Window Treatments for French Doors | Interior Design Video Lecture | Interior Designing: A Basic Training - Self Help Learning

French doors can be really tricky to
dress up with window treatments because
it's not the same thing as dressing up a
regular window this is a window but you
have to be able to get in and out of it
at the same time so functionality is the
most important thing so you either want
the window treatments directly on the
door or you want them around the door if
you're putting them around the door all
you need to do is put a rod right across
the upper portion of the door maybe a
couple inches above and then do panels
on either side of the door then it won't
get in the way when you're going in and
out you can also achieve this look by
using what's called a hold back they're
round little attachments to the wall and
basically you're looping the loops of
your curtain on each one and it gets a
little bit more decorative now if that
gets a little crazy or you want to layer
effect you can do what's called a
shirred curtain on the door itself
what's great about this is that there
are two rods one above the opening of
the door which is the window portion and
one at the very bottom this will cover
your window so that you have the privacy
that you need but it won't swing around
when you're opening and closing the door
the two rods help stabilize the Corrine
and so you get the privacy the shirring
of the curtain makes it decorative and
then if you want to go to that extra
step measure you can do the window
treatment around the door as well