Styles Of Blinds Shutters The best parts of decorating your windows are the different window treatments you can choose. This is where you can make decisions on fabrics, colors, and also styles. Each decision you make between contrasting borders, cording or fringe will show off your own individually. If you add repeating fabrics and colors in other parts of the room you could help to add a dash of flair to your home. You also have different styles of draperies and valances to choose from. With draperies, you have the options of rods with tap tops, tie tops with different pleats, grommet rod pockets, flouncy tops or plain rings. With valances you can choose to have them gathered, pleated, shirred, swaged, bundled, formal, casual, scalloped, lace, or even flat. You also have a different variety of shades and blinds to choose from. You can choose between fabric shades or cellular shades. If you don't want to go with shades, you can choose from metal mini blinds, natural blinds, or even wood blinds. With fabric shades you can choose between the Roman, balloon, Austrian, bottom arched, pleated, or even flat panel. If you prefer cellular shades, keep in mind that they will give you a cleaner look and are also available in sheer or non-sheer materials. If you decide to choose blinds, make sure that they meet your homes requirements. Metal mini blinds offer choices in weight and size, special finishes, privacy options, header choices, cloth tapes, and hundreds of different colors. Wooden mini blinds also offer a variety of sizes, tape colors, and finishes. Natural blinds are also known as bamboo blinds, and are available in matchstick, sewn slats, and have several choices of natural fabric like appearance. (word count 284) PPPPP