Directions with Sheer Curtains & Blinds
Semi-translucent sheer curtains and blinds are a versatile window treatment that bring elegance, softness and privacy into your home. Used alone or layered with block-out curtains, blinds or shutters, sheers can transform your space during the day or night, allowing you to enjoy the beautiful movement and diffused light from the outdoors, while still maintaining a sense of retreat from passers-by. Available in a range of textiles including natural cotton, wool or linen, to a synthetic or blend that offers greater durability and easier cleaning with the visual feel and look of a natural fabric, sheers will bring softness, privacy, gentle movement and a sense of relaxed elegance to your Blue Mountains home.
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Plain Whites
The most often thought of direction with sheers are the soft plain white curtain. Available in a range of hanging options from s-fold, flat fold or any style of pinch pleat: this style is timeless and versatile, offering a romantic elegance to any window. It can be layered with almost any style of curtain, blind or shutter and will most often provide a more economic choice for your windows. Crafted from a polyester voile, they are also easy to clean and resistant to the ageing effects of the sun. Plain white sheers still give the benefits of filtered light, privacy and softness to your home, without the expense of printed, woven or natural textured textiles.
Natural Textures
Bring the warmth and gentle movement of the outdoors into your Blue Mountains home with a textured sheer inspired by nature. Whether your sheer curtain is reminiscent of linen, cotton or wool, modern directions in textile design offer the benefits of synthetic: with greater structure, durability and cleanability than pure natural textiles as well as a better UV resilience. Using a synthetic or synthetic blend may also be a better option for families prone to allergies. Either way, the unique aesthetic of natural textures can bring the properties of nature into your space with a wide range of fabrics inspired by natural wools, linens and cottons in natural tones.
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Woven & Printed Elements
For those looking add a further design element with their sheers, you may opt for a textile with a print or woven pattern. Whether you’re looking to include the movement of a botanical print or a linear line, the options vary far and wide with modern digital printed textiles and woven patterns. By choosing a sheer with a pattern, you can create visual movement, bring forward an interior design style and enhance your interior colour palette, while further enclosing your space: creating a private sanctuary with the benefits of diffused natural light. Printed or woven sheers will also add depth to a window styled with plantation shutters or a plain blind.
Sunscreen Blinds
If you require complete privacy and a higher UV protection for your space, sunscreen blinds offer a rated filtered light, with the convenience of a blind. These are perfect for spaces with unique window positions, where sheer curtains may not be suitable such as within small spaces, for windows placed above furnishings or those without the space for curtains to gather either side when drawn open, thus ensuring optimum use of your space.
Sunscreen blinds can also be layered beneath heavy curtains; providing the ultimate in flexibility when it comes to light, UV and climate control within your home.
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Whether you’re looking to create a softer diffused light, improved privacy or greater UV control in your home, the soft aesthetic and practical benefits of sheers often go as an underestimated investment when it comes to designing your window furnishings. With options across a wide range of budgets and aesthetics, sheer curtains and blinds will improve liveability, especially our unique Blue Mountains lifestyle by providing a space to retreat and relax, whilst still being able to enjoy the tranquil movement of nature from inside your home.
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