A practical and at the same time modern way of adorning your rooms, roller blinds are becoming quite popular today in homes as well as offices. That they are very easy to maintain and more affordable than other items of interior decoration makes them a favourite of the masses. The main advantage of roller blinds is that they maintain the privacy you need while keeping the rooms well-lit and ventilated.

Compared to venetian blinds or vertical blinds, roller blinds are very flexible. All you need to do is to roll the blinds up and down to adjust the light you need the in the room. And as it can be fixed on top of the window with the blinds going up and down, you can team it up with your curtains or drapes as well.

Roller blinds come in different types to suit different purposes. If it is a complete cover of your windows that you want you could go for the blackout blinds that would ensure total privacy for you. The day/night blinds, on the other hand, provide controlled light at day time and complete privacy during the night. Again, there are plain rollers, sunscreen rollers and lace rollers to provide you filtered light during the day time. Here more than privacy the focus is on lighting the rooms the way you want. There are special aluminium backing roller blinds even for conservatories, and these are very popular in the UK.

Roller blinds are made of different materials and it is the material that decides how much light the blinds can filter. Most of them are made of a fabric that is translucent so that some of the light would pass inside the room. However, if it is black out blinds they are made of thicker materials that block out the light from passing through. Unlike those of a few decades back that used to come in plain colours, today you’ll find blinds in different designs, colours and textures. You have ample choices to select from to match your rooms.

One major reason roller blinds are so popular is that they can be maintained very easily. Whether it is to install them or using them or cleaning them, they are much easier than maintaining curtains or drapes. They can be cleaned just with a damp cloth, and there is no heavy task of carrying them to the washing machine and then taking a whole day for drying them.

For day-to-day life, roller blinds are extremely useful and practical, and they can be good decoration for your rooms also. Plus, they come in affordable rates and thus make it possible for all to have them.