Window treatment help for boat. It's a vacation home, just mobile

9 years ago

We're doing a little renovation to our mobile cottage on the water .. Aka boat. ;) We have two boats, this one is mainly used as housing, we pitter around the outter banks with it. The other is a fishing boat and meant more for ocean going.

So okay .. Just brought the sofa and eating benches in to be recovered .. So quilt is gone. I'd like to get rid of the fabric window treatments. On the side it's short curtains that run the length of the boat, on the back doors the long curtains. They block light out totally when pulled, provide no privacy when opened .. Plus while fabric looks homey, it's not a good idea on a boat .. Even though we keep temp.control and a dehumidifier running, we keep them on NC coast .. Very humid!! We had mesh sun control panels made for the front windows .. They can be removed as needed, you actually drive from the fly bridge most of the time, so they pretty much stay in place. Thoughts .. The back windows are easy probably vertical blinds would work best and long as we can find ones that can be secured at the bottom. Blinds would be best of the sides, but the front and back windows are triangular in shape, maybe cut them? I'd also need the affixed at the bottom so they wouldn't sway when the boat rocks.

Anyone have ideas on how to fit blinds or even different ideas? I want function, but also to be attractive .. We spend a good deal,of the summer and lots of weekends through the rest of the year on it.

Sorry I don't have full pics going down the side .. I took these for different reasons. You can see the side curtains we're working with though. Last pic is just looking towards back of boat to see what you're working with.

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Comments (5)

voila
9 years ago
Wow! I have no experience with curtains in a boat, lucky you, but would look into Sunbrella or outdoor fabric for curtains. There are many solar shades that could be attached to the lower sash of the slanted windows. Tension rods might be used on the triangular windows. Even Velcro on wood slats covered with outdoor fabric. Gads, what a lucky duck you are!
emmarene9
9 years ago
Can you repeat what you did last time if it worked? Only the big window could have the verticals as you suggest. What fabric is going on the bench and sofa?
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zipdee1
Original Author
9 years ago
Voila .. Thanks so much for the ideas and help. We are actually at the boat today, so I will try to get full pics of the side windows to show what we are working with. Thanks for the kind comments .. This is a smaller boat, 36 foot ..good for a vacation/weekend type of thing. Eventually we'd like to upgrade to a 46 to 48 foot trawler. Would love a sailboat, but I have an ear injury and can't take being up on keel.

Emmarene, the furniture is all built in stuff and it is being redone in a tough marine vinyl .. I know, not all that pretty .. But very, very practical and what you see in most marine furniture. It's cleanable and resists mildew.
kitchendetective
9 years ago
We have used Sunbrella fabrics on three sailboats. They are great. I second the idea to use Sunbrella.
Annie Deighnaugh
9 years ago
I don't know, but maybe you can look into what they make specifically for boats and RVs...there seems to be both fabric and non fabric treatments that are anchored top and bottom...shutters...blinds that are anchored, cellulars that have magnetic latches at the bottom...and they do make trapezoidal shapes.
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Or I'm thinking things like the folding accordion doors that can push completely clear and then be slid shut for privacy....I think you can get them with top and bottom tracks.
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Here is a link that might be useful: boat blinds and shades