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Roller Shades

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Glossary: Windows and Window Coverings 

A Few Terms You Should Know Before Installing Anything

• A
  Austrian shade: a poufed fabric shade with permanently shirred scallops that is drawn from the bottom up on a window.
• B
  Balloon shade: a poufed shade that draws from the bottom up in billowy folds.
  
  Breakaway tassel: a safety device used on blind and shade control cords designed to give away when pressure is applied in order to eliminate loops that can cause hazards.
• C
  Caf curtain: a curtain that covers only the botton half of a window.
  
  Cellular shades: a type of shade combining two or more sheets of pleated fabrics for added light control and insulation, also referred to as "honeycomb."
  
  Continuous cord: cording on blinds and shades that is used to control lifting, tilting, or traversing with a continuous motion.
  
  Cord tilt: cording used to control the angle of blind slats or vanes as an alternative to a tilt wand.
• D
  Depth: the distance measured from the edge of a window to the back.
• H
  Height: window measurement from top to bottom.
  
  Horizontal blind: blind consisting of slats running horizontally that can be tilted and lifted.
• I
  Insert louvers: a plastic sleeve that holds fabric slits to create custom vertical or horizontal blinds.
  
  Inside mount: installing a blind or shade inside the window frame.
• L
  Louver: usually refers to the individual vanes in a vertical blind or the individual slats in the shutter.
• O
  Outside mount: installing a blind or shade outside the window frame.
  
  One-way draw: refers to vertical blinds or drapery panels that open in one direction to stack to one side of the window.
• P
  Puddle: adding length to drapery panels to allow the excess to lay on the floor.
• R
  Reverse stack: when a vertical blind or drapery panel stacks to one side of a window opposite where the cord controls are located.
  
  Roller shade: flat panel of fabric or vinyl attached to a dowel with a roller spring mechanism for lifting.
  
  Roman shade: a flat shade that folds up accordion-style from the bottom usually operated by lift cord.
• S
  Shutters: side-hinged folding wood panels covering a window or door that may be made of solid panels or include louvers.
  
  Split stack: when a vertical blind or draperies open in the middle of the window and stack even on either side.
  
  Stacking: the amount of space taken by a fully opened or raised blind or drapery.
  
  Swag: fabric top treatment that drapes in a semi-circle across the width of the treatment.
• T
  Tilt wand: mechanism usually operated with a twisting motion and used to swivel vertical blinds or tilt horizontal blinds.
  
  Tilt chain: the chain used to swivel vertical blinds or tilt horizontal blinds in place of a tilt wand.
  
  Top treatment: a decorative addition along the top of windows usually placed over an existing treatment such as blinds or draperies and used as a finishing touch. Can include fabric swags, valances, and cornices.
• V
  Valance: a decorative treatment used to cover the face of a headrail.
  
  Vane: the vertical louvers or slats making vertical blinds.
  
  Venetian blinds: a type of horizontal blind, usually with two-inch wide slats.
  
  Vertical blind: window treatment featuring vertical vanes that swivel and open in either a split- or one-way-draw.
• W
  Width: window measurement from the left to right.

Pictures of blinds 

The staircase of my current flat in Kaunas, Lithuania.

I am very fond of crystal

window blinds tuscany

view from my wake-up hostel room

October sun peering through the window blinds of our Bielefeld office

Hard-to-reach windows Problem Solver 

Having problems with windows, shades, and blinds which are hard to reach?

Motorized Blinds is the answer!

Motorized, Battery Operated, Remote Controlled, Electric, Automatic Blinds. Whatever you call them, motorized blinds make your life easy!

Control hard to reach window blinds, operate the window shades in your home theater by remote control, increase energy efficiency and personal security with shades on a timer that you set to raise and lower at specified times - motorization is the answer! And better yet - NO wiring is required!

We recommend motorized blinds to:
. Control hard to reach window blinds
. Increase energy efficiency with shades on a timer
. Increase security and peace of mind when home alone
. Easily control light in your home theater

Types
> Cellular Shades
> Roman Shades
> Faux Wood Blinds
> Wood Blinds
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Sheer Horizontals:
> Comfortex Shangri La
Hunter Douglas Silhouette
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Essential Tools for Installation 

• Steel tape measure
• An electric or battery powered hand drill driver. If this is not available, then disregard the next item and use a ¼" screwdriver-style nut driver, at least 6" in total length. WARNING: Installation with a hand driver will take much longer.
• A ¼" extended magnetic driver bit (hardened)- Also known as the "blind installers friend"; ¼" because it is the standard size of the screws that come with virtually all custom-made window treatments, extended 3-4" for easier access, magnetic to hold the screw by itself, and hardened to last more than 5 screws.
• Pliers, both regular and needle nose.
• A scratch awl, or "sharp 4-inch metal poker with a handle".
• Phillips and flathead screwdrivers-do not attempt to solely use these 2 itens for installation. The installation screws that come with the blinds are usually not meant for any other driver than the ¼" nut driver (even though they are slotted for phillips or flathead) and will cause great anxiety to whoever tries to use anything else.
• Small level

Aluminum Mini Blinds 

And Cordless Mini Blinds

Aluminum mini blinds provide a low cost and durable solution for the budget minded. The most common slat size is the standard 1" mini. 1/2" micro and 2" Macro slat sizes are also available.

