A Guide To Window Coverings

Author: Peter Van Zelst

Author: Peter Van Zelst

Windows are usually the largest feature in a room. For this reason it follows that how you choose to cover a window will greatly influence how a newly decorated room will look. These days there are so many options available to you that it can make choosing the right covering very difficult. This article is intended to make that decision a little easier and help to ensure that the covering you choose is an asset to your newly decorated room. To get the best results you must decide what function you want your window covering to serve, both practically and aesthetically. You must decide whether you want the window to be a focal feature of the room or whether you want it to subtly blend with the rest of the room. You have to decide whether you want it to block the light or let it delicately filter into your room. You will also have to consider things like the thermal qualities you want from your window covering and, obviously, how much it is going to cost. Once you have a good idea of what you hope to achieve from you window covering you have to make the first of many decisions: Curtains or a blind? You can now get curtains in any colour, weight or style. How heavy they are dictates how much light they will allow in, once you have decided on this then the rest is down to your own personal taste. Blinds are a little more complicated. There are lots of different types to choose from. The most popular are venetian, vertical, roller, roman and pleated roof blinds. Each of these types of blinds have their own selling points and unique features. Like curtains, they all can be made out of many different materials giving you lots of creative control. Recently there has been a great surge in the variation of window coverings that are available. You can get pretty much any material or design that you want to off the shelf. Something that is certainly worth considering, however, is getting your curtains or blinds custom made. Windows, especially in old houses, are often irregular shapes, depths or sizes. As a result, off the shelf fittings will often look not quite right. Another reason to use contract furnishing services is that you can choose the exact colour, material, style and specification of your blind or curtains. Made to measure curtains can be made from the exact material you have chosen. You can also have them made to the size you decide is best for the room and with the rails and hangers that you have chosen. Likewise, made to measure blinds can be made to exactly suit your room and fitted professionally. Obviously it is more expensive to use a contract furnishing company. You may be lucky and find exactly what you are looking for in one of the many very good soft furnishing stores. For most however, having their window coverings custom made will be well worth the extra money. For more information on contract furnishings please visit Craven Contracts website, where you will find a wide range of services for your business.About the Author:

Peter Van Zelst, the founder of Zelst Online Marketing, has over a decade's experience of internet marketing, e-commerce, SEM and online business, 20 years in offline business and an MBA.

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