How to Choose Your Window
Coverings
By type of room
This article courtesy of Blinds.com
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Kitchen:
Windows by a sink should be easy to clean. Faux
wood blinds
and aluminum
miniblinds
are the easiest to clean. Blinds that have smooth painted finishes, as
opposed to rough, textured finishes (sandblasted) are the easiest to
clean. |
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Master Bedroom:
Black
out roller shades
are very popular, as well as some room darkening honeycomb
shades.
Also effective are special horizontal
wood blinds
with the DeLight feature. They do not have route holes, preventing light
from leaking into your room. |
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Master Bath:
Humidity doesn't ordinarily adversely affect any quality window
treatments, even wood
blinds.
However, if your window treatment gets direct water pressure, fauxwood
blinds
are best.
For additional privacy, consider those blinds without route holes
(De-Light). If you're using vertical
blinds ,
then consider the inherent approximately 1/2" gap below the vertical
vanes near the sill, and determine if that is enough privacy for you -
especially if the window is near your bath tub. |
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Nursery:
Of utmost concern is safety. Make sure your window blinds have the latest
safety features, and that cords are not near cribs. Also be sure that if
you get vinyl miniblinds that they are not the ones with hazardous lead. Blinds.com
has NEVER sold those.
Darkening the room is usually the goal, so the blackout
honeycomb shades
are perfect. Window blinds with no route holes are also fine options. |
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Media Room:
Blackout
honeycomb shades
are most common. Some can even be made with side rails to eliminate all
light. The De-Light feature should be added to wood
blinds
and mini
blinds
so that the light does not pierce through the route holes. |
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Study:
For a tailored look that's not too fussy, plantation
shutters
and wood
blinds
are appropriate. |
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Living Room:
For an elegant room, consider vertical
soft shadings .
They are quite popular and very stylish. Many designers frequently use
them to camouflage less elegant, unattractive blinds. |
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