We have 5 windows in our living room that we put up/down romans shades on when we moved in, with which I was very happy. We replaced 2 of the windows and bought new roman shades for them. Before the shades arrived, we went ahead and ordered replacement windows for the remaining 3. Well, the new roman shades arrived and they are awful - besides rife with defects, they now look more like boat sails than shades. Whereas our old shades, from same company, had one center string, these new shades, on a much smaller window, have two center strings in addition to the two outside ones.

The company is willing to replace the defective shades with another kind and we were considering cordless honeycomb shades in up/down, but then I realized we would have a problem with the 3 replacement windows we just ordered. Instead of being double hung, like the two on the side, we are getting fixed panes on bottom with awnings on top. I am attaching pictures of sidelights that we have that are the same set-up, fixed pane on bottom, awning on top. The problem is there is no room to do an interior mount on the awning. So my options now are to do honeycomb only on the fixed pane and a separate treatment on awning, or have interior mount on two double hung windows and exterior mount with a spacer on the 3 new windows.

Can I do honeycomb shades on bottom and a curtain on the awning? or would interior mounting on 2 windows and exterior with spacer on the 3 others look okay?

Pictures below