Стильные современные жалюзи призваны украсить interior and apartment, and office space. You can choose them under the texture of the windows, under the environment. Today, excellent replacement for curtains and aluminum slats are blinds made of bamboo. They are distinguished by simplicity in care, practicality, environmental friendliness, durability and, of course, a noble and aesthetic appearance. More about this interior innovation, we'll talk further.
Key Benefits
Let's look at the main advantages of bamboo blinds:
- It is a natural, hypoallergenic, eco-friendly material.
- Bamboo is quite resistant to external influences, burnout, deformation, temperature changes, high humidity.
- The product is wear-resistant and durable, manufacturers guarantee that it can serve with due care up to 10-15 years.
- Universal - they can be installed in the nursery, and in the lobby of the office, you can draw an attic, balcony, veranda.
- Another advantage of bamboo blinds is an affordable price.
- Excellent thermal insulation characteristics, which allows maintaining a comfortable temperature in the room; it is always cool in summer and warm in winter.
- Blinds feature lightness of lamellas.
- Can be used to decorate windows of different sizes; it is also possible to cover with a continuous cloth.
- Spectacular appearance even without decor.
- You can choose the color solution for lamellas.
- Harmoniously combined with light curtains, organza tulle, and with heavy curtains, and with curtains.
- Very easy to care for - bamboo blinds need to be cleaned from time to time with a lightly moistened cloth or treated with a special narrow nozzle of the vacuum cleaner.
Against the background of all the listed advantages, it is possible to reveal only one essential drawback - the material is fire dangerous. Therefore, the blinds must be mounted at a distance from the sources of fire.
Making bamboo slats
Lameli forms bamboo straw. Depending on its width, a special type of interlacing of raw materials is used. Straws are varnished, painted, decorated.
By the color of the lamellas, it is possible to determine which bamboo was used in their manufacture:
- Beige, whitish, have small impregnations. Raw materials from the inside of the plant.
- Light brown, greenish, golden hue. The trunk of the plant is used.
When choosing your bamboo blinds, pay attention to the following:
- quality, reliability of the opening / closing mechanism;
- frequency of weaving fibers - the less often, the more light it will pass through the web or individual lamellas;
- the availability of fasteners suitable for your installation - on the ceiling, window opening;
Variety in size
Bamboo blinds on the windows in size are divided into two main categories:
- Maxim. The bamboo lamella is 50 mm here. The width of the entire canvas is 400-1800 mm, and the height - up to 1700 mm.
- Standard. Lamella - 25 mm. The width of the blinds is 330-800 mm, and the height is up to 2100 mm.
Basic Types
Bamboo blinds, photos of which you can see in the article, are divided into the following main types:
- vertical;
- horizontal;
- Curtains woven from bamboo raw materials.
Let's look at each category separately.
Vertical blinds
Vertical bamboo blinds are a classic look.Slightly similar to conventional curtains. Move / move apart to the center, left-right. The design makes it easy to catch the right combination of darkness, room illumination.
Designers design vertical blinds of various lengths. Most of all, they are suitable for small spaces, as they visually expand the space, "increase" the ceilings.
Horizontal blinds
Горизонтальные бамбуковые жалюзи наиболее просты in the assembly. They are installed directly on the sash of the window, which does not interfere with opening / closing the last one. To protect from the views of outsiders, the lamellas are wrapped around the glass with a narrow part. This allows you to maintain good lighting. If it is necessary to hide from the sunlight, then it is sufficient to deploy the bamboo plates wide side to the window.
This type of blinds decorate the premises of a very diverse type. They are ideal for small apartments and offices, small window openings.
Types of horizontal blinds
Also there are the following varieties of horizontal blinds:
- Free-hanging. They differ in simplicity of installation, low cost of installation. The variant is used for the design of swinging doors, window openings of mansards.
- Models with a lower fixation. Ideal for "blind" windows.
It is worth mentioning about another speciesconstruction - bamboo blinds-shutters. This element completely closes the window opening. Lameli here raises a special mechanism. Thus, the shutters are all the time located on the window. Planks can be raised to let in sunlight, or to lower partially, preventing it.
Bamboo curtains
Special attention deserves curtains, whose canvases are formed by interlacing bamboo fibers. Usually such products are supplied with a lifting mechanism.
There are two types of similar curtains:
- "Roman assembly".The canvas is fixed on the window with the help of a fishing line, after which it is folded in folds, folds (height within 20-25 cm). Excellent for swivel-leaf flaps. There is one peculiarity - the model takes up more space under the cornice.
- Roll bamboo blinds.Here, when the canvas is lifted, it rolls by a mechanism into a roll, which is why such a name is justified. The resulting "roll" - a compact, aesthetically pleasing. It is one of the excellent options for plastic windows. It is not only a beautiful decoration, but also the preservation of heat, protection from direct sunlight.
Mounting Features
It must be said that the bamboo blinds are quite possibleinstall and independently, without even referring to the help of specialists. First of all, this is facilitated by the lightness of the lamellas. It is important to note the following when installing:
- Consider the location of the attachment pointstructure. They can be external, the inside of the window opening or the ceiling. At any position of the slats, the blinds should not interfere with the opening / closing of the window flaps.
- If nevertheless you plan to mount the construction onopening, the length of the blinds from the bamboo should be 10 cm more than the length of the window. But if the installation is made on the inside of the opening, the length of the system should be shorter than the height of the leaf by 1 cm.
- When buying blinds, make sure that you haveall necessary parts of the fastening system. Replacement of original elements by analogs is fraught with a skew, sagging of a design, "waves". Such work, alas, will have to be remade.
- By self-installing,follow the instructions attached to the purchase. The process of installation though simple, but the slightest deviation from the prescriptions can greatly affect the functionality, aesthetics of the entire design.
- Remember that bamboo is a tree. Therefore, refuse to install such blinds near the sources of fire. Also observe the precautionary measures during operation.
Bamboo blinds - popular and practicalsolution for modern interiors. You can choose the most suitable variant from all variety of their types - roll, vertical, horizontal and other types. With the installation and maintenance of the product, you will be able to cope on your own. It is a stylish and very original interior detail that will revitalize the room in almost any style.
