[Strawbale] Window bucks and Roman shades

[Dion Hollenbeck]

At 11:22 AM 1/3/2007, Andrew Morrison wrote:
>I have to admit that I don't know exactly what you mean by a Roman Shade,
>but I have an idea that I think you will like.  Everything you discussed
>makes sense.  Instead of rolling the shade up in front of the buck, why not
>build a finish trim piece that frames the window in and meets the curve of
>the bales.  BEHIND this trim piece, create the space for the shades.  That
>way, when the shades are rolled up, you don't see them at all!  Instead, you
>see a finish trim board with whatever amount of detail you want to include.
>I have done this with other types of blinds and it is a sweet finish
>product.

Roman shades are "fold-up" rather than roll up.  The ones which I am 
considering are cloth with an inner layer of insulation.  As you pull 
the cord, they sort of go up like a set of bi-fold doors, but with 
dozens of folds.

Your idea sounds super, although I am a little bit fuzzy on whether 
this trim piece will make the plastering of the window bucks much 
harder to do.  Maybe do something like embed a wood strip for 
attaching the trim piece into the bale wall, and use it as a plaster 
"thicknesws gauge", so that the plaster will leave the very top of it 
exposed to attach the trim piece to.

thanks,
dion

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