Renovation Project - Dilemma's - We need your help

Renovation Project - Dilemma's - We need your help

The new bedroom is almost finished, the bed is in, the wardrobe has been built the floors are stained and varnished; the mirror is attached to the wall. All that is left now is the bits and pieces that can be done at any time, such as fitting new curtains, the last coat of paint and some plastic trim around the shower, the floor is that out of line we cannot do anything other than add some trim.

The curtains are the biggest problem as we cannot decide what to put there, we had planned on big draped curtains covering both windows but now that we have the oak beams we want to make sure that these are seen, John suggested curtains inside the reveals but that would mean the windows would not open as they open internally, I look at roller blinds but the reveals are angled so the sun would seep through at the sides, (they couldn’t  go next to the window as the window handles protrude too far) which would make blinds pointless.

I want to have wooden shutters but because the window sills are so low we are going to have to add metal rails at the front of the external sill (these are a must!)

For the time being John attaches some curtains and we will have to ponder this some more, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

The back bedroom is emptied and John plaster boards the wall by the window, we then sand the floor and give it a really good clean ready for varnishing.