Inexpensive home renovation with Window Coverings

Renovating a home within budget is not easy. However with little creativity you can easily change the appearance of the rooms.

Author: Daniel William

Home renovation

People approach home renovation with causation. Renovating entire home costs huge amount of money. Everyone cannot afford the kind of cost which home renovation requires. However, despite the trouble with cost, you need to change the demeanor of the house. This change is required. A changed home surrounding refreshes the mind.

Inexpensive home make over

You can change the looks of your house without spending too much money. If money is not a problem, you can bring home anything. However, when you are on a tight budget you need to careful. The best way to change the appearance of the home is to repaint the house. This adds a brand new look and shine to the house. But, painting an entire house can be expensive. You can replace the paint with decorated wallpapers. These do not cost too much money. Yet, this will add a new dimension to the house. Moving the furnishings from one place to another is another way of changing the appearance of the home. You can change the Window Coverings to brighten up your home.

Right store

You need to save as much money on shopping as you can. This you can do by shopping from the secondhand store. These stores contain different useful items. You can have the luxury of choices while shopping from such store. However, make sure to buy brand new Window Blinds. Secondhand blinds will ruin the effect of the renovation.

Adding light

If your home is gloomy, try to add some light to the rooms. Allow light to enter through the windows. Keep the blinds tied up throughout the day. You will feel better in a bright surrounding. You can keep the windows open for the better part of the day. There is another way to lighten up the rooms. You can add inexpensive lights to each room. This will provide a great appearance to the home.

Create comfort

The bottom line of home renovation is to add comfort. Invest in throw in pillows. These pillows play great part in changing the appearance of the home. Buy different colored pillows and throw these over the mattress. If you have a spare room, you can turn this into a study or sitting room. Make sure to add flashy yet thin blinds to this room. These type of shades will filter the sun light and brighten up the room.

Bedroom make over

Here you spend most of the time. You need to add privacy to this room. Install Faux Wood Blinds to this room. These types of blinds keep the unwanted attention away. Also, the blinds prevent the sun light to enter inside the room. These types of blinds come in different colors and patters.

Decorating your sitting room

Decorating your sitting room can be fun. Cover the windows with Roller Shades. The advantage of these shades is, you can roll this away in the morning and add natural light to the room. If you do not want to be disturbed, you can pull the shades and block the entire outside scenario.

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Select Wood Blinds Versus Faux Wood Blinds For Your Home

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By Jennifer Greenfield

In today's home improvement fashions, wood blinds are becoming more popular, with homeowners enjoying the look, feel, and aesthetics of natural blinds. Wood blinds perfectly compliment rooms such as home offices or dens, kitchens, family rooms, and even bedrooms, offering an elegant window treatment. Wood blinds create a warm and inviting feeling while offering much needed shade and temperature control to homes throughout the Nation. However, there are certain advantages to both wood blinds compared to faux wood blinds.

Given the supply and demand of materials, natural wood blinds can oftentimes come at a higher price tag when compared to faux wood. Since budget is typically top of a homeowner's list of importance, this often places faux blinds as a more viable option.

Faux blinds are able to offer the richness and presence of natural wood and their durable construction make them a viable option for high moisture areas in the home such as the kitchen and bathroom. By selecting faux window treatments, the homeowner has more control over both stain and paint finishes.

Here are just a few reasons why faux blinds offer the best in longevity, value and quality for your home:

1. Faux blinds oftentimes cost less to manufacturer, and in turn, can cost less for the consumer. Since they are crafted using readily available composite materials rather than real wood, this option typically meets most homeowner budgets. It is recommended to find a company that both manufacturers and provides installation services to receive the best price and fastest installation turnaround.
2. Faux blinds are known to be more durable due to their composite makeup over wood. Vinyl, the main ingredient in the composite material, is very durable and is particularly resistant to warping, cracking, or rotting due to temperature changes. Quality blinds should be manufactured with at least a 500 hour UV rating to make them the most resistant to extreme heat and moisture and also to prevent coloring or turning yellow. Generally speaking, wood can wear a bit faster than composite, making this option a better value long term.
3. To maintain good quality control, attempt to purchase your faux blinds from manufacturers within the United States. The higher quality in working with a company that both manufacturers and installs their window treatments and blinds will ensure a better overall experience. Lastly, faux blinds offer the most resistance over different seasons such as hot summers and very cold winters.

