Blackout Roller Shades

Blackout Roller Shades

Blackout roller shades are used around the world to control light and provide privacy to home owners. Over these years, roller shades have become more intricate by providing advanced modern options and also providing a variety of applications through the use of a multitude of fabrics and materials. Plain blackout shades are made using a multiple layer plastic material. Newer higher quality roller shades use material that is cored by a fiberglass sheet, which provides strength to the shade fabric. Older fabric was thinner and would tear easily, so these new versions are of higher quality, straight from the start.

To make your blackout roller shade look great, start by changing to a chain operated control system. This system, invented in the past few years, allows users of roller shades to adjust them to the proper position without actually handling the shade fabric. This has a significant benefit to the durability of the shades.

The appearance of a basic blackout roller shade can also be enhanced by the addition of decorative trims available in many colors and designs, deluxe bottom rails and color coordinated control chains/cords. These optional features will add a softer look and help in the overall appearance and coordination of the room being decorated. In the end, we have come a long way from where we started. Basic, or plain roller shades, those which used a wooden slat bottom bar, and had only one color available, are no longer the norm.

At this time, consumers have a wide range of options in the realm of decorative features for blackout roller shades. The collection of great colors, the new control systems, the potential for the use of a coordinated valance, as well as the sophisticated bottom bars are opening a world of decorative options for consumers.