Window treatments for a 1920s American Foursquare house

[Anonymous]

Looking for something that is in keeping with the era of the house. Not a big fan of curtains - I like the clean look of blinds and shutters, but not sure if they go with the period.
Any ideas? If you have the same type of house, please tell me what you used. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Plantation shutters are nice. We used them in our 20s house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Plantation shutters are nice. We used them in our 20s house.

+1

[Anonymous]

I have such a house. I invested in custom wood blinds that fit **within** the window frame. ie, they're inset and flush with the wood molding and do not project out.

I think this ^^ makes a difference in polished look. It's also period-appropriate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have such a house. I invested in custom wood blinds that fit **within** the window frame. ie, they're inset and flush with the wood molding and do not project out.

I think this ^^ makes a difference in polished look. It's also period-appropriate

Don't most blinds go inside the molding without sticking out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have such a house. I invested in custom wood blinds that fit **within** the window frame. ie, they're inset and flush with the wood molding and do not project out.

I think this ^^ makes a difference in polished look. It's also period-appropriate

Don't most blinds go inside the molding without sticking out?

Only custom ones, if you buy off the shelf from Home Depot, you just put them on the outside of the window.

[Anonymous]

What about custom roller blinds from a blinds store? Not the cheap plastic stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have such a house. I invested in custom wood blinds that fit **within** the window frame. ie, they're inset and flush with the wood molding and do not project out.

I think this ^^ makes a difference in polished look. It's also period-appropriate

Don't most blinds go inside the molding without sticking out?

Only custom ones, if you buy off the shelf from Home Depot, you just put them on the outside of the window.

Actually Home Depot (and JC Penney, etc) carries MANY different sizes so it's quite possible to buy off-the-shelf and still do inside-mount shades or blinds. I even found cordless roman shades from PB that fit inside-mount in the windows of our 1920s home and they only offered a handful of widths.

Sorry that custom blinds salesman led you astray.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Plantation shutters are nice. We used them in our 20s house.

But they're not appropriate for a foursquare, which is a concern for the OP. Regular shutters or blinds would be fine. (Although dust-gathering.)

[Anonymous]

We have mostly flat Roman shades and some full-length curtains.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have such a house. I invested in custom wood blinds that fit **within** the window frame. ie, they're inset and flush with the wood molding and do not project out.

I think this ^^ makes a difference in polished look. It's also period-appropriate

Don't most blinds go inside the molding without sticking out?

Only custom ones, if you buy off the shelf from Home Depot, you just put them on the outside of the window.

Chump.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks for the ideas. Question for 15:59 - what is the difference between plantation shutters and regular shutters?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have such a house. I invested in custom wood blinds that fit **within** the window frame. ie, they're inset and flush with the wood molding and do not project out.

I think this ^^ makes a difference in polished look. It's also period-appropriate

Don't most blinds go inside the molding without sticking out?

Only custom ones, if you buy off the shelf from Home Depot, you just put them on the outside of the window.

That hasn't been my experience. Our off the shelf blinds fit nicely inside the windowframe. I barely ever see any blinds that don't. I think you may have been taken for a ride with your "investment" PP.

[Anonymous]

We have plantation shutters in ours (throughout the main floor) and I think they look great. I read somewhere that their simplistic style was in keeping with the foursquare house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have such a house. I invested in custom wood blinds that fit **within** the window frame. ie, they're inset and flush with the wood molding and do not project out.

I think this ^^ makes a difference in polished look. It's also period-appropriate

Don't most blinds go inside the molding without sticking out?

Only custom ones, if you buy off the shelf from Home Depot, you just put them on the outside of the window.

Actually Home Depot (and JC Penney, etc) carries MANY different sizes so it's quite possible to buy off-the-shelf and still do inside-mount shades or blinds. I even found cordless roman shades from PB that fit inside-mount in the windows of our 1920s home and they only offered a handful of widths.

Sorry that custom blinds salesman led you astray.

You are lucky then. I'm the first "custom inset" poster. In my 1914 house with ~ 27 sash windows, exactly one is a size where I could go into Home Depot / Lowes / IKEA / pottery barn / Target and buy shades off the shelf and have them fit perfectly in both width AND length. And believe me, as a frugal person I looked high and low.