When you are decorating your new home or redecorating your existing home there are many great looking reasons to use custom roman blinds, rather than some of the other options you can find on the market.
Your home is important to you. You want it to look pleasing not only to yourself and your family but to your friends and neighbors as well.
Often times we buy blinds that fit our budget but compromise on getting a good fit for our window. The end result is a window that is decoratively challenged and usually just plain blah!. With roman blinds you can find at least six reasons for using them in your home. Here are a few of the reasons I love to decorate with custom Roman blinds.
1. My family and friends love them.
I am always getting compliments on my blinds. The ability to use different materials and styles around the home offers more personality.
My neighbors stop me when I am getting the mail to tell me that they just love the color and design choices I have made. When I invite them in to see the whole effect they always want to know where I got the roman blinds, how much they cost and if I would help them pick some out for their house.
2. You can have an inside look and an outside look
With custom Roman blinds you can have two different fabrics. You can have fabric that matches your interior design from the carpet or color scheme, and it can be different in each room, while the outside or exterior side of the blinds can be done in a neutral or white to compliment the outside of the house.
3.It's easy to get them custom made
Once you have determined the type of decorator fabric and the colors you want for your blinds it is easy to get them custom made for your windows. You just order them to your correct size and in about ten days to two weeks you have your custom roman shades.
4. They Fit!
Most of the blinds that you buy in the stores are going to be a certain length and width and if they are more than a 1/2" off in width they will look like they don't fit. Which of course they don't!
There are some blinds that can be cut to your width in the stores, but you have to shorten them yourself and if you have ever tried to shorten blinds you know what a pain that is.
The best part of having custom romans means you won't have to mount them on the outside of the window which always looks tacky, but you can mount them inside the frame where they look awesome.
5. The Roman blinds can be made in different styles.
I prefer the cascading fabric style for my Roman blinds. The fabric offers a perfect fit for my room decor and allows distinction.
I also find that the fabric tends to soften the room. While you can have patterns on the fabric, I have chosen the soft colors, without patterns. This fits in with my decor a little better and offers a pleasing style rather than something that continually draws the eye away from the rest of the room.
6. Romans are easy to clean
If you have ever had any type of horizontal mini or Venetian blind you know what a pain they are to clean and that's being polite.
Custom roman blinds on the other hand are easy to clean. Just use your vacuum brush or a quick run over with your "swiffer" and your done.
7. Gives you the privacy you want.
You can now get custom roman blinds in that top/down - bottom/up option. I like to open them down from the top in the bathroom. This lets me have plenty of light while letting me have my privacy.
If you would like to create a little friend and neighbor envy then add some custom roman blinds to your home. Your spouse and kids will love them. They will want to show them off to all their friends and you will get a reputation as the neighborhood decorator.
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What Are Roman Blinds?
The cloth that is used in Roman blinds comes in a variety of patterns and textures. The material is held down by stiff rods or metal support and folded to create a hobbled look or a teardrop style. The cloth is light weight or medium weight fabric is fitted to head rails made of aluminium. Popular materials that go to make up a roman blind are translucent fabrics that are selected from a range of curtain textiles to blend and enhance home décor. A backing of white material ensures that the colours and patterns on the cloth do not fade in the sunlight.
Bamboo and reeds are used in roman blinds to take advantage of the naturally cooling properties of the material. These blinds also add a touch of the oriental to the home. Some of the popular designs and textures are typical Japanese, Sumatran or Chinese and so on. The manufacturing process aims to retain the natural texture, colour and feel of the original bamboo. In some instances the bamboo is dried for almost six months to achieve tortoise shell pattern that is beautiful to behold and a treasure to posses. All these blinds fold up easily and are decorated with wooden tassels made with matching colours.
Most Roman blinds are custom made to specification. They can be hand stitched or machine stitched. Most Roman blinds are delivered with the required accessories, ready to use. Blind making kits are also available online for those who love to create art and decorate every corner of their home themselves.
Measuring for Roman blinds is something that every customer needs to do himself or get it done with a professional. The measurements will be determined by your decision whether you want to hang your Roman blinds inside or outside the recess.
If the blind is to be fitted inside the recess, the "recess size" will have to be quoted so that the manufacturer can make the necessary adjustments to arrive at the perfect fit during the process of creating the Roman blind. If the recess is less than 7.5 cm or 3 inch deep; or the window opens inwards; the window is not straight or the width or height varies more than 2 cm (3/4 inches), the Roman blind cannot be fitted inside.
