She replied that one night when her husband was on swing shift and she and her two teenage daughters were alone, a man had broken into the home and attacked them. The three of them fought off the intruder, but one daughter ended up in the hospital and the other was hurt as badly as the mother but with a broken nose. This woman had come to realize that their vulnerability was at least partly due to the lack of privacy at the window and was determined to never let it happen again. Ensuring Privacy Privacy is a physical and emotional issue, and one that is often easily satisfied. Daytime privacy can be assured with a light, thin, sheer or semi-sheer layer at the window.
Nighttime privacy is a much more serious matter.
The treatment here must be opaque or heavily translucent. No treatment is effective if unused. Emotional privacy encompasses the other two, but adds the element of feeling safe, private, and secure. Whether it be for the protection of emotional well-being, the protection of valuable furnishings, or physical safety, privacy is an issue that is too important to ignore, day or night. She is a practicing interior designer and has authored several books including Window Treatments and Understanding Fabrics.