Treat yourself to roman shades, bamboo blinds or matchstick blinds

Roman shades are a popular window treatment that you can buy custom manufactured or sew yourself. Once you've chosen the fabric, texture and color that you want, you can then choose from many styles including accordion, Austrian, balloon, cloud, flat panel, tear drop, hobbled, folded & soft pleat.

You can create a window treatment that is charming and elegant or light and breezy when you decorate with roman shades. Depending on your fabric choices, many shades give you privacy while still giving you lots of light.

Roman shades may be made of fabric, but they are raised and lowered like other window shades or horizontal blinds. To complete your roman blinds, choose:

• Hold-downs
• Cord cleats
• Continuous cord lift systems
• Bottom up or top down systems
• Cord locking systems

Matchstick blinds - for a creative window treatment

Matchstick or bamboo blinds add a touch of warmth, with their more natural look. Many matchstick and bamboo blinds come with 100% cotton weaving threads and 100% polyester pulling cords for long life. These "off the shelf" blinds come in a range of sizes and can be cut for recess fitting.

You can also paint your matchstick blinds to compliment any theme. Paint stripes, use stencils or paint a scene right on the blinds. Be sure to paint both sides of your blinds as the back side shows when you roll it up. You can use decorative ribbon, cord or fabric to adjust the height of your bamboo blinds.

Matchstick blinds come in a variety of colors including almond, natural, pecan, cherry, golden, oak & white. These blinds are available in several styles as well, including:

• Mesh
• Whole or half cane
• Palm or tortoise shell
• Flat matchstick
• Grass, jute and reeds

Merchants and Manufacturers

Check out Levelor, Kirsch, M&B, Hunter Douglas, Grandesign, Smith & Noble, & Horizon for their creative lines of bamboo and matchstick blinds. Browse our buyers guide for great links to some of the top named manufacturers of shades and blinds.

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