Decorating woven wood roman blinds are becoming popular in both offices and home. They are made of natural wood including rattan, reeds, jutes, and bamboo. Most people love them because of the asethetic beauty they bring to the environment as well as their durability and functionality. Read on to find how we can best decorate our rooms with these beautiful blinds.
How to install woven wood blinds
Before knowing how to decorate, you need to know how to install the blinds. This is relatively simple. What you need to prepare is the following: drilling machine, bits, pencil and measuring tape.
Woven wood blinds are usually installed using the typical approach. For outside mount, the measurement of the blinds need not match the window casing exactly but for inside mount, you need is usually cut 1/2 inch less than the exact measurement of the opening. Next, drill the holes into the wall where you want to place the blinds and install the brackets. Install the middle supporting bracket if needed for a long blind. Once installed, the blinds can be operated via the use of a pull cord. By simply pulling the cord, the blinds can be gathered in folds.
How to decorate with woven wood blinds
Woven wood blinds comes in a wide variety of materials and colors. These give a lot of variety of your choice and they can accommodate any style that you are looking for in your room design. In terms of materials, you can choose from wood, bamboo, grass, and reeds. Each of these materials gives off a different texture and grains. Bamboo for example has very smooth textures and, when combined with white color, is ideal for the contemporary home. Dark wood, for the other hand, creates a very nice natural look, and is great for recreating the resort look for your home.
The blinds can be further enhanced with additional accessories. For example, you can use decorative edge bindings, trims, and finishes to add that extra touch to your blinds. Do note that not to be too excessive. The blinds are still the main attraction and the accessories are meant to complement, not to compete, with their beauty. You can also use some blackout liner to increase the privacy of your room.
Should you buy custom made woven wood blinds
When you find something that is really unique to your room, you might want to consider buying a customised woven wood blind. The benefits of a custom made blind is that it can be tailored specifically to to suit the requirements of the room. You have the choice of specifically everything from the size, models, materials and even down to the color. The downside is that their prices tend to be much higher than what you can get off the shelves. However, for that uniqueness, some people are willing to pay more.
When selecting custom made blinds, here are a couple of things you should look out for. First, make sure the retailer has expertise in providing such services. Personally, I know that Levolor blinds is a company that has years of experiences in doing so. You might want to consider them. Second, make sure you have a firm budget in mind before consulting any company. Without a firm budget, you tend to overspend what you have initially planned. Third, do some research on what the different styles and materials of your blinds. Understand what is the current trend or what kind of classic design you want to achieve. Finally, make sure you take the right measurements of your windows. If your measurements are wrong, then the blinds will not fit as nicely for your windows.
I hope you have learn something from this post on decorating woven wood roman blinds.