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Design Tips · 4 MIN READ

Window Coverings for Contemporary Home Designs

Picking out the right window coverings for your space can be a challenge, but at Shadezone Blinds we’re happy to help guide you to the choice you’ll love. Homes built in a contemporary style often benefit from designs that are simple, clean, and minimalistic in appearance.…

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Design Tips · 2 MIN READ

Window Coverings for Rustic Home Designs

Picking out the right window coverings for your space can be a challenge, but at Shadezone blinds we’re happy to help guide you to the choice you’ll love. Homes built in a rustic style often benefit from window treatments that are warm, natural, and comforting. Here are our…

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Products · 2 MIN READ

Zebra Shades: How Dual Shades Captured the Public Imagination

Dual shades are a cleverly designed type of roller shade made up of alternating bands of sheer and opaque fabric. Dual shades employ two layers of this fabric, so that the bands can be aligned to keep the sheer fabric open for light and vision to pass through or staggered to…

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Design Tips · 3 MIN READ

Best Window Coverings for a Traditional Home

Picking out the right window coverings for your space can be a challenge, but at Shadezone blinds we’re happy to help guide you to the choice you’ll love. Homes built in traditional styles often benefit from window treatments that are elegant and sophisticated, preferably…

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Design Tips · 2 MIN READ

Choosing Between Horizontal Designs and Vertical Designs

When selecting window treatments, those with horizontal designs and those with vertical designs can both work in any window space; however, there are some spaces that are better suited to one style or the other. Horizontal window coverings include horizontal blinds, dual…

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Design Tips · 1 MIN READ

Does Fabric Colour Affect Opacity?

When purchasing partially transparent fabric window coverings designed to allow light and vision to pass through, it can be tempting to look at the percentage of UV that the fabric allows to pass through and assume that vision will operate on the same percentage system. This…

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Design Tips · 2 MIN READ

Reducing Noise with New Window Treatments

Light isn’t the only thing that your window coverings help shield you from. When you’re relaxing in bed on a weekend morning or watching TV at night on the couch, your window coverings muffle outside noise that would otherwise disturb you and your rest. While all different…

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Products · 2 MIN READ

Shutters vs Blinds

In many ways, shutters serve as a more luxurious version of blinds, as they use many of the same materials and provide a similar set of functions. While shutters are an attractive option, deciding whether the benefits they provide are worth the additional cost can be a…

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Design Tips · 3 MIN READ

The Art of Layering Window Treatments

At ShadeZone Blinds we’re always ready to help you find the perfect window treatments for your needs and preferred aesthetic. Sometimes, this requires multiple layers of window coverings in order to achieve the greatest level of versatility and visual appeal. However,…

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