15 Window Treatments for French Doors for a Stunning Look

These 15 window treatments for French doors and windows are the finishing touch, making these already beautiful rooms look and feel complete.

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Just like windows, doors with views to the outside world need to be dressed, but the wrong design for window treatments for French doors can prevent passage outside. The window treatments in these rooms show you how to dress them stylishly while keeping function and convenience at the forefront. We have examples of elaborate draperies, simple curtains, Roman shades, bamboo blinds, and more. Whatever the style of your decor, window treatments on French doors can reflect your taste, allow light to enter the room, and provide easy access to the outdoors.

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Layered Treatments

A Warm Welcome

Two pairs of panels, both purposeful and pretty, are used for window treatments for French doors in this dining area. The rod closest to the window supports a transparent floral print—perfect for allowing light but providing privacy when closed. The solid blush-colored outer drapery frames the floral fabric, adding even more softness to the graceful space.

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Triple Play

family room

A bank of windows makes a striking focal point in this living area. To accommodate the arched doorways, draperies are hung from a track at ceiling height. Divided into four separate panels, these window treatments for French doors easily slide to cover individual entries or form a single unit.

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White Out

teal and white bedroom

The window treatments for French doors in this bedroom need to accommodate the opening onto a deck. A single rod hangs across the opening of both doors, so draperies don't impede door usage, and the panels are wide enough to sufficiently cover them when closed. Because of the beachfront location, it's a good idea to choose a heavy fabric (or line the treatments) to block early-morning light.

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Contrasting Coverage

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With French doors and many windows, this sunroom showcases neat louver blinds that close easily or pull up and down for light preference. The stained wood finish adds visual interest in contrast to the off-white walls and grooved wood ceiling.

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Connected Dots

white and blue room

Using the same fabric for window treatments for French doors and windows, like this pale blue dotted fabric, unifies the room. On windows, drapery panels hang from rings. But because of the heavy molding above the door, there's no good place to hang a rod. The solution? Roman shades.

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Elegant Impact

mint green bedroom

With high ceilings and elegant molding, this bedroom called for equally dramatic window treatments. Draperies topped with box pleat valances trim individual windows and the bay. The designer repeated the soft fabrics used on bed linens for consistency and to maintain a soothing palette. A valance-drapery combination adds impact, and valances are also ideal for covering working parts.

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Extra Embellishment

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Crisp Roman shades are the window treatments for French doors in this sunny nook. To add a little flair to plain white fabric, a ribbon of blue trim runs down each side, tying the window treatment with the chair upholstery. Grosgrain ribbon applied with a hot-glue gun is an easy alternative to sewing for do-it-yourselfers.

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Wide Open

living room

French doors open to an outdoor space in this living area, expanding the entertaining area for guests or parties. To keep the flow between spaces open, the rod for the window treatments for the French doors extends beyond the door frame, offering a place for drapes to rest against the wall and out of the way. For a more intimate setting, draperies visually close the space at the room's outside wall.

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Smart Repetition

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The same floral print repeats in the tufted headboard, bed skirt, and draperies, bringing a unified look to this comfy bedroom. Using the same design treatment, the windows and French doors showcase rods hung at ceiling height and panels that extend to the floor. The rod extends past the trim molding on both windows and doors so draperies can be pulled to the side, allowing for natural light and easy access.

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Industrial Edge

Accessorize with Colo

Custom-width French doors crafted from steel lend an industrial style to this transitional living room. Playing off the dark frame, a steel rod anchored in the ceiling runs along the expanse of the doors. Dark brown draperies mesh with the metal finish.

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Doubled Up

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Dark-stained French doors and blue draperies harmonize with the colors in this brown-and-blue living area. With their paneled grids, the doors pick up on the bold graphic pattern on armchairs. The blue drapery color is repeated in a paint treatment on the inside of the bookshelves. Because of the wide space between doors, the designer treated each unit individually, installing a single rod above each door.

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Traditional Leanings

living room

Two pairs of French doors with transoms flood this living area with light. Playing to the scale of the room, the designer used rods with a large span for the window treatments for the French doors and hung draperies above the transoms for maximum effect. For added detail, tassels hang from the top of the rods, and a band of color adds interest to the bottom.

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Linear Design

baby blue bedroom

Architectural details and draperies work as a singular visual unit in this cottage bedroom. Draperies play off the ceiling beams, continuing the linear design, and fabric repeats the ceiling paint color. Crisp pleats pull the lines of the weighty material downward in neat strokes.

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Hidden Function

Accent Only

Since the mechanics of draperies are never the prettiest part of window treatments for French doors, wide molding in this living room hides the track system for draperies that easily span the wall's width when closed. A Roman shade is affixed to the doors, adding a second layer of privacy when the drapes are open.

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Natural Inclination

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When a home has great architectural details, it's best to accentuate them rather than cover them with draperies. Playing off the cane headboard, rattan table, and straw hues, standard-size matchstick blinds fit the windows and doors. Simple in style and inexpensive, the blinds gain prominence when contrasted with heavy wood molding.

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