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 drapery systems Draperies are an excellent shading solution for homes and offices. When choosing draperies as your window treatments, you give the room a nice warm feel, while providing the light control you’re looking for in window shades. There are endless options when choosing drapery systems for your home, from color to style to fabric choice and beyond.
Although draperies don’t have the ability to adjust horizontally with the sun’s movement, like roller shades or folding shades, they still offer many other solar shading benefits. Many draperies can be lined with blackout liners to darken a room more than traditional draperies. Controlling the amount of light entering your room can be very helpful is you’re trying to sleep or watching a movie. Draperies are also often insulated for solar control. Insulated draperies can help keep out unwanted heat during summer months and can keep in the wanted heat during cold winter months. Both these solutions benefit you and the environment!
Drapery systems can also be operated manually or with a motorized system. Homeowners throughout New York City often convert their current manually operated draperies into a much simpler, motorized system. Motorized systems eliminate cords and the complications some face with opening and closing. Motorized window treatments can be opened and closed with the press of a button!
Since draperies are one of the preferred solar control options, they can most often be customized to your style and aesthetic preference. Depending on the look, amount of sunlight you want entering the room and purpose you want the window treatments to serve, you can explore your options. Whether it be commercial or residential drapery systems you’re looking for, both provide excellent solar control options for New York City and surround area homes and offices.
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 Blackout Shades Blackout shades are a type of window treatment used in homes and offices to prevent light from entering a room. Blackout shades are often used in apartments throughout New York City because well, it’s known as the “city that never sleeps.” If you’re looking for complete darkness in your bedroom to get a full night’s rest, consider installing blackout shades. Many times blackout shades are installed in media or home theater rooms as well, where a television or other piece of viewing technology is. Blackout shades prevent glare from the sun on televisions, computers and other viewing screens.
Material varies for blackout shades and there are different levels of “blackout.” Depending on the amount of light you want to enter, if any at all, you can decide which level of opacity you want. Here are a ways manufacturers determine which blackout shades are appropriate for which clients:
Room darkening shades
Although room darkening shades aren’t exactly “blackout” they are a level of classification. Room darkening shades can block sunlight from entering a room, but they don’t block the same level of light that other blackout shades do.
Blockout shades
Blockout shades actually block up to 99% of visible light. These shades are great for bedrooms and media rooms. Since blockout shades leave a halo of light around them, you can choose to add draperies to completely block off the light entering or allow the seepage.
Light-Tight shades
If you’re looking for full darkness, light-tight shades are the choice for you. These window shades also block up to 99% of light, but there are no seepages as all. They are snug around the edges not allowing light to enter.
Since most of these options can be customized to your personal fabric choice, it comes down to the amount of light you want to enter your room. Each option, whether it be room darkening shades, blockout shades or light-tight shades all offer similar features.
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Covering a skylight window with a motorized window treatment not only adds a visual interest to the room, but it’s also a practical solution for controlling the amount of light and heat coming through the window. Skylights are hard to reach and it can be challenging to add a simple window shade where you have to either climb a ladder or use a long pole to open and close the shade. Sometimes extension poles can be hard to maneuver, especially if you’re reaching up high.
Motorized blinds or shades offer simplicity and are a practical solution for all your needs. By being able to open and close the skylight shade with the touch of a button or the flip of a switch, you can enjoy your television show without a glare and you can sleep in without the bother of the sunlight. Light control can be adjusted accordingly, whether you are trying to keep the heat out on a hot summer day or want to feel the warmth of the sun on a cold winter morning.
Don’t be bothered by unwanted heat and light entering your room through your sunlight. Motorized sunlight shades can be installed quickly and will provide ultimate light and heat control for your home. Penthouses throughout New York City have installed motorized blinds and sunlight shades to keep out the sunlight and to help block the noise coming from the “city that never sleeps.”
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Deciding on window treatments for your home can be challenging. So many different windows, so many different shapes, so many different types of window treatments: your options are nearly endless. If you’re redecorating or remodeling your home, think about different types of window treatments available. Also, what type of home do you have: Modern, contemporary, country, etc?
Consider the amount of sunlight that enters through your windows. You most likely aren’t going to want to dress your front windows identical to your back windows. If you want to be able to control the amount of heat and light that enters your room relatively easy, folding shades or even roller shades might be your best options. Both allow you to open and close based on the amount of light you want entering the room.
Depending on your style, customize your folding shades or roller shades to your liking. If you’re looking for something simple, a honeycomb-type shade might work best. These window shades are available in a variety of fabric and pleat choices. With roller shades, you also have design flexibility, but roller shades tend to appear more fashionable and stylish.
Aside from simple folding shades and roller shades, window treatments come in all different shapes and size. Open your shades horizontally with simple folding shades or open your window shades vertically with draperies or wooden blinds, depending on your personal preference.
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Sometimes choosing window treatments for large windows in your home can be challenging. Certain material (such as wood blinds) can become heavy if you’re opening and closing constantly. Other materials (such as draperies) can also pose challenges if you need function as well as style in your window treatments. Large windows can be hard to style with window treatments, so make sure you’re adding function and style considerations to your choices.
Vertical window treatments such as vertical blinds usually work best with wider windows, adding height to a room. Horizontal blinds such as cellular shades work best on taller windows to enhance the casual décor. You can maneuver horizontal blinds based on the amount of sunlight you want to enter a room, but if your window is wide, it can become difficult to pull strings up and down constantly.
When shopping for large window treatments, keep in mind the size of your window. You’re going to want to cover it, while also still providing privacy (including light control) and functionality. If you have small children and a trying to add window treatments to a large window, consider motorized shades. Since window shades can sometimes be difficult to operate on tall and wide windows, consider motorized shades to make your life easier. Many homeowners in the New York City area have added simplicity to their life by choosing motorized shades for their large windows.
You can add both functionality and style to your room with motorized shades. Many manufacturers have added decorative design fabrics to enhance the looks of their shades. Customize your large window treatments based on your personal style, but keep in mind the challenges large windows pose.
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