Curtains, blinds, Japanese panels .... All of them allow us to filter outside light and provide us with privacy in our home. However, each one does it in a different way, through different installation and opening systems. We have spoken in Decoora of the curtains and japanese panels but not the characteristics of the blinds.
The Ikea blinds they are a practical and economical alternative to dressing windows and balconies. Composed of a single piece, they are collected vertically unlike Japanese curtains and panels. Very economical, they are offered in such a variety of designs that it is easy to adapt them to each type of room.
Ikea blinds allow us to draw a barrier between the exterior and the interior of our home. They help us to regulate the amount of light that enters a certain room and protects us from curious glances. They are therefore a practical solution to create a pleasant atmosphere in any room.
General characteristics of Ikea blinds
As we have already mentioned, the blind is «a one-piece curtain, which picks up vertically»This is how the RAE defines it and all the designs that Ikea proposes in its new catalog are adjusted to that definition. Designs that also have many other characteristics in common:
- Filter the light and reduces reflections on TV and computer screen.
- Prevents the interior from being seen of the stay from the outside.
- Can be mounted on the indoor or outdoor from a window frame or ceiling.
- Se rolls slowly and silently thanks to the soft closing function.
- The closing mechanism does not require laces to take care of the safety of your children.
Ikea stores: advantages and disadvantages
The anchoring systems of the blinds are today much simpler than in the past, which allows us install them with ease. It is just one of the advantages of blinds compared to other alternatives along with others related to maintenance and safety. But not all are advantages, blinds also have some drawbacks.
Advantages:
- The anchoring systems are simple, allowing an installation process within reach of any hand
- Easy maintenance; they can be cleaned with a cloth dampened in a mild soapy solution.
- Economic, within reach of any pocket
- Conclusion child safe; the laces of the closure system are hidden or disappear.
- Wide variety of designs and therefore easy to adapt them to an existing decoration.
Disadvantages:
- They can be a hindrance to open and close the windows that open into the room.
- As they are rollable, they require having a height 25 cm. roughly from the window to the ceiling.
- Conclusion incompatible with some fabrics very stiff. Then we will not always be able to make them in the fabric we want.
Ikea blinds: Design
In addition to helping us regulate the amount of light entering the home and providing us with the privacy we need, blinds have a important aesthetic function. They dress the windows of our home and have a great influence on the general aesthetics of the room, contributing to the same contemporaneity.
Ikea presents us in its catalog a wide variety of designs with different characteristics. One of the most popular and inexpensive Ikea blinds is 'Tupplur', a blind with a special coating that completely prevents the passage of light. Very appropriate in multimedia rooms to which we want to provide darkness.
Skogsklöver and Hoppvals, unlike the previous one, are blinds that allow outside light to pass through. Skogsklöver is a discreet blind that filters outside light and creates a pleasant atmosphere in the room. Hoppvals, meanwhile, is striking for its ability to trap air within the honeycomb structure, thus creating a insulation layer that can help us save on heating.
Colors and patterns
Ikea blinds are available in up to five colors: white, beige, blue, gray and black. Neutral colors, very versatile, which is easy to adapt to any room. Most of them have plain designs, but there are a couple of exceptions with stamped motifs in the catalog.
Ikea presents as a novelty a design that, like Tupplur, has a special coating that completely prevents the passage of light. It is a modern blind that presents geometric patterns in gray tones on a white background. It also features a patterned, yet subtle, white Liselott pattern.
While we love to enjoy the outside scenery in a room with a view, we sometimes prefer the outside elements to be left out. Dimming the exterior light or protecting ourselves from curious glances if we live in an urban area, may be sufficient reasons to bet on a solution such as blinds. A solution that is also practical and aesthetic and that will provide a warm and contemporary touch To the room.