As
the name suggests this is traditionally the main communal
daytime room of the house. Often it is situated at the front
near the main front door, and provides a view onto the main
street / drive / land / beach outside. Since so many of your
waking hours are spent in that room it’s often given
extra thought, planning and investment when it comes to decorating,
fixtures and fittings.
Contemporary living room designs
often work to create a feeling of light, and space, and
allow the visual focus to rest upon a select group of colours,
items and accents. In order to create a truly spacious feeling,
lighter colours are often used on walls, and extensive use
of patterns is generally avoided. The same simple approach
is often taken with flooring / floor coverings in contemporary
living rooms. When it comes to windows, to create a feeling
of light and space inside it’s often important minimise
the perceived boundary between the outside and the inside,
and to avoid focusing the attention on the window coverings
themselves. Vertical
blinds work particularly well in a contemporary setting,
and particularly if the slats are light coloured with minimal
patterns. When the slats are turned open so that they are
at right angle to the room it’s really only the tiny
width of the slats that are visible from inside the room.
Unlike curtains, vertical blinds don’t require anything
to be bunched at the sides of the window so they don’t
present an untidy distraction or area of the window which
could gather dirt and dust.
Vertical
blind slats are available in an extremely wide range
of colours and finishes so they could integrate with the
lighter shades of a contemporary room design, or they could
take on the accent colour of the decoration theme thus making
them a bold yet harmonious feature.
Larger window spaces e.g. sliding
or large tilt and turn doors are often associated with contemporary
room designs. Vertical
blinds can be made to measure to fit any width and height,
and the fact that the slats hang vertically maintains a
perception of height and within the room as the eye moves
up and down them. In fact vertical
blinds are better suited to these larger window spaces
since the slats are relatively wide compared to horizontal
blind slats,
and thus look a little less busy.