Do you need to do anything with it other than leave it for the next owners to worry about? The bathroom looks sharp -- nice job with the vanity and countertop, nice decor -- and I'm not sure why the window would detract from the sale.

Slightly OT, but is doing something with the floor an option?

I'm going to steam clean the floor (Stanley Steamer). The window is ugly, old slider. I wanted some sort of blind, shade or something to cover it. I'm wondering of the vinyl matchstick shades would look okay.

Jane

I wish my bathroom had a window like that. My prior home had that...I loved leaving it open while showering, watching the snow fall or looking out during a nice summer morning. I agree, leave it alone. With 530,000 people losing jobs last month, things are only getting worse, save your money. It will not make any difference on the sale price.

Rice paper shades would look nice and spa-like. So would matchstick shades. How would you install them? If it means drilling into the tile I would leave it alone. The new owners may not like what you put up and be annoyed with the damaged tile.

Clean is the right word.

My feeling- which has been the case when I have moved numerous times, and even when renting- was that if something was dated, was it clean ? You are not presenting the house as a recent reno, so old parts are expected. That you have gone to nice efforts to ensure that everything is clean and finished appearing, should work out. The buyer should think, can I live with this until I am ready to put my touches on it? When we bought our house some years back, there was a house that was soooo dated (and ugly) everywhere that I couldn't even stand to be in the house to look at it!! Your powder room was transformed before you even finished what you wanted to do!

I really like the white vanity... was not loving the idea of brown in there against the green.... very 70's.

Are you going to hang a shower curtain? I think even if it doesn't have a shower head (can't see in the photo), it will add a finished look to that type of bath. I would think clean and white (and neutral) maybe with a splash of color! As long as there is not yucky mold and mildew around the window, I wouldn't touch it.

We use a large white faux wood blind in ours and it has held up well so maybe a white shutter or less expensive, a tension rod with poly or nylon fabric curtain, lace or solid?

The window doesn't bother me at all. I would probably do a simple sheer curtain on a tension rod. I wonder about the effects of moisture on matchstick blinds over time. I know you aren't planning on redoing the floor, but from the little I see in the picture, I think it might date your bathroom much more than the window. I might consider an inexpensive floor like the peel and stick wood planks I have seen on this board.

Here is a link that might be useful: flooring thread

My mother would do just a simple lace curtain on a tension rod. We never had any problems with mildew, and the house was old. Of course, the advantage is you can open the window after you shower.

Would love to have a window in the main bath!

That looks so much like the main bathroom in the house we sold last year. We put white faux wood blinds in the window, which was an ugly old slider like yours. The blinds had wide slats, from Lowe's, and were very inexpensive.

We got so many compliments on how it looked; we made sure the bathroom was shiny clean all the time and really, the faux-wood blinds were kind of the center piece, as it turned out.

Thanks for the replies. I put a shower curtain, white from target, shiny chrome rod. This bath is never used so there is no mildew at all. I am planning an inexpensive framed mirror, white, over the sinks and just bought a new 4-light fixture for over that. Everything polished stainless.

When the shower curtain is open you see the window. It is really ugly. I would never drill into the tile but was thinking tension rod. The view from this window is ugly. There is a deck above this floor, making it dark. Nothing grows under the deck, so there is just clay-colored gravel.

I'll try to post a pic with the shower curtain later.

Thanks again for the suggestions, anymore using tension rods would be appreciated.

Jane