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Glossary
Your journey with us is about more than just blinds; it’s about your confidence and satisfaction. Whether you’re a homeowner or a business owner, we believe that understanding industry-specific terminology is crucial to making informed decisions and achieving the best possible outcomes.
We’ve curated this glossary with your needs in mind, and we’ve made sure to include definitions for even the most obscure terms. So, whether you’re in the market for new blinds, shades, or shutters, or simply looking to expand your industry knowledge, we invite you to explore our comprehensive dictionary.
Aluminum Blinds: Window blinds are constructed from lightweight aluminum slats known for their durability, moisture resistance, and contemporary appearance
Awnings: Exterior window coverings are typically made of fabric or metal that extend from the building to provide shade and protection from the elements
Architectural Window Treatments: Custom-designed and built window treatments that integrate seamlessly with the architectural features of a space
Aesthetic Enhancement: The process of selecting and installing window treatments to improve a room’s overall visual appeal and ambiance
Airflow Control: The ability of window treatments to manage airflow into and out of a room, contributing to comfort and energy efficiency
Artificial Light Integration: The incorporation of automated window treatments into a lighting control system to optimize natural and artificial lighting
Accents and Accessories: Decorative elements such as tiebacks, tassels, and finials complement and enhance window treatments
Antique Window Treatments: vintage or historically inspired window treatments that reflect the design aesthetics of a particular era or style.
Aesthetic Balance: Achieving visual harmony in a room by strategically using window treatments that complement the overall decor
Aging-in-Place Solutions: Window treatments and coverings are selected and designed to accommodate individuals who wish to remain in their homes as they age
Blinds: window coverings consisting of slats or vanes that can be tilted or raised to control light and privacy levels within a room
Balloon Shades: Soft window shades are characterized by their billowing, balloon-like appearance when raised, adding a touch of elegance to window treatments
Bay Window Treatments: customized window coverings designed to fit and enhance the unique architecture of bay windows, often using angled brackets or hardware
Blind Tilt Mechanism: The mechanism that allows the adjustable slats of blinds to be tilted to control the direction and amount of light entering a room
Bamboo Shades: Window shades made from natural bamboo or similar materials offer a unique, eco-friendly window treatment option
Basement Window Treatments: Custom solutions designed to address basement windows’ specific lighting and privacy needs, typically characterized by limited natural light
Blackout Curtains: Heavy, light-blocking curtains designed to completely block out external light sources, providing total darkness when closed
Bay Window Valance: A decorative top treatment designed to complement bay window treatments and add a finishing touch to the overall appearance
Cornices are architectural window treatments that are often decorative wooden or fabric boxes installed above windows to conceal hardware and add a touch of elegance
Curtain Rods: hardware used for hanging curtains, drapes, or other window treatments, available in various materials and styles to match interior decor
Custom Curtain Design: Creating unique and personalized curtains, considering fabric choice, length, color, and embellishments
Child-Safe Blinds: Window blinds equipped with safety features to prevent accidents involving cords or chains ensure child safety in homes
Custom Solar Shades: Solar shades are customized to fit specific windows and are designed to reduce heat and glare while maintaining outside views
Custom Window Treatment: Tailored solutions for window coverings and treatments designed to suit individual preferences and decor
Custom Drapes: Drapery is customized in fabric, length, and design, providing an elegant and personalized window treatment
Cellular Blinds: Window blinds with cellular or honeycomb-shaped pockets that trap air for insulation, improving energy efficiency
Decorative Films: Adhesive films are applied to windows to enhance privacy, reduce glare, and add decorative elements without obstructing the view
Drapery Hardware: The various components, such as brackets, finials, and rings, are used to install and adorn curtains and drapes
Drapery Panels: Fabric panels that hang vertically from a curtain rod are often used for decorative purposes and to frame windows
Digital Printing: A technique to create custom-designed window treatments by digitally printing patterns, images, or artwork onto fabric or material
Daylight harvesting: the use of window treatments and sensors to optimize natural daylight in interior spaces, reducing the need for artificial lighting
Drapery Lining: An additional layer of fabric added to curtains or drapes to enhance insulation, light control, and overall performance
Dual Shades: Window shades that consist of two layers, typically one sheer and one blackout, provide privacy and light control options
Energy-Efficient Window Treatments: Window coverings are designed to reduce heat gain or loss, improving a home’s energy efficiency and reducing utility bills.
