Window Treatments Can Increase Home Value
You should always give attention to window treatments. Any professional will give you this advice. They can add wonderful appeal to your home, increase the resale value and make it more attractive to potential buyers. Poor selection will do otherwise.
Quality is key when choosing window treatments. Durability and ease of maintenance come next. Additionally, consider if it can help your house’s energy efficiency, of course while making sure it paves the way for total control over the amount of light that seeps through to your house.
Your window treatment must be pleasing to the eye and blend well with your décor. One of the best would be faux-wood plantation shutters that are available custom-made in several colors and styles. Match them with soft window treatments to give a head-turning look and elegance to your home.
As you redecorate or revamp your house, each detail should be given attention. They all add up to the value of your house, for that matter. Selling your house might not be in your radar for now, but it may be in the future.
If you are willing to make informed choices that improve the look and functionality of your home long-term, you can boost its value and enhance its marketability. Custom-made faux-wood plantation shutters can help you with that. The elegance and long-lasting durability it offers make them a great choice for your window treatment.
In the modern day’s real estate market, it is a must that your home comes with elements that boost its chances to be sold and help retain its value. As you try to improve your house or replace worn out features, always consider the value each item adds to your home. A beautiful, well-maintained house will help maintain its value over the long haul and become a stronger investment.
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Window Treatments For Better Sleep
Sleep is an essential part of our lives, but to some, sleeping comfortably is a luxury. Isn’t it such a bummer when rays of light are creeping through into the bedroom? This, and some other annoying stuff that you never knew you could remedy with just the help of window coverings.
Window treatments are your best bet to help you sleep well. If you are the type of person who stays up all night and sleeps all day, blackout liners are just what you might need.
Blinds are also very capable of blocking out light because of their interconnected pieces of plastic. However, light can still creep through the tiny holes in horizontal blinds, but you have the option to cover them with tapes. Just squeeze out your creative juices and opt for decorative ones so it doesn’t end up nasty.
Cornice boards and valences are usually attractive but they are not there merely for decorating, it can also help in blocking light from the outside.Roman shades and woven woods are also efficient in preventing the light from the outside to come through and it can also create a shaded area.
Also, room-darkening cellular shades which can filter light and have room darkening qualities also make for good window coverings when you want to sleep tight. Additionally, they have insulating properties that help make your home cool in the summer and warm during winter.
Window treatments that are programmable are also a good choice. By having the timer programmed at a specific time every morning, then you are able to have steady and consistent waking time. Therefore, it prevents your circadian rhythm from being messed up which will ultimately cause you to have better sleeping patterns.
Drapery panels on the sides of the wall are not only pleasing to the eye, but can be pretty practical, too. It gives adequate privacy and also helps in keeping your room cool or warm, harmonizes with your interior décor, and blocks out unnecessary light.
It’s okay to have sleeping problems, only occasionally. Sleep is everyone’s treat to their bodies after a tiring day, so it better be good.
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Can you help me find a window treatment?
Question by Gypsy Girl: Can you help me find a window treatment?
I’m looking for something that will let plenty of light in my room, allow me to see out, prevent people from seeing in, and block drafts from the window. Is there something available that can do all that?
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Answer by think_global
I know a lot of people do not like blinds but they are really the only things that can do all that. These days, you can get blinds made out of a lot of different materials, including wood etc. There are stores that sell only blinds for the best selection. Check the web. Here is one link below. Good Luck!
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Help needed on Winter Window Treatment?
Question by Karen0925: Help needed on Winter Window Treatment?
hi everyone, I live in an apartment complex that doesn’t turn on their central heating system until late November. I get cold really easily and bought a portable radiator last year. While it does warm up my one bedroom apt, the electricity bill went up really high.
I know there’s a sponge-like tape that you can stick around the window panes that’s supposed to block some cold air.. what is this stuff called and where can I get it? Would this help?
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Answer by Alan
The stuff in the link is probably what you’re asking about. It’s a plastic film that you install with a double sided foam tape, then heat with a hair dryer to make it transparent. You can get it in the hardware department at most stores, Wall Mart, Lowe’s, and Home depot all carry it. It works very well for windows that have a noticeable draft to them, though the correct method would be to insulate and repair the windows. Landlords (in general) are not noted for their willingness to repair problems though, so for *about* $ 2 per window, this should do the trick.
Al
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Window treament color help?
Question by : Window treament color help?
I have a Caribbean teal blue color on my focus wall and the other ones are beige. I have a wall art piece that has red blue white black and purple in it. My comforter is black with accent pillows that are a teal looking blue. I need help on what color scheme would work good for the window treatments. I don’t know which one to focus on! thanks a bunch
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Answer by Ariel Love
Since your room already has a bunch of colors, I say you go with white curtains. Your room scheme seems beachy. White curtains could help finish off the clean, a super clean look that matches with all your colors nicely and polishes it off with some elegance. But if you’d rather do a color then I think you should go with the teal blue color. It all really depends on what wall the window(s) are on. If they are on the blue one then I say white 100% but if they are on the beige walls the blue might be better because the white might clash! Good luck!
