the windows...

months ago i posted what i thought would end up being the solution to my window issue.

i lived with the window film just taped up for months because from the moment i put it up i realized that i hated it.

it was just too opaque and too dang white...

my goal was to have light not turn the windows into big white blobs

here they are with the window film up.

so fast forward to a few weeks ago and the idea of frosting came to me, but there was no way that i could actually use glass frosting on the windows

low and behold a simple web search delivered my solution via lifehacker

glaze!

plain ol faux paint glaze, sans the paint...

you can see what a great difference it makes as far as privacy goes when you compare the bottom treated window to the top untreated...

Same here. Left side treated, right side not.

brilliant!

now i can have light without having to expose my everything.. and trust me sometimes it's truly my everything!

thank you lifehacker!!!

quick update

the window film has been purchased and taped to the windows..

while i like the privacy that it will represent, i am not all that thrilled with the blank white color..

i may cut it into some kind of design..

still thinking about that.

i have also been looking at paint colors..

these are the three that i put on the wall a week or so ago....

intially i loved them...

now..not so sure..

the room will be "grounded" around this piece of Alexander Henry fabric, which i am hanging..

so, i don't know about the colors...

i may have to go back to square one on that..

operation windows wide open...

ok, so i have purchased some window film but i actually ended up getting the gila frosted because it offers 24 hr privacy and that's really what i wanted.

so now i am just deciding how i want to hang it and by how i mean if i am going to cover the full windows or just the bottom panes and even if just the bottom, if i am going to cover the full pane.

i have this idea of leaving the outer edges somewhat exposed but i will probably tape it up and live with it for a few days before i decide..

i am excited to be actually making some progress on this..

apartment into home..

revamp ideas..

ok at the beginning of the month i decided to take my dark affectionately called "cave" of an apartment and turn it into a light, warm welcoming home.

here are some of my planned changes..

i am going to start where i can have the biggest impact first, so that means the windows.

because the apartment is technically a rear apartment, it is sandwiched between two buildings and basically to have even a bit of privacy, i keep the curtains and blinds drawn most of the time..otherwise i am staring into my neighbors place and they are watching me traipse around in my sexy flimsy things.

so operation windows wide open plan will start with the following..

-window film. the goal is to bring in the light but not look cheesy or like a church.

at the moment my heart is set on using the Gila Mirror Privacy Window Film

but we shall see..