Blinds and Panels
June 12, 2008 10:04 am Window ShuttersNatural light opens up a space and gives it character. Therefore, it is very essential to use appropriate window shutters that allow natural light when needed and can block it when it is not required. Let us discuss about the various window cover options.
Blinds and Panels:
Roman and roller blinds will both allow you to soften the outline slightly with fabric panels, while restricting color and pattern to a narrow strip at the top when blinds are pulled up. Make them from translucent white muslin or stretched voile, and you can leave them down so they provide privacy yet filter plenty of light into the room(perfect for bright, sunny windows). Slatted Venetian-style blinds, available in plastic, steel or wood, can switch from light-admitting to light-obscuring with just a change in their angle, and suit the functional, industrial style of some modern furnishings.
Neat fabric panels, creating a cross between curtain and blind, are even simpler. Stretched on to hinged metal portière rods, they can swing open and shit like shutters. Made from sheer voile and slotted on to a fixed pole or wire across the top of the window, they act as a contemporary(and much more attractive) version of the old-fashioned net curtain, screening the window without obscuring the light.