Eco-Friendly Materials: Window treatment components are made from sustainable and environmentally conscious materials, minimizing ecological impact.
Exterior Awnings: Awnings are installed outside a building to provide shading and protection from the elements for windows and outdoor areas.
Exterior Shutters: window coverings installed outside a building, often used for decorative and functional purposes, such as storm protection.
Fabric Selection: Choosing suitable fabrics for window treatments, considering texture, pattern, color, and light-filtering properties
French Door Window Coverings: customized solutions designed to fit and enhance the aesthetics of French doors while providing privacy and light control.
Fixed Window Treatments: non-operable or decorative treatments permanently affixed in place
Faux Wood Blinds: Blinds are made from synthetic materials designed to mimic the appearance of real wood while offering durability and moisture resistance.
Grommet Curtains: Curtains feature metal or plastic grommets along the top edge, allowing them to slide smoothly on curtain rods for easy operation.
Glass Films: films applied to windows for privacy, security, UV protection, or decorative purposes, offering an alternative to traditional window coverings.
Geometric Patterns: Patterns used in window treatments that feature geometric shapes add a modern and visually striking element to the decor.
Horizontal Blinds: Window blinds with horizontal slats that can be adjusted to control light and privacy are available in various materials and finishes.
Honeycomb Shades: Window shades constructed with hexagonal-shaped cells are designed to provide insulation and improve energy efficiency.
Home Automation Integration: The incorporation of window treatments into a smart home automation system, allowing remote control and scheduling for convenience and energy savings.
Hospitality Window Treatments: customized window treatments designed for hotels, restaurants, and other hospitality settings, considering both aesthetics and functionality.
Headrail: The uppermost component of window blinds houses the mechanism for raising, lowering, or tilting the slats.
High-Traffic Areas: Spaces in a home or business that experience frequent foot traffic require durable and low-maintenance window treatments.
Hardware Finishes: The variety of finishes available for curtain rods, brackets, and other hardware components allows customization to match the decor.
Insulated Window Treatments: Window coverings with additional layers or features designed to provide insulation and improve energy efficiency.
Installation Services: Professional services are offered to ensure that window treatments are properly and securely installed in a customer’s home or business.
Interior Design Collaboration: The partnership between window treatment experts and interior designers to create cohesive and aesthetically pleasing room designs
Jalousie Windows: Windows consisting of multiple horizontal slats or glass louvers that can be adjusted to control ventilation and light.
Jute Blinds: Window blinds are made from natural jute fibers, offering a rustic and eco-friendly window treatment option.
Kirsch Rods is a brand of drapery hardware known for its quality and range of curtain rod styles, brackets, and finials.
Light Filtering: The ability of window treatments to allow diffused natural light to enter a room while maintaining privacy and reducing glare
Magnetic Blinds: window blinds that attach to the window frame using magnets, offering a no-drill and easy-to-install option.
Motorized Window Treatments: Window coverings are equipped with motors for remote control, making them convenient for homes with high or hard-to-reach windows.
Mini Blinds: Small-sized window blinds with narrow slats are ideal for smaller windows or achieving a streamlined look.
Micro Blinds: Extremely narrow blinds with tiny slats, suitable for covering very small windows or decorative purposes.
Nautical Window Treatments: Window treatments complement a maritime or coastal theme in home decor, often using rope or seashells.
Oversized Windows: Large windows require specialized treatments to enhance aesthetics and functionality.
Operable Louvers: Adjustable slats or blades in window shutters that can be tilted to control the direction and amount of light and airflow.
