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It would help if you post an existing floor plan with your sketch of what you want to do.

I agree, blinds, they are large windows so that is a lot of material / expense if you go down the curtain route, plus curtains may block out light. We have sliding doors like yours and have chosen to keep them free of any covering, however we are not overlooked. You might also want to consider translucent / sheer roller blinds which offer moderate privacy yet still retain a degree of visibility. We have them on our front windows for privacy as we are in a single storey house / bungalow, people can't see in (during the day) but we can see out. We also have curtains with them in the sitting room as we wanted it to be more cosy / private at night. In the other rooms we have another blind that sits over the sheer blinds, but this wouldn't work for all windows.

Our house is currently painted white but i want to change it up. We have a chartwell green door, dark grey windows, grey stone and some light grey panelling on one end of the house where we built on a small extension. It’s a bungalow that now has an extension on both ends so to avoid it looking too long we added the panelling to break it up Any advice greatly appreciated