If you are looking for a window treatment for your French doors, you have come to the right place.  Fabricworkroom.com offers many options to treat your French doors from fabric roman shades to  wood blinds to roller shades and bamboo woven shades.

Based on your budget and your personal style here is a quick guide to selecting the best custom window treatment for your French Door. Note: this is a general guide and all style pricing is based on price of fabric selected.

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When you are about to begin your decorating project and selecting your window treatments, just getting started can be an overwhelming experience. Where do you begin? I suggest you go to one of the large chain book stores. They carry most of the decorating publications and the owner won’t scold you for “reading” them in the store. You’ll have a few dozen to pick from. Flick through the ones that reflect your style and taste. Magazines can be very inspiring but don’t get too nervous. These are all staged for inspiration only. It’s not natural. You don’t see dog bowls, television remotes or kid’s dirty socks. Magazine shoots have a team of people who work on the scene staging. However, you can recreate what you see – at a fraction of the cost of hiring a decorator.

Understanding what you want to accomplish with your window treatments can help you narrow done the choices. Here are the questions you need to answer:

• Do I need privacy or decorative?
• Do I need light control?
• Do I want a layered look? (Multiple treatments on one window)
• What window treatment styles do I want? (formal, casual, contemporary, etc.)
• Do I want silk, faux silk, cotton, linen, or blended fabrics?

The room that you are decorating will help you answer many of these questions. If you are decorating a living or dining room, you might lean towards formal. If it’s your family room, you should be thinking more casual with light control for your media center. Your bedroom can be casual or formal, but privacy should be at the top of your list. If you have young children, room darkening should be important for afternoon naps.

Budget is also a strong factor in your decision. We have put together a simple chart as a guide. We are using a typical window that is 35″ wide by 58″ long. For pricing fabric products, we selected a popular cotton print that can work in just about any room setting. We haven’t added any of the different product upgrades and options such as trim to make this easier to present.

Here is the conclusion. You should create a window treatment budget for each room in the house. Generally speaking, the public rooms on the first floor are where you should invest the most. Your friends will see these rooms and when they are talking behind your back, it just might be positive. Upstairs you can focus on shade and blind options that give you privacy and light control at a great price. To add fabric to a shade or blind window treatment, we recommend adding a fabric rod mounted valance. They look great and there are many styles available for under $100. Remember this can all be done in stages. Set your priorities and stick to a plan.

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Did you ever have one of those moments when you were in your bathroom minding your own business and then there is it – someone was looking in your window? Perhaps it was the lawn guy or Fed Ex delivery guy. You’re embarrassed, he’s embarrassed and you vow to never let that happen again.

So why did this happen? With the exception of flying visitors from Transylvania, most of us love sun light. We leave our windows uncovered so the light streams in. It’s much easier to get the motor running in the morning with beautiful natural sun light. Many studies have proven that people become more depressed in the winter due to lack of natural light. So completely blocking the sun light to get privacy is not a good idea. You need a window treatment that will give you both sun and privacy. Well guess what, there are solutions where you can have both.

Window shades and blinds are all about privacy and light control. You need to pick the best window treatment for each room and even make small adjustments within the room. There are so many styles and options that guarantee a perfect solution. With our guidance you’ll know all the options and make smart choices and eliminate the mistakes.

The trickiest room to get right is the bathroom. Privacy is important, but you have to consider some natural light for the ladies to apply their make up. Add an abundance of moisture and you’ve got the bathroom version of the perfect storm. Immediately strike wood blinds from the list. They will peal and crack over time. If you love the look of wood, then faux wood is the way to go. They are made of composite materials and moisture won’t cause any damage. However, when they are closed you can forget about any light. Thus, we would rule out faux wood blinds if you still want light when they are closed.

We strongly recommend that you focus your window treatment choice on top-down-bottom-shades. You can raise the shade from the bottom of the window up to any desired position. You end up with extraordinary privacy while letting in natural light in from the opening at the top. Neighbors and delivery people may get a peak at your curlers, but not much else. Shades and blinds with this feature include cellular honey comb shades, bamboo shades and fabric roman shades.

Fabric Roman Shades are beautiful and with thousands of fabrics available, these shades can become the center point of your bathroom style. The flat roman shade style comes in a top down option as well. Bamboo shades are very stylish and their natural look is very in vogue today. We love the function of cellular shades, but they can be a little plain looking on their own. We recommend you consider adding a fabric valance to add softness and color while concealing the shade when it is up. Finally, if you have windows that are hard to reach say behind a jetted tub, you might want to consider motorization. You can raise and lower the shades using a small remote. The shade motor is powered by battery, so you don’t need to worry about running wires.

Remember, making the right choices for your bathroom windows will give you great light, privacy and beauty.

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