The Timeless Beauty Of Woven Wood Shades
Woven wood shades have gone through many transitions over the years. The current woven wood shades feature the natural beauty of grasses, reeds, bamboo, rattan, woods and sisal for an environmentally friendly product in calming nature colors like brown, off white, tan, green, rust and blues. All the major companies have followed this trend with variations in trims and features. The new woven wood shades are lighter weight and more delicate looking. These blinds have improved lifting mechanisms and features like top down/bottom up controls that allow you to have the top part of the window open and bottom covered or bottom open and top covered.
Each company has its own look and features and a price range going from an economy line to a luxury line. Hunter Douglas has a nice line of woven wood shades in their Alusta woven textures and Provenance woven wood shades.They have the widest size range with available widths from 18 inches to 144 inches and the height from 30 inches to 108 inches. They are known for their lift mechanisms including remote control power rise, and manual systems like the light rise bottom rail, ultra glide single cord system, easy rise continuous cord and top down/bottom up system. They have a very large selection of colors and trims with reasonable prices. Their motorized controls are ideal for many areas.
Bali has a nice selection of woven wood shades in price groups and design groups. They use a symbol to tell you if the design group you are looking at is in the best value, better value, mid range, higher price range or highest price range. There are good choices in every price range. Bali advertises casual elegance and simple sophistication. Comfortex woven wood shades are in the lower price ranges, and they offer a faux wood line made of polyester as well as the natural wood line. They have the least patterns available but have a nice privacy lining.
Smith+Noble Dakota Fabric Valances
Graber woven wood shades are in their Tradewinds line with patterns that go with traditional, sophisticated or contemporary decor. They are grouped in premium assortment, basic assortment, intermediate assortment and platinum assortment. They have standard cord lift, modern operating system and the top down/ bottom up feature. They have the most decorative types to choose from. Kirsch has a nice line of woven wood shades with concealed hardware and 20 pattern groups with enticing names like Caribbean blends and spice cove. Levolor has an attractive wide wooden valance available and some unique lift systems like the cordless handle and the day/night system. All of these companies have a good selection and price range with web sites to help with home shopping.
