What if you like the calming effect of horizontal lines, but you can’t stand cleaning Venetian blinds? Here is a great solution. The Roman blind is not a dust trap like the slotted Venetian blind, and is more durable, with no rotating, and nothing to get bent. Cotton canvas and wood are a practical pair. They are also an attractive pair. This blind comes in seven colors to match your decor. The lighter shades, like this one in the photo, are translucent, while the darker shades are opaque. All provide privacy.
This design is versatile. You can include this shade in a Japanese style room, as it reminds one of a Shoji screen, but the blind will look equally at home with a rustic country decor, an ultra modern decor, or a beach home with models of sailing ships. You can even work them into a children’s room decor. They are not overly busy looking, and will help create a restful sleeping environment.
The great thing about this brand is that they come in five sizes to fit your windows. If you have several in one room, they look good because the horizontal lines at the same height lend continuity, and subconsciously create the sense of looking out over a great distance. being able to retract them as much as you like, allows for you to reveal as much of the window as you prefer at any given time. In this way, you can cut the glare from the sun while allowing a breeze to enter.
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Look closely at this window film by Artscape. It looks just like rice paper, doesn’t it? Great detail! This is perfect for creating the look of a traditional Japanese Shoji screen. If you have a series of small square framed windows, or long panel shaped windows, this rice paper design will transform them to look just like the real thing.
The company makes this window film in long narrow strips, but you can merge them seamlessly like wall paper to cover larger areas, and trim them down to fit your window size and shape exactly. The film is self- adhering without the use of adhesives, so you can take it off easily, without damage or mess, even after years of use. The film filters out UV rays, and is not harmed by heat, cold, steam, or humidity.
You get the benefit of a translucent material that is not transparent. Your window will still let the light in, while giving you privacy.
The Shoji screen design instantly gives your room an understated look of elegant sophistication, and the clean lines that inspire tranquility and peace in your home or office. This would be perfect for a studio or meditation center as well. We should all be so lucky as to have such a serene environment to live in.
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Are you designing a white or cream color decor theme? The trick is to layer the room with texture, and then keep the lighting soft, both of which will prevent the color from seeming flat and lifeless. Here’s a great start. These curtains are the perfect touch. They will add romance, subtle opulence, and and an antique look like no other. You’ll feel like a noble.
Ivy lace and vine scrolls are hand printed by artisans with wooden blocks, creating a cream on ivory background, two toned, textured look. Made of lovely voile cotton gossamer, the sheer fabric is translucent, and creates an ethereal yet warm light to bathe the room. It also allows you privacy, as it is not transparent.
The curtain measures 84 inches by 46 inches and has a tab top hanging array. It comes with a matching tie back, in case you want to gather it to the side in a sweeping draped fashion.
Continue the theme by adding throw pillows with textured white and cream colored fabrics. Green plants make a good color accent in such a room, because the leaf pattern on the curtain print will be echoed in the form of such plants as the Wandering Jew, which incidentally loves the diffused light, provided by the curtain.
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Excellent! Not only do you get the beauty of bamboo blinds, with their warm tasteful color and texture, and their understated elegance; you also get the beauty of a traditional Chinese brush and ink painting of bamboo on the shade, which turns your closed window into a portal to a lovely forest or garden. Perfect combination!
From the point of view of a Feng shui consultant, this is an impeccable choice. The bamboo material and image will enhance your positive “Chi” (vital energy) and cure “Sha Chi” (negative energy), as bamboo is very auspicious and said to have magic properties that aide in healing.
Even if you simply like the way it looks, you’ll enjoy the peaceful serene feeling you get with this image.
The first thing your guests will notice is your good taste and your sophistication. Not only are these beautiful, they also help the environment. Bamboo is a quickly renewable resource, not requiring pesticides.
This blind would look lovely in a room with bamboo or rattan furniture, and bamboo wood floors.
The blind is even available in a variety of sizes: 2 ft, 3 ft, 4 ft, 5 ft, or 6 ft wide.
This makes a great house warming gift!
