Makeover your Windows with Blinds

Doing a home makeover requires a huge deal of planning, time and patience. But the key to making things work for your windows is to have your heart set on a versatile window treatment such as blinds.

Single windows in your pantry, laundry room or kitchen can definitely benefit on the versatility of roller blinds. Remember that windows are big elements to a room, they should complement your living area and not compete with it.

And the most important thing is to have fun along the way.

Selecting the Right Fabric for your Window Blinds

Looking for ways to introduce color and pattern into your room, then try your hand at window dressing with blinds.

With such an irresistible selection of fabrics available for blinds, how do you even begin to narrow the field? How do you choose the right fabric for your blinds?

By making sure the patterns you choose for your window blinds will co exist beautifully with furnishings and other accents. You achieve this by making sure they're color-blocked and in varied scale. Once you find a material you like- a sample piece or two- bring the swatch over to your window, observe it over changing light over day. This will help you gauge how much light the fabric will filter through your blinds.

Decorating Matched Series Windows with Blinds

A series of identical windows invites the light and beauty of the outdoors inside. These windows also offer numerous decorating options such as an opportunity experimenting with Window blinds. First decide whether you want to treat each window in the series separately or treat the entire series as one window. The length of your blinds will take a cue from this treatment- whether you want a unified expansive window or rows of single windows dressed in mini-blinds. Taking a look at your room's style may give you a clue as to which approach is best. But I would suggest starting your window treatment with blinds.

In a clean-lined contemporary setting, the geometric look of a bank of windows can be an asset. To get the full architectural impact, use a top treatment only such as large fold Roman blinds. A valance or cornice adds a punch of interest and color to the expanse of the glass without masking the window's design. Roman Blinds with sleek pleating does this job well too.


Do you need a treatment that affords more privacy, light, or energy efficiency? Shades and blinds mounted inside each window's moulding perform those tasks and offer a tailored look. If you prefer a softer, traditional look for your window blinds then, fabric options abound.