Choosing the Best Window Coverings for Your Home

Posted: Jun 04, 2012
Author: G&S Contracting, Inc.

Installing new window coverings can have many benefits for your home, including beauty, privacy, and energy efficiency, among others. Understanding your main purpose when installing window coverings ensures you won’t go wrong in the selection process.

If you’d primarily like to increase privacy, you should consider heavy curtains with a lining. The options that offer the most privacy include “blackout” fabric or roller shades. Choosing a window covering that blocks out light will also prevent your furniture and carpet from fading and increase your home’s energy efficiency.

If you want window coverings just for decoration or to liven up a room, you should probably install simple, light window dressings. To further show your creativity, you could consider adding decorative rods with intricate finials. To add a subtle accent to the room, sheer curtains are a good choice. You can choose from a variety of hanging options, including gathered curtains, rings, or tab-tops. You could also try installing combinations of different kinds of window coverings—for example, combining curtains with shades or blinds, using sheer curtains behind privacy curtains, hanging extra scarves of fabric on the rod, or using a box valence.

When choosing which kind of window coverings you’re going to install, don’t forget to take into account the other décor in your home. If you’ve had your sofa reupholstered, gotten new bed sheets, or put in new carpet recently, you’ll want to make sure your window coverings don’t clash.

When it comes to installing window coverings, there is no limit to the options available. It might be overwhelming to think about all the different choices, but if you keep your primary purpose in mind, you shouldn’t have a problem selecting the very best window coverings to install in your home.