Roman Blinds For Your Home

Roman Blinds For Your Home

If you are here for the first time you may not know that we moved to a new home a month ago. We love it and I am all about interiors at the moment! We’re looking at roman blinds especially. When buying blinds for your home there is a lot to take into consideration. From various colours to different materials, there are many options at your disposal. One option you should definitely think about is suede Roman blinds. According to my research, not only are suede Roman blinds extremely beautiful but also you have a great selection to choose from and you can reap the rewards of other advantages as well. Keep on reading to discover why suede Roman builds are the perfect addition to any home…

Getting Started With Roman Blinds

We have two roman blinds in the house already but are looking into suede Roman blinds. With this type you have the classic look of the Roman style combined with the exquisite suede material, doubling the appearance value. The Roman style is an extremely popular one, since it offers a look that is sophisticated and elegant. It is a very versatile style and will thus complement the furniture and accessories of virtually any room. You can also get commercial blinds in a Roman-style if you are looking to enhance your business. You then, of course, have the beautiful suede material, offering further visual beauty. Suede is a lovely material that has a luxurious and contemporary feel.

Colour Options With Roman Blinds

The full spectrum of colours will be available to you when purchasing suede Roman blinds. From red and aubergine, to mauve and coffee, the options are endless, and suede is a material that does all colours justice, bringing them to life. You also have various design options in regards to the Roman style. You could go for a looped or teardrop style or there are flat Roman blinds for those seeking something a bit more modern. Irrespective of what option you go for, one thing you can be sure of is that you will be investing in a type of blind that has achieved that elusive timeless status in terms of style. 

Nonetheless, whilst visual advantages are important, you want to benefit from a lot more when purchasing blinds for your home. Luckily, suede Roman blinds provide this. A lot of people opt for this style of blind since it offers them a significant degree of privacy. Firstly, suede is quite a thick, and thus it is not a material that is going to allow a significant degree of light to seep through, which sheer materials would for instance.  The Roman style enhances the privacy factor thanks to the use of full fabric panels. This design ensures that people passing by outside cannot see into your house. Not only do you benefit from a large amount of privacy, but significant light blockage as well, which is why suede Roman blinds are often popular for use in bedrooms. It’s our youngest son’s bedroom we are looking at next for blinds so this could work nicely.

Roman Blind Maintainance

A lot of people assume that suede Roman blinds are going to be difficult to clean. However, from what I can gather, that’s not the case. All you need to do is remove the blind and use a cleaner that is suitable for suede. Most types of suede are sensitive to water and water-based cleaners, yet there are some kinds of faux suede that have been manufactured so you can clean them using water. With the vast scope of cleaning products available in supermarkets nowadays, you will certainly be able to find a suitable suede-cleaning product at a cheap rate. Moreover, it is also worth taking into account the fact that suede is a material that does not stain easily. This is because the fabric is so tightly woven and therefore any substances will merely sit on the surface rather than soaking into the material.

The fact that suede repels stains easily is one example of how this is a material that is long lasting. Whilst suede may be soft and lightweight, it is actually one of the most durable materials on the market. When you buy suede Roman blinds, you know you are investing in a product that is going to last for many, many years. Value for money is assured. You can create a warm, cosy, stylish and classy feel in any room, with bedrooms and living rooms specifically being the best choice for this style of blind. When you consider all of the points that have been mentioned, it is really not hard to see why roman blinds are a must-have addition for any home!

Now I just need to see how they might work in a bay window….

The Magic of Sleep

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I love being a Mum. We consider ourselves very lucky to have two such fabulous young boys; we adore them, we cherish them, we love them but the second tea is over and it is bedtime those little angels are off up the wooden hill!

Thankfully both boys like their sleep because by the time evening has come around I’m ready to shut down, to relax, to spend time with Roy and generally just flop. We were fortunate that both boys sleep really well usually because if something disturbs them (like light nights for example!) I’m a dribbling wreck in the morning.

Clearly, I need to sort some kind of blackout solutions for sunny evenings and bright mornings because I am most definitely a girl that needs her beauty sleep! We did try some clever stick on blackout blinds once upon a time and while they were “ok” it was an old house and the windows got wet inside sometimes, and they got wet, then fell down…

We’ve winged it since then but to be honest I really need to get my bottom in gear and look for a permanent solution. Blinds appeal to me but to be honest I’ve always thought they look a bit dull in a child’s room and I’ve been wary from a safety aspect. Having done a little research I needn’t have worried are there’s a whole host of safety features built into blinds these days. That ticks that box so imagine my delight to find that the company VELUX actually have Disney themed blinds for children amongst other designs.

I like a child’s room to be full of colour (as long as said room isn’t flooded with colourful daylight interrupting my lazy evening or early morning sleep) so these are great. Taylor currently has a bright rainbow-stripe coloured duvet set, fun stickers all over his wardrobe, fun colourful toy boxes and more. To put a plain cream blackout blind in would have been a bit of a buzz-kill in my opinion.

We were very pleased to see that a lot of the blinds are also remote controllable (no tugging, twisting and yanking from him or us and we decide when it’s time for sunlight to come in) which is another bonus feature.

Our one snag (or so I thought) was that our bedroom windows in this wonderful character-filled house are all sash windows with original bottle glass. We did have a company come and quote us to have blinds fitted a few years ago and they weren’t sure how to manage that the way the windows are. Thankfully  VELUX blackout blind installers aren’t fazed by this (and indeed have blinds perfectly designed for just this type of window) so it looks like we have some pattern choosing to do!

Have you had blackout blinds installed in your child’s room? How did you find the process and was it worth it? Sleep is so important (ours as well as theirs) so we are seriously considering doing both children’s rooms and possibly ours too!

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