I have a bay window (only window) in my living room which so happens to face the side of an apartment building. This window does let in a lot of natural light but we wanted to maintain the privacy. This product was just what I needed. My partner scratched her head a little bit at first when trying to figure out which rod connected with the other. Decided to reinforce the brackets with dry wall screws instead of the ones that came with the rod. We also added some clear gorilla glue to ensure this baby was'nt going anywhere.