How To Dress Up A Sliding Glass Door

We don t use the living room that often and the view of our backyard is so pretty.

How to dress up a sliding glass door.

These shades have either two layers or a single layer of fabric with alternating stripes of different openness. But one thing you need to understand is that window treatments are not just limited to decorating your home. There s nothing quite like opening up your curtains to the great outdoors on a sunny day. Most however should be self installable with tracks for the panels screwing into the doorway above and sometimes below the patio door.

Zebra shades also look great with sliding glass doors. If you want to make your own use elmer s glue add a little water for a thinner consistency and a couple of drops of paint for the color. We also have french doors from the master bdrm to the patio. If you re using valances or roman shades mount window treatments high enough above the door frame so the hem doesn t brush heads passing through.

As you dress up your sliding door consider using tiebacks to cinch window curtains aside especially on the side with the handle to support door function. Home invaders really like sliding glass doors. We have nothing covering them for a couple reasons. Unobstructed views are literally the dream but so is privacy and choosing window treatments for sliding glass doors can be a tricky business.

There are many other advantages that the window treatments do offer. Glass paints are easy to apply. We don t have sliding doors but we do have french doors from our living room to the patio. Sliding glass door covering options are a great way to add beauty and dress up your sliding glass doors.

The first option many homeowners consider when dressing french doors is mounting draperies above and beyond the door frame. Covering a sliding glass door can be challenging on its own but it becomes a bit more difficult if the door has a line of narrow windows above it. They still allow some light but add the stained glass elegance. First of all they re usually in the back of the house which gives them a little more privacy to break in.

I highly recommend you cover your sliding glass door with a window covering. The effect is a thick fabric border that can be drawn closed at the center or as in this case drawn in one direction to cover both the door and adjacent window with two separate panels. One strip is thicker while the other one is more on the sheer side. I would hate to cover them.

Sliding door panels depending on what you purchase may need to be professionally installed such as when the panels need to be sandwiched between the glass panels of your patio door.