Jennifer Greenfield writes on interior design and home fashion. 

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DIY Box Store Blinds? Can Custom Blinds Be an Affordable Solution?

By Chris R McDole

Did you know that custom window coverings can be more affordable than you think? You may think that putting in Box Store white horizontal blinds is the best choice for your budget. You will do your best to measure your windows and then head down to Home Depot or Lowes. They will cut down the width but you will be left to tend with a big stack of slats on the height after you've installed the blinds. You get the blinds home and unpack the first blind. You will have the mounting brackets and Phillip head screws. The fact that they give you Phillip head screws is the first indicator that they want this to be an agonizing experience. The 1/8 in hex screw allows for an easier installation experience. The first blind will be the most difficult but you will find your way and each blind after that will get easier. Along the way you will pop on the valances which are very basic. If you have bull nose corners it is pretty much a guarantee that the valance will not cover the top sill gap. This is just one of the small finishing touches that the box store blinds will not offer. When you lower the blind down you will notice the big stack of slats that I mentioned earlier.

As you lower you'll notice multiple cords that allow you to lower and raise the slats. They do not use cord equalizers which brings multiple cords into a single cord. What you end up getting is multiple cords which constantly tangle and look unsightly. I believe that in the directions it will tell you how easy it is to remove the slats to adjust the blinds to the proper length. If you attempt to remove the slats it will not be long before you realize that it is far from easy and you may decide not to do future blinds. This is why in most cases when I run into these blinds in homes the stack is usually still there. You get through the install, taking off the extra slats or not. You can open and close your new blinds with a wand. When you get close to closing them you will feel a pressure put on the system and fear breaking it. This is actually a good thing because it is a system that breaks fairly easy. I will not sell blinds with a wand. At the end of the day you've saved money on the product but had to invest an endless amount of time installing. The saying "the bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of a low price is forgotten" was made for these blinds.

The solution is Norman Performance Essential Faux Wood. For a few dollars more than DIY you'll get:

• White or Pearl slats
• 2" or 2 ½ slats
• 3 ¼ Designer Crown Valance (will cover the above sill)
• Cord Tilt (smooth operations)
• Cord equalizer on lift side (control tangling and cleaner look)
• Engineered Trapezoidal Bottom Rail (allows for better closure of slats)
• Smart Privacy - no route holes (tighter closure, enhanced privacy and great light control)

I understand that people have budgets because I have one as well. DIY is great when you can save money as well as get a decent end product. Norman's Performance Essential Blinds will give a custom fit and finish in comparisons to the box store cut down blind. With professional measure and installation you have a winning combination that will not break the bank.

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Why Faux Wood Blinds are so popular

by Danette Miller

More and more of our customers are requesting horizontal faux wood blinds.

They are in demand mostly because they give your home or office a rich classy look, they are energy efficient, and because they are less expensive than real wood blinds while simulating the appearance and experience of wood.

They also resist scratching and don't warp or split as actual wood blinds can do.

 Faux or fake wood blinds come in a variety of styles and colors, from shades of white to various wood tones, with smooth or embossed finishes.

The controls are either wand tilt or cords, and they can be ordered "routless"  which means that there are no cord holes on the slats.

They are also moisture resistant and can be cleaned easily with just soap and water.

Our line of faux wood blinds are custom made to fit you windows, and I highly recommend them.

They fit in beautifully with most the decor of most homes and offices, and they are more affordable than you might think.

You can save money and save trees at the same tiime.

I am a design consultant at Blinds 4 Less with over 20 years experience in the window covering business, and I would be happy to meet you at your home or office to show you our product line and give a you free estimate.

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