Curtains in bathroom and kitchen?

dekaspace

New place had curtain poles in living room and bedrooms so the ones I had are higher quality than these but I currently just have bedsheets pinned to bathroom and kitchen windows which looks ugly especially now I have tidied up after move.

One pole may just do each window but the curtains would hang over the sink in kitchen so awkward and of course get wet, that and I need some large curtains for it anyway (I have small ones that are too small for the windows but will keep out the world at least)

Tiddlywinks

dekaspace wrote: »

New place had curtain poles in living room and bedrooms so the ones I had are higher quality than these but I currently just have bedsheets pinned to bathroom and kitchen windows which looks ugly especially now I have tidied up after move.

One pole may just do each window but the curtains would hang over the sink in kitchen so awkward and of course get wet, that and I need some large curtains for it anyway (I have small ones that are too small for the windows but will keep out the world at least)

I'm confused about what you're asking...

Are they nets or fabric curtains? If curtains are too long then you could take them up by hand or use Wunderweb - plenty of YouTube videos will help with this.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wonderweb-Wundaweb-Strong-Fusible-Fabric/dp/B00MOLR9LQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1483840707&sr=8-2&keywords=wundaweb+tape

dekaspace

I am getting nets in future at some point but for living room and bedrooms, in the kitchen and bathroom I don't want to have curtains as the room they take would mean the curtains hanging down will be a few inches in front of taps due to the window being directly above the sink, I could get smaller curtains though.

I want blinds in kitchen and bathroom eventually so I can get light in, have some images of outside but people looking in can't see us.

Im more asking a little if curtains are a good idea in both rooms or to just wait and get blinds.

moneyistooshorttomention

Personally - I've got some curtains I brought from last place over my kitchen window (duly shortened).

They are getting in a right mess basically. So I don't advise curtains by a kitchen sink personally - whatever length they are. My excuse is I didn't need anything at my kitchen window in my last house - so "What did I know?:cool:"

Come my new kitchen shortly and I shall be having either a blind or plantation shutters.

I was trying to "make do" - as the window is an odd size. That means that that blind/shutters will have to be custom-made - no chance of buying "off the shelf" - darn it:(. Even so - I'm not doing curtains again at that window.

thriftwizard

I've just put new blinds up in our kitchen, though I thought I was going to have to save up for months for them. But I was in !kea just before Christmas and their "Tupplur" blinds are very inexpensive, and are both waterproof & "blackout", i.e. completely opaque. I've had to go for the white ones, and they're a bit glaringly-white & will show every mark, but I'm planning to sponge them with fabric paint to match the new (Sanderson) curtains that I'm still saving up for, which should "soften" the effect considerably.

We do have curtains in the bathroom, which has a full-size window facing onto the street; both a net and a big slice of heavy tapestry fabric, and they're fine, but there are no taps close by so they don't really get wet.

rach_k

Do you need blinds or would window film do? It's cheap and easy to apply, plus most kinds still let the light in.

Tiddlywinks

I always use nets in my bathroom - very fully gathered to preserve my modesty. I don't use curtains as well.

Frosted glass and some frosted film can look like it blocks the view from the inside BUT at night and with the light on inside it can get a bit more 'see through'.

Whenever I've moved I've always checked my neighbours' views by waiting until it's dark, getting someone to stand in the bathroom and wave their arms whilst I stand outside and see if I can see movement etc. If the image is obscured then I'm happy.

I've done this since the 80s when I lived in my first house and had a bathroom window just above the bath - I noticed that a neighbour with the same configuration was clearly visible as she had a shower - the frosting barely covered anything :eek: and realised that it would be the same for me too . Hence getting nets and sticking with that plan since then.

Here's a similar story:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3235488/Students-shocked-learn-neighbours-frosted-bathroom-window-actually-THROUGH.html

If the nets are the correct length then they shouldn't interfere with the taps or get manky.

dekaspace

In the bathroom at least the location of the shower would be obscured by a shower curtain, and the type of glass in the windows would pretty much block people looking in, so even someone looking in if shower curtains were not up would struggle to see someone in there and might at most see a blurred shape.

But to me I like something to close as a way of keeping the world out.

Tiddlywinks

dekaspace wrote: »

In the bathroom at least the location of the shower would be obscured by a shower curtain, and the type of glass in the windows would pretty much block people looking in, so even someone looking in if shower curtains were not up would struggle to see someone in there and might at most see a blurred shape.

But to me I like something to close as a way of keeping the world out.

Have you checked from outside when it's dark and you've got the bathroom light on?

Frosting can look deceptively good from the inside looking out but at night they are not quite so effective. Being on the ground floor, I'd really recommend checking at night with the help of someone else standing inside by the sink with the light on whilst you are outside in the dark looking in.

Frith

I don't have curtains in my bathroom or kitchen! Or blinds.

moneyistooshorttomention

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

Have you checked from outside when it's dark and you've got the bathroom light on?

Frosting can look deceptively good from the inside looking out but at night they are not quite so effective. Being on the ground floor, I'd really recommend checking at night with the help of someone else standing inside by the sink with the light on whilst you are outside in the dark looking in.

I think the ideal situation is not to have anything up at kitchen or bathroom windows - but sometimes needs must.

I've got the standard frosted glass in bathroom situation - and that's not a particularly overlooked room. But - if the neighbours in a house over from mine were in their garden they'd be able to look straight in through that window if it were standard glass. Hence - I don't bother with anything at that window - as its frosted and it's a part of their garden they aren't that likely to go into anyway.

BUT - having said that - I wouldnt take a shower in there with the light on. So - I can leave the window bare - because I have my showers in the daytime. But - I'd certainly put something up at that window if I had evening showers - even though they wouldnt be able to make out "detail" I presume.