When considering window shades in Palo Alto, CA, one style of window shades that you will want to look at is roller window shades. Roller window shades are popular because they are easy to clean, maintain. They come in a variety of materials and textures, in solid colors or patterns, and with options for manual or motorized operation.
Roller window shades are window treatments that are simple, elegant, and attractive. They have clean lines that do not compete with the rest of your home’s décor. Roller window shades are designed to play a complementary, supporting role in rooms that have themes and designs that are meant to be the focal point of the room.
Rolling window shades can blend in with any color as well, so having them installed will not suddenly make any of the rooms in your home seem as though they’re just randomly thrown together or are unbalanced.
Roller window shades are quite easy to use. Roller window shades are easily adjusted to let just the right amount of natural light into a room. With a simple motion of raising or lowering the bottom rail, the roller window shade’s height can be adjusted to allow more light into a room or to keep more light outside of a room. If you have little ones and pets in your home, roller window shades can be purchased with a cordless option that is operated using a button.
One of the things that roller window shades do well when they are closed blocks outside light from coming into a room. While regular roller window shades do not have the same opaqueness as blackout roller window shades, which completely block out all light, they can effectively decrease the amount of light or solar glare in rooms where electronic devices are being used.
Roller window shades give your home privacy. When roller window shades are completely closed, you have total privacy, which makes your home more safe and secure. And even when roller window shades are open, you can adjust the height so it’s difficult for people outside to easily see inside a room.
Roller window shades are that they are a breeze to maintain. You should clean them once a month, but cleaning is easy. All you need to do is wipe them down with a wet cloth to remove any dust and dirt that’s accumulated.
Because all their moving parts are protectively stored inside the headrail, roller window shades are much less likely to get damaged, broken, need to be repaired, or need to be replaced.
Roller window shades can be purchased with a blackout option, which is ideal for your home’s bedrooms. Whether there are little people or big people in your family who need to or want to take an afternoon nap, or some of your family members work at night and need to sleep during the day, blackout roller window shades will give them the optimal sleeping environment.
Blackout roller window shades are effective at blocking ultraviolet rays (UV) from sunlight, which, over the course of time, can damage the internal contents of your home. This may mean that you have to replace furniture, flooring, and rugs more often than should be necessary. Additionally, UV rays cause sunburn, so unless exposure is limited inside your home, it is possible for you and your family to get sunburned by UV rays coming through your unprotected windows.
If you’d like to learn more about roller window shades in Palo Alto, CA, you can speak with our knowledgeable team at Windows & Beyond, Inc.