A roller blind is an extremely practical choice to match any home decor. They are great for filtering out, or blocking, harsh angles of sunlight, or simply darkening a room. They provide a great privacy element to any room, providing you the comfort and privacy your family needs to be comfortable. They also help reduce your energy bills on bright days when you want to bring natural lighting into your home, instead of using artificial lighting.

What Makes Roller Blinds Different

Roller blinds let you change the length according to your preference. The control for the shade is at the top of the window, which allows you to lengthen or shorten the blind at your convenience. This allows you to create the clean, crisp look you are looking for in your space.

Choose How Dark You Want Your Room

One of the best aspects of roller blinds is that you can choose your fabric type, which allows you to better incorporate them into your existing decor. Along with the fabric, you can choose various opacity levels. You can choose the fabric your shades are covered with. You can choose a fabric that allows natural light to come into your home freely, or you can choose a blackout fabric that prevents light from coming in. Blackout fabrics also allow you prevent harmful UV rays from entering your home.

Higher opacity percentages block out more light, which also provides your family with more privacy. Even though you can see clearly through your Awnings Orange and window shades with ease, the dense fabric will not allow people outside to see in, because they are at a different angle than you are.

Determining What Size to Buy

One of the most difficult aspects of purchasing new window shades is determining the size you need. The size of shade you need will depend on the space you need vertically for your window shade will depend on your preference of inside-mount shades, or outside-mount shades.

Keep in mind when you are measuring, the recommended overlap for a roller blind is 1 ½ inches.

Inside-Mount

To measure for this type of window blind, measure the inside of your window frame:

• With a tape measure, measure the recessed portion of your window from the top of the frame to the bottom of the frame. Write down the measurement results.
• Measure the inside of the frame from side to side. Write down the measurement.
• Round the vertical measurement to the nearest inch. Add a few inches to ensure that it rolls up and down easily.

This is the size of roller blind you will need to fit your window.

Outside-Mount

For this type of window shade, measure only the space you plan to have covered by the shade.
• Make a small mark on the left side of your window frame, exactly where you want your shade to stop. Measure to determine the exact location of the mark and copy it on the other side of the frame.
• Make a small mark on the top of your window frame, exactly where you want the shade to begin. Measure from that mark to the point you want your window shade to reach.

This is the size of shade you need to purchase for this window.

Inside-Mount Verses Outside-Mount

If you are wondering makes an outside-mount shade different from an inside-mount shade, or which one you should choose, the difference is quite simple. Choosing between the two is a matter of personal preference, as well as what your window frame can accommodate.

An inside-mount shade fits recessed inside the frame. The shades come out even with the wall and hanging curtains is very easy. For an inside-mount shade to work, you must have a Fixed Awnings Canberra window that is recessed into the frame at least 3 to 3 ½ inches. This is how much room is needed for the shade controls to work that operates Cedar Shutters Sydney and the blind. An outside-mount window shade covers the entire Fixed Canopy Awnings Sydney window and portion of the frame, or it can be hung outside of the frame, on the wall.