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Living Room Window Treatments
Keep the view. Lose the glare and the fading.
The Problem
Keep the view. Lose the glare and the fading.
The living room usually holds the best window in the house — a bay, a bow, or a wall of sliders — and that is exactly the problem. The same glass that makes the room worth sitting in floods it with UV that fades upholstery, floors, and artwork, overheats it in summer, and throws glare across the television.
The answer is almost never one treatment. It is a layer that manages daylight and a layer that closes the room down at night.
What We Recommend
What actually works in a living room
These are the treatments we specify most often here, and why — not a catalogue, just what holds up.
Sheer shadings for daylight
Silhouette and Pirouette shadings diffuse hard sun into usable light and cut UV substantially while leaving the view intact. This is the daytime layer on most Long Island living rooms.
Drapery for the evening
Lined panels on either side of a bay give the room its finish, close it down after dark, and soften the acoustics of a large hard-surfaced space.
Solar shades on the worst exposure
On a west-facing wall taking afternoon sun off the water, a solar shade at the right openness factor is the only thing that reliably makes the room usable at 5pm in July.
Motorization across a wide run
Once you are past three or four large windows, operating them by hand stops happening. One remote or a scene on your phone is what makes a big room's treatments actually get used.
Browse The Range
Products we fit in living rooms
Other Rooms
Solving more than one room
Free In-Home Consultation
Let's solve your living room.
We bring the samples to you, measure properly, and give you an honest recommendation — including when the cheaper option is the right one. Save $50 on your first order.