Window Blinds Come In A Variety Of Attractive Styles
Metal blinds, usually made from aluminum have been around for almost half a century. Metal, especially has long remained among the most popular for lovers or slats. Durable easy to clean and long lasting, metal is still popular today. Today, metal comes in an array of colors and the lovers or slats vary in widths from 1/2 inch to three inches. As with metal, wood has also long been a favored material for shades or window blinds since there is depth and richness of beauty it offers. Owning a set of wood blinds offer the room an aesthetic quality that other metals can be hard pressed to provide.
You can stain wood blinds so that they blend appropriately. Alternately you can paint an array of colors. Wooden slats in blinds generally are about one to two inches wide. Just as with metal, wood blinds are pulled up to open or close the blind. Wood can be used for both Venetian as well as woven blinds. Some woven blinds are made of cane and can be either bamboo or rattan. Cane slats could be either whole cane or split pieces. In this type of window treatment the slats do not open or close but there are small spaces where during the day filtered light will enter the space.
Woven and Venetian styles are manufactured from Vinyl and PVC. Vinyl is easily substituted for metal or wood in a Venetian or woven blind. Vinyl is easily cleaned and will last for years. One good point about this type of construction is that it costs much less than metal or wood. Sometimes stiffened fabric is used the manufacture of this type of window covering. The fabric may also be backed with vinyl. Fabric is often used to compliment and coordinate other fabrics within the room.
Window blinds can be used as the sole window treatment or in combination with drapes, curtains and valances. As the sole window treatment, they can make a room look larger and contemporary. Used in combination with curtains and valances, the room can be made to feel softer and smaller. The fabric of curtains or valances softens the hard, linear appearance created by blinds. The possibilities are almost limitless for the home decorator.
A traditional style living room looks comfortable and homey with light-colored Venetians in the window blinds topped with a scalloped valance. Blinds are colorful, functional and decorative. In combination with curtains and other window dressings, together with other home design and pleasing linear effects, you brighten up any room. The blinds of today are a far cry from the sterile and antiseptic windows of my childhood physician's office.
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