When choosing blinds in Essex you want to consider a few basic things. You’re going to need the blinds for only 1, or a few of the following 4 reasons -

1 For fashion, interior design or to create a certain look 2 To ensure you maintain your privacy 3 To prevent too much light entering the room 4 To prevent too much heat coming into the room

Lets start with perhaps the most flexible of blinds, the Vertical Blind. These are perhaps the most common type of blind in Essex. Close the louvres and they make a “wall” of fabric. Open them and you can see through the gaps. Rotate the louvres at an angle and you can stop people seeing in or out from one direction, but still let your desired amount of light in.

Vertical blinds tend to also be great for economy. Especially when compared to curtains the amount of fabric you get for your money is fantastic. Once the main blind sold in Office buildings, they are now the most popular domestic blind and are great in several situations.

Next the Venetian style blind. People choose this kind of blind in Essex for privacy. This blind goes horizontally across the window. With these styles of blinds you can tilt the slats to stop people looking up or down, but still let light in. One of the best ways to clean them however, is with a feather duster.

Wood venetians are more expensive but very popular at the minute as prices have dropped dramatically due to the new “cut downs”. These are available in 3 different slat sizes and are ready made. When you place your order they take the nearest size up and cut the width, and adjust the height for you.

If you are buying wooden venetian blinds in Essex it is well worth making sure of the quality. Cheaper blinds are not treated to prevent them warping. It is normal for a wooden venetian to warp a little, but it shouldn’t curve like a banana!

Roller blinds are the old favourite, and whilst they may be simple, they don’t offer much in the way of controlling the light or heat coming into a room, other than really blocking it out. Black out blinds Are usually rollers. These come with a plastic backing that is designed to block all light coming into a room, and are popular with night shift workers in Essex.

Again, you can’t actually control the light, but for fashion they are extraordinarily good, as there are more colours, patterns and shapes you can use. Put them all together and there are thousands of combinations to make your rollers look as you want them for your Essex home.

The most common place to govern the heat is a conservatory, and pleated blinds come into there own in this instance. These blinds are essentially rollers but with a fold each 25mm or so. Special backings are available to reflect more of the hear back from your conservatory, and protect you from the Essex sun.

Conservatory roof blinds also have wires or nylon wires to support them and stop them from sagging in your conservatory roof.