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Venetian Blinds
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 Venetian
blinds are the most popular window covering for home and offices
alike. You can choose from authentic, handcrafted designs or the
more common styles for your office or home. Venetian blinds are
built of several materials like solid western red cedar or synthetic
polymers. The natural materials are hand-selected to reduce the
wood's expansion and contraction in weather.
Slat blinds, which consist of many horizontal, flat slats, usually
of metal or vinyl, connected with string in a way that they can
be rotated to allow light to pass between the slats, rotated 90
degrees to hide the light, or pulled to sit against each other so
that the entire window is clear. The rotation of the blinds is achieved
by rotating a connector attached to the strings or by pulling a
cord; the raising and lowering of the blinds is achieved by pulling
a different string. Such blinds include:
Venetian blinds, basic slatted blind made of metal or plastic;
wooden slats are sometimes used but these are usually referred to
as wood blinds. Venetian blinds were introduced around 1770, possibly
in Venice, Italy.
Venetian blind offshoots:
· Woven-wood blinds, which are slats of decorative wood,
bamboo, or other natural material woven together with simple string,
colored yarn, or other decorative material to make a nearly solid
blind; these either roll up out of the way or fold up out of the
way.
· Vertical blinds, or track blinds, consisting of slats
of stiffened fabric, plastic, or metal hanging by one end from a
track; like the horizontal versions, the slats can be rotated 90
degrees to allow light to pass through or to fold up on one side
of a door or window.
· Roman shades, made of fabric or woven wood, that pull
up by having each section of the shade fold behind a higher section.
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