How to choose the RIGHT blinds for your home?? Often, as the sun FINALLY emerges after the long winter months, it blares its rays into our homes.  Aside from the obviously wonderful emotional benefits, there are a few drawbacks to its intrusive behaviour.  Rooms warm up, more than we want them to and watching our televisions with the intense glare becomes impossible.  We worry about our wood floors fading, our silk drapery rotting and our precious early hours of sleep.  While sheers can act as a barrier, true control is measured by the hard working blind. And all the while, we really don’t want that pesky blind interrupting our hard laboured décor. Here are some different blind options, and the pros and cons related to their functions. Horizontal Shades Royal Wood Shutters By Elite WF available through Monaco Interiors Pros: 1. You can purchase most with a privacy feature, which lessens light coming into the room 2.  There is this great wand or rope that allows you to “turn” them and move them up or down, to your preferred level of light control 3.  Relatively inexpensive, unless you move into the real wood zone 4.  The aluminum ones are fairly […]