All types of blinds

Everybody dreams of decorating your home in a beautiful and original way. For decorating windows, there was always one choice - curtains. However, today a serious competitor has become another invention, convenient, practical, functional and very beautiful - blinds. Today there are different types of blinds.

What it is?

Blinds are a construction of adjustable lamella plates designed to create the most comfortable conditions: protection from bright sunlight and uniform distribution of air and heat. In the interior of a modern room they play an important role in creating the harmony and integrity of the design composition. Ecologically safe, convenient and practical, being in constant dynamics of development and improvement, gaining all new functions and opportunities - they have long left traditional curtains and tulles only a mission of decorative elements.

In more detail about what types of blinds exist in the modern market, you learn from the following video.

What are the types of systems?

Today's market offers a variety of types of blinds.

Horizontal

Horizontal (or "Venetian curtains") are recognized as classics and are the most popular. The construction here is simple, its description will not take much time. It consists of a set of strips, which are arranged horizontally, fastened with cords and suspended on the upper cornice. With the help of these cords all the strips can be simultaneously rotated, adjusting the necessary lighting in the room. There are internal and interframe constructions.

The varieties of products of this type include roll, Roman versions, slats, plisse, curtains "Zebra".

Horizontal blinds are usually made of durable inexpensive materials: plastic, aluminum. They have a number of positive qualities:

  • democratic price;
  • practicality;
  • durability;
  • preservation for a long time of the original presentable appearance;
  • ability not to absorb surrounding odors;
  • high heat dissipation, ideal for rooms with high humidity levels;
  • the ability to adjust lighting and visibility;
  • the mechanism for controlling the opening-closing process is simple and easy to use;
  • horizontal position and the correct choice of the width of the slats will help to visually expand the space;
  • ease of care (washing with a cloth, brushes, cleaning with a vacuum cleaner).

All these advantages are great for offices, enterprises and various institutions.

Vertical

Vertical blinds appeared later, when there was a desire to make "modern curtains" in my house, so they blew comfort and modernity with a touch of tradition.

The strips here are arranged vertically and fixed on the eaves with special fixings. Below they are connected by a chain or cord.

Designs of this type have their own characteristics and advantages:

  • perfectly combined with arches, large windows, sliding doors; able to make any interior cozy and complete;
  • a convenient control mechanism is able to rotate the planks around its axis at the angle you need, as well as push the slats apart, which allows you to create different degrees of illumination in the room;
  • you can push them, like the curtains, with the help of a cord;
  • choice of management options: gather right, left, to the center, from the center;
  • the vertical position of the slats prevents dust and dirt from collecting, and it also visually increases the height of the room;
  • possibility of washing in a washing machine;
  • reliability, convenience, ease of operation.

Photo blinds

Photoblinds are a novelty that has filled up the decor market not so long ago, but at the same time it is actively gaining popularity among fans of all the extraordinary and interesting.

Creating such an exclusive requires accuracy and accuracy. Using the technology of thermal printing, the image is applied to the substrate - as a rule, tissue. However, before this special program calculates the imposition of strips. Next, the canvas is cut into slats and fasten. Subject to all the rules and nuances of drawing on the resulting product will be collected exactly, without distortion.

The paint is protected from burnout with a special layer that allows the unique creation to shine with its novelty for a long time. Image options are infinite. The customer can use ready-made design options or offer his own version.

Such an original design will make an ordinary window opening a real masterpiece of art, which will attract admiring glances of passers-by, if the drawing is applied to the outside, and elevate the mood of all inhabitants of the house, if vice versa.

A variety of themes of images makes them suitable for any room and in addition to aesthetic properties adds more practical. If in the nursery you apply fragments of your favorite cartoons to photo blinds, your baby will like it very much, calm him and cheer up. In the bedroom, the image of a relaxation orientation will be very useful. The window opening of the office is perfect for placing attractive advertising, company logo.

Great variety of options. However, the choice should work one important principle: a harmonious combination with the other elements of the decor and compliance with the overall style of the apartment or office.

Easy to install, change images, care, practicality, indescribable effect predict a great future for photo blinds.

Frameless

Thanks to modern technology, horizontal blinds are well embedded in the design of windows between the doors, which makes them protected from dirt, dust and precipitation.This does not violate the functionality of windows.

Fasteners are produced directly between the frames. Such products can be installed both in wooden and plastic windows, this is an excellent option for office partitions.

Blinds made of durable polyester fiber, very unpretentious in the care. Their distinctive features are compactness, ergonomics, stealth, aesthetics.

Arched

Non-standard windows in the form of an arch are becoming increasingly popular not only in offices and country cottages, but also in summer cottages and apartments. Perhaps many people want to move away from uniformity and emphasize their individuality. Appeared the need to focus on the shape of the window. If there is demand, there will be supply. Designers have created arched blinds, which are designed to emphasize the originality of this home.

