Having blinds fitted in your south facing windows is more important during the winter months than they are in the summer months, in my humble opinion....
Having blinds fitted in your south facing windows is more important during the winter months than they are in the summer months, in my humble opinion. With the sun at such a low level throughout the day it's glare is often more 'in your face' than it is throughout the summer, and hence, blocking its glare. I don't now what it is with us Brits but we seem to have issues with drawing the curtains during the day and as such, we tend to have blinds or net curtains to block out or defuse strong sunlight. Venetian blinds, with the horizontal slates and vertical blinds are very popular, however they do let a significant amount of light through even when closed. The Venetian blinds are a pain to clean and vertical blinds do fair well in even a light breeze. So in my mind, either Roman or roller blinds are the way to go.
If you have relatively small windows, you probably best opting for roller blinds as they almost completely retract. This is handy if you want to get maximum light into the room as well as wanting to block the light out. Roman blinds, although more ornate than roller blinds do have hang of about 6-8 inches when fully open due to the way in which they retract, and therefore are more suitable for larger or taller windows. Both roller and Roman blinds can feature either thermal or blackout backing. The thermal backing helps to keep rooms warm in the winter and cool in the summer where as the blackout backing almost completely blocks out the outside light, making them perfect for children's bedrooms when you want a bit of darkness on those endless summer nights.
Roller and Roman blinds are available in a massive selection of fabrics. Block colours such as deep red, purple or green can give a room a contemporary feel, as can many of the modern patterns based on designs by many contemporary artists. If you're more of a traditionalist, a wide range of classic patterns based on designs by William morris, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and other British designers from the Victorian era and arts and crafts movement. Whatever your tastes, if you want to control the amount of light entering your home and want to do so with a sense of style, then you really cant go wrong with either style of blinds highlighted in this article, and with so many choices to choose from, how could you?
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