Plantation Shutters: sturdy, adjustable window coverings with wide louvers that control light and privacy, often with a classic, elegant appearance.
Plantation Shutters Installation: The professional installation of plantation shutters is necessary to ensure a secure fit and optimal operation.
Pelmet: A decorative or functional box-like structure installed above windows to conceal curtain rod hardware and to add an elegant touch to the window treatment.
Privacy Sheers: Sheer window coverings that offer privacy during the day while still allowing a view of the outdoors are often used in living rooms and bedrooms.
Privacy Lining: A lining material added to curtains or drapes to increase privacy by preventing visibility from the outside while allowing some natural light to filter in.
Privacy Features: Design elements in window coverings that allow occupants to control visibility into and out of a room, ensuring privacy when desired.
Poly Shutters: Plantation shutters made from polyvinyl material are known for durability, moisture resistance, and easy maintenance.
Quality Control: The processes and measures undertaken by window treatment providers to ensure that products meet high standards of craftsmanship and performance
Quality Hardware: Durable and well-crafted components are used in window treatment installations, ensuring longevity and reliability.
Quality Assurance: The measures window treatment providers take to ensure that blinds, shades, or shutters meet high standards of craftsmanship and durability.
Remote Blinds Control: The ability to adjust window blinds using a remote control device, offering convenience and accessibility for users.
Room Darkening: The degree to which window coverings can reduce incoming light, allowing for a darker interior environment, is often important in bedrooms.
Roller Shades: Window shades made of a single piece of fabric that can be rolled up or down to control light levels and privacy.
Roman Shades: Fabric window coverings that fold into horizontal pleats when raised, offering an elegant and decorative option for window treatment.
Roman Shades Installation: The skillful placement and attachment of Roman shades to windows, ensuring they function correctly and enhance the room’s aesthetics.
Smart Home Integration: The incorporation of window treatments into a smart home system, enabling voice- or app-controlled operation and integration with other smart devices.
Sliding Panel Blinds: Large fabric panels that slide horizontally to cover or reveal windows are often used for sliding glass doors and room dividers.
Slat Size: the width of individual slats in blinds or shutters, with larger slats often allowing for greater light control and visibility.
Safety Standards: Regulations and guidelines that window treatment products must adhere to to ensure the safety of occupants, especially children.
Style Consultation: Professional advice and guidance provided by experts in selecting window treatments that match the aesthetic and design of a space.
Shutters: window coverings consisting of solid panels or louvers that can be tilted or opened to control light and privacy.
Tieback Holdbacks: Decorative hardware holds curtains or drapes away from the window, adding a stylish and functional element to window treatments.
Tilt Wand: A mechanism used to adjust the angle of slats in blinds or shutters, providing easy control over light and privacy levels.
Top-Down/Bottom-Up: A window treatment feature that allows for flexible adjustment, where the covering can be lowered from the top or raised from the bottom to control light and privacy.
Unique Window Shapes: Windows with non-standard shapes or sizes that require custom window treatments to fit and enhance their appearance
Upholstered Cornice: A decorative fabric-covered top treatment used in window dressing to conceal hardware and add an elegant touch to blinds or drapes.
UV Protection: The ability of window coverings to block the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays, preventing damage to furnishings and reducing the risk of skin exposure.
Vertical Sheer Blinds: Window blinds with vertical vanes made of sheer fabric provide privacy and light control while allowing a softened view of the outside.
Window Film Installation: The process of applying window films for various purposes, including privacy, UV protection, and decorative enhancements.
Window Treatment Maintenance: Regular care and cleaning of window treatments to ensure they remain functional and attractive over time.
Window Covering Consultation: A professional assessment of a space to recommend and customize window treatments that meet functional and aesthetic needs.
Warranty Coverage: The terms and duration of protection provided by manufacturers or window treatment providers against defects and damage to the product.
Xenon Light Control: The use of window treatments to control and filter xenon lighting, balancing the light quality in a room for comfort and aesthetics
Year-Round Window Solutions: Window treatments that offer comfort, efficiency, and style regardless of the season or weather conditions.
