The ideal window blinds for your home or business – aside from personal aesthetic taste – will be dictated, partly, by the window position of the room they’re intended to be installed in. In this blog entry, the shades, blinds, and window treatment experts here at Los Angeles Shades and Blinds will detail how different types of sun exposure will affect the type of window blinds that will best serve our clients.
Determining the Location of the Sun in your Room
When deciding what window treatment will suit your property best, you have to consider the natural light of the specific room you’re dealing with. What position in the window does the sun fall? How much sunlight falls in the room, and how hot or cold does it get? These salient factors determine what window treatments are ideal for your space. For example, windows that face south or west get a ton of sunlight, and will likely be best suited for cellular shades that reduce heat transfer through windows.
Determining Your Window Types
Analyze your window types in order to determine the best windows for your property. Single hung windows or double hung windows should be outfit with shades, as they are easy to lift up in order to maximize the airflow of your open windows. In situations with multiple windows that are attached or bay windows, motorized shades are an ideal option, as they provide a more clean and streamlined appearance without any hanging cords or wands. Floor to ceiling windows, with their luxurious uninterrupted views, are beautiful yet hard to fully darken – which is why we also advise filling them with motorized shades that can easily be closed with a simple press of a button. One reason floor to ceiling windows are best suited with motorized shades is due to the possibility of programming them to raise or lower at particular times of the day, literally tracking the movement of the sun and adjusting for maximum light control.
If you have any questions or interest in analyzing the window placement or layout of your property in order to better determine what window treatment would suit you best, the team here at Los Angeles Shades and Blinds will be glad to provide their expertise and custom-tailored window treatment solutions in order to make your home light control situation as luxurious, convenient, and ideal as possible.
