How to Choose Your Window Treatment Hardware - Window Treatments Hardware
Window shades
Window shades are a one approach method to window treatments. Due to their popularity, there are various options open to consumers. Mostly made out of bamboo or fabric they provide for light filtration and control of privacy. Another noteworthy utility shades provide is insulation, honeycomb shades use air pockets within their fabric to provide great insulatory benefits; thus saving on cooling and heating bills.
Window fashions now fall into three categories. Functional, Decorative, and what I call the Fine Art category. A functional treatment may be a hard treatment such as a blind, shade, or shutter. You open and close them. Let light in. Keep light out. Close them while you are dressing. Open them when you are dressed. It is simple. They usually come described as light-filtering or room-darkening. The fabric version of function is the classic drapes on a traverse rod. Just picture what you have seen in a hotel room.
When choosing baby nursery window treatments, the key is find a perfect balance between safety and whimsical. Recent research shows that developing infants respond positively to primary colors and simple, black and white graphic stimulation. However, baby nursery window treatments should be more functional than aesthetic.
In one of our houses, we spray-painted a PVC pipe and thrift store hardware with gold leaf, covered unattractive but functional existing mini-blinds with lace curtains from Wal-Mart, and hung an antique mirror to dress up the main bedroom. The effect was inexpensive, yet stunning.
There is nothing like custom window treatments and colors throughout the home. Decorating with fabric is an affordable luxury while still addressing the "light and privacy" concerns.
It is crucial to regulate the light in an infant's room. Babies keep their own sleeping hours, so blackout curtains are usually a good idea. This way, evening street lamps or afternoon sun won't keep a child awake and midday naps are not out of the question. Beyond the safety considerations, I believe this is one of the most important pieces of advice. New parents need their precious rest too and the more regular sleep hours your baby keeps the better off you will be.
Security and Shelter
You venture into the decorative area when you experiment with colors, fabric textures, or when you add a valance or cornice. The decorative types of window fashions utilize color and texture combined with new complimentary paint colors. They don't necessarily have to close or keep out light. They can be combined with shears, lace, or the new translucent fabrics. Window fashion hardware is a growing trend that just adds to the beauty of a window.
At a recent Hunter-Douglas workshop I attended, I learned that I was a a Light and Privacy Control Expert. I have to admit, I have tried to be creative in what I call myself and how I describe what I do, but I never have been called a light and privacy control expert. I like to think that I am more of an artist with fabric. Most people are merely functional when it comes to window fashions. Your windows can be more than devices to lighten up your home or let a cool breeze in. They can be a work of art. As a matter of fact, window fashion IS the new art. Most people I work with have a piece of furniture or little arrangement that is the focal point of a room. In most living area and family rooms, the television is the focal point. All the furniture is facing the TV. They are not designed for conversation or to encourage people to look at each other and communicate. I always suggest that the windows become the focal point. With this perspective, your eyes go right to the windows upon entering the room. When this is the case, it is preferable to have a beautiful window treatment. Most people don't realize that a window makeover and a fresh new paint color is an affordable way to improve a room without buying new furniture and spending thousands.
Window shades are a one approach method to window treatments. Due to their popularity, there are various options open to consumers. Mostly made out of bamboo or fabric they provide for light filtration and control of privacy. Another noteworthy utility shades provide is insulation, honeycomb shades use air pockets within their fabric to provide great insulatory benefits; thus saving on cooling and heating bills.
Window fashions now fall into three categories. Functional, Decorative, and what I call the Fine Art category. A functional treatment may be a hard treatment such as a blind, shade, or shutter. You open and close them. Let light in. Keep light out. Close them while you are dressing. Open them when you are dressed. It is simple. They usually come described as light-filtering or room-darkening. The fabric version of function is the classic drapes on a traverse rod. Just picture what you have seen in a hotel room.
When choosing baby nursery window treatments, the key is find a perfect balance between safety and whimsical. Recent research shows that developing infants respond positively to primary colors and simple, black and white graphic stimulation. However, baby nursery window treatments should be more functional than aesthetic.
In one of our houses, we spray-painted a PVC pipe and thrift store hardware with gold leaf, covered unattractive but functional existing mini-blinds with lace curtains from Wal-Mart, and hung an antique mirror to dress up the main bedroom. The effect was inexpensive, yet stunning.
There is nothing like custom window treatments and colors throughout the home. Decorating with fabric is an affordable luxury while still addressing the "light and privacy" concerns.
It is crucial to regulate the light in an infant's room. Babies keep their own sleeping hours, so blackout curtains are usually a good idea. This way, evening street lamps or afternoon sun won't keep a child awake and midday naps are not out of the question. Beyond the safety considerations, I believe this is one of the most important pieces of advice. New parents need their precious rest too and the more regular sleep hours your baby keeps the better off you will be.
Security and Shelter
You venture into the decorative area when you experiment with colors, fabric textures, or when you add a valance or cornice. The decorative types of window fashions utilize color and texture combined with new complimentary paint colors. They don't necessarily have to close or keep out light. They can be combined with shears, lace, or the new translucent fabrics. Window fashion hardware is a growing trend that just adds to the beauty of a window.
At a recent Hunter-Douglas workshop I attended, I learned that I was a a Light and Privacy Control Expert. I have to admit, I have tried to be creative in what I call myself and how I describe what I do, but I never have been called a light and privacy control expert. I like to think that I am more of an artist with fabric. Most people are merely functional when it comes to window fashions. Your windows can be more than devices to lighten up your home or let a cool breeze in. They can be a work of art. As a matter of fact, window fashion IS the new art. Most people I work with have a piece of furniture or little arrangement that is the focal point of a room. In most living area and family rooms, the television is the focal point. All the furniture is facing the TV. They are not designed for conversation or to encourage people to look at each other and communicate. I always suggest that the windows become the focal point. With this perspective, your eyes go right to the windows upon entering the room. When this is the case, it is preferable to have a beautiful window treatment. Most people don't realize that a window makeover and a fresh new paint color is an affordable way to improve a room without buying new furniture and spending thousands.