THREE REASONS WHY WINDOW BLINDS ARE BACK IN DEMAND

Window shutters have gone out of fashion. In recent years there has been a huge decline in the use of window shutters as the home window treatment of choice. The trend of window shutters has just run its course, and while it may one day return, for now it is no longer in the spotlight. During the last ten years, window shutters have been the big dog in window decoration. Shutters have been the choice of window covering in homes all across the United States. Beach houses, Midwestern lofts, southern estates; they were all popular areas for different types of window shutters. In some cases window shutters were preferred due to the fact that they could provide extra protection to their house, as there were sometimes constructed of heavy duty materials which made excellent extra layers of protection against storms and home burglaries. In other cases the shutter was the preferred window covering because it was often used on the outside of the house, a feature which few other window coverings could be used for. The popularity of the window shutter was so vast that it caused many other kinds of window coverings to fall in popularity, with window blinds being one of those. For whatever reason, the popularity of the window shutters has finally given way, and the new king in town is the mighty window blinds. Big online sellers such as, apexshades.com, have reported that this year for the first time in over a decade, the most popular item they have sold has been window blinds. As is usually the case with a window covering when it gets hot, the trend only grows bigger and bigger for the first few years, so it is unlikely that we have seen the peak of the returned popularity of the great window blinds.

1. Another reason why window blinds are back at the top of the game is due to the fact that the biggest names in window coverings have once again begun to produce blinds. Hunter Douglas blinds are currently the number one sought after window covering in the nation, with nearly two hundred thousand units being sold last year alone. The big home builders always go with the trusted name brands when it comes to decorating the homes they sell because the big window covering companies offer the guaranties that large builders require for their projects. With all the big builders in town using brand names like Hunter Douglas, and with Hunter Douglas producing tons of blinds, the result is a massive increase in the number of blinds in homes all across the nation.

2. Finally, blinds are the number one window covering in the country because of the fact that they are so cheap to make, and therefore so cheap to buy. The components used to make blinds are very inexpensive to produce, with some very standard blinds costing right around a dollar a piece for production. The low cost of blinds makes them a very attractive choice for new home owners that have to stay on budget.