Window Covering Answers

Feng Shui and Window Treatments Here are some Feng Shui sites that talk about window treatments and how energy or chi can be improved in your home. Although there is a bit of the sceptic in me about this particular way of looking at window treatments... mostly Feng Shui is plain old common sense.  Here are a couple of links http://www.lindavarone.com/2011/feng-shui-your-window-treatments-are-your-curtains-getting-between-you-and-nature/ http://redlotusletter.com/the-feng-shui-of-windows/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdIXn0L4PSw  

Feng Shui and Window Treatments Here are some Feng Shui sites that talk about window treatments and how energy or chi can be improved in your home. Although there is a bit of the sceptic in me about this particular way of looking at window treatments... mostly Feng Shui is plain old common sense.  Here are a couple of links http://www.lindavarone.com/2011/feng-shui-your-window-treatments-are-your-curtains-getting-between-you-and-nature/ http://redlotusletter.com/the-feng-shui-of-windows/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdIXn0L4PSw  

Outdoor Blinds Double glazed or thermal windows produce unwanted heat gain in the summer months..Outdoor blinds add a level of indoor control to your home. As the video explains heat gain can be troublesome, increasing your energy bills. Plus no one really wants to  live behind their blinds in the glorious summer. Outdoor blinds can temper all this. The following video makes this clear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiCRdLhZn3I

  A Short List of Useful Sites     There are so many useful sites when it comes to window coverings and sorting through them can become time consuming.     Listed below are a few that have energy saving tips or DIY money saving ideas and instructions.     http://www.bhg.com/decorating/window-treatments/budget/     As is often the case Better Homes and Gardens has one of the best all round sites when it comes to window treatments of all kinds.   The video instructions for various DIY window treatments are so simple and easy to follow! There are numerous youtube videos on this subject, some more interesting than others. Some trying to sell you something. And some purely instructional and educational. From Britain - a slightly different approach Offering a good overview and a short video of the problems associated with windows. Easy to understand. Some novel approaches.     https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8723719567831969848#