Redesign or Remodel, Consider New Window Treatments

Don has had his house for the last twenty years. He and his wife Margaret have spent man happy hours in the house and it holds many memories. The house never required any major changes other than the additional repairs and they were happy that way. Now, with all the kids having moved away, Don is taking another look at his house. He feels that maybe it is time that the house be refurbished a little so that they can make some more use of all the available space and live more comfortably.

While there were many aspects Don was thinking of redesigning, he took a closer look at some of the shutters and drapes that were in the house. He remembered how his children would play hide and seek behind the long drapes with Rufus their pet dog. Perhaps he thought there are better ways of using these shutters and blinds. To his great surprise, Don found that the market was flooded with a variety of blinds and shutters that gave him amazing options on redesigning his present shutters and blinds.

1.    Instead of the curtains that Don had used in the bathrooms and kitchens, he was advised to use mini blinds. Mini blinds were just like traditional blinds but their slats were a little less wide. This allowed them to control the sunlight and glare more accurately. Further, these blinds could fit even the most irregular of windows allowing for great flexibility. Don discovered that mini blinds came in different materials, colors and textures to suit the interior décor of the house. While wooden blinds had the most awesome look, vinyl blinds were the most durable. Faux wood blinds combined the look of the wood blinds along with the durability of the vinyl.

Since vinyl mini blinds did not require too much maintenance and were not affected by humidity, Don decided to install vinyl mini blinds in his bathrooms and kitchen.

2.    Don’s house was full of traditional shutters and drapes. When he was shown what modern shutters could do, Don was amazed. He found that shutters offered tremendous privacy, you could adjust the louvers to let in as much heat and light as you wanted and when you wanted the window to be completely visible, you just had to throw the shutters wide open. Don also realized that using wooden shutters offered more insulation than other kinds of shutters and the touch of style they brought to a room was undeniable.

Don decided to install wooden shutters with louvers in the living room, drawing room and the study.

3.    When all this was going on, Don found that there were quite a few old shutters lying unused. Reluctant to give them up for old sentiment sake, Don decided to use the large-sized shutters in their living rooms as room dividers. He could also put one in the spare bedroom to create a nice, private changing area.

Thus with the help of modern shutters and blinds and by reusing some of the old ones, Don could provide a perfect redesign for his house.