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Friday, July 27, 2012

Hunter Douglas Honeycomb Motorized Window Coverings


The Good Things about Installing Hunter Douglas Window Blinds

Do you want to transform your home interiors to give it the ambiance and visual appeal of a modern and trendy home?  Installation of Hunter Douglas Window Covering treatments would be an ideal way to do this.  The company has already established it name as a popular home decor product manufacturer in the US.  The company has recently launched its Duette and Applase lines of Window coverings which incorporates the cutting edge PowerRise 2.0 technology.

The advantage of this line of products is that they provide user the facility of opening and closing the window coverings using a remote control.  These can also be easily integrated with the new home automation systems.  For raising, lowering and tilting the window coverings, Hunter Douglas uses its Platinum Technology Platform, which performs with high level of precision.

For covering Skylignt windows, the company is offering Designer Blinds which has three honeycomb shade systems.  These are Simplicity, PowerRise and SkyRise. These systems would help you to save energy while providing comfort throughout the year.  During warm summer months the heat and sunlight coming through the Skylight can cause havoc with the Air-conditioning of the room.  Instead of air conditioners working overtime, it would be much more economical to provide a suitable covering to the skylight.

While selecting the fabrics for the skylights, it would be ideal to choose semi opaque fabric, which will allow ambient lighting to enter the room.  Alternatively, opaque covering too can be used for bedrooms or home theater rooms to completely block the light when required.
Hunter Douglas Honeycomb shades offer three types of systems for the skylights – PowerRise, Simplicity and SkyRise.  All these systems are equally good and cannot be distinguished easily after installation.  However, they have their variations in components, options, assembly and other features and it would be better to compare and buy a product which suits your requirements.  Battery operated window blinds also suit office and home use as they can be easily controlled using a remote control.  Replacement of batteries is also easy like any other electronic device.

For comfort and convenience Hunter Douglas Honeycomb window coverings are the best option for you.

Friday, July 13, 2012

Window Treatments for Skylight Blinds


How to maximize the use of a Skylight with Motorized Skylight Blinds


Skylights add beauty and ambiance to the appearance of the house, especially if you have high walls.  These provide you a good view of the sky and bring in lot of sunshine and light into your house.  Nevertheless, the sun coming in through the skylight can sometimes make the room too warm and so you would need a blind on it to control the light.  However operating the blinds on a skylight is much difficult than those on normal windows.

Skylight blinds are a vital necessity if you have skylights in your building.  These blinds can be used to produce ambient lighting inside the room.  When opened they bring in the sun and the warmth and when there is excessive sunlight in summer days you can close them.  You can save money on heating and cooling the room by adjusting these blinds.

While enabling you to control the lighting, these blinds can also enhance the visual appeal of the room.  You can even use colorful materials on these blinds which can perfectly blend with the interior décor of the room.

MotorizedSkylight blinds are a boon as it would save you a lot of effort in opening and closing the blinds.  Motorized blinds enable you to control the lighting coming through the skylight with the touch of a button, rather than fiddling with cords and poles.
Using motorized blinds the lighting can be adjusted according to your requirements. You can open the blinds when you need more light in the room for family gatherings and you can darken the room for watching TV or Home Theatre. Many of these motorized blinds are quite silent when they operate.

Since there are many brands available it would be ideal if you compare the quality and cost of the blinds made by different manufactures. There are varieties of blinds available and hence you would be able to select one which perfectly matches with the color theme and design of your interiors and exteriors.  Unless you are an expert yourself, it would be good to get the installation done by an experienced professional. This would ensure that the job is done in a neat and perfect manner.