Window Treatments

With a vast selection of window treatments to choose from it can become a convoluted endeavor to find the right one to fit into your personal style and utilitarian needs.

When starting your selection process it’s important to understand what types of coverings there are as well as the level of benefit each type provides within certain categories of consideration. These categories include varying levels of protection, privacy, and refinement. An often overlooked added-on contribution window coverings offer is their help to protect furniture and flooring from fading over time by filtering out harmful UV Rays.

An additional advantage of sunlight diffusion is that this makes most window coverings an energy-efficient investment by mitigating the heat entering into the home. Privacy is a feature that lets clients have the peace of mind to know that their business stays their business. From sheer or blackout, the levels of privacy vary to provide as much privacy or openness that suits every individual preference at every stage in the day. Some curtains even come with noise-canceling for an increased level of privacy.

No matter what window treatments you choose there are plenty of customization options that can help elevate your space to its most personalized and style-suiting degree. They are a staple of comfort in any design, preventing the oversaturation of light from overwhelming the surrounding space, and making for a more comfortable living arrangement within any given room in the house! It’s also important to keep in mind preservation conditions for each type of covering. There are a few coverings that do not fare well against humid and moist spaces and should be avoided being used in bathrooms and other similar environments.

CURTAINS 

Curtains are fabric-made window coverings intended to help filter out light and pollution while preventing air drafts from coming through further into the home. This type of window covering is usually made with thinner materials such as cotton or linen however comes in varying privacy levels from sheer to black-out. They can be customized and adorned to preference coming in a wide variety of colors, patterns, opacities, trimmings, and folds. Curtain lengths are also made to preference, usually

either filling out the aperture being covered or hanging right above the flooring. There are options to have your curtain movable or stationary so that it sits in place either on either side of the window or door or covering over it. Along with maneuverability, another consideration to arrange when picking out curtains for your home is whether you would prefer single-panel or double-panel curtains.

DRAPES

Drapery refers to a decorative cloth that is hung over or near a window or door for ornamental as well as functional purposes such as light, pollution and noise filtration and draft prevention. Though similar in anatomy and purpose to curtains, drapes are usually made from heavier solid materials such as velvet, damask or silk. They can be made with sheer material though this is not common for this type of window treatment. 

Drapes are usually thicker and are generally hung at either floor or beyond floor length to form a puddle effect at the base of the flooring. Like curtains, they can also be stationary or moveable and can be either single or double-paneled. Customizations for drapes are endless with a wide variety of patterns, garnishings, trimmings, and folds to choose from! Most modern drapes also come with an option to be motorized.

SHADES

Woven Wood Shades

Woven Wood Shades are naturalistic window coverings made from environmentally friendly natural materials such as reeds, grass, straws, bamboo and woven wood. Each shade is made unique and offers a crafted product that lets natural light seep through while maintaining a privacy cover against the outside world. For extra privacy, there is an option to line your shades to block out further visibility that may be 
open through them. There is a fragility to their design and are most susceptible to fraying, stretching, breaking, and fading in color overtime then any other covering. Woven wood shades can be moved via cord, motor, or manually with a hidden cordless lift.

The more layers the more energy efficient the shade becomes. These shades often come with a top-down function that lets light through from the top of the window while the rest stays covered to keep optimal privacy. Cellular shades can be moved via cord, motor, or manually with a hidden cordless lift.feature to these shades during nighttime. Solar shades can be moved via cord, motor, or manually with a hidden cordless lift.

Pleated Shades

Similar to cellular shades, pleated shades share a similar look to cellular shades with a fold but act more so in a similar fashion to blinds with light blocking without the added-on layers of temperature control. These can be a cost effective alternative to cellular shades and share a top-down feature that gives light the access point from the top of the shade while maintaining privacy at the bottom portion of the window. Pleated shades can be moved via cord, motor, or manually with a hidden cordless lift.

VALANCES

Valances are a type of window covering that generally covers the top most portion of any window. They come in a number of different shapes, folds, textures, embellishments and more! They can be quite versatile and are placed either stand-alone or in combination with other treatments.

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