Light and privacy controls

Light and privacy controls are important elements to consider when choosing your window treatments. Many window treatments can be combined to provide the effect you are looking for. There are four categories of window treatments that provide varying light and privacy control:

 * Waverly Sheer curtains. Sheers with ascot valances.

Sheer soft window treatments are very popular. Sheers are used to accent an open, airy feeling found in most of today's newer home designs. They can be layered and combined with other printed and/or plain sheers to create a fresh look. Sheers provide the maximum amount of light to enter when the curtains are drawn, but the least amount of privacy. In order to get the best of both worlds—privacy and maximum sunlight— combine sheers with a hard window treatment such as a roller blind. Sheers come in cotton, silk, lace, and bronze, pewter and gold metallic.

*  Waverly. Semi-sheer panels with a gathered valance.
Semi-sheer soft window treatments diffuse light for a little privacy. It is important to remember that during the day people will not be able to see in the room, but at night, when the interior lights are on, they will. Semi-sheer window treatments include heavy and layered sheer fabrics with designs and lace.

* Semi-opaque window treatments provide partial blockage of light when the curtains are closed. At night you can only see shadows on the inside from the outside. Semi-opaque products are the most widely available and include most drapery fabric and a few hard window treatments.

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