Balcony door and curtains - Home and Garden

I have a window with a balcony door! What kind of curtains can be there?
- Wu me OK not simply window! I have access to the balcony. There's a door, you know?

Indeed, the situation is quite common, although it is often perceived as non-standard.
The main concern is related to functionality. How to use the door if it is all covered with curtains? Will the curtains interfere with the opening of the door, get into the lock, always get confused and generally annoy? The most common recipe from the Internet sounds something like this: why do you need these rags on the windows! Inconvenient, impractical, philistinism in its purest form. With all the categorical nature of such statements, the solutions themselves "without curtains" can be very successful. If you prefer ascetic minimalism, if you have a wonderful view outside your windows, if European openness to the world is close to you, you can (and even need to) leave everything as it is. For example, like this

On the other hand, without curtains at all - also not an option for everyone, it seems that either the repair has not been completed, or the curtains were, but they were removed to wash. And there are very close observant neighbors. Or bright sun. So, it is necessary that: 1) the design of a window with a balcony door corresponds to the interior, functional tasks and the owners like it; 2) all this beauty did not interfere with the use of the door, free access to the balcony / terrace.

Let's see which curtains can be used for a window with a balcony door

Roller blinds, blinds, pleated blinds, Roman blinds. Those. everything that can be installed directly on the window / door sash. The advantage of this option is maximum functionality: it is possible to adjust the level of illumination and visibility from the street without restricting access to the door / window

Curtains fixed at the top and bottom on special mini-cornices. This design is also mounted on the frame, so the opening of the door is absolutely free.

Thread curtains. A rather controversial option from the point of view of aesthetics, but it is quite functional, taking into account the opening door, because. gives easy access to that very door

Curtain in two parts. It is important that the junction of these parts is just at the place where the door opens, that's when it will be convenient. Due to the depth of the warehouse and drapery, the junction of the tulle is practically not visible. If necessary, you can simply push the curtains and easily go to the balcony without getting tangled in meters of fabric

Models that combine several types of curtains. For example, as in these photos