Roller blinds are one of the simplest window treatments available. Window treatments can either add or detract from the beauty of your home or office, which is why choosing the best window treatments for every room in your office takes some thought and consideration. It also may be why Roller blinds have become a popular window treatment option for many people. Roller blinds can be used alone or in combination with curtains and drapes. But, are these window treatments the best option for your home or office? Knowing the pros and cons of office blinds will help you decide if these window treatments are right for your home and office.
The Following Are Pros Of Office Blinds.
Versatile –
Since they come in a variety of materials, styles, textures, colors, and designs, these office blinds are an extremely versatile choice for that chic modern apartment or that small beach house. While bamboo can bring the beauty and warmth of wood into your home, the cloth can bring a contemporary look and style to a home.
Practical –
The roller blinds are extremely practical as they are easy to raise and lower and allowing you to add as much light as you wish to a room. Some are electronic which makes controlling light from those hard to reach windows as simple as pushing a button.
Easy to Install and Use –
Roller blinds are easy to install and use, and the ratchet system used for opening and closing the blinds helps you to avoid those hanging cords that are sometimes dangerous.
Allows for a More Customized Look.
Because there are so many styles and colors available and because these blinds can be used alone or with other window treatments such as drapes and curtains, they allow you customize the look of any room in your home. Your home décor should be as individual as you are, and modern roller blinds allow you to express your individuality beautifully and simply.
The Following Are Cons Of Office Blinds.
Not for Victorian Homes –
Since these blinds are so contemporary they aren’t suitable for those older homes where the homeowner wants to retain the historic look of the home. More often than not these homes feature shutters, not blinds to keep with the aesthetics of the homes décor.
Special Cleaning.
Depending on the materials used some blinds can require special cleaning. Blinds made of certain cloth materials may need to be cleaned by a professional dry cleaners.
Failed Mechanisms –
Both Electronic systems and those using a ratchet system have parts that may fail and need to be cleaned and replaced. If you have purchased expensive modern roller blinds and the mechanisms fail and cannot be fixed, you may be out some significant money.
How To Choose The Right Office Blinds.
Chain Or Spring Operation?
Firstly you can choose between a chain operated roller or a spring operation. The advantages of a chain operation are that it is easy to control and allows you to stop the blind easily at any point, there are fewer parts to go wrong and so it has been considered a more reliable method than the spring operation. Nowadays however as technology has improved spring rollers have become much more reliable and can come with gearing which will offer the user a gentle, slow, controlled motion when operating. The advantage of these new springs is that they are very child safety friendly. As they do not need chains or looped cords to operate them the risk of a small child becoming entangled is removed.
Practical
A roller blind is a very practical choice, as it can be operated easily and provides shading from the sun, protecting furniture and other expensive furnishings in the room. It also provides light control and can be used to cut out glare when watching television or working on a computer screen for example. For privacy there is nothing as simple as a roller blind to block out the outside world.
Uses
Roller blinds are a popular choice for bathrooms and kitchens; this is because their composition and special coating make them ideal for use in rooms where moisture might be an issue. They are very minimalist in style and easy to keep clean, as most fabrics can be “wipe” cleaned with a soft damp cloth.
Blackout roller blinds are a very popular choice nowadays for bedrooms either as a standalone window treatment or used alongside curtains. Blackout blinds can offer a good solution when room darkening is required, such as for a child’s bedroom during the light summer evenings or for shift workers who have to catch up on valuable sleep during the daytime. Blackout blinds often have thermal properties as well so give extra insulation value helping to keep rooms warm in winter and cool in the summer.
They can be used in any room in the house, however, and the choice nowadays of the color and design make them increasingly popular in the main living areas. Some suppliers can even take furnishing fabrics and laminate a backing onto it to enable it to be used as a roller blind. This means that consumers can now choose fabrics to coordinate or match their curtains, accessories or upholstery materials used in the home.
Choice
Fabric choice has never been so great, as well as hundreds of plain colors, sheers and semi-sheers, blackout fabrics, printed fabrics and laminated fabrics; roller blinds can utilize digital printing technology to take any photograph and have it reproduced onto a specialist blind fabric and made into a roller blind! You can take your favorite scene, holiday snap or portrait and have a constant reminder every time you look at your roller blind.
Special Uses
Special systems have been developed to operate in specific window styles such as sloping roof windows where any window treatment would be difficult. Conservatories are a favorite room in most houses, but in summer without roller blinds, they become too hot to sit in comfortably, new systems are available which suit double glazed windows perfectly and blend in beautifully with the window frame, and even work on UPVC doors.
Why Are Roller Blinds So Popular?
In summary, roller blinds are practical for kitchens and bathrooms, can give blackout in bedrooms as well as thermal insulation, they are easy to fit, decorative given the choice of fabric options available and stylish in any room in the house. Specialist systems allow them to be used in conservatories and double glazed windows and doors and also sloping roof windows. There is just no another type of blind which is as flexible and simply stylish as a roller blind.