How To Make Arch Window Blinds

When we bought this house, I always envisioned our extra room as a plant nursery. It's a large space with a great closet and it gets and then much natural low-cal. The perfect spot for our infant girl.

Still, when it came time to really brand a design plan for the space and figure out the logistics, I realized I had i big issue…the arched window. How would I add window treatments to this tricky shape? I certainly couldn't only go online and buy something generic, instead, it was going to have to be a custom window treatment (i.due east. pricey!).

Why Cover the Arched Window?

I presented this issue on Instagram stories months ago and heard from so many moms out there. Many said that information technology was a must to become the room as dark as possible to assistance with our babe's sleep. Others said it didn't matter much at all. Here's what I'yard going to say correct from the start…every child is different. One baby may demand to sleep in a super dark room, whereas another mom'due south infant can sleep in whatever sunlit space. Every child is dissimilar and every situation is unlike. There is no right or wrong way here.

For me, I sleep with a very dark room (you can read almost our blackout shades in our master bedroom right here). I'one thousand taking the Taking Cara Babies slumber grooming course for our daughter and she recommends a dark room. Therefore, I wanted to make sure we could get the nursery equally dark as possible.

Searching for an Arched Window Treatment

I ended up having 5 different companies come up out to give me quotes and ideas on how to comprehend the arched window. My goal was something that could go up and downward on the arch…I didn't want it to be covered 24/7 because that arched window lets in then much gorgeous natural calorie-free. I too wanted some sort of blackout shades on the bottom two windows that nosotros could pull upward and downward at dark. Oh, and I should mention that I reaaaaallly wanted to avoid an accordion shade on the top arched window. That's actually what was at that place when we bought the house and I tossed it immediately. That fashion is very dated and I wanted to avert information technology in her brand new nursery.

 1 Large Roman Shade

My commencement idea was to exercise ane large custom roman shade. The coma roman shade would be attached to the curvation and go up and downward over all of the windows.

Photo via Rachel Parcell

I figured I could recreate this inspiration photo and I showed it to all of the installers who came over to bank check out my predicament. Sadly, they all said information technology was not possible to do an within mount because of the depth of my window sill. They too discouraged me from doing an outside mountain roman shade because information technology would be bulky and there would be lots of lite seepage on the side. I inquired about doing 3 separate roman shades, with one on the arch that could go up and down. All the same, every professional said it wouldn't be able to fully open and would embrace almost of the window anyways.

Non what I wanted to hear, but onto the side by side idea…

Plantation Shutters

My next idea was to do plantation shutters. While I'1000 not sure they go with the way of our business firm, I figured it was definitely worth looking into. I had ane company that specializes in plantation shutters come up take a look at my windows and he recommended custom shutters that open on each half. Kinda like this pic…

Photo via Superior Blinds and More

I could then open them up completely, partially allow lite into the room by irresolute the slats, or close them all to get information technology as night every bit possible. I actually liked this thought, but it came with a few cons. First, there would exist quite a bit of light seepage on the sides due to the depth of my biconvex window and the bottom windows. 2nd, the price!! This was going to run me $1,750 and they highly suggested doing another one in the office for another $1,750.

It didn't even occur to me to do information technology in the office too, but it makes sense. Adding a permanent fixture to i window and not the other, when these biconvex windows are so prominent on the front of our house could await a tad awkward. But $3500?! Ouch.

Honeycomb Shades

Okay, onto the next window treatment idea…honeycomb shades. As I admitted before, these are not my favorite kind of window treatment because they scream "1990's". Nevertheless, I was willing to effort annihilation!

Photo via Apartment Fe Window Fashions

I had someone come out to specifically measure for honeycomb shades and he was confident nosotros could do a moveable curvation and i shade below…all of which would be coma. Perfect! He took measurements and told me he would call me with the exact program for the arch.

He called me back and said that with my particular arch size and depth, it wasn't possible to practise an curvation that would move up and down. I could simply do an accordion shade that would stay. Noooo!

Custom Drapery

I then started looking into mantle options. If we didn't take our congenital-ins, I would have but washed a long curtains and a rod over the arch from the very commencement.

Pattern via Tracy Hardenburg

However, our congenital-ins go in the way of this being a feasible option. But, I still thought peradventure I could do a rod over the arch and I would have curtains that skimmed the top of the window seat. That was my gameplan until the congenital-ins were installed.

As you tin can see, at that place would be no mode to add defunction above the window without running into the built-ins on the side. This idea was out.

My Final Solution

I had Jen from Urban Workroom come out because I thought she might accept a workaround for the pall idea and maybe we could somehow make it piece of work. Sadly, she said no…but she had another idea. We do blackout roman shades on the bottom windows. Easy peasy. And then, for the tiptop, we brand an insert in the same textile that could be placed in the window at night and removed during the daytime. They would make it super durable and thick (kind of like a cushion) and even sew a little tab on it so I could easily pull it in and out.

Yeah! This was the solution I was looking for the unabridged fourth dimension! I am someone who makes the bed and tidies up rooms every single mean solar day, then removing a cushion from the arched window would but be a office of my daily routine in the nursery. I understand that's not for anybody, just for me…information technology was the best solution! Jen took tons of measurements and nosotros reviewed some samples. I decided to go with a foam color since I don't want the window treatments to compete with the built-ins. Jen also took measurements for a window seat cushion for the bench in the aforementioned color but in a nubbier fabric that is super durable & stain proof.

Window Treatments??

Unfortunately, the coronavirus interrupted this project quite a fleck. Nosotros figured we would easily get this project done before the babe arrives, but that slowed things down. Plus, we weren't super comfortable having installers come into our home when we are self-isolating before the baby comes. So sadly, I don't have a big reveal for you today! Nevertheless, I promise once those shades arrive I'll have a weblog postal service all about them! And since the baby is sleeping in our bedroom for the kickoff few months, she'll have a nice cozy dark space for the well-nigh future.

Sorry to go out you hanging, but at least you know which selection I went with for that crazy arched window!

Casey

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