After mentioning using pleated blinds and curtains together I have been flooded with emails asking for pictures and information so I thought it would be a good thing to write about on here.
Curtains and Blinds can work together if you fix the blind to the inside of the recess, then fix the curtain rail to the wall face above the window, which is pretty easy to accomplish with made to measure blinds. Admittedly this is a more expensive option that just blinds or curtains, but it offers a unique appearance which you will not see very often.
Currently in my living room I have a leather roman blind and curtains covering my largest window. An extra benefit of this which I didn’t anticipate is that when the curtains are open and the blinds are folded at the top of the window, the folded leather blocks out the direct view of the sun which is a great bonus as nobody enjoys being dazzled.
If blinds on their own don’t offer you enough control of the light, then curtains can offer you that extra option. For example you could use a dim-out or light diffusing fabric on your blind for when you want to allow light into the room, and use a blackout curtain over the top of that for when you want to completely block out the light.
To help further understand the benefits of using both products in conjunction with each other I am going to highlight the individual benefits so you can understand all the features you receive when you use both products together.
Curtains are a much simpler product than blinds, they only consist of the actual curtain, the pole which is it hung on and a few wall brackets to fix the pole to the wall. This makes curtains a much more reliable and maintenance free product than blinds. Although more complex curtain products are available such as motorised curtains.
Blinds are a lot more popular than curtains in commercial buildings such as offices as they offer a professional look rather than the warm cosy look that curtains offer. Some types such as venetian blinds and vertical blinds offer superior light control over curtains as you can tilt or turn the slats to whatever position suits you, this allows you to control how the light is reflected.
Now you have heard the independent benefits of each products I’m sure you can imagine just how powerful solution they can be when used together.
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