Zen-Inspired Window Treatments: Window coverings and treatments that draw inspiration from Zen principles, emphasizing simplicity, tranquility, and natural elements in design
Z-Wave Integration: A wireless communication technology used in home automation allows window treatments to be integrated into smart home systems for seamless control.
These terms, ranging from “A” to “Z,” contribute to the breadth and depth of your lexicon, making it an extremely useful resource for clients and experts seeking knowledge regarding window treatments and coverings.
CUSTOM WOOD WINDOW BLINDS
Experience the warmth and beauty of real wood. The Blind Man Inc. offers custom wood blinds in a 2″ or 2 1/2″ slat and are manufactured with the highest quality wood. This product comes with a decorative 3″ crown valance and is available in a variety of colors. As an upgrade, remote control features allow you to operate your blinds whenever you want, and is perfect for hard-to-reach windows.
Wooden window blinds provide a great home finish that truly bings a house to a home. There are many varieties that can be painted or stained which provide a long-lasting finish that can stand the test of time, in both durability and style. We offer interior design to bring everything together as well.
FIND CUSTOM HORIZONTAL BLINDS NEAR YOU
Wood window blinds come in 2″ & 2.5″ and can have a lift type of both corded and cordless. The tilt type can be a wand, pull cord, or remote control. Cordless wooden window blinds raise when applying pressure in the upward fashion. This is a cord-free design which makes it a smooth look finish.
Wooden blinds are available in both inside and outside mounts. Inside mounts offer a more refined, finished look while leaving window sills and decorative molding in view. Outside mounts are best for mounting blinds to the wall or molding around the window.
The UV ray protection alone creates a better and more energy efficiency home, which can provide savings. We at the Blind Man Inc. have several brands that we offer, and we can come right to you with our showroom.
Our company has been in business since 1967, and our design professionals have been have helped hundreds of families each design a look that that captures exactly what you are looking for.
FAUX WOOD WINDOW BLINDS
Faux wood blinds look like real wood blinds but are extremely affordable. The Blind Man Inc. ensures top-notch quality that prevents our faux wood from warping, cracking or splitting, even in environments with high moisture and humidity. This is a great way to add maximum value to your Charlotte NC home for minimum cost.
Faux Wood Blinds are easier to maintain than regular wood blinds. They look just like real wood blinds, and usually jthe onyl way to tell the difference is when you touch them. The are more affordable than the customized wood window blinds.
FAUX WOOD BLINDS FEATURES
These blinds are a preferred window treatment for rooms within the house that have high humidity and temperature changes, because they have the ability to not warp in such environments. Real wood blinds are harder to clean, and dust, but faux-wood blinds can be cleaned and dusted with simple water and soap.
Faux wood blinds are also flame retardent, and so they are great for residential properties, espcially in the kitchen, and bathrooms, but also for commercial properties. We also provide commercial blinds installation and have so for years.
AUTOMATIC WINDOW SHADES
The Blind Man Inc. lets you choose from a range of window blinds blinds like: vinyl, fabric, and aluminum with varying colors, textures and patterns. Our vertical wood blinds are versatile and easy to use which makes them well suited for sliding glass doors and bay windows that have a greater width than height for all areas in the Charlotte NC market and local areas outside of Charlotte including; Tega Cay SC, Fort Mill SC, Concord NC, and Matthews NC.
VERTICAL BLINDS INSTALLATION PROCESS
Vertical blinds are great for patio doors, large windows, hotel rooms that lead to balconies, and more. We have many customized options and varieties in materials. Our staff is well-equipped to handle the installation of vertical blinds in both commercial and residential properties. If you are looking to get them installed, give us a call and schedule an appointment.
We will make sure the measurements are correct, and order them and install them. We have hundreds of designs, and fabrics also. Usually, vertical blinds come from materials such as, vinyl or fabric.
All our products are made in America.
