Check out these window treatment ideas for bay windows to help you find the right choice for your space.

Cafe Curtains

Becca Interiors

Usecafe curtainsto add a cozy, cottage-inspired look to your bay windows.

Get some affordable IKEA curtains and you canpinch pleat them yourself.

Dining Room with roman shades and curtain panels on a bay window

Kate Marker Interiors

It’s a more traditional approach that’s well-suited for a historic or older home.

Keep this in mindwhen measuring and purchasing curtains.

This outside mounting method produces a slightly more traditional look.

Cafe curtains on a bay window in a breakfast nook

Becca Interiors

Light-Filtering Curtains

Whittney Parkinson Design

To keep a room bright, go with light-filtering curtains.

They also don’t block natural light from coming inside and allow window molding to be on full display.

Their length doesn’t awkwardly hang over or block the built-ins.

Bay window with three individual roman shades with a sitting area in front of it

Blakely Interior Design/ Photography by Andrea Pietrangeli, Bowler Lane Films

Sheer and blackout curtains on a bay window

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Bay window with floor to ceiling curtain panels

Kate Marker Interiors

Woven wood blinds on a bay window in a breakfast nook

Kate Marker Interiors

Pinch pleat curtains on a bay window in a bedroom

Kendall Wilkinson Design

Bay window with wood blinds on each of the three windows

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Sheer curtains on a bay window in a bathroom with a freestanding tub

Becca Interiors

Striped roman shade on a bay window

Becca Interiors

Curtains with tie backs on a bay window with a sofa in front of it

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Floor length window panels on a bay window

Michelle Berwick Design

Puddle curtains in front of a bay window

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Roman shades in a bay window in a colorful living room

Dekay and Tate

Floor length curtains on a bay window in front of a sitting area

Whittney Parkinson Design

Window scarf curtains on a bay window overlooking the ocean

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Red curtains on a bay window with book shelves underneath

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Rocking horse in front of a bay window with white shutters

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modern bay window treatment ideas

Design byKate Marker Interiors/Emily Kennedy Photography

simple window treatments for bay windows

Design byEmily Henderson Design/ Photo by Sara Ligorria-Tramp

traditional window treatments for bay windows

Brexton Cole Interiors

colorful window treatments for bay windows

Bee’s Knees Interior Design/ Photo by Kyle J Caldwell