Vertical blinds - New trends and ideas for light design

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Vertical lamellae, lamellae curtains, vertical blinds - whatever you may call them - these window curtains made of narrow fabric strips tied to each other are conquering more and more windows.

Well-known from waiting rooms, hospitals or surgeries where they are mainly used as easy-to-care privacy protection or shades in modern equipped treatment rooms, we meet them as well in other areas of public life. They are most appreciated where clear structures and a serious ambience give evidence for ambitious work and reliability: in offices, in banks, at the post office, in law firms, schools and other public institutions.

Most often they are kept in diplomatically chosen colours such as white, grey or beige. Until today the lamellae usually did not contribute much to make the room's atmosphere more cosy. They appeared rather strict and cool and hardly anyone had the idea to decorate the windows of his or her living room or bedroom with vertical blinds. Certainly this was not only due to the relatively poor choice in colours and missing decorative elements in design, but also due to the inflexible possibilities of fixing. And finally, the interior design trends did not suit the clear lines and functional optic of vertical office blinds.

If you have a look at new furniture at furniture stores, catalogues or the internet, you will realize that the current interior design trend is moving towards more functionality and simplicity. At the same time elements from nature, Asian, African and other ethnic motives are joined to create a unique mixture of modernity and tradition. And, having a closer look, one will not discover curtains in the background as window decoration, but vertical bedroom blinds which, perfectly suit the modern or natural ambience of the room and contribute an interesting light design.

Light designers and interior architects have always appreciated the practical features of vertical blinds as continuously usable light controller, variable dosing dispenser, sun and heat protection or visual cover. Applying them makes it possible to use daylight effectively and decorate large window surfaces or glass roofs in an individual way. In the meantime the range of fabrics, colours, designs and shapes is at least as broad as for classical window decoration. Thus the perfect vertical blind can be found for every taste, every style and every room, even as bathroom blinds or odd shaped blinds for extraordinary sizes and shapes.

We would like to give you some ideas and tips on how you can emphasize your windows, in the living room, bedrooms and children's rooms, in the kitchen, the bathroom or the home office in various functional and decorative ways using vertical blinds. We will show you how effective vertical blinds can be used for decorating shop windows or restaurants. And of course the new homey living room blinds can be applied for embellishing the atmosphere in your office or waiting room which contributes to pushing your own image as well.