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Wisteria is so lovely, and the look of stained glass gorgeous. This window film has a repeating pattern that allows you to seamlessly join the panels top, bottom, left and right, just like wall paper. It is also easily trimmed. You can make this film fit any window shape or size by adding panels or trimming them.
The film is translucent but not transparent, so you’ll still be bathed in natural light, while protecting your privacy. The design is visible on both sides, so you can enjoy the beauty of the window from either view.
Imagine if you had a window that looked over something ugly. This film would give you an instant country garden view instead. Applied to a glass shower stall, this film creates a privacy screen, while surrounding the bather in beauty. Can you imagine how dreamy your bathroom would be if this was your shower stall? Can you imagine how romantic your bedroom would be, and how quaint your kitchen would be with these windows?
Artscape window film is self adhering without adhesives, so you can remove easily without damage or mess, it even after years of use. It blocks the UV rays, and is not damaged by heat, cold, humidity, or steam. The film is so easy to apply, you can do it yourself in minutes.
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Here’s a great way to insulate your home without making it feel dark and heavy. You’ll save lots of money on your electric bill with this attractive thermal shade to keep the air-conditioned or heated air from escaping, and to keep either the summer heat or the winter cold out. Unlike some thermal shades, this company makes them soft and drapey.
This shade comes in sky blue, chocolate, burgundy, beige, and gold, all with the attractive hotel stripes, for a classy look. As you can see from the photo, the affect can be very light and not at all overbearing, and yet when drawn, the shade blocks 99% of the light.
This is perfect for people who work on a computer and need to cut the glare, as well as children’s rooms where napping needs to happen in the day time.
The way the shade gathers and ties up is also very attractive. The shade has a pocket to slide the rod through, and measures 63 inches by 42 inches. Thermal curtains by Best Home Fashion are machine washable. You’ll love the convenience.
This vertical striped pattern would go well with a lot of old fashioned lace, reminiscent of the combined fabrics used to make old-fashioned striped dresses that had lace petticoats peeking out from underneath.
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Here’s a great idea for saving money and getting better sleep. Thermal curtains insulate your windows so you spend much less on heating and cooling your home. They also block 99 percent of the light, so you can really sleep deeply enough to produce life saving melatonin. This is perfect for shift workers, napping babies, and anyone who wants to see a sharper image when watching movies.
The nice thing about these thermal curtains, is that they are soft and drapery, not stiff like some others are.
They are available in black, chocolate, burgundy, beige, navy, and dark olive. The curtains measure 104 inches by 84 inches, panel: 52 inches by 84 inches. There are 6 grommets per panel, each 1.6 inches in diameter.
How do you create decor around such a large block of solid color? That’s easy, just employ symmetry and texture. The window becomes a focal point, so you put matching furniture on either side of it. For instance, matching dressers in a bed room, or matching console tables in a parlor. Place matching frames on the walls on either side of the window, and display a pair of pictures done in the same color pallet and of the same style.
An example would be amber monochrome photography of relatives, in wooden frames, placed over antique console tables with long narrow legs to contrast with the solid block of chocolate colored drapes in the middle. Then on the console tables place taupe colored items that have a variety of textures. This will contrast with the curtains even as the taupe combines with them harmoniously.
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Here’s a cool decor idea, go black. The drama and elegance of a mat black curtain can be stunning in the right place. Imagine a Gothic style bedroom where you can truly darken the room and sleep in the daytime. Hung on a rod like the one in the photo, this makes a very beautiful yet clean line, and the aged silver colored metal is the perfect accent.
Now picture an ultra modern dining room with Japanese Raku pottery or sushi plates, and a black porcelain Neko cat for good luck. The table is set with a row of transparent slender vases featuring single stemmed red flowers. Your guests are amazed and impressed by your sense of style and sophistication…..like this fantasy? Make it come true with this daring black curtain.
What if you need two layers of curtains, one as a blind, and the other as a decoration? Layer this tab top black curtain behind your decorative curtain, and viola! You can gut the glare in the living room so your movie images are sharper, and yet keep the decor coordinated. This curtain is very practical and versatile.
The curtain measures 95/96 inches, and is made of cotton fabric that is machine washable.
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