The Pretty + The Brave: It's All in the Details

One of the first things I needed to do to our new place was give us a little privacy. Our front door is one of those that once you walk through it BOOM you're in the living room...yeah, annoying, but whatevs as that's not the real problem. It's also one of those door with the full length skinny window beside it - I'm sure it has some technical name but I'm not fancy enough to know what it is.

Now don't get me wrong - I love natural light. I constantly have my blinds and curtains open to let the sun light in, so that wasn't my complain, instead, the ~~freaks~~ trouble came out at night. We'd be sitting on the couch and you'd look out this bare skinny window and see nothing but darkness. Someone could stand and watch us and we'd be none the wiser. And Momma walks around half dressed, as does the brood, so we can't have the entire neighborhood gettin' a little looksie.

Enter - window film.

Sorry for the blurry photo. It's from Lowe's, the window film, not the blurry photo. It didn't cost more than $20, an investment I was willing to make. Installing it was simple enough. I did need Ethan's long arms at one point and Ari was my helper as usual. First we measured the length and width we needed.

And I decided which part of the design I wanted showing. I trimmed it with the nifty little cutter it came with as E and Ari held it for me. Then we used this little kit to apply it to the window.

The texture of the window frost was nice, it allowed for natural light to shine through during the day while blocking the view at night due to the pebble-ish texture of the film. The film also helped hide some air bubbles, seriously you have to inspect it really close to determine if there is an air bubble in the film due to the texture.

From afar it's subtle and simple - you can hardly tell in this photo, it's tough to photograph not only because of the sun but because of the subtleness of it.