The design here consists of two parts: a semicircular, resembling a gracefully open fan, and a standard rectangular. Both parts are usually made in the same color (and style), which emphasizes the harmony and elegance of the composition.

The most flawless option here are blinds-pleated.

They effectively emphasize the shape of the window, are able to perfectly keep the shape, easy to manage and maintain.

Multifurture

All the originality of designer fantasies allow us to realize the dynamically developing advanced technologies and developments. New items in this area are constantly replacing one another.

The new development in the field of decor has become multi-textured blinds. This is a multi-level design of fabric and plastic, between which various decorative elements of different colors and textures are inserted. All together it forms a bright and unique pattern or ornament.

The new look is distinguished by the variety of forms, shades, textures, which can be combined by creating the most incredible and unpredictable compositions - or gentle, suitable for romantic people. .

Probably, many people dream of creating in their home a small island of their dreams, which will fill every day with energy and positive.

With all the incredible possibilities of multi-venetian blinds, they are easy to install, maintain and manage.

There are many types of blinds, curtains: Roman, plisse, mansard, roll, protective, cassette and others. Each species has its own nuances and advantages.

Curtains

This look is suitable for people who cannot choose between traditional curtains and modern window design options. By ordering vertical multi-textured blinds of the desired color, you will get a unique thing: they will look like curtains, but with a large set of functionality. Or another approach: a harmonious combination of modern options and classic curtains.

So your feelings and desires will be satisfied.

Views by material

The range of materials for the manufacture of blinds is quite extensive:

  • Aluminum is considered the most practical and popular.. Aluminum structures are durable, long-lasting, corrosion-resistant, practical, not very demanding to care, inexpensive. Such a wide range of advantages allowed aluminum blinds to beautify the windows of most offices, schools, hospitals, kindergartens and other institutions.
  • Slightly inferior to aluminum plastic: resistant to deformation, durable, inexpensive, not afraid of moisture. Plastic products are chosen in rooms with a high level of humidity: pools, baths, bathrooms.
  • The tree is elegant, solid, environmentally friendly, warm, comfortable, durable, durable, expensive.
  • Fabric - the most familiar, and therefore attractive and popular. There are different densities, textures, colors. The most acceptable option is polyester - due to its strength, resistance to fading, the ability to be easily cleaned.

Ways and mechanisms of management

There are several ways to control the process of opening or closing blinds:

  • Manual or rope (with the help of a chain or cord), semi-automatic, when a spring is hidden inside the shaft, with the help of which the effort of a person is reduced when lifting curtains.
  • You can also highlight automatic (electrically driven) method. Although this option is expensive, it makes it possible to radically simplify the operation of the structure. Sometimes it is the only management option. The process is carried out using a powerful electric drive mounted inside the shaft and placed in the eaves. The system with an electric drive allows you to more accurately determine the degree of illumination you need, as well as manage processes without wasting time and effort. The control program has many options: the blinds can be opened at once in all the rooms, only in one, at the same time open in one, and in the other close - and so on.The control center of an automated system can be a remote control, a button, or an established timer. The control program has many options: the blinds can be opened at once in all the rooms, only in one, at the same time open in one, and in the other close - and so on.

The control center of an automated system can be a remote control, a button, or an established timer.

Mounting options

Fasten the blinds directly to the window or outside of it - to the frame or wall. Only horizontal louvers can be attached to each casement of the window, while the vertical ones are attached to the window opening. Various options can be attached to the ceiling.

Structures are fastened with the help of brackets, screws or with the help of drilled holes.

Features of choice on plastic and wooden windows

The difference of plastic windows from the rest is in their special design, allowing them to open in different planes. Therefore, for them you need to choose certain blinds: so as not to interfere, do not hang out and harmoniously fit into the overall picture.

All these requirements correspond to the blinds, which are mounted directly in the casement window. For example, it can be cassette, rolshtora.With them, all actions with a window can be carried out together with curtains.

Choosing a model on a plastic window, focus on your own comfort and convenience.

Almost all types of blinds are suitable for wooden sash windows. Therefore, the choice depends solely on your taste and style. The only nuance that designers pay attention to is natural materials of products that can once again emphasize luxury and thoroughness.

Beautiful room design solutions

A huge variety of types, colors, materials, super fashionable design allowed blinds occupy an important place in the interior of any apartment, house, room, room:

  • The combination of protective and decorative qualities, ease of use and practicality, as well as ultra-modern design and variety of materials.
  • Wooden products in the color of furniture are very popular in the classic interior.
  • Young residents of the apartment will love colored aluminum models.
  • Large windows of the luxurious living room will be adequately decorated with horizontal blinds combined with Japanese curtains.
  • Neat vertical curtains pastel shades will act on you in the bedroom soothingly.
  • Multi-colored wavy products will cheer up the little owners of nurseries. The originality of design, the combination of harmony and functionality, the possibility of combining with other components of the decor allowed the blinds to become a good alternative to traditional curtains.
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