If you enjoyed privacy, but loves natural light coming in you can accentuate your windows with shades that don’t hamper your view of the outside. You can decide on Roman shades to dress up your windows. They are one of the top favorites for window treatment, and they can be your creative repartee to your privacy problem. Let in natural light but keep your privacy at the same time with Roman shades that are of sheer fabric or of natural weaving materials.
Roman shades are drawn up from the bottom through the use of cords or strings. Traditionally, Roman shades create horizontal folds when they are raised. When completely lowered, the panels are flat fully covering the window and offering utmost privacy. However, with different styles emerging this definition of Roman shades could no longer be true.
Currently, Roman shades are of various looks and appeals: Flat, structured flat, soft/teardrop/waterfall, balloon, relaxed and still many others. Some styles are composites of the different styles.
Flat roman shades are the preferred style when using patterned fabrics. Because this style has no horizontal seams or stitching, you could achieve continuous and complete picture of the patterns. Flat roman shades can give you that clean and uncluttered look.
The so-called structured flat is characterized by rear-facing pleats about nine inches apart of each other. In this style, if you’d like more tailored and more pronounced pleats go for the heavy and stiff materials.
As the name implies, soft roman shades has soft appearance. Soft roman shades have overlapping folds that appear to be cascading from the top to the bottom. Thus, this style is also called teardrop or waterfall style because of this ‘cascading’ effect. This look is achieved through the use of linings.
The balloon shape style is of box pleats that create ‘bulges’ or balloons at the bottom portion. Because of this design, this roman shades style tend to use more fabric and thereby heavier. This is why lighter and pliable fabrics are preferred when you opt for this particular style. The relaxed style, in contrast, can make use of any fabric material. Relaxed roman shades are noteworthy for their swagged hemlines and wider shades tend to have multiple swags.
On the other hand, if you have an Asian-inspired interior design you can choose shades made from bamboo, reed, or grass materials. This style can emit a truly exotic atmosphere.
