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What are Shades?

Article Category: Home Management

picking out the best window shades for your home can be a daunting task. After all, once you've found your way to your favorite home furnishing store, you will be met with a barrage of choices you thought were simple - blinds, Roman, Venetian, bamboo shades, slats, vertical, and a whole lot more. You might end up being overwhelmed with all the terminology. Getting the window shades that you have imagined may be awkward as you wouldn't know how to exactly verbalize what you have had in mind. With all the suggestions presented you, you might scratch you head and ask yourself what it all means. This article should be more of a guide for you in making you understand what all the sales talk is about, and how these terms can be crucial in making you realize the look that you want for your living space where you will put window treatment on. You will soon realize that the terms used may not be as difficult as they sound.

Window shades, as in all window treatments, are basically classified into two: soft shades and hard shades. When referring to hard shades, you would be generally speaking of window treatments that are thick to the touch and almost do not allow light to get through them when they are shut off or rolled off. Examples of hard window shades are bamboo shades, cellular shades, roller shades, and shutters. Meanwhile, soft shades are made of thinner material that would be soft to the touch and allow light to come through because of the more delicate material that they are made. Examples of Soft shades are curtains and draperies. There are some window treatments, though, that fall somewhere between the two categories. Thus, we need to look into a more specific classification of shades: cellular, Roman, and Roller shades, which are according to fabric.

Shades are usually made of fabric, with the exception of shades made out of wooden material that do not have slats, like bamboo shades. Shades are rolled off or rolled up to control the amount of light that gets into the space, without the individual slats that can be also adjusted. There are Roman shades that when pulled up fold into layers. They are made of fabric that have folds that overlap when lowered (teardrop-style) or do not fold when pulled down (flat-panel). There are also roller shades that are made out of either fabric or vinyl. They have spring rollers that the shades are attached to and roll into when rolled up.

Lastly, there are cellular shades that look one-of-a-kind. They are made out of cells that are shaped like honeycombs that are put together. These cells actually have an insulating action and trap air inside the honeycombs. These cells are therefore energy efficient, as these cells prove very useful during summer, for heat not to dissipate in the room, as they are trapped inside the cells. These cells can only be seen from the side, so the effect if you look at the shades at the front is very clean look with pleats that cascade.

Choosing the right window shades can add value to your house. They add beauty to the curb of your home, as they are visible from the exterior even if they are inside the house.

Keywords: bamboo shades, window shades

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