The main purposes of window blinds are to offer you privacy and control over the light that enters your home, but there are a number of other roles that window blinds fulfil too.
The style or design side of things is a fairly big factor for many people in terms of why they get blinds too; curtains can look a little dated or “busy” in some homes, and don’t come in as many styles and variants as blinds, making them somewhat one-dimensional in comparison.
In this blog post I’ll hit all of the relevant high notes in terms of the purpose and applications of window blinds, some of which are blindingly obvious but others are somewhat more obtuse!
Possibly or probably the key purpose of window blinds is to allow you to control your privacy; closing or partially closing a blind prevents or greatly restricts any view others have from outside.
This is important to most people for both preserving their modesty and not allowing strangers to see what sort of swag you’ve got, but it is also of course important to prevent those from outside seeing things they’d probably rather not see too!
Some blinds can only be raised or lowered to control privacy; while others can be tilted or adjusted in order to occlude what’s going on inside while still allowing you to enjoy the view.
The light blocking or filtering side of things is probably as important as the privacy side, or at least very close. Blinds let you keep the sun out (and also stop internal light from escaping) which might mean the difference between you being able to sleep at night or not; or even the ability to see your TV screen for daytime viewing or not.
Many types of blinds also allow you to filter light, as per the above point regarding privacy. This can take the edge off very bright light or prevent glare, without darkening the room fully.
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