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I don't have a suggestion about the roller shades but I love your lamp! Who makes it?

Curtains won't work on those windows because getting rods to fit will require custom hardware...
...and neither will roller shades because with the angles, you'll be left with large gaps in the corners.

You need either Roman Shades or cellular blinds.

Why would anyone want to block out that view?

"I don't have a suggestion about the roller shades but I love your lamp! Who makes it?"

That's the model unit - and the lamp is from West Elm.

I would go with Roman Shades. I'm breaking in a new apartment and just brought some really nice ones. They give the room a nice casual yet upscale look, depending on the fabric and design you get. Good luck!

http://deliashades.com/second.html

If you send these people an image of your apartment, they will do a 3D image of the proposed shade applied to your windows for you. They are a bit pricey, but really beautiful!

Wow, that's a challenge. I think I'd use curtains with sheers, get double rods for each separate section of window (the little end one, the double, and the angles one -- right?) If you run the rods over to the left of the angled window onto the flat wall, you can gather t he curtains mainly there when you want to let the light in.

You could use sheers as flat panels with a dowel in the hem to weight them to hang smooth, maybe, for a less bulky look. Then use lined but lightweight drapes (dupioni silk, maybe? you can bargain hunt for those) for night.

Or maybe you could use those IKEA flat panels.

I love the sheer roller shades I got from shadestore.com for my kitchen, they were in the medium price range. Inexpensive alternatives: try overstock.com, bedbathandbeyond.com or target.com for roller shades or simple wooden blinds. They have extra sizes online and a good variety of widths. Finally I bought beautiful white linen roman shades from thecompanystore.com. They are custom made to size, unfortunately I just went online and they seem to be unavailable at this time.

Try sliding panel curtains with an opaque curtain for day time if you like. ramdom page I found on it here:
http://www.luxuryhousingtrends.com/archive/category/windows-doors/page/4/

You just slide them on a track that you can fix to your ceiling. My boyfriend had these at his old apartment- you can find the hardware at ikea for relatively cheap.

Sheer curtains for day in front of roller blackout blinds for night? Fairly inexpensive.

I agree with frozenmotion9. IKEA has some alternate wire rod ideas or ceiling mounts that you may want to check out. They will look modern and not break the decor bank.

BTW: GREAT place!

I think roman blinds will work there.
Where did you get that chair which is close to the window in the sunlight ?

Let the scenery be your window treatment. I hate to be that guy, but I honestly don't think you need window treatments. I moved into a modern townhouse (not too different looking than your apartment) about a year ago and I'm so infatuated with the trees outside that I haven't spent a penny on window treatments. (Not even in my bedroom, which is kind of ghetto)

i can't tell if your neighbors would have a view in but i agree with modguy - go bare (unless you really need something at night for optimal sleeping conditions.)

gorgeous apt. btw.

It's a little tricky to see, but do you have any space above the windows themselves or to the go directly up to the crown? if you have any room above, you may be able to mount shades above the windows. An interior mount (inside the frame) would be a cleaner look, but to accomodate your wall angles, it would need to be custome and that would not be cheap.

I agree with the poster who mentioned ceiling mounted treatments (think hospital track--used as room dividers in hospitals). You could have it easily curve to accomodate the window and, when opened, it could stack back beyond the width of the window. I guess you could have two layers of hospital track, one with sheers, the other with blackout fabric.

If you own this property, I would really recommend investing in some quality treatments because 1. it will improve resale value and 2. it will drastically improve your enjoyment of the property. In a perfect world, you wouldn't need treatments to block the view. But if it's a studio you may need light control and honestly, if you're a woman living alone, you don't need to be "on display" every night with your lights on.

Honeycomb shades with blackout lining from Smith&Noble that open from the top down and bottom up. They can fit any window and come in lots of colors including multiple whites. The top down feature is nice in that it helps to open up the ceiling by not defining the top of the window with a gathered up shade which is what happens when you open them the traditional way from the bottom up. It can also help to hide any undesirable elements on the bottom part of your view.

Yikes! $1800 for 3 windows doesn't sound quite right. I was confronted with a similar problem because I wanted solar shades, but the prices were outrageous. My solution was to buy solar shades at Ikea that were larger than each window required, take them to a custom shade place and ask them to be resized to the dimensions of my windows. I saved about half the cost because the big mark up is the in the solar shade material itself. By supplying my own material, I avoided those charges. The total cost (including Ikea shades) came to about $80 a window, 6 windows total.

I used Aero Shade in Los Angeles and was very pleased
with the result.

As for curtain alternatives, I don't think floor to ceiling ripplefold sheers would make the apartment smaller. Just layer blackout shades behind the sheers. You can find inexpensive track at KonnectInternational.com.

I agree, definately try the IKEA blackout rollers with ceiling mount. Your only problem will be the one tight corner (I can't tell how much space you have there).

theres a company called Orangepiel that could help you solve your window treatment problems, for less cost. they do custom image printed roller shades on four different fabrics. translucent, blockout, organic, or solar....all can be printed with fabulous art, and the price is extremely affordable. my friend told me about them.