05 Apr 10 Venetian Blinds – Buying Considerations
Venetian blinds have some functional advantages, which not only make them desirable most of the times but also necessarily required at times, depending on the situation or circumstances.
The two materials used for making them are aluminum and wood, but irrespective of the material used, their operation remains the same. Basically they are slats that may be operated by a rod or cord that tilts them to nearly 180 degrees.
Of late it has become trendy to be using wooden Venetian blind for living rooms to go along the wooden flooring or as a window feature against the backdrop of bare walls as a part of the interior design. Wood obviously can’t be used in bathrooms and conservatories, as it is prone to getting warped under humid and hot atmosphere. Well, you are free to use them wherever you like, but don’t expect the manufacturer to offer guarantee against warping when used in the non-recommended places.
Aluminum Venetian blinds while continuing to remain popular are now a favorite choice of most householders for being used in the bathrooms, home offices, kitchen and bedrooms too. You get them in very many finishes encouraging their use at many places. The traditional white and cream colors seem to be losing their popularity compared to the newer shades and finishes like wood effect, stardust and scratched finish.
Cleaning of Venetian blinds continues to be as problematic as ever. That’s because the very nature of design of horizontal binds is conducive to collecting dust. But, it’s not such that can’t be helped out. If the blinds are rotated on a regular basis the accumulation of dust is certainly reduced. Further, cleaning them with readily available ostrich feather dusters keeps them free of dust. And, let’s accept the fact that any surface left unclean is sure to get dusty.
Let’s now consider the amount of light that enters your room while you have Venetian blinds therein. Both the kinds of Venetian blinds are available in three or four slat sizes that vary from 16mm in aluminum and 25mm in wood and go up to 50mm in both. It’s not difficult to understand that the amount of light that enters the room depends to a large extent on the size of the slat. The smallest size of 16mm lets in about 25% of the light that a 50mm size would allow to enter. As more slating is used to cover the window, the gaps between each get narrower, thus encouraging their use in offices to fairly restrict the view of the outsiders but at the same time allowing some light to enter. The more often used size for wooden Venetian blinds is 50mm, whereas 25mm is the most common size for aluminum blinds.
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