![]() I’m going to quote myself from the Design*Sponge post here: Trove website.Īpplication and removal of window film. Pretty and motion filled designs, and it looks like the panels are very large. Trove: These are new to me, I only know them from a post at Design*Sponge. With a little careful work with an exacto knife you could likely do something inspired by these designs. Emma Jeffs website.īrume: This is a company in the UK and I know very little about the film, but I love the cut out designs they have. Available at 2Jane, Pure Modern and Design Public. It comes in a bunch of graphic designs and a few colors, my favorite is the white pixels. Backing is not adhesive, really easy to remove.Įmma Jeffs: I have not tried this, but the description says it has a slightly adhesive backing. I currently use this on a door which has a few small windows, and a small bathroom window. ![]() Downside: The rolls are narrow and so are better suited to small windows, and the texture of surface of the film isn’t as nice as other films. I also really like the modern vertical slat design (first image) created using frosted film in this living room shown off over at Apartment Therapy.Īmorf Frost film from Ikea: I found this in the Bathroom section of the Marketplace. Megan B at Shelterrific used some film from Window Film World to create a bit more privacy for the sliding glass doors in her kitchen without losing the light. See also: Door Sixteen left a gap around the edges to create some privacy in a bathroom without completely blocking out the window. Also a plus, the Gila film offers some UV protection. (The picture above shows some seams, which is only there because I accidentally cut the film too small and had to create an overlap.) This has a pretty strong adhesive backing, but I’ve had little trouble removing it using the accompanying Gila brand removal spray (you can borrow mine if you need it). I currently use this on the window in our office that, sadly, has a view of our neighbor’s holly tree which is encroaching on our roof. The roll is wide enough that it can be difficult to find a surface big enough to measure and cut the size you need. Most of the designs are less that lovely, but the plain frosted film is fine. I see this in the aisle of Lowes that has the window blinds. You can find this at Scandinavian Design Center. There are a number of designs, white or gray on translucent. I have not used this one but Ex Libris shows how she used the branches design to block the view in from windows next to her front door on Flickr. Maria Liv: I really like the effect of branches just on the other side of the glass. Available at Rare Device and Scandinavian Design Center. There are a number of patterns available, white on translucent. The height of the panels work out well to block out the bottom half of a window. Strossel Design: I have the Geranium film in the window over my kitchen sink, it’s a much nicer thing to look at than my neighbor’s siding. So, unless you are ready and willing to go through this yourself I suggest you use one of the options below. I think the adhesive formula had changed in the intervening years. Arms were unable to be completely lowered to my sides for a time. I spent a very long day surrounded by Goo Gone, Windex and various scrapers picking that adhesive off three windows. But the second time I used it and went to remove it the adhesive stayed on the glass. ![]() It seems perfect, and a few years ago I used and removed it easily in my SF apartment. This is the warning: beware using clear contact paper. There are a few options which I’ll list below going from expensive to cheap to unfamiliar to DIY, but first I want to give you a warning. I use it in the place of cafe curtains in a few places to only block out the bottom half of some windows. It’s a low commitment and easy to remove solution for renters, takes up no space at all for a window that is in a hallway or a door, and lets in a lot of light. I love window film for a (possibly) inexpensive way to cover windows that don’t have a view of much of anything. I’ve mentioned window film before and a lot of this information was previously gathered for this post on window film for my stint as Guest Blogger over at Design*Sponge. Two friends asked about window film at separate times last weekend so I figured that as long as I was gathering the information again I might as well post it again. ![]()
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