If the Roman blind is to be fitted outside the recess, the manufacturer will need to know the "blind size". If the decision is that more than one blind is to be fitted to the window, the size of each blind must be separately specified in millimetres.
Measurement for blind size or recess size is to be done with a metal tape that sets out the measurements in centimetres and millimetres. While measuring for recess size, the width and drop should be measured from at least three different positions keeping in mind the fact that protrusions and dado rails will impact on the look and feel of the Roman blind and the way it drapes the window. Even the smallest changes in width and drop should be noted. If the blind is being fitted outside, the length and width of the blind should extend beyond the frame of the window by 10 cm on all sides. The width and drop size should be quoted in millimetres for Blind size.
The package containing the Roman blind will contain lined fabric, strips of wooden or plastic dwelling that is 32mm-77mm less than the blinds width, small plastic rings, wooden or brass acorn, Nylon cord, wall cleat, stick and sew Velcro enough for the width of the blind, wooden batten in the width of the finish blind and four screw eyelets.
The blind is fitted to the window by first fixing the blind track or wooden batten in the selected position on the window. If the blind is designed to hang within the recess, this batten is to be fixed on the underside of the window frame. If the blind is to hang on the outside of the recess, it is to be fixed to the top of the window frame or above it.
Roman Blinds are high cost window treatments. The creation of a single blind requires a combination of skillful engineering and fabric styling. Each blind requires a visit to the drawing board. Hence manufacturers feel best suited if they have high volume orders, so that they can develop an efficient production environment for the creation of the blinds. It is for this reason that Roman blinds can be a little more expensive than other blind types.
For more info visit us:
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roman blinds
Bamboo and reeds are used in roman blinds to take advantage of the naturally cooling properties of the material. These blinds also add a touch of the oriental to the home. Some of the popular designs and textures are typical Japanese, Sumatran or Chinese and so on. The manufacturing process aims to retain the natural texture, colour and feel of the original bamboo. In some instances the bamboo is dried for almost six months to achieve tortoise shell pattern that is beautiful to behold and a treasure to posses. All these blinds fold up easily and are decorated with wooden tassels made with matching colours.
Most Roman blinds are custom made to specification. They can be hand stitched or machine stitched. Most Roman blinds are delivered with the required accessories, ready to use. Blind making kits are also available online for those who love to create art and decorate every corner of their home themselves.
Measuring for Roman blinds is something that every customer needs to do himself or get it done with a professional. The measurements will be determined by your decision whether you want to hang your Roman blinds inside or outside the recess.
If the blind is to be fitted inside the recess, the "recess size" will have to be quoted so that the manufacturer can make the necessary adjustments to arrive at the perfect fit during the process of creating the Roman blind. If the recess is less than 7.5 cm or 3 inch deep; or the window opens inwards; the window is not straight or the width or height varies more than 2 cm (3/4 inches), the Roman blind cannot be fitted inside.
If the Roman blind is to be fitted outside the recess, the manufacturer will need to know the "blind size". If the decision is that more than one blind is to be fitted to the window, the size of each blind must be separately specified in millimetres.
Measurement for blind size or recess size is to be done with a metal tape that sets out the measurements in centimetres and millimetres. While measuring for recess size, the width and drop should be measured from at least three different positions keeping in mind the fact that protrusions and dado rails will impact on the look and feel of the Roman blind and the way it drapes the window. Even the smallest changes in width and drop should be noted. If the blind is being fitted outside, the length and width of the blind should extend beyond the frame of the window by 10 cm on all sides. The width and drop size should be quoted in millimetres for Blind size.
The package containing the Roman blind will contain lined fabric, strips of wooden or plastic dwelling that is 32mm-77mm less than the blinds width, small plastic rings, wooden or brass acorn, Nylon cord, wall cleat, stick and sew Velcro enough for the width of the blind, wooden batten in the width of the finish blind and four screw eyelets.
The blind is fitted to the window by first fixing the blind track or wooden batten in the selected position on the window. If the blind is designed to hang within the recess, this batten is to be fixed on the underside of the window frame. If the blind is to hang on the outside of the recess, it is to be fixed to the top of the window frame or above it.
Roman Blinds are high cost window treatments. The creation of a single blind requires a combination of skillful engineering and fabric styling. Each blind requires a visit to the drawing board. Hence manufacturers feel best suited if they have high volume orders, so that they can develop an efficient production environment for the creation of the blinds. It is for this reason that Roman blinds can be a little more expensive than other blind types.
For more info visit us:
made to measure curtains
roman blinds
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