Home Design

COVER STORY

What matters to you in terms of style, connectivity, privacy and individuality? When you think about it, window coverings have a big job to do — they invite in light, keep out winter chills and provide privacy. And that’s just the beginning …

Window coverings also add texture and style and highlight views beyond the home’s interior. They can also make a beautiful design statement in a room.

Window coverings, both indoors and out, do far more than make a style statement; they can add colour and warm or cool accents to the colour palette of a room or outdoor entertaining space.

There are myriad choices when it comes to selecting window coverings. For inside, there are Roman blinds, roller blinds, vertical blinds, venetians and plantation shutters. Outdoors, there are awnings, shutters and blinds.

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