Decorating Windows Using Roman Shades

Roman shades come in a broad range of styles including patterns, solids and stripes which provide beautiful decorative materials for draping windows. There is a wide range of fabrics to select from including linen, silk, cotton and polyester. There are different fold styles to choose from depending on your taste, preference and circumstances. They are available tailor made or ready made.

The use of Roman shades involves combining smart and neatly prepared panels with curtain materials to provide blinding effect over window glasses. They are most commonly used at home where windows are comparatively small and allow for such decorations. Decorating a room by this means entails designing panels which are then covered with beautiful pieces of cloth to be fitted over the window.

Different styles are used in the design of these products including classic, formal and casual. Fabrics used have a great bearing on the final product and must therefore be chosen carefully if the desired effects are to be realized. Mounting methods vary with some people preferring to mount them inside the window frames while others prefer mounting on front casing.

Decisions regarding how to position the panel depend on the position of the sun and lighting requirements. When the rays are too strong the positioning will ensure the part of the window which is letting in light is sufficiently covered while the remaining part is left uncovered. Visibility needs also determine whether the window should be completely covered or partially covered.

Roman shades may be designed to be positioned by lowering and raising or by moving from right to left or left to right. This may be a matter of design but can also be determined by the availability of space dictating directions in which movements are possible. The guiding principle is to ensure that the blinder serves the purposes of controlling the amount of light entering the room or the visibility from outside the room while adding to the beauty within.

Even though there are different options for moving the panels into place, the bottom up or up bottom can be more useful for controlling the amount of light entering the house. If sun rays are penetrating the room through the upper part of the window then it is that part to be covered. Likewise if the rays are entering through the lower sections then the blinder may be lowered accordingly.

These products have been found to be particularly useful for bed rooms where one may want to allow sun rays to strike the room while maintaining his or her privacy. In such circumstances you only need to open the upper part so light can get in while keeping the lower sections covered.

Roman shades provide valuable means of controlling how much light comes into a room as well as how much can be seen. They make it possible to improve the beauty of the room while improving its convenience and functionality. It is better to get them tailor made so they can properly fit your window spaces. The costs involved are considerably low despite the great functions they perform.