Maximizing the space in your Home with Custom Furniture

Jul 25th, 2011 Posted in Furniture | no comment »

When we seek to maximize the space in our house often offers places or spaces that can only be exploited with furniture covering all of its measures. If we are lucky we find in the market that desired solution, but will most likely have to order a custom furniture.

The furniture as they are more expensive than those mass produced, taking into account that the process of preparation should be done with time and it will be a unique piece, which makes up the cost inevitably. Therefore you should assess whether it really maximizing this investment.

To help in your decision, here are some of the advantages of having solutions:

Advantage of the corners: This space is more difficult to furnish with pieces of standard sizes, so almost always become wasted space.
Profitable difficult holes: Between pillars or columns, around doors, sides of the radiators, and so on. Rest assured that with this furniture will find the solution to every corner imaginable. To advise you visit a specific company or a good carpenter.
Facilitate the entry of light: As this is custom furniture you can make changes such as reducing the volume, height or thickness, depending on the natural light you want to receive, so that as little as possible hinder the passage of light.

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They are versatile: You can make custom designs and multipurpose, choosing the material you want.
Decide yourself: No one better than the people living in the household and make use of it to know what they really need and how they want to see it. Once you have drawn the sketch, consultation with those responsible for implementing your project, they will tell how viable it is and help you make some corrections.

       

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Silhouettes as Window Coverings that combine the best of Mini Blinds and Cellular Shades

Aug 18th, 2010 Posted in Blinds | no comment »

Silhouette blinds are characterized by their ability to let some natural light shine through the window even when the blinds are closed. Two of the best known manufacturers of Silhouette blinds are Hunter Douglas and Levolor. Homeowners prefer using Silhouettes as the window coverings for their homes because they combine the best of mini blinds and cellular shades. With Silhouette blinds, your windows will look elegant whether you have the blinds open or closed.

With Silhouette blinds, the soft fabric of the blinds lets the sunlight filter through. You can rotate the slats to whatever angle you wish to have the shade you need for yourself and your furniture. Even though light can come through Silhouette window blinds, anyone outside the window cannot see in through them. Therefore, Silhouettes by Hunter Douglas give you the privacy and the light that you need.

When you raise Silhouette blinds, they are fully enclosed within the head rail. This gives you a wide open window with no blinds in your way. You can lower the Silhouette window blinds to different levels or have them all the way down. There are many choices in fabric color for the slats of the Silhouettes by Hunter Douglas. The window blinds themselves also come in different sizes and if you have a window of an irregular shape, Hunter Douglas can make the Silhouette blind specifically for your window.

When you buy Silhouette blinds from Hunter Douglas, you can choose the type of material you want in your blinds. Choose from Silhouettes by Hunter Douglas in crinkle textured fabric, bold colored sheers or maybe the linen texture will be more to your liking. One interesting feature of Silhouette window blinds is the top down/bottom up feature. You can have these blinds open at the top of the window and down to the bottom if you wish, which is really a different look in window blinds.

There are several different systems you can use for raising or lowering Silhouette blinds. The traditional cord loop is available in Silhouettes by Hunter Douglas, but you can also get these as motorized window blinds. A simple touch of a button will raise or lower the blind, as well as rotate the slats to the exact angle that you want. Silhouette blinds block the UV rays of the sun up to 99% when the vanes are closed and 63% when they are open.

       

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