The windows that make a home interesting are the ones a chain-store blind will never fit: the Edwardian bay at the front of a Mornington weatherboard, the raked glass under a cathedral ceiling, the corner window with no frame where the two panes meet. All of them have clean solutions — they are just made-to-measure solutions.
Bay windows
A bay is really three or more windows meeting at angles, and the fix is to treat each facet as its own panel rather than trying to span the whole thing.
Plantation shutters are the classic answer — individual frames per facet, hinged to follow the bay around, so the geometry becomes the feature rather than the problem. Where the room wants softness instead, a curved or bay-bent track carries an S-Fold sheer smoothly around the whole bay. Roller blinds fitted per facet are the budget route and still fit properly.
What matters is the measure: each facet measured individually and the angles taken, not one tape stretched across the front. Bays are where guessed measurements fail most visibly, because a panel that is a few degrees out will not close against its neighbour.
Raked and angled glass
Raked windows — glass following the roofline — can take custom-shaped shutter frames built to the angle. That is a genuine option and it looks purposeful when done well.
Where the rake is extreme, the honest conversation is which sections genuinely need covering. Often the lower, eye-level glass gets shutters or blinds and the high triangle stays open as architecture. Where that high glass genuinely cooks the room, motorised blinds are the practical answer, because a window you cannot reach is a window that never gets used.
Corner and floor-to-ceiling glass
Frameless corner glass wants furnishings that stop short of fighting it. Two blinds meeting neatly at the corner with a minimal light gap is the usual solution; alternatively a single sheer track running the full length of glass lets the corner disappear behind one continuous curtain.
Floor-to-ceiling spans are track and sheer territory, or wide-panel shutters where the room suits them. The constraint is weight and stacking: a very long run of curtain needs somewhere to stack back to that is not in front of the glass you paid for.
Sliding doors and stackers
The furnishing cannot block the opening — that is the whole brief. S-Fold sheers on a track that carries past the door are made for this: full cover when closed, stacked clear of the opening when you want to walk through.
Vertical-tilt shutters in a bypass or bi-fold frame are the harder-wearing alternative where curtains would take a beating, which is often the case in holiday houses and homes with children or dogs.
Common questions about difficult windows
Can shutters be made for an angled bay window?
Yes. Each facet gets its own frame and panel, cut to the angle taken on site and hinged so the panels fold back clear of the glass. This is standard made-to-measure work rather than a special order.
Can you cover raked or triangular windows?
Shutters can be built to a raked angle, and it looks deliberate when done properly. For very high raked glass we will often recommend covering the lower section and leaving the top as architecture, unless heat gain through it is a genuine problem — in which case motorisation solves the reach issue.
What about arched windows?
Arches can be shuttered with a fixed arched top panel over operable lower panels. The arch itself usually stays fixed, because a curved operable louvre section adds cost without adding much function.
Will there be a light gap at a corner window?
There is always a small one where two blinds meet at an unframed corner — anyone who tells you otherwise is overselling. It can be minimised with careful bracket placement, and eliminated entirely by running a single sheer or a shutter arrangement across the corner instead.
Why do you measure yourself rather than use my numbers?
Because every solution above lives or dies on the measurement — angles, diagonals, frame depths, reveal variation. Shutters in particular are joinery: a few millimetres out and panels bind, gap or rack, and there is no fixing it afterwards.
The window you have given up on
If you have a window you have quietly stopped trying to cover, that is the one we would most like to see. Free measure across the Peninsula — call 0418 994 068 or enquire online.