Window Dressing Ideas for Dining Room Windows & Patio Doors
If you like the light to stream through your windows and yet you either need privacy or to protect your flooring and furniture from fading due to exposure to harsh sunlight vertical blinds are the ideal window dressing choice. One of the greatest advantages of using vertical blinds in dining rooms which have French or patio doors is their ability to ...
Window Dressing Ideas for Bay Windows
We're asked time and time again on how bay windows can be dressed in a modern, stylish method. So, today we're going to offer some guidance and interior design window dressing ideas for bay windows for you to take inspiration from. We begin with the classical curtains and drapes and remind you that bay window curtain poles will make life much ...
Tips to Dressing Dining Room Windows with Venetian Blinds
Sleek, chic and extremely stylish, Venetian blinds are the ideal window dressing for modern and contemporary dining rooms. Providing privacy and fantastic light control during the day time, once fully closed their chic styling remains and prying eyes stay out. With metal being on this interior design trends list aluminium Venetian blinds are the ideal choice, furthermore if you opt for ...
Tips to Dressing Dining Room Windows with Roller Blinds
Roller blinds have been a staple of interior design for many years. Today the humble roller blinds has been, and continues to be, up-dated to meet consumer demands in terms of style, practicality and functionality. It's no longer acceptable to use 'any old blind' if you want your home to look chic and stylish and with the number of different ...
Tips to Dressing Dining Room Windows with Roman Blinds
It's believed that Roman blinds were first used many centuries ago when Romans used damp pieces of cloth to hang at their windows to help reduce the amount of dust entering their homes as well as an effective way of reducing heat build-up. It's also believed that the nosy neighbour was also around in the earliest of Roman towns and ...
Tips to Dressing Dining Room Windows with Vertical Blinds
Vertical blinds are the ideal solution for dressing dining room windows, especially those with patio or French doors as well. Their sleek, modern design has the ability to stack back to the left or right of the windows or patio doors, with many also having the ability to be open from the centre to stack an even distribution of slats ...
Window Dressing Ideas for Dining Room Windows & Patio Doors
If you like the light to stream through your windows and yet you either need privacy or to protect your flooring and furniture from fading due to exposure to harsh sunlight vertical blinds are the ideal window dressing choice. One of the greatest advantages of using vertical blinds in dining rooms which have French or patio doors is their ability to stack back, either from the centre or left or right side, to allow you easy access to your patio and garden. Providing you with a full length window and door dressing vertical blinds have a soft look which is more akin to curtains than Venetian blinds. Operating on pull cord systems or motorised, vertical blinds offer an effective and stylish window dressing choice which suits all styles of homes. Today it’s possible to find vertical blinds in a variety of pastel colours as well as the more common and classical ivory, cream and soft whites. As these blinds are made from fabric rather than plastic or metal they provide a more delicate... [Read more...]
Window Dressing Ideas for Bay Windows
We’re asked time and time again on how bay windows can be dressed in a modern, stylish method. So, today we’re going to offer some guidance and interior design window dressing ideas for bay windows for you to take inspiration from. We begin with the classical curtains and drapes and remind you that bay window curtain poles will make life much easier for you. These curtain poles have been designed to fit into a variety of different sized bay windows and use joining splices to enable you to draw the curtains back to each end of the bay without having to stop at the junctions. As bay windows come in different sizes and styles the method of hanging your curtains has to be flexible. If you prefer a more formal look, curtains tracks are also available for bay windows and are typically bendable so that you can achieve a professional look if you prefer to use the more traditional pencil pleat curtain headings. Blinds have also become an excellent way to dress bay windows; with Roman... [Read more...]
Tips to Dressing Dining Room Windows with Venetian Blinds
Sleek, chic and extremely stylish, Venetian blinds are the ideal window dressing for modern and contemporary dining rooms. Providing privacy and fantastic light control during the day time, once fully closed their chic styling remains and prying eyes stay out. With metal being on this interior design trends list aluminium Venetian blinds are the ideal choice, furthermore if you opt for smoky metallic colours a luxury look can easily be achieved. As we’ve mentioned before Venetian blinds have come a long way since their humble beginnings, today there are many variations and colours to suit modern living spaces beautifully. If you can look past (metaphorically) the older clattering, clanking versions that didn’t pull-up evenly and warped and bent and hone your attentions on the latest designs you’ll see that Venetian blinds have a lot to offer and don’t have to cost a small fortune (which has to be good news!). Let’s share with you some of the great benefits... [Read more...]
Tips to Dressing Dining Room Windows with Roller Blinds
Roller blinds have been a staple of interior design for many years. Today the humble roller blinds has been, and continues to be, up-dated to meet consumer demands in terms of style, practicality and functionality. It’s no longer acceptable to use ‘any old blind’ if you want your home to look chic and stylish and with the number of different styles and designs available you’ll be spoilt for choice when dressing your dining room windows. The latest roller blinds have sun filtering properties, blackout properties a long with header rails which are slim-line or fitted up behind pelmets or walls to disappear from view completely. Motorised and remote controlled blinds make this type of window dressing easy to operate and enhancing the way the blinds can be used to the best effect. Today’s on-trend look is to have a number of roller blinds or shades for each pane of glass or panel of sliding doors. As each is independently operated you can have each at a different... [Read more...]
Tips to Dressing Dining Room Windows with Roman Blinds
It’s believed that Roman blinds were first used many centuries ago when Romans used damp pieces of cloth to hang at their windows to help reduce the amount of dust entering their homes as well as an effective way of reducing heat build-up. It’s also believed that the nosy neighbour was also around in the earliest of Roman towns and so the cloth window dressing stopped prying eyes from peeking into homes! Today Roman blinds are still made from fabric, however, with new manufacturing technologies it’s also possible to have wood-weave and bamboo Roman blinds or shades. This style of blind works by having small rings placed at even distances on the width and height of the fabric; thread is then passed through each of the rings so that when it is pulled the blind is raised up, a cleat in used to wind the thread around to stop the blind instantly dropping back to its full length. Variations is Roman blinds are also available, for example an Austrian blind works on the same... [Read more...]
Tips to Dressing Dining Room Windows with Vertical Blinds
Vertical blinds are the ideal solution for dressing dining room windows, especially those with patio or French doors as well. Their sleek, modern design has the ability to stack back to the left or right of the windows or patio doors, with many also having the ability to be open from the centre to stack an even distribution of slats or vanes to both the left and right, making a doorway. Vertical blind slats or vanes are typically wider than Venetian blinds and are usually made from lightweight fabric rather than metal, although PVC vertical blinds are available these are generally used in workplaces rather than homes. As with Venetian blinds vertical blinds also give you total control over the amount of light entering your dining room. The work by rotation of the slats or vanes via a rotating shaft which is hidden within the header rail. A system of gears ensures that the rotation is carried out simultaneously by all of the slats or vanes. It’s believed that the origin and invention... [Read more...]
