| Patio doors open a room to the outdoors. They allow | | | | They are available for you at dollar stores and |
| light in and let you see out. For many times you do | | | | department stores. Use removal tape to put a |
| not want others to look in, patio doors could be | | | | colorful or serene picture over the door. They are |
| fitted with options that provide privacy. You can | | | | cheap and could be changed with the season. |
| screen your door. Many patio doors will be having | | | | Temporary privacy could be a family project. Use a |
| sliding patio screens to keep out bugs. If your door | | | | butcher paper cut and taped to fit the door. Make it |
| has a screen but not providing any privacy, then visit | | | | a family project to poster paint designs on the paper. |
| your local hardware shop and ask about privacy | | | | You can use a felt pen or brush to paint the lines in a |
| screen that can fit your frame. If your patio doors | | | | grid on the paper like panes on a window. This will |
| do not have a screen, you can add one. If you have | | | | make individual blocks for every person to do their |
| a standard door, home development stores may | | | | design. When the paint dries thoroughly, then it can |
| have a screen in stock that could be directly installed | | | | be put on the door with removable tape. Though this |
| with no modifications. | | | | is not a permanent solution it can provide a few days |
| Bamboo screens will roll up and down so as to | | | | of family privacy and leisure. |
| protect your doors and windows. The bamboo | | | | Sun films could be installed on patio door glass. The |
| screens are reasonably priced and are easy to install. | | | | shades come in light to dark film. You can look out |
| They generally take three or four hooks installed | | | | but it is not simple to see in. Light adhesive will hold |
| over the door. The screen clips onto the hooks is | | | | the film in its place. Sun film must not be installed on |
| rolled up or down as needed. Drapes or curtains could | | | | thermo pane windows as it might affect the |
| be installed on the wall inside the door frame. Hanging | | | | warranty. Better check with a commercial installer |
| rods and hardware are obtainable at hardware and | | | | who provides a separate warranty against damage |
| department stores. Heavier drapes will be expensive | | | | from sun film. Tinted PVC or vinyl film is also capable |
| and can be more challenging to install. Lightweight | | | | of providing privacy and is carried by some fabric |
| curtains take a simple rod and could be quickly pulled | | | | stores. It is less luxurious than sun film and is held in |
| to one end and tied. | | | | place by static. Just put it up on wet doors, |
| Holiday door covers are a fun and a fast way to | | | | squeegee it in place, and finally peel it off when you |
| provide privacy. These huge decorative vinyl | | | | do not need it. As with the sun film, tinted film could |
| decorations are meant to cover your front door. | | | | also affect the warranty on thermo pane windows. |