Cordless mini blinds eliminate the lift cords from your mini blinds making them safer for children. These blinds are available in over 100 colors. Aluminum blinds are easy to clean and maintain.

Mini Blinds Brands and Features

Motorized Blinds 

Motorized blinds are battery operated, remoted controlled, automatic, and there's no wiring required. Whether you want to control the window shades in your home theater with all the other equipment from one location, you want to increase energy efficiency in your home, or increase your personal security motorization is the answer. They are especially practical for those hard-to-reach windows.

Types of Motorized Blinds

Panel Track Blinds 

Modern. Contemporary. Panel Track blinds relax you with clean, simple lines. Add a Zen-like feel of peace and harmony to your special place - that place where you go to rejuvenate from the busyness of your life.

Sheerweave sliding panel tracks, in warm, inviting colors set the mood for your room. Enjoy a chardonnay with friends. Recreate with family.

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Skylight Window Blinds and Shades 

Skylight window shades and treatments enable you to control bright sunlight that disturbs your sleep in the morning. Skylight shades are available in light filtering and room darkening cellular materials that also are energy efficient, trapping heat that would warm your room in the summer, making it uncomfortable. They are available in a battery operated motorized version by Hunter Douglas as well as manually operable blinds that can be controlled either with your hand, or with an extension pole for windows that are out of easy reach. Whatever your skylight window size, YourBlinds.com has the shade that will take care of your sun control needs.

Brands, Light control, Motorized

Arches and Shapes 

Fabric and Wood Arches

Arch window treatments give you back control over the sun and allow you to enjoy your room once again. Arch window shades can be either fixed or moveable coverings. Arch window blinds are available in wood and cellular fabrics. Arch window shades are distinctive and inviting accents; arch blinds define the shape of the arch window making it a focal point of your experience - to relax and rejuvenate.
Recommended to:
. Block the sun's heat and glare
. Open a room up to more light, while keeping privacy

Fixed fabric arches block the sun while beautifully accenting your window. Fixed wood arches set each slat at a 45 degree angle to reflect the sun and reduce heat buildup in your room.Cellular fabric reduces heat buildup in your room while softly complimenting the rest of the cellular blinds in your room. Once set, forget about your arch and enjoy the cozy warmth fabric creates.

Fabric Arch, Wood Arch, Quarter Circles and Circles

Cellular Shades 

YourBlinds Cellular Shades

Cellular Shades are the most energy efficient window covering available today. Their honeycomb structure traps air for maximum energy efficiency and sound reduction. Cellular shades also give you the greatest number of options to control the light, including the very popular cordless feature. Additionally, when fully raised, they obstruct a very small portion of your view. Cellular blinds free you to:

. Save energy by lowering heating & cooling costs
. Reduce noise
. Enjoy your view
. Keep your privacy
. Be child safe

YourBlinds cellular shades are fashionable and functional. Cellular shades are a stylish shade that provides privacy and energy efficiency simultaneously. The cells of the honeycomb shade trap air in their cells that insulates your home. They reduce summer cooling costs and winter heating costs. The cells have an added bonus of reducing noise too.

YourBlinds cellular shades are available in single & double cell fabrics & 3 pleat sizes (3/8" single cell, 3/4" single cell and double cell). They are available in an array of colors and distinctive fabrics that provide varying degrees of light control and privacy from light filtering to room darkening. YourBlinds cellular shades are made of color-fast polyester and are simple to clean.

Most Popular Cellular Shades

Woven Wood Shades 

The calming influence of these unique natural materials-rattans and bamboos, grasses and reeds-create a haven when you want to get away from it all without ever leaving the comfort of your home.

Woven Wood Shades give you a variety of options to express your personal style, including valances, decorative trims and finishes, decorative banding, privacy liner and the Top Down/Bottom Up option.

Whether you're shopping for a bamboo window shade to transport you to relaxation or just an attractive, sophisticated window treatment, woven wood blinds are the perfect solution.

Brands and Features

YourBlinds.com