Designer Roller Blinds - When Plain Simply Will Not Do!

There comes a point in your decorating phase when plain and white simply will not do! While window blinds of that colour and design have their own place and value in certain settings, they can sometimes be sterile, lifeless and boring; especially when the surrounding décor follows standard geometric and architectural patterns.

To create some sizzle in an otherwise unadorned setting, interior decorators have borrowed some ideas from the art department. Although they have virtually an ocean of choices when it comes to window treatments (themselves increasingly becoming more than just 'side dressings'), home owners and decorators alike opt for the more straightforward approach to dressing a window in using a roller blind. Once considered 'functional' rather than 'stylish', roller blinds, however, are seeing some renaissance of sorts.

Because roller blinds already offer a clean and stylish look even at their most modest, they have become quite popular among professional and lay users. Interior designers prefer their non-intrusive look that often provides a backdrop to a setting. Home owners love the ease of their operation and their reputation for low-maintenance.

With designer roller blinds, functionality, style and art have now come together to make homes and other interior spaces not just sanctums of personal space and places of relaxation, but also venues of artistic exhibition.

Unlike the standard or even custom-made roller blinds, designer roller blinds emphasize not on pattern or texture or a single colour. Instead, all of these elements are brought together to create designs that are worthy of art galleries. Not incidentally, designer roller blinds are often conceptualized by artists, (not just design professionals who have established a brand for themselves), who want to showcase their creations in venues other than the mainstream. So it is not surprising to discover that designer roller blinds are often used in situ as replicas to 'real' art. From an art perspective, these blinds do look like paintings when the blinds are pulled down, offering home owners affordable pieces of gallery-quality creations!

Themes are as varied as there are subjects in the world of visual arts. For example, in 'Earth images', every conceivable natural formation and organism is rendered in stunning colour and detail. This category includes landscapes, seascapes, sunsets and skies, creatures, flora and fauna. In 'food and drinks', cocktails, fruits and vegetables are the main subjects. In 'art and culture', caricatures and characters, ballet and opera, abstract, pop, fantasy art, Art Deco and Art Nouveau are the prevailing themes.

As the needs of the modern home owner are becoming more and more eclectic, designers are given a wider remit to conceive creations that would have been considered too avant-garde several decades ago. As a result, consumers are themselves becoming liberal with their personal tastes even in design areas that were once considered conservative. Designer roller blinds reflect this shift in taste and preference.

Window blinds have indeed come a long way from the unassuming strips of cloth or horizontal slats that bordered more on functional rather than stylish early in their evolution.

Roller blinds have proven that what is functional need not only be stylish, but also highly artistic!

About the Author

Russell Shearer is a Contributing Editor to Blinds-UK, one of the latest online shops for effortless ordering of window blinds in the UK. Visit Blinds-UK for the latest fabrics available, and for tips and advice on how to confidently measure your windows for ordering your blinds online. Measuring and installing designer roller blinds is not difficult when you follow some simple guidelines.

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