Bathroom Blinds

Bathrooms being what they are they have far different requirements for the windows, not the least of which of those requirements is that they easily shed water and be practical in nature.

I’ve known hordes of people, opting for the luxury look, who didn't account for the moisture and heat that are part and parcel of the bathing experience, who placed lovely draperies or dressy curtains in the room, and even with the exhaust fan in place, got, for their trouble, broad expanses of mildewed fabric that was difficult to clean.

Luxury doesn't mean just chintz or satin, although those things too can enter into the bathrooms decor, if done correctly.

In a bath, the one thing that we absolutely must make possible is that fabrics which are used there will dry easily and are not so gathered together as to make that drying impossible.

One of the best solutions for a bathroom window treatment, that will lend itself to luxury as well as to beauty and style, while affording us the privacy that we need and want in the bathing area, is window blinds.

Blinds being what they are today are a far cry from the first slatted uprights or the plastic venetians of our parent’s day.

The colors are so readily available and can be combined with textures that are remarkable in nature.

Faux woods are excellent in the bath and have something that the more expensive and more popular real woods don't have. They are waterproof, and although they are not of the real material, truly look and sometimes feel like real wood.

They provide insulating value as well as room privacy and are incredibly easy to wipe clean and care for that in reality they are in this circumstance far superior to the actual wood product.

They also, given the look of them, lend themselves well to that look of richness and luxury that we try to achieve.

One of the best bathroom window treatments I've seen in use was a high header chintz valance, of a cream color, which had been stencilled lightly with a fern motif in sage green, hung above the lighter colored faux wood window blinds.

The look was truly elegant yet it was practical in that the valance was little enough fabric that it would dry rapidly and the faux wood blinds were waterproof, wiped clean of dust and were truly durable in the bath.

In my own bath, I use faux wood or textured vinyl and I absolutely recommend them for yours.