They re more durable and less prone to damage from moisture or direct sunlight than real wood blinds.
Blinds with tapes or not.
Be careful when you use the cloth tape over faux wood blinds.
Another option is to replace the cords that run down your blinds with wide cloth tapes above left.
They were a relatively small upcharge.
I think white ones without tapes will look very like the white metal venetian blinds that were all over in the 80s the sort that got all warped and bent if you had a mad yappy dog who used to attack the window every time someone walked past.
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If you want complete darkness to grab a few more winks on weekends add some curtains over the binds to double up the sun defense.
They ll give your blinds a stately look and completely cover the holes in your slats.
But i just hoover them and use baby wipes to clean.
If the blinds with tapes are not taking your fancy then all of our wooden and faux wood blinds come without tapes too these can be found here.
I have some wood blinds with tapes from smith noble.
That means faux wood blinds are less likely to crack peel or warp.
They do get grubby at the top of the tapes if the window s open a lot.
If you want the look of wood blinds but they re not in your budget consider faux wood blinds.
Faux wood blinds are heavier of the three types need more string supports for aesthetic reasons be it the desire to bring contrast look or accent with furniture you can opt to put cloth tapes over the strings.
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We have noticed that wooden blinds for a bay window are more popular with tapes rather than without possibly because in this style they resemble shutters more closely than blinds without tapes.
The slats are stained wood.
Although tapes for blinds are experiencing an increase in adoption rates in recent years opinions regarding it remain divisive and rightfully so.
Faux wood blinds give you the look of natural wood but cost less.
I have white with white tapes and would choose the tape option again.
Shades are much more customizable than blinds.
Wood blinds or faux wood blinds block out a great deal of sun but not all of it.
Putting aside the look which we feel can be equally striking in the modern or more traditional home blinds with tapes simply cut out more light than a wooden blind with cords.
It s not a huge difference but enough to be important particularly in a bedroom.
Notches on either side of the slat hold them in alignment.
They have quite a variety of tape options.
I chose embroidered looking ones with a gold pattern on a dark maroon background.
Consider the positioning of the windows throughout the house and protect the windows and rooms that bear the brunt of the sun while.
The spacing between cloth tape ladders will be 11.
The most prevalent argument is that the tapes actually break up the uniform and clean look of the horizontal slats while some feel that it looks more organized overall with the cords being hidden.
