Blinds galore from wood to waves

Wooden blinds have long been popular as a window covering (LINK) within the UK and the USA. There are as many wood blinds suppliers as there are wooden blinds! They’ll come in all sorts of ranges from custom made blinds to off the shelf cut down to size wood.  You can DIY install blinds from many suppliers and you can also get a full custom window installation for your chosen blinds.

Blinds offer a great and potentially cost effective way of covering your windows. Advantages of wooden blinds are that you will be able to maintain and clean your blinds without too much fear of damaging them - this goes for cleaning and adjusting the opening mechanism, whether it’s a tilt rod or traditional cord.

Some fancy new technology allows you to use mechanised blind opening and closing with a TV style remote control system. This is ideal for those who don’t want to move too far or have disabilities. Many high end custom installation and audio visual suppliers have relationships with wooden blind suppliers so that they can engineer home solutions which are centrally controlled. Having a centrally controlled system will allow for the most modern easy to use home experience but it is out of the price range for most of us.

Wooden blinds offer similar aesthetics to wooden shutters minus the frame. Shutters will have a frame around the slats, whereas blinds will generally hang directly down form an enclosure at the top of your window frame - although note that blinds are developing and can also now be used by pulling horizontally on some models. Because of the lack of frame around wooden blinds you are going to get more weight if and when you raise or lower the blinds, which will stress the mechanics more, and depending on the slat size you might have issues with the mounting.

We touched on slat sizes and with wooden blinds you can generally opt for slats in thickness between 20mm and 70mm. On the whole suppliers will be offering the thinner slats at a lower cost than the thicker, but this is not always the case. Thick slatted wooden blinds will suit larger windows with possibly more light entering when open and closed, offering a more airy living space when installed. The thinner the slat the lighter the blinds will be in weight, however the darker the room will appear as they are closer together. Use thinner slatted blinds when covering small windows or tight spaces.

Wooden blinds will last you a long time if you maintain them, don’t over pull or stretch the cords, and of course if you choose a good supplier of wooden blinds. Alternatives are curtains (not our style) or shutters, plastic blinds and blinds made from material. Call back soon if you want to read a comparison between these types of blinds and if you want to get in touch for more information call or complete our contact form.