What window furnishings are best in which rooms of the home?
Here’s a quick and easy guide to help you choose the best curtains and blinds for different rooms of the home. Of course at the choice is ultimately yours and we’ll custom-make whatever option you want, but here are some suggestions to get you thinking…
Kitchen, bathroom and laundry
- Roller blinds: sunscreen or light filter or dual (2-in-1)
- Venetian blinds: faux wood or aluminum so they don’t warp or grow with moisture exposure
Bedrooms
- Blockout or thermal curtains: floor length for best light blocking and temperature control
- Sheer curtains: for privacy during the day (use on a double track with a thicker curtain or over top of a blockout blind)
- Blockout honeycomb blind: for darkness and excellent temperature control, plus noise dampening
- Dual roller blinds: with a blockout for night and sunscreen or light filter for day privacy
- Roman blinds: lined to block out light
Living areas
- Vertical blinds: for windows with deep recesses (eg. bay windows) or over sliding or bi-fold glass doors
- Blockout or thermal curtains: floor length for best light blocking and temperature control
- Sheer curtains: for privacy during the day (use on a double track with a thicker curtain or over top of a blockout blind)
- Honeycomb blinds: choose sheer or light filtering for day and/or blockout for excellent temperature control plus noise dampening
- Dual roller blinds: with a blockout for night and sunscreen or light filter for day privacy
- Roman blinds: lined to block out light
- Venetian blinds: a classic that offers both a night and daylight solution
- Roman blinds: lined to block out light at night or a sheer unlined option for sunny day rooms
Home office
- Light filter blind: roller or honeycomb, to reduce glare on your screen or behind it
- Venetian blinds: offers most flexible light control as the sun moves through the day
- Vertical blinds: as above plus great for windows with deep recesses (eg. bay windows)
Sunroom or conservatory
- Vertical blinds: great choice over sliding or bi-fold glass doors as they move to the side like curtains
- Sheer curtains: in a pale or neutral tone
- Sheer roman blinds: in a pale or neutral tone
- Light filter or sunscreen/sheer blinds: roller or honeycomb blinds have these options
Tips for choosing materials:
- Tape or blue-tak the sample to your windowframe or wall and see how it looks in daylight and at night with the lights on.
- Hold the sample up to a window to see how it filters or blocks light.
