Charming Wooden Blinds Print E-mail
Saturday, 02 December 2006
Wooden blinds are a charming accent to any home as they can be customized to fit nearly every sense of style. From the elegant to the earthy, real wooden blinds complement the rest of the room nicely. Obviously many people hang them as window coverings. However, some innovative decorators have used wooden blinds on flat walls to create the illusion of a window where there is none. Windowless rooms often create an unpleasant of claustrophobia, but these fake windows provide a solution. This is an interesting technique to open up an otherwise oppressive space.

All that is necessary is to build a frame for your “window” so that there is a place to attach the wooden blinds as well as a “window sill” for the bottom of the blinds to come to rest on. This need not be elaborate and simply creating a rectangle out of extra pieces of trimming that match the other accents in your room will do nicely. Then simply hang the wooden blinds as you would in a real window, allowing the bottom of the blinds to fall just above your artificial window sill.

Using this simple do-it-yourself, it is possible to open up a space without the necessity of tearing open walls. This is especially important in apartment buildings where there may actually be another apartment on the other side of the wall. The illusion that the wooden blinds provide is a nice substitute, not to mention your blinds can be used again should you ever find yourself in possession of real windows.

Beautifying Your Home With Wooden Blinds: Wooden blinds are popular choice for homeowners seeking a way to beautify their home while protecting it from the elements at the same time. When used on the exterior of the home, in the form or shutters, wooden blinds protect windows from rain, snow and debris. If wooden blinds or shutters are treated with a wood sealant, they are likely to last many years despite harsh weather conditions. Sealants stop water from penetrating the wood’s surface, protecting it from decay. This way your wooden blinds can function effectively to insulate the home from the heat and cold.

Wooden blinds, even those on the interior of the home, provide better heat insulation when closed than curtains alone. Blocking drafts and the coldness that radiates from glass windows in cold weather, they provide an additional barrier between homeowners and inclement weather. By the same token, heat is prevented from escaping through these vulnerable sites in the home. Anyone aware of the price of heating home will see this as an obvious benefit to choosing wooden blinds over alternate window coverings.

That is not to say that wooden blinds are only useful in the winter. Insulation is a valuable asset in the summer months as well when the temperature climbs to unbearable levels. Wooden blinds provide shade and relief from the unrelenting rays of sun that accompany summer weather. Additionally, owners may find that their air conditioning system runs more efficiently with the addition of wooden blinds. Cool air is trapped inside rather than being lost to the arid climate outside.
 
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