Window Treatments That Incorporate Natural Light
Have more, or less, natural light stream in through your windows by using window treatments
Installing larger windows to bring in more light is not an option for apartment and flat owners and traditional windows can also pose the problem of allowing in harmful UV rays and heat. There are different solutions to get around this, one of them being clerestory windows that allow sunlight in near the ceiling, but a simpler way would be to use window treatments.
Window treatments work to maximise natural light and integrate with your decor and personal preferences. Depending on their design, you can adjust the sunlight coming into your home according to your needs and preferences.
Window treatments work to maximise natural light and integrate with your decor and personal preferences. Depending on their design, you can adjust the sunlight coming into your home according to your needs and preferences.
Window coverings can let sunlight in and reduce the harsh glare through the extra barrier, thus resolving the issue with traditional windows.
Hunter Douglas’s Luminette blinds combine the classic characteristics of curtains and blinds, softening and diffusing light with rotating vertical vanes. allows light through. You can open or close the vanes to achieve any brightness setting from let-it-all-in to I-need-some-privacy.
The type of fabric and colour used on your window treatment also offer varying levels of transparency. Select sheer or opaque blinds or curtains, according to the brightness or dimness you require.
Hunter Douglas’s Luminette blinds combine the classic characteristics of curtains and blinds, softening and diffusing light with rotating vertical vanes. allows light through. You can open or close the vanes to achieve any brightness setting from let-it-all-in to I-need-some-privacy.
The type of fabric and colour used on your window treatment also offer varying levels of transparency. Select sheer or opaque blinds or curtains, according to the brightness or dimness you require.
Other than controlling the amount of light entering the house, window treatments also work to improve your home in other ways like reducing the impact of UV ray on furniture and furnishings. Some sheers can even deflect the sun’s heat, making the interior cooler.
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Some window treatments even go one step further to include a motorisation system. PowerView by Hunter Douglas allows the window treatment to be controlled through a separate device with a simple click without the need for manual adjustments. Settings that match the occupants’ schedule can be saved so that the window treatment open and close automatically throughout the day. For example, the vanes can open at sunrise to welcome the morning sun and close at night for the transition to artificial lights.
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In addition, natural light is dynamic, as it changes throughout the day and even changes with the seasons.