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Ideas, please, to help keep my kitchen from looking too dark?
Question by Sarah M: Ideas, please, to help keep my kitchen from looking too dark?
I’m in the middle of redecorating my kitchen. Appliances are a mixture of black and stainless steel, walls are terra cotta, accent wall is sandy-colored, light oak wood laminate floors, black cabinets, white countertops. Any suggestions for nice, bright accents (rugs, window treatments) to keep it from looking too dark? Please and thank you!
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Answer by JAP
I would suggest a short white sheer valance for your window treatments. As for a color to “pop” in your kitchen, I think green would coordinate with all the other colors. I’m thinking of bright green bottles or vases on your window sill, if possible. Maybe a bowl of limes or granny smith apples. Or a lime green colored jar candle. Just enough to add a splash of color. As for the rugs, I’m thinking they’re going to have to be a shade of white. You seem to have a good sense of style and decorating, so I know you can make this work. Good luck!
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Q&A: Interior Design Help Please – Window Treatment needed!?
Question by expat g: Interior Design Help Please – Window Treatment needed!?
The focal point of our home has a big design flaw! The windows/doors follow a bay style – however the top windows the cement was poured straight.
We were able to get windows installed and the aluminum conformed to follow the bay style and it works well. Now I need to think about window cover because the afternoon sun comes in and really heats up the house. We brought an awning/canvas guy and he wanted to install all this iron extending way beyond the window so that it can cover the sides where bay goes in. Many have said to put the window treatment on outside instead of inside to prevent the heat from entering into the house in the first place. I’m up for that but I really don’t want anything too big that would distract from the look. No designs, frills, and I do like the light coming in without the heat. Any ideas? Thanks!
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Answer by fuzzylolipop
Particularly if this is a south facing window, the best thing would have been to use low-E argon gas filled insulated windows in the first place as to repel and insulate from the heat. In my opinion an awning works best for commercial or very traditional exteriors – and I do not think that is the look you are going for. You could do a pergola that extends the length of the window and will help diffuse some of the light and still keep the feeling of the house. You could look into professionally installed window films – they do make a solar film which will cut down on the heat but it will slightly darken the light coming in. Nothing dramatic or more than the light that an awning would have altered. You could also do plantation shutters (or wooden blinds, a less expensive version of the same idea) which will help some as well and give you maximum control and flexibility with how much light comes in. Aside from those two options – option 3 would be a motorized window shade but in the end it would be closing off the window to some degree to get some control over the light and heat. Where there is light – there is heat. So in the end you will have to choose between the two to some degree.
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Can someone help me with window treatment ideas for a bedroom window with vertical blinds?
Question by noelle1821: Can someone help me with window treatment ideas for a bedroom window with vertical blinds?
I will have to get measurements, but I have a window in my bedroom, which is a pretty large size, but has vertical blinds and I’m trying to figure out ideas for curtains/window treatments to ‘pretty’ up the space.
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Answer by ClicketyClack
Only mini-blinds or vertical blinds will give you the options of the window glass being fully or partially exposed whenever you want and in an easy fashion. If you want to merely add curtains but retain the blinds for privacy, then you could get a set of double curtain rods. Put a fancy valance on the outer rod and coordinating sheer curtains or heavier slub silk or velvet curtains on the inner rod. When you draw them closed, they would cover the blinds but when they’re left at the sides, the blinds are exposed and you can open them to let in full or partial light. Good luck!! : P
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Q&A: Sliding glass door window treatments…please help?
Question by Amy D: Sliding glass door window treatments…please help?
We are building a new home, we are now doing the window treatments. We have hardwood floors and a very light neutral color on the wall. We went to the store to order our window treatments and she suggested we get the closest color to the WALL color for our sliding glass door treatment that is located in the kitchen. And to also use the same color for the window above the kitchen sink. Oh these are vertical blinds for the sliding glass door.
We just need some ideas or better yet if this is the best way to do this? Thanks!!
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Answer by SueyN
It sounds like that person has no imagination or no interior design ideas. For my slider I put antiqued cream wide slat venetian blinds with brown fabric ribbon/tape which runs vertically. I got them at Home Depot and there is a wide selection of colors for these tapes and you can coordinate it to go with anything in that room. They look great and I am having a padded cornice made for the top in the fabric of my choice. I wanted privacy in my kitchen/dining room, but I also wanted the sun. These blinds are just the trick. The only down side is that if you use that slider door a lot you do have to raise the blinds each time or keep it raised for a period of time. It works for me and you don’t see my dog’s nose marks with the blinds in place. Vertical blinds are sort of passe now. At least that’s what I have been told. The padded cornice will match the kitchen window or be a coordinate fabric.
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