help with roller blind colour choice
saschka
3 years ago
Trying to decide on roller blind colour for our house. Currently have wooden Venetian and although I like the look of them, they are such a pain to clean so I’m looking to get roller blinds.
We have a brick house, with wooden frames in Cove colour and curved steel framed windows and guttering are in monument. Inside we have white frames and hogs bristle half on walls.
I think if we choose beige blinds they will be in contrast with the cove and monument colours. So I’m thinking maybe we should go for grey or charcoal blinds.
What do you think?
I’ve highlighted the windows that are the final colour choice for the outside (we haven’t had a chance to paint the rest of the windows!)
Thanks in advance!
We have a brick house, with wooden frames in Cove colour and curved steel framed windows and guttering are in monument. Inside we have white frames and hogs bristle half on walls.
I think if we choose beige blinds they will be in contrast with the cove and monument colours. So I’m thinking maybe we should go for grey or charcoal blinds.
What do you think?
I’ve highlighted the windows that are the final colour choice for the outside (we haven’t had a chance to paint the rest of the windows!)
Thanks in advance!
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JE C
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Julie Herbert
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3 years agosaschka
3 years agoThanks everyone!
This the curved window from the inside. Upstairs we have this cream carpet. Downstairs Cyprus pine timber flooring.
Looking at making all the windows the same.
I wonder if you can get two toned blinds so from the outside it’s charcoal and inside is beige?
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3 years agoI would suggest a double roller system. Sunscreens and blackouts. Id use a charcoal sunscreen with a 10% openness factor as you don't want to block too much light and an of white blockout to compliment the interior colour. Its a misconception that darker coloured sunscreens can make a room dark. As long as it has a high openness factor to let the natural light in, the darker colour will become more transparent to the eye. This is because dark colours absorb the light allowing your eye to see though them. Wheres light colours have a higher reflective value witch bounces back at the eye and makes it hared to see though. Yo will get a lot more light with this system than Venetians.
A dark sunscreen on a light house. (Home is cream on the outside)
A double Roller Blind system.
I hope this has been at all helpful ;)annb1997
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2 years agoI have purchased window blinds form Australian window covering very nice for Honeycomb blinds and Plantation shutters is supper my home very nice.
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