I can see that you have dark window frames and a modern house. White shutters will look odd and at odds. What colour were you considering?

I do t think it matters the only people staring that close will be you when you first move in. But I would do the same on the upper left and right windows for symmetry.

Thanks all, if we go with sheers I was thinking light colours like pearl or a light grey colour works with the Rottnest island wall colour. Not sure how it looks like 😅

Never heard of Dulux Rottnest island paint colour before. For those on the east coast who have no idea, it is an island 16 km off the Fremantle coast in Western Australia, literally on a good day you can see the island. Beautiful small tourist location.

Quokkas live on Rottnest. Google them too for a smile.

I went there many years ago, Australia The lucky country has many beautiful beaches on all shores.

for interior purpose if you don't want a curtain or blackouts, how about a roler blinds? it looks more modern and kids/pets are rarely stuck in them, you can plastered film sticker on the glass that will make them "one way mirror" which you can see outside but stranger won't see inside, but at night it'll be the opposite that's why blinds are still necessary, In my opinion if you don't have full height window blinds are best for short height window so it won't take a lot of space under the window so you can put cabinet, table, sofa, etc. Especially for slim windows the curtain +sheer railing and when you roll the curtain will take even more space than the width of the window itself,

Congratulation anyway ! it seems its gonna be a nice home

Congratulations on the build!

Having different types of furnishings can ruin consistency of your home, we would recommend one or the other. We generally say "keep it simple, silly" and get simple roller blinds and a sheer curtain, having the roller blind on the recess/inside of the window and the sheer curtain as high as you can go and either wall to wall or 30% larger than the window size.

This combination will give you day and night privacy as well as keeping your rooms looking soft and open, sometimes plantation shutters can close out the room and darken it too much. Natural filtered light is always refreshing to have.

We hope this helps :)

In my previous house we had block-out curtains and sheers. In this house we've gone for block-out blinds because the block-out curtains when open take up a lot of space. That matters when your windows are almost full width. Agree with Devy about the film on the glass stops people looking in during the day - also helps if the windows are west-facing.

Thanks all. Now I have a few options to work with although it may take a while😅 to pock up the right treatment for the whole house . Really appreciate your help and advice.

Is it preferable to have blinds for each individual window panel? Any suggestions for bathrooms, shutters or blinds?

The bathrooms should have opaque/obscured glass and don’t require any window coverings. If you have blinds for each individual window panel then the light will come between each blind, so it depends how block out you want the coverage of the blinds to be.

I've got a large glass panel between my ensuite and bedroom. Therefore I've got roller blinds on the ensuite windows just to block light in the early morning.

Thank you, everyone. The front windows are south facing and some of ensuites windows (obscured) are west facing. I'm thinking about blinds for ensuites , combining sheers with blinds for living rooms and bedrooms , but I'm concerned about how much coverage they'll pprovide especially or the bedrooms.

If the bathroom windows face west, then put external louvres or blinds on those windows, not internal. It is best for west windows not to let the sun impact the windows before getting inside the home. I installed external louvres from Luxaflex on my upstairs west facing bathroom window. The light still gets into bathroom, but the heat from the sun is reduced. They look good and louvres can be removed for window cleaning. And the external window treatments don’t get effected by bathroom moisture. Regarding blinds and sheers, there will always be a gap between blind and window frame due to the top mechanism for blinds attached to the internal frame. If you have the blinds in each individual panel, there will be more light coming in. It is a small narrow strip of light probably 5-10mm, depending on installation accuracy. But if you have one blind across panels you have have the narrow strip of light at the two sides. It is very very minimal, but is a issue if you want complete darkness.

Thanks dreamer. What's the colour of your sheers? Looks great!

Thank you, my sheers a white. This is the same window, but with roller blinds fully up. Sheers are sufficient for during the day. Blinds come down at night.