Notice the left wall in this picture. That is the blind you are looking at on a door. Usually they do 2 so not so heavy

Have you considered sheer curtains over the wood blinds to let in more light in daytime? Faux wood blinds can be a lot lighter than real wood, check at the blind store.

blinds give you up/down tilt privacy and light control. verticals give you side to side. you need to decide which sort of privacy is the most important to you.

i like verticals as i can have them half way tilted and our left hand neighbors cant see into our house from their back yard, but i can see out to the right just fine.

you can get verticals in much nicer materials than clacketty plastic.

I would not do the horizontal wood blinds as they would be heavy to lift. You could do the wood in a vertical as another option. One thing to keep in mind is that any darker color blind will absorb light coming into the space making the room feel darker. Another popular vertical system is the panel track systems. They come in a variety of fabric/ colors. Hunter Douglas, Comfortex, and Graber are a few companies that offer this system.

No to the blinds, too heavy to raise up and down, try HD vertiglide..

No to the blinds.

Ninigret thanks for the idea. I might get the wood verticals

Jck910 agreed my original idea was to get 1 per door with a singular valance above both.

Niche Interiors - This is going to sound very, very lazy but I actually had curtain panels on these windows for over 5 years that hung in front of the verticals. As I am not fan of verticals. I had layered up a set of patterned sheers below some darker beige linen panels hung from ceiling to floor. Looked wonderful...casual and elegant. But, I work full time 40-50 hrs and am about to start a family I wanted something that looked great, provided privacy and was a lot less maintenance. We have sensitive dust allergies so I had to remove thr 8 panels every 2-3 months to wash, iron, and rehang.

Apple_pie_order. Didn't consider getting faux to resolve the weight issue. Maybe that plus dividing in 2 like Jck910 mentioned may solve the weight concerns. Hmm...

I suggest verticals in fabric, ceiling height. I have these hung in my home, used for privacy somewhat, mostly for sun control. I can cut the hot rays from coming in, but still leave them cracked for light.

thanks everyone. Your suggestions inspired me to look for an alternative, have decided to go with Bypass sliding shutters. They slide left and right to open and allow filtered light and privacy control.

It's 3x the cost, but, I think this will work.