By
type of room
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Kitchen:
Windows
by a sink should be easy to clean. Faux
wood blinds and aluminum
miniblinds are the
easiest to clean. Blinds that have smooth painted finishes, as opposed
to rough, textured finishes (sandblasted) are the easiest to clean. |
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Master
Bedroom:
Black
out roller shades are very
popular, as well as some room darkening honeycomb
shades. Also
effective are special horizontal
wood blinds with the
DeLight feature. They do not have route holes, preventing light from
leaking into your room. |
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Master
Bath:
Humidity
doesn't ordinarily adversely affect any quality window
treatments, even wood
blinds. However,
if
your window treatment gets direct water pressure, fauxwood
blinds are best.
For
additional privacy, consider those blinds without route holes
(De-Light). If you're using vertical
blinds , then
consider the inherent approximately 1/2" gap below the vertical vanes
near the sill, and determine if that is enough privacy for you -
especially if the window is near your bath tub. |
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Nursery:
Of
utmost concern is safety. Make sure your window blinds have the
latest safety features, and that cords are not near cribs. Also be sure
that if you get vinyl miniblinds that they are not the ones with
hazardous lead. Blinds.com has NEVER
sold those.
Darkening
the room is usually the goal, so the blackout
honeycomb shades are
perfect.
Window blinds with no route holes are also fine options. |
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Media
Room:
Blackout
honeycomb shades are most
common. Some can even be made with side rails to eliminate all light.
The De-Light feature should be added to wood
blinds and mini
blinds so that
the
light does not pierce through the route holes. |
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Study:
For
a tailored look that's not too fussy, plantation
shutters and
wood
blinds are
appropriate. |
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Living
Room:
For
an elegant room, consider vertical
soft shadings . They are
quite popular and very stylish. Many designers frequently use them to
camouflage less elegant, unattractive blinds. |
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