The Blind Blog

Blinds vs. Shades: Which Window Treatment is Right for You?

When it comes to window treatments, there’s a lot of choices. Even if you’ve narrowed your selection down to blinds or shades, there’s many types, both with their advantages and drawbacks.

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Topics: Blinds, Shades, Blinds VS Shades

Vertical Blinds: Sleek and Contemporary

South Florida residents know that one thing they have in abundance is sunshine! Often, architects add expansive windows to their designs to take advantage of one of our greatest natural resources.

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Topics: Vertical Blinds, Blinds, Hunter Douglas

Beach Bungalow's Window Treament Guide

Choosing coverings for your windows shouldn’t be a tedious or tricky task. A simple way to add style to the home, blinds and shutters offer a wide range of practical benefits, from the shade they provide to the privacy they offer the occupants of a property. If you don't know all that much about window accents, tlet us shine a light on the options available.

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Topics: Window Treatment Ideas, Blinds, Woven Wood Shades, Shades, roller shades

8 Signs It’s Time to Replace Your Window Treatments

When updating a home, most people think of the obvious enhancements: a fresh coat of paint, new furniture, a new piece of artwork, or even a houseplant (or two). But what many overlook are the window treatments.

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Topics: Energy Efficient Window Treatments, Blinds, Shades

The Best Blinds for Child Safety

Children are naturally curious beings – sometimes to a fault. At times it feels like they seek out the most dangerous thing to try and play with or explore! If you have children in your home, living with you or visiting regularly, you probably have most of your home childproofed. However, many people don’t think twice about their window coverings being hazardous.

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Topics: Blinds

PowerView® Motorization: Intelligent Shades to Simplify Life

Can you imagine having window treatments that knew the time of day and adjusted to what you want the light and ambiance to be, throughout your home, all the time? Want to take control of the light in your home with a tap on your tablet or phone, or even a spoken command? With PowerView Motorization, you can do all of these things and more!

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Topics: Motorization, Blinds, Powerview

Cellular Shades: Your Answer to Privacy, Shade, and Style

If you’re looking for an energy efficient, yet attractive update for your window treatments, cellular shades could be your answer. Cellular shades, also called honeycomb shades, offer privacy, insulation and light control for just about any window.

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Topics: Blinds

Battle of the Blinds: Wood vs. Composite Shutters

You want to refresh the look of your home’s interior with plantation shutters, but you’re torn; do you go with wood or composite? We’ve broken down the differences between these two very popular materials so you can decide for yourself which one would best suit your needs.

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Topics: Blinds

Five Ways to Get a Great Night of Sleep

Getting a great night’s rest is absolutely necessary for our health and everyday functionality. Sleep helps us replenish from the workday and makes us feel crummy when we don’t get enough of it.

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Topics: Vertical Blinds, Blinds

10 Trendy Window Treatments for Your Bungalow Bathroom

As you work to add the perfect design touches to every room in your home, one space can easily be forgotten: the bathroom. Just because you won’t be entertaining guests or spending a majority of your time in this room, doesn’t make it any less important or mean you should spend less time designing and decorating the space.

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Topics: Color options for window treatments, Blinds, Curtains