# Recommend privacy for a living room window

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-privacy-for-a-living-room-window/767347>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 1, 2016, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-privacy-for-a-living-room-window/767347 "2016-10-01T10:57:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-privacy-for-a-living-room-window/767347/21 "2016-10-08T18:03:19Z")

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You’re so clever, you really should have been a fox, Mr. Puddy Tat! 😃

That does look nice.

I used that type of film for the window in our front door. Wet the window, squeegee in place. It’s held for four years, so far.

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-privacy-for-a-living-room-window/767347/22 "2016-10-09T14:48:25Z")

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Nice! 🙂

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**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-privacy-for-a-living-room-window/767347/23 "2016-10-09T16:51:28Z")

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> [@delphica](#):
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> For my daughter’s room, I used a shower curtain rod, which is quite sturdy. I wasn’t 100% committed going in – would it look too much like a shower curtain rod? But it’s not something that jumps out as looking odd, it turns out. Places like Home Depot have vaguely “fancier” shower curtain rods so you could pick a finish that matches your room.

My sister put a curtain rod up for sliding door ,it was nice looking rod but too heavy to stay up . I think there was water damage on one end and it never properly taken care of my the last person so there a weak spot . I had to use shower curtain rod to hang my curtain up . To the OP if you have small kids or pet you need to be careful if put anything that pulls open on rod with draw string.  
I had window quits put in once and they came with a warning that a baby can get accidently hung on the string. I tried calling the company back to fix a window quit and they were out of business , I was told a few baby got killed with their product.

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**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-privacy-for-a-living-room-window/767347/24 "2016-10-09T16:59:01Z")

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> [@purplehearingaid](#):
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> My sister put a curtain rod up for sliding door ,it was nice looking rod but too heavy to stay up . I think there was water damage on one end and it never properly taken care of my the last person so there a weak spot . I had to use shower curtain rod to hang my curtain up . To the OP if you have small kids or pet you need to be careful if put anything that pulls open on rod with draw string.  
> I had window quits put in once and they came with a warning that a baby can get accidently hung on the string. I tried calling the company back to fix a window quit and they were out of business , I was told a few baby got killed with their product.

No kids here. Possibly a chill cat, if I can find one.

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