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Often consumers visit their local window coverings store, or their web stores, to select a type of covering for the windows in their home or office. The visit will start with the customer entering the store and approaching the salesperson in the store, “I am looking for blinds for my home.” Then the salesperson in the store will push what is giving him the highest commission, or what they think is the easiest choice for the customer to make, thus leading to a quick sale. We have heard of occasions where a client enters a blinds store looking to buy elegant and expensive treatments, and an unsophisticated sales person, afraid of losing a sale for price, greets the customer and promptly promotes low cost generic blinds. Other times, a sales person may lose a sale, and leave a frustrated client, when the sales person pushes blinds that are outside the financial reach of the customer. Using the information found here, a customer may be properly educated and satisfied in a search for blinds. To understand what you want to buy, let’s discuss the names for the blinds. Look at them, and you will often know what they are. If you learn the names, which might be difficult to learn at first, you will start with a blinds buying advantage. In this article we will describe what they are, and in others, we have spoken, and will continue to describe how to use the blinds for your best suit. Blinds with slats that are oriented horizontally are called horizontal blinds. Depending on the type of material, horizontal blinds will have names related to what materials are used to make them. For example, a blinds made from wood are called wood blinds. Blinds made from metal are a bit different, lately are called venetian blinds. The horizontals that are smaller are called mini blinds. Get it? They are smaller kinds of blinds. Often these blinds are called metal blinds, or, perhaps, aluminum blinds. Blinds made from artificial, PVC, or foam, materials, are often called Faux blinds, which is from the French for “fake.” Flat and thin, or curved and thin blinds are usually called PVC blinds, which is a low cost version of all the others. Blinds where the material runs up and down are called verticals, or vertical blinds. There are a few material options for verticals, and that s where they get their names. Fabric verticals are made from fabrics, PVC vertical blinds are made from PVC or plastic, and wood hanging, although very rare, would be called wood vertical blinds. Some traditionalists may want their blinds made from metal, or aluminum, and you can see where this name game is going. Look at the material for an indication of the name, but you cannot expect the blinds materials to indicate price. Plastic blinds have increased in price so much recently, they are more expensive than may fabric vertical blinds. Some variations may require a little more exploration. What makes a mini, a micro, or a regular venetian blind? Well, venetian blinds, which used to be of wood, are two inches in depth, and use cloth lift tapes. Mini blinds are 1 inch in depth, and are from aluminum. Micro blinds are about half an inch, from aluminum, and, like minis, use braided thread lift ladder strings. The above are the basic types of blinds out there, but there are some specialty styles to consider. These start with skylight, motorized and between the panes. We will discuss these types a little. When one has a window in the ceiling, the lighting effect can be great and beautiful. However, often these windows can let in too much light For these windows, a skylight blind may serve the trick. Not just any blind can fit in a ceiling window, and they will need to function at an installed angle. Often mini blinds are a good alternative, because they can be wire guided for skylights. Motorized blinds can be any of the types of blinds we already discussed, but are motorized. These motors are getting more affordable, and can have increasing amounts of functions, including control over the internet. With double paned windows, you have the advantage of better insulation for sound as well as temperature. However, you do not have an advantage of better light insulation. Quality made windows have the opportunity for blinds that take advantage. These are called between the panes treatments. These require controls from outside. The between the panes blinds usually do not have complete control, but they work well enough to be a product of choice. Learning about the different types of blinds will help you get more of what you want. Aside from the basics of the products, learn how to call each blind that you want. This will help to avoid confusion. It the store, salesperson, or website you find does not know the correct terms, consider that they may not be the place for you.
By: Judith Persit
Judith Persit is an qualified interior decorator with a focus on window coverings. Judith writes about wood blinds. Learn more regarding blinds at her website.
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