Subscribe Feed (RSS)If you are planning to change the design of your house, here we present to you window covering ideas that will not only make your home beautiful but will help save the environment as well. Ensuring that we do things in an eco-friendly manner is very important especially now with the threat of global warming looming over our heads.
Other than you would want to help save the environment, eco-friendly activities will also help solve your problem with storing large, bulky, faded to sell, old curtains. And you’re not allowed to burn them anyway. So what better way to solve this problem that to look for eco-friendly curtains?
Luckily, there are now a number of companies that are creating eco-friendly products using recycled materials. The best thing is that these recycled materials can still be recycled again, so you won’t need to constantly buy new drapes whenever it gets too faded and old. More importantly, eco-friendly materials are also produce with less chemicals and PVC. And, of course, they also look beautiful, elegant and stylish. Who said you can’t be stylish and environment friendly at the same time anyway?
Eco-friendly window covering ideas like having window blinds instead of curtains. The blinds can be made of wood, faux wood, woven wood and even recycled fabrics. You can even do the blinds yourself with your family with just some old material that you have at home. Or instead of using glass windows, you can use solar panels instead or blackout shades. These shades can help you save energy and even helps block harmful UV rays and control glare. This can even help maintain the temperature in your home.
Or you can also opt to choose bamboo shades. The best thing about bamboo is that cut trees can easily regenerate within just a few years and they need not need to be replanted as well. But most of all, bamboo is durable and will make your home look unique and delightful. But if you don’t like blinds, you can also choose awnings.
Awnings are also eco-friendly window covering as these can reduce summer solar heat gain by up to 65%. Thus, you can actually save on energy and help lowers energy bills. Though it would be best if you will choose retractable awnings, to make sure that there is enough heat in your home during winter.
For your kitchen, for example, some window covering ideas that we can recommend are through the use of materials that you can already find in your kitchen. You can try using napkins rings, especially if the rings match with your kitchen door. You can slip the rings over a curtain rod and then you can pull napkins, scarves, squares of your favorite fabric or dishtowel through the rings. Then you let the ends hang down for shade. Or you can also use table runner with curtain rings or scarves if you have narrower window. But make sure, that when you’re placing drapes over your window, it should maximize natural light and provide optimal heat transfer to your home. These are just a few ideas that you can be expanded in order to become useful and delightful when used at home!
