How to Pick the Perfect Window Blinds, Shades & Shutters

When you’re choosing your window’s cover, its more than just picking one because of the color or patterns. Blinds, shades and shutters all can affect your home with its privacy, natural light, glare, temperature, and just the overall appearance of the room you’re putting new window covers in. For homeowners around Nevada, specifically Las Vegas, where sunlight and heat are an incredibly important thing to take into consideration when choosing a window cover. Before choosing though, make sure to consider what each room is used for and what you want your coverings to accomplish in said room.

Room’s Main Purpose

Before your choose a window covering, make sure to know what you need it to do. For example, you would likely want your bedroom's window coverings to prioritize your privacy and light control. While your kitchen windows you may want more light, and you may even care less about privacy for these windows. Living rooms prioritizing a nicer appearance, with some natural light being let in. Your office may want glare-reducing blinds so your computer screens aren’t hard to look at. Rooms that receive a lot of sunlight may benefit from blinds with stronger solar control. And finally, make sure to consider whether you want to completely black out light, let some in, or even let a lot in. (DOE)

Choose Blinds Which Allow Adjustments

Blinds are a great choice when you want to adjust your lighting and privacy. It’s easily adjustable, so when you think there’s too much light in your room, or you want to control where the light is, the slats in blinds are your best friend in this scenario. Blinds can also make your room completely dark without having to invest your money in blackout curtains. One option makes it dark in your room all the time, unless you open up the curtains and let some light in, and the other lets you blackout your room without having to commit to curtains that aren’t very adjustable. Choosing blinds also means you likely adjust your lighting through your windows often throughout the day. If you don’t, that doesn’t mean blinds aren’t for you though! (DOE)

Shades For Simplicity and Light Control

Shades are another option for simpler styled people. They can help adjust and control the light in the room which they are in. They can also help limit your direct sunlight entering the room. These covers are more often considered for rooms that get a lot of afternoon sunlight exposure. There’s many different types of blinds, with some keeping harsh sunlight out of your room, to others being blackout shades, getting rid of any and all light. Roller shades are often put in living rooms as their appearance is a bit more simplistic, with the caveat that they can also look good. Cellular style shades are a great option to keep all the heat out from the harsh sunlight of Las Vegas. (DOE)

Window Shutters for Durability and Sun Control

Like all the other options so far, shutters are highly reliable to control the sunlight your room gets. However unlike the rest, these are a go-to option for many homeowners as their looks compliment many different types of architecture. Heat is one of the biggest reasons why people choose to get window covers. Shutters are great at controlling and keeping heat out of your home during the hot, summer months. (EPA)

Think About Las Vegas Sun Exposure

Las Vegas is in the middle of a desert, which means it gets tons of sun exposure. Compared to something nearby, for example, Utah generally has lower temperatures than Nevada. Window covers that work in Utah may not work in Nevada. The difference may not be noticeable to you, but your energy bills can come out costlier if you stick with the same window covers you had in a different state, with cooler temperatures. (DOE)

Window coverings are an amazing option to get for your home. Whether you’re looking for an upgrade for your regular curtains, or maybe you’re trying to get your energy bill down even by a couple bucks. Window Covers are always a great option to have in your home for aesthetic reasons as well, they look much more sophisticated and they can look significantly better than cloth curtains. In any case, if you need questions answered about window coverings, please call Window World today!