Decorative Window Film for Raleigh Homes

Decorative Film for Sidelights and Transoms in Mordecai and Older Raleigh Homes

Bungalows and foursquares around Mordecai and along the streets off Person Street and Wake Forest Road often have a front door flanked by narrow sidelights, sometimes with a transom above. Those panes put the front hall on display to anyone at the porch steps, and a few owners have lost the original leaded or textured glass to past repairs.

Etched and reeded films are the usual fix. A sidelight covered in a soft frost or a fine vertical reed reads like period glass from the porch, lets daylight into the hall and stops casual looks inside. For transoms, a clear border with a frosted center or a simple geometric pattern keeps the light while giving the glass a finished look. Film goes on the inside, so the door and frame are left as they are.

Decorative Window Film for Bathrooms, Showers and Kitchens

Inside the house, decorative film earns its keep in bathrooms. A clear glass shower enclosure can get a frosted band or a full pattern for privacy without replacing the panel. Bathroom windows over a tub can be frosted on the lower sash only. A glass block look, a linen texture or a subtle dot pattern all work where full privacy is not the point.

Kitchens are the other common spot. Glass-front upper cabinets that show a jumble of mismatched plates get a light frost or reeded film, which softens what is inside while keeping the glass doors. Pantry doors with a glass panel and interior French doors to a home office are other good candidates. Because the film can be removed, it is a low-risk way to change a room.

• Front-door sidelights and transoms
• Shower enclosures and bathroom windows
• Glass cabinet doors and pantry doors
• Interior French doors and office partitions

Decorative Film for Durham Lofts and Fuquay-Varina Houses

Loft apartments carved out of old tobacco warehouses in downtown Durham often have open plans with interior glass walls around a bedroom or a work nook. Decorative film turns that glass into a soft divider. A gradient that clears toward the ceiling keeps the sense of space that drew people to the loft in the first place, while giving the sleeping area some cover.

In Fuquay-Varina, the requests are more traditional. Owners of older homes near the downtown crossroads ask for frosted sidelights and etched door glass, while new-build owners in the subdivisions around town want a custom look on a plain front door or a privacy pattern for a bathroom that faces the street. Both can be done with stock patterns or with simple custom cuts.

Custom Patterns, Removal and Care for Decorative Window Film

Beyond stock patterns, we can cut simple custom designs: house numbers on a transom, stripes at chosen heights, a border that follows the muntins of a sidelight, or a monogram on a pantry door. Complex artwork is better handled with printed films, and we will tell you when a design is beyond what plotted film can do cleanly.

Decorative film wipes clean with mild soap and water. It should not be scraped with a razor or scrubbed with an abrasive pad. When it is time for a new look, heat softens the adhesive, the film peels away and the glass is cleaned underneath, ready for the next pattern or for nothing at all.