These day’s cellular shades, sometimes referred to as Honeycomb shades, are becoming a popular choice for consumers looking for shades to dress their windows with an elegant and customized look. These attractive and stylish shades have very good energy efficient properties and are visually appealing when fitted to the window in any room in the home such as a small bathroom or large dining room.
You will need to consider a number of factors when it comes to dressing windows in your home with shades. For example, if you intend buying shades for your home you will need to consider whether they will give you enough privacy and can protect your valuable furniture and carpets from the sun’s damaging ultra violet rays. You will also need to find out if the shades have the necessary insulation properties that will help to insulate your home from the chill of winter.
With the many different varieties and styles available on the market for consumers such as motorized cordless cellular shades and other designer custom made shades, selecting the right style for your needs can be confusing. For example, you will need to consider other important factors such as style of fabric, size, color and what window the shade will be used on.
It is hoped this article will help provide you with information on what style and type of shades or cordless cellular shades will best suit your requirements.
Generally, cellular shades are light in weight and come in various sizes and varieties with a choice of insulation single, double or triple cells. These cells range in size from 3/8 inch up to 1-1/4 inch. As a general rule a small size cell shade would be used for a small size window, while a large size cell would be used for a large window.
Cordless cellular shades are another very popular option because of there convenience and versatility in being lowered and raised safely without having to pull on cords. This is done by using a small attachment attached to the bottom rail and is an excellent safety feature particularly if you have young children or pets in your home. There is also a motorized option that lowers the blinds at the convenient touch of a button. This more expensive cordless cellular shades style is easy to use and can be a temptation for little ones to play with but apart from that they do provide a touch of class and luxury to the home.
If motorized cordless cellular shades are outside your price range, then you may want to consider looking at the versatile ‘top down bottom up’ cellular shade which is designed to lower or raise the top half and or the bottom half of the shade separately.
Because of the lightweight fabrics used in the manufacture of the shades, the material can be cut to different shapes, sizes and styles to suit consumer’s requirements making them a decorator’s delight making and a very versatile product to work with.
These shades are a very versatile product when you consider for example they can be manufactured in a fire resistant fabric to meet consumer’s requirements or in water resistant material suitable for steamy bathrooms.
If you are looking for cordless cellular shades or other styles of shades for your home then as a first step have a look online to compare prices and get some idea how much your shades will cost you from the comfort of your home. The next option would be to shop around and have a look through the specialty stores near you as this is an excellent method to compare prices and find out first hand what styles and materials are available locally.