 15:33:36 GMT -5
I think the objection here is to persons who go out of their way to see into a home. It is the people who walk up to a window, cup their hands around their eyes, with nose to glass, squinting to see inside.
I also glance at uncovered lit windows at night, especially when in the historic district of a town. But, I never never never do what is described in the above paragraph. That is what happened to Meryt.
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Post by eagle on Jun 16, 2010 21:04:38 GMT -5
If you place lamps in front of the windows, the window itself will reflect some of the light back into the room. This also makes it a little more difficult for people outside to see much inside through the window except for what is directly near the light itself.
When I first cleaned up my condo, after years of drawn curtains, I felt very odd keeping them open. It took me some time to become comfortable with them being open. Now, years and several moves later, we have several windows that are never covered, even though we do have blinds we can pull down. We simple never use them. I absolutely love the natural light and the visibility of whatever the night sky and weather may bring.
As far as interesting window treatments, there are so many. My parents once used Scotch tape on the large bay window of the living room in my childhood home, in a criss-cross pattern that looked like diamonds. It was really very attractive. On another window, which faced a neighbor's house, my mother affixed white painted shutters on the inside, to which she attached tiny pocket-curtain rods and made little pocket curtains on her sewing machine. The shutters could be open or closed, depending on the time of day, etc. The curtains could be changed out with new designs as desired. She also did the same in their bedroom, using dark wooden shutters and deep red velvet fabric. (Aside: I was shocked at my mom & dad's red velvet bedroom. The shutters & curtains were only a small part of that room.)
Personally, I love the living curtains idea with lots of hanging plants. I used to have such a space in my first home when my sun-room type porch was the entry to the house and I used it almost as a greenhouse. It was lovely and very comfortable.
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