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Room divider? Drapes? Something else more creative?
We are trying to think of a nice way to gain privacy without adding curtains to the full length windows that are on either side of our front door. Plants don't work quite right. Our home is furnished in modern, clean lined furniture. We would like something to warm up the space a little, but want to avoid cliches and anything frilly, and it needs to be functional ie. moved out of the way of the incoming sunlight during the day. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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I see a bead curtain. You can make it yourself how you want it.
what about etched class?

My neighbor has it, it's not too expensive and it looks really cool. You can't see through it (because it blurrs everything" but it lets all the light in and it looks really cool and modern.

you could also try shutters or blinds.
Lowe's and Home Depot sells decorative window film that sticks to the glass on windows and doors, but has pretty designs or frosted surfaces. It comes in a roll that is not enough for a full sized window, so you would need two rolls for each window. I applied mine with a squeegee and water. Some have adhesive backing.
We used it in our bathroom and it looks really classy. We also used it over a patio door that was condensing between the glass to cover up the defect. We had to create a border around the main piece because the door was much wider than the roll, but it looked like stained glass when we finished.
When you leave the property, or if you get tired of it, you can just peel it back off the window. Costs about $60 per window/door, and well worth the money.
Get some modern curtain rods and go with floor length white shears. Lets light through while still allowing privacy.
I love my indoor plants but am too lazy to open the curtains daily to allow the light to come in for them.

One day, while walking around outside, I picked up a nice length branch that nature had peeled the bark off of. Thats when it hit me! I cut a few new branches that had personality. Next I purchased some really small brackets like the ones used for tea curtains or cafe curtains (the brackets come in all kinds of patterns) I hung them, placed my new stick, which was cleaned of all bark and let to dry for a few days, across the brackets. I did this at neck level so that I could still see over the top of it. Then I went out and bought a cheap, solid colored tablecloth and hung it from the back over to the front, (for me it was a light lime green color) leaving some of the rear layer exposed when you look at it from the front. The light is still able to come through the windows and the plants that I have that cant handle direct lighting are on a narrow table in front of it.

I am able to look out if need be, and still have the privacy that I want. It sure has been a great conversational piece. And it was soooo cheap!

I used the same technique in a bathroom window, using a wider bracket. In this case I fastened a shelf to the top of the bracket and twined the branch through the bracket, then hung a towel.

Lots of luck finding that perfect window cover!
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