Quote: Originally posted by elizaD on 27/4/2014
The fablon stick-on stuff is really good as long as you can get a piece big enough for your window as the rolls aren't very wide.
I used some of that on a landing window which was too high to reach normally so I couldn't have curtains. It was good stuff. Comes in all sorts of patterns and I used a stained glass effect and although it looked like a church from outside it was a lovely effect inside
It is quite pricey if you have a large area to cover though.
Quote: Originally posted by Bob61 on 28/4/2014
I used a stained glass effect and although it looked like a church from outside it was a lovely effect inside
I've used fablon in the window at the top of the stairs, works a treat and has no loss of light. Wilkinsons sell it at £5.00 for a roll and its 67cm wide and I think 1.5m long
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Quote: Originally posted by Bob61 on 28/4/2014I used a stained glass effect and although it looked like a church from outside it was a lovely effect inside
Did it play organ music?
No...a window can't play organ music...silly.
I used to play a keyboard at the time though and couldn't understand why I kept getting visits from Jehovah's Witnesses
Quote: Originally posted by elizaD on 27/4/2014
The fablon stick-on stuff is really good as long as you can get a piece big enough for your window as the rolls aren't very wide.
You can get it wider than that I have seen it one and a half metres wide
We have these fitted to our UPVC windows, works a treat. These got them from a local blind supply shop. They came measured up, then came back and fitted.
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Highly recommend Brume window film. http://www.brume.co.uk/c/1/made-to-measure-window-film We got it made to measure for just on the lower sash window of a new upstairs bathroom, as no-one could look through the top pane but we needed a bit of "modesty" from the street below. We chose one with wee squares cut out but you can get other cut-out patterns. These shapes let the light in, but you can't see in as they're too small. You can get funky cut-outs that spell out a word or the house number - you name it. (We got a huge number for the glass over the front door too.) Easy to apply - you use fairy liquid, put the film up and wiggle it into place, and use a credit card to smooth out the bubbles. After that, you just wash it a bit more gently than you would wash glass.
Thanks a lot, I have got a white blind from Wilkinson, non black out and fairly thin which is just right. Nice to have all these options though in case I change my mind :)
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Fiona W, I've just visited the Brume website. Wow! So much choice. Not sure I'd want a lobster in my window though! Something for everyone, certainly. My daughter is considering window treatments, so I'll definitely pass it on to her. Thanks for posting it.
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Cheapest way is to stand at your windows with pair of binoculars, staring into your neighbour's house.
We have plantation shutters on the windows and balcony doors. Work very well.
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