I have a front door with 6 small clear windows total size 16×22 inches. We don’t have a security door in front of it so I like being able to look out first which is why I didn’t have opaque / frosted glass put in. But it does mean someone can come and peak into our hallway and a bit of the living room / kitchen.

There’s a company that will build a custom LCD panel that goes clear at the push of a button. That sounds ideal but it’s $$$ and I don’t really know how it will look – plus it needs power. Such a thing would be good for a much larger window I think.

Ideally I’d like to find a minimalist translucent blind / shade / screen that could mount easily over the windowed section, doesn’t look tacky, still lets some light in, but I could open it easily before answering the door. Maybe it would just have a sliding panel I can push to one side or drop down – I guess I could make something like that but a) I’m lazy, and b) I want it to look nice and my DIY skills aren’t great.

I haven’t found any shade solutions that work and googling on privacy screen just comes up with the stick on permanent screen – I have some already. Any ideas?