Covering up

I live on a corner lot, but even so I have close neighbors.  I never open the south facing utility room window due to the closeness of the neighbors house. I hated this as great sunshine comes in through the window and I love sunshine. So, I fixed that with some privacy window film purchased at Home Depot. 

 

Going up. See how close she is?!?

 

After! Sunlight still streams in, but the neighbor can't see if I'm doing laundry in my very last pair of clean undies! Not that this has ever happened, not that it hasn't! 

 

A little privacy...

The other day I was in the basement with the lights on and looked out the window to see my neighbors. Oh. If I can see them, they can see me. I'll pass on that. I thought I'd get privacy film, but that was $40 at Home Depot. I turned to Pinterest and thought I might try tissue paper.  Then I found this Pin and decided to give it a try. 

Basement window before. 

 

Probably should have cleaned the outside of the window before tackling this project! Please ignore the grime! 

Basement window after. 

 

I didn't worry about some creases. They're basement windows after all. 

I think it's a success! Light can shine in, but no one can see in!  So, I decided to try it also on the front door. 

 

My front door window and my new peep hole (installed today). I can't see in or out of the window, but tall men can.  Here's what it looks like after I've covered with Press n' Seal. 

 

You can tell there's a film on it, but I bet if I hadn't told you, you'd never have noticed. I mean how many people are going to be staring at the window at the top of my front door. 

Press n' Seal saves the day (and a lot of money)!