Sliding Glass Door Window Treatment Solutions for All
Sliding glass doors in a home are a great way to bring the splendor of the great outdoors inside, but sometimes privacy is the most important thing. The way to get the best of both worlds is by choosing the right window treatments. With so many options from which to choose, it can be tough to decide which is the right one for you. Vertical blinds, track blinds, shades, and drapes all come in tons of different sizes and materials. So, before you jump into deciding on specific fabrics or finishes, let’s take a look at the broader categories for both traditional and unique sliding glass door window treatment solutions.
Vertical blinds
Potentially, the most affordable and certainly the most traditional option for sliding glass doors, vertical blinds are functional and versatile. They can be adjusted in order to cover only stationary panels of glass, allowing for easy exits and entrances in high traffic areas.
Vertical Cellular Shades
A modern alternative to the traditional vinyl vertical blinds, honeycomb-shaped vertical cellular shades provide increased insulation, protecting against the main issue with sliding glass doors—heat loss. The fabrics for these shades are available in a variety of opacities and colors and can be additionally customized as to the direction you’d prefer your shades to open.
Custom Drapery
These types of window treatments for sliding glass doors are widely regarded as the most luxurious option available. Custom drapes come in the vastest array of fabrics, colors, and patterns. They’re also often fitted with liners, which create a uniform look from outside the home. And, with virtually every fabric from which to choose, you’ll be sure to find one that pairs well with the rest of the window treatments around your home.
Tailored pleat drapery is a specific, noteworthy style of drapery that falls in an effortlessly elegant manner. It’s certainly worthy of consideration when evaluating your options.
Also of note are sheer drapes, which can be used alone in order to create diffused light in a room or layered with other, heavier fabrics in order to maintain the elegance of customized drapery while ensuring you have total control over the level of light and privacy within your home.
Woven Wood Shades
By nature, woven wood shades are eco-friendly and have an organic, unique look. Choose from natural woods, bamboo, or even reeds and grasses to create a one-of-a-kind look that holds up under a variety of weather conditions. Woven wood shades are available in both horizontal and vertical designs and can be paired well with any home design, from bohemian to traditional.
Shutter Bypass Track Blinds
One of the more high-end options for sliding glass blinds, these beautiful, durable, easy to clean blinds may just be worth it. Their panels are designed to slide past each other on a bypass track system and are easily adjustable to let in just as much light as you desire at any given time. So, no one will be squinting through direct sunlight at the dinner table, and your Netflix binge session doesn’t have to be interrupted by glaring light on the TV screen.
Additional personalization can be incorporated into any of the above options. For instance, adding a coordinated valance to vertical blinds can pull the whole look together and get rid of that extra few inches of bare space between the wall mount and the top of the blinds themselves. Whatever your customization requirements, Carmen’s Custom Window Treatments can fulfill them and provide the experience to professionally guide you toward your dream window treatments. Reach out on our website to schedule a private consultation that will give us all the information we need to design the perfect window treatments and outfit your unique sliding glass doors with a solution that will bring you joy for years to come!