Ten Day Challenge: More Privacy in San Francisco

Maybe one of your ideas for this year is to remodel your home, or to create a more professional office environment. And just maybe you have zero privacy because you’re crammed in with officemates or roommates in a tiny place. Not to worry! Window Film can help you create more privacy. There are some other neat ideas here, too.

Using Plants for Privacy

Whether you want a lot or a little privacy, you can use hedges, planters, or fences with climbing plants. HGTV has some creative ideas in their article Plants for Privacy. Better Homes and Gardens has a whole bunch of Moveable Planters on Wheels that we really like.

 

San Francisco’s Unique Issues

Besides the issue of which burrito or wrapped food to choose for lunch, San Francisco has other issues. Since San Francisco is one of the priciest places in the world to live, a lot of people stay where they are and make do. That is, they remodel or fix up where they’re living rather than moving. And since there isn’t a lot of empty space, everyone builds up rather than moving out.

Curtains and Barriers

There are lots of ways that curtains and room dividers can be used to divide up a space. For instance, in this article, #14 in this list of 27 Ways to Maximize Space with Room Dividers includes the use of an IKEA Pax closet system sliding doors. It’s sleek and modern! We also really love room dividers to separate an inside space from an outside one.

Build a Fort

We’re not talking about building a cardboard fort like when you were a kid! No, we’re talking about a snazzy way to get desktop privacy that we found while tooling around the Interwebs. They’re called Desktop Privacy Panels and you can see more about them here: Versare: DeskTop Privacy Panels. They even help reduce noise. Yes!

 

Protect Your Work from Prying Eyes?

This was the most hilarious option we’ve seen: for those of you who are both cold and need privacy: Body-Technology Interfaces. Think Knit-Bombing for your laptop keyboard.

 

Create Quiet Space

There’s nothing more annoying than hearing the office blabbermouth yelling at the person on the other end of the phone. Privacy can include soundproofing and creating quiet spots for better productivity. On that note, this article: 10 Design Ideas for the Perk Workers Actually Want: Quiet is a goldmine. Although we’d argue that the quiet offices still need some window film.

And Window Film

Speaking of which, window film can be used in so many ways. Privacy can mean using a light window film in any of a number of patterns, stripes, or dots. 3M Fasara includes all of these options. Or you might want to try 3M Thinsulate, a staff favorite, which has incredible insulating qualities. It makes double-paned windows perform like triple-paned windows!

Translucent Room Dividers

We particularly like the sleek, modern look of a translucent room divider, such as this one by Dan Forlenza. It creates just enough separation, without making the space look cluttered or cute.

Consider a Bookshelf to Divide Space

Bookcases don’t have to be shoved up against a wall–they can also be used in the middle of a room to separate the space. And there are many sleek bookcases out there.

Umbrellas and Sunshades

Umbrellas can be moved around as needed, while sunshades tend to be more fixed. So if you’re looking for relief from the sun as well as privacy, you might want a combination of both. For instance, this terrific sunshade from Houzz is beautiful as well as dramatic.

How Do You Find Your Privacy?

Need more privacy? We can help you with window film!