Curtains and Blinds Rolled into One with Roman Blinds

People who are into interior decorating are always on the lookout for unique ways to make home windows look good. Beauty, however, is not the only thing they have in mind but practicality as well. There are plenty of windows treatment variations to consider including shades, blinds, curtains, or shutters, and all of these offer their own design impact. One type seems to stand out from the rest and has become a favorite among many interior designers and homeowners for its being sort of a blend of curtains and blinds: the Roman blinds.

Roman blinds have gained popularity because of the ease of use that it offers just like how it is with ordinary blinds and shades, but also because it functions and feels like your good old drape or curtain with its fabric folds and color variety. Raise these Roman blinds and you get the feel of traditional drape with its folding fabric panels. Releasing Roman blinds to cover the window, on the other hand, is as easy as with regular blinds where the panels just simply fall into place. Roman blinds, as such, are seen as a cross between curtains and blinds.

There are a lot of fabric types available to complement any design idea that you may have for your home’s interior. You can go with a different look for every window, or you may opt to have a uniform style for all. Depending on whether you want more light inside a room or you prefer to go blackout, your choice of fabric types range from the sheer to the heavily woven. Whatever theme you wish for your windows to reflect, you will never run out of options using Roman blinds as your window treatment choice. Why settle for just curtain or just blinds, when you can have the beauty and functionality of both curtains and blinds?

Dressing Up Windows with Curtains and Blinds

Home windows are not always a primary consideration for homeowners when they make plans to furnish or improve the design of their interiors. This doesn’t mean though that we can just ignore or give little attention to our windows. In fact, these are among the first elements of the home that guests take notice of. Also, the amount of light that gets in and give more (or less) visibility to interior design is regulated through the windows. Because they get considerable attention, it’s important that we make these home fixtures looking good and presentable. This can be done by giving the frames an attractive paint color that matches the other shades present in the house, or drape them with curtains and blinds.

When installing curtains and blinds, you have to take into consideration the nature of the room where you intend to place them. Is it a part of the house that could really use curtains and blinds? If it is, what type would look good in it? As you can see, questions of practicality and style need to be answered before you go ahead and put those window treatments. This is to make sure that you get the kind of impact you want once curtains and blinds are in place.

If we’re talking about a lounge, for instance, we definitely want something on the windows that look pleasing and not some bland drapery that only fades into the background. We want guests to take notice of the relaxing appeal of our curtains and blinds when we chill out with them in our home’s lounge corner.

Another section of the house where we spend a lot of time with guests would be the dining room. A good idea would be to have a windows treatment style that goes well with the overall theme of the entire dining area. We want something here that does not grab attention but very presentable. Curtains and blinds for dining room windows can take a simple design with colors and shades that blend nicely and subtly with nearby furnishings and fixtures.

When it’s time to call it a day, we all naturally head to our last stop before we go to dreamland: the bedroom. This is that part of the house where the homeowner’s personal taste and practicality are reflected. The bedroom almost always reveals our favorite color scheme, style patterns, and design preferences, and we want our windows dressed up accordingly. More often, we want our window treatments here to black out light coming from outside through the windows. This means preference is given to heavy or lined curtains and blinds, especially if you opt for light colors.

These are just some basic ideas on what you need to consider when installing curtains and blinds in your home. We’ll be talking more about these window treatments in the coming days, as well as related topics that might be of interest to you and to all those who are looking to read more about home improvement stuff, with focus on curtains and blinds, in particular.