Category Archives: Choosing your Curtains or Roman Blinds

CHOOSING STYLES AND THEMES FOR YOUR HOME

The style or theme of your home can be based on anything from personal taste, to something you’ve seen in a magazine, to your favourite country or time. Choosing a style for your home can be about making a statement regarding yourself or personality. As such, make sure you choose
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Curtains vs. Blinds: Which one is best for you?

You have many options available to you when deciding on blinds or curtains. Key things to consider when making your decision: your budget, the purpose of your blinds or curtains, colour/size/style of your room, the setting of the room and the area of the window. If you are the sort
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Dressing Up – How to pick the perfect curtains for your windows

Most interior designers work their rooms around where the light comes from, so if you’ve got a window, chances are  it’s a focal point. It is imperative, therefore, that you dress your windows properly, considering a number of factors before you make your final decision. Below is a short guide
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Naturally Beautiful: 5 reasons to decorate your home using natural products.

With environmental issues such as Global Warming, pollution and epidemics receiving such deservedly high profile in the British media, we, as a nation, are more focused than ever on finding ethical ways to live, even when it comes to decorating our homes. From exterior building materials to interior paints, fabrics
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Decorating On A Budget – How to save pennies and still achieve the look for you

Bored of your boudoir but can’t stump up the funds? Tired of your living space, but worried about saving pennies? Decorating your home doesn’t have to be a bank-breaking excerise. Below are a list of tips, hints and suggestions to help you plan your re-design on a budget, whatever your
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The Mysteries of Thermal Lining – Unravelled

So, you’re looking for curtains to keep your rooms nice and cosy? Choosing a thermal lining for your curtains or Roman blinds is an easy way to help reduce energy loss through your windows – and save you a few pennies on your heating bill at the same time. Tests
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Net Curtains – Helping to Fight Crime

Thinking about getting a new home security system? Deliberating over adopting a guard dog? According to new research by Rightmove and Dr Beckmann, there’s no longer any need. Apparently, people are now turning to a simpler and more cost-effective way to hide their valuables from prying eyes – hanging net
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Top Tips on Selecting a Curtain Fabric

by: admin | June 18, 2009
Posted in Choosing your Curtains or Roman Blinds

The most wonderful thing about custom drapery is that you can select virtually any fabric, any pattern, any look you want. The possibilities are endless. Of course this means that the hardest thing about custom drapery is the endless possibilities! How do you decide? Nothing’s going to have more impact
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Blackout Lining for Dreamy Nights

Having trouble paying your nightly visit to the land of nod, now that the sunny season has arrived? Don’t worry; you’re not on your own! The summer sun comes at a price for many of us, when morning time begins to arrive before its welcome, and the moon starts to
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Sheer Madness This Summer

With summer well and truly on its way, it’s time to start thinking about liberating your home from unnecessary clutter, dark colours and heavy fabrics. Enter voiles. Voiles (or sheers, as we sometimes call them) are really thin, light fabrics that are used for window dressings. Often, you’re able to
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