There are two patterns that we had. Etched glass and Etched lace. For the etched glass you cannot see in or out past it. It does diffuse sunlight nicely into the home on a sunny day, though. For the etched lace the lace pattern is slight transparent but because it is a thin pattern you typically can't see through the pattern unless you are up close to the window and the side that you are viewing from is darker that the other side. Hope that helps.
Do these provide privacy from people seeing inside and from seeing outside when lights are on?
There are two patterns that we had. Etched glass and Etched lace.
For the etched glass you cannot see in or out past it. It does diffuse sunlight nicely into the home on a sunny day, though.
For the etched lace the lace pattern is slight transparent but because it is a thin pattern you typically can't see through the pattern unless you are up close to the window and the side that you are viewing from is darker that the other side.
Hope that helps.