Tag Archives: cellular shades
Black Out Shades
By: Erica
What do you think of when someone says blackout shades? Do you think of something that gives you privacy, not allowing anyone to look in your windows or see any shadows or silhouettes? Do you think of cave dark where no light or visibility comes through the product what so ever? Well black out can mean a variety of things to each individual person, but I will define what it really means!
Sun’s Heating Up, Are you Keeping Up?
By: Karen
As the warm weather quickly approaches, it is time to remember what I said in the middle of the summer last year – you need to figure out how to make this house cooler!! Unfortunately, central air is definitely not in the budget, so I suppose it’s time to hit the internet to find out what do-it-myself tips I can find out there.
Step brothers: Wood blinds vs. Cellular Shades
By: Sai
Cellular shades and wood blinds are so similar and different at the same time! Here in the New England area they are both popular styles. The main reason why is that cellular shades and real wood blinds have very similar R-values. R-values are defined as the measure of the capacity of a material, such as insulation, to impede heat flow, with increasing values indicating a greater capacity. This pretty much just means how much heat, cold or draft it absorb and stops from coming into your house. This means that they are both insulating which is great in this area. Here in New England we have the frozen tundra in the winter. OK maybe not that bad but it can get really cold in the area, and I sure don’t like it! Then when the spring and summer rolls around, the temperature rises like it is no tomorrow. It can get really hot, upwards of ninety degrees. That is why the insulation of these two types products are helpful, because they keep the inside warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer that is impressive.
Bigger vs Smaller
By: AnnaKay
We bought a house about a year ago that has a good size sunroom. The sunroom is in the front of the house. It gets really hot in the summer, and really drafty in the winter. My husband and I like to spend time in the sun room, mostly in the morning to drink our coffee and sometimes at night. I’d heard about the cellular shades that are supposed to insulate by keeping the room warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. So I started researching, because I only wanted to do this once and I wanted to make sure that I was getting the best product that would help me with this issue.
Don’t forget pleated shades.
By: Sai
I ask this question why are they forgotten? Why do they get treated like that member in the family that no one likes? Everyone has that member, the one that gets invited to the party just because you don’t want to be rude, but all the family secretly hopes that they do not show up. That’s how I feel pleated shades get treated. Especially when comparing them against cellular shades.
