Choosing roller blinds for the kitchen

The sun protection system – roller blinds – is simple and effective. It is not surprising that it is increasingly being used. The new technology of fastening to plastic windows without drilling quickly found its admirers.

Roller blinds can be called a type of blinds. They are made not from strips, but from a whole canvas. The most commonly used material is polyester. If desired, you can order a natural version - linen or cotton. This will be a more environmentally friendly version, although modern synthetic materials are also safe.

These products are very popular; they can be found in apartments, offices, clinics, and childcare centers. Sometimes they are the only protection, sometimes they are used with other curtains. When opening, the fabric sheet is wound onto the drum, and when closed, it unwinds from it. This is done using a chain - mechanical drive or remote control - electric drive. A child can easily operate the remote control; it’s convenient for a child’s room.

Advantages

No cornice needed. In addition, there are a number of beneficial qualities:

• they save fabric, since their area is equal to the size of the window opening;
• perfectly protect from sunlight and prying eyes;
• create a single mechanism with the window, there are no interferences with its functioning;
• easily regulate the flow of light into the room by raising the canvas to different heights;
• occupy a minimum of space, leaving the window sill free;
• These roller blinds are reasonably priced.

Separately, you can indicate the advantages regarding the method without using a drill:

• the integrity of the window is not compromised;
• easy installation in any double-glazed window, you can install it yourself;
• Simply remove, clean and return or replace.

Our catalog offers a wide selection of cassette roller blinds for plastic windows - we offer designs in a wide variety of colors: white, golden oak, mahogany, light oak.

Advantages and disadvantages of roller blinds for the kitchen

The design principles of modern interiors often do not imply the presence of heavy decor. Accordingly, floor-length curtains in the kitchen will be at a minimum inappropriate, and at maximum will serve as an additional collection of dirt and odors.

The kitchen is one of the most important and at the same time difficult parts of the home. Its dimensions do not in all apartments withstand the requirements for placing a huge number of household kitchen appliances, utensils and dining room furniture. Roller blinds for the kitchen have advantages that seem to be specially designed for such rooms:

• During the production process, roller blinds are treated with special impregnations to protect them from dust and grease stains. Thanks to this, they hardly get dirty and are easy to refresh by simply wiping them with a damp sponge, and even household chemicals will not spoil them.
• Lifting mechanisms for roller shutters are factory coated with powder anti-corrosion compounds or made from materials that are not subject to corrosion (stainless steel, special grade plastic), which is just as important for such a wet room as a kitchen.
• The compactness of roller blinds, borrowed from horizontal blinds, is pleasantly complemented by the uniformity of the fabric, which, unlike “solid” blinds, when closed, lets in muted light and gives the atmosphere an atmosphere of home comfort rather than an office.
• Some models of fabric roller shutters are equipped with perforated sheets, which ensures air circulation even when they are completely lowered. It is very difficult to achieve a similar effect with classic curtains, which are gathered with folds and closed with an allowance.
• Installation of roller blinds on plastic windows is carried out strictly according to the area of ​​the opening or frame. This quality is also very valuable in the interior of the kitchen, where there are wall cabinets, an extractor hood and much more that is located on the walls, and there is no point in cluttering the free space with protruding cornices necessary for classic curtains.
• The popularity of roller blinds is also due to the variety of models and colors - you can choose the most suitable option for any style.

Another advantage of a roller blind is that it is convenient to close and open it in any position with one movement, even if your hands are busy with something while cooking or eating.

Despite all the obvious advantages of rolls, you shouldn’t rush to the nearest hypermarket and buy the first model that catches your eye. There are nuances that need to be taken into account when purchasing, based on the characteristics of your budget and room layout:

• If you have a non-standard window opening, you will have to spend a little more and order roller blinds in individual sizes.
• Progressive models with remote control will also cost more than standard versions with adjustment on a chain.
• You will also have to take care of a suitable window design. It is not cost-effective to install roller blinds on old windows with vents, since opening the vent will be inconvenient.
• If you have a refined designer interior, and even with scrupulous historical accuracy in some styles (Baroque, Renaissance and the like), then to create the appropriate design for roller blinds, you will most likely have to turn to specialists.

Types of roller blinds

Reliable and simple roller blinds without drilling come in different types. The consumer has to make a choice based on the tasks and type of room.

The simplest and most budget-friendly variety is mini. They have an open shaft. To prevent sagging, clamps, such as magnets, are used. Next - cassette. Their shaft is in a box. All of them can be:

• single;
• double;
• transparent;
• translucent;
• lightproof and so on.

Ready-made mini-rolls and cassette products for plastic windows are very easy to use. The cassette option is better suited for the kitchen. The assembled fabric will not get dirty or covered with grease. In each specific case, a choice must be made based on practical and aesthetic considerations. Cassette products have guides, and the canvas unfolds along them. No fasteners are needed. This is a more convenient, but also more expensive method than the mini. Whichever version you choose, your room will become more comfortable, hidden from view from the street and the hot sun.

Roller blinds without cassette

A huge advantage of the mini system is the variety of mounting options for the product. The most common method of fastening without violating the tightness of the window is fastening with double-sided tape or fastening with special ones (hinged brackets, which are installed only on opening window sashes). The control circuit can be located either on the left or on the right.

Roller blind fastening systems

offers a choice of several options for fastening systems for roller blinds.

Standard open box

The most common type of fastening of roller blinds. The operating principle is simple: the fabric is wound onto the upper shaft using a chain mechanism. It is possible to install curtains on the sash, opening or sliding loggias.

MINI open box

The optimal choice for installation on window or door frames. Options for fixing the fabric fabric make it possible to install curtains on tilt-and-turn windows.

Closed box for fastening curtains

A compact device that allows you to ergonomically fit the curtain into the window, creating a single design with it. The elegant cassette box is hidden by a fabric roll and mechanisms, and flat side guides reliably protect against side gaps, as well as from sagging of the canvas when opening/closing the window. Installation on a light opening. Chain control mechanism.

The buyer is familiarized and warned that the fabric (material) of the blinds is allowed to have windage (bending of the fabric in relation to the glazing plane), which is not a defect.

How to fit curtains into the interior?

When you have chosen what design the curtains should have, how transparent they should be and how big the window is, all that remains is to choose where to hang them and how to fit them into the interior so that they become its decoration and do not destroy the entire carefully created design.

Cozy living room in a country house

Where to place it?

Roller blinds are appropriate in almost any room - the main thing is to choose them so that they look good.

• Bedroom . In the bedroom it should be a thick, wide canvas that will completely cover the window and provide you with darkness at night. Colors are usually chosen inconspicuously, compatible with the main interior, trying not to stand out. Flowers arranged on the windowsill look good - a kind of personal garden, which can also become an addition.
• Kitchen . Here the fabric is usually translucent, in delicate, light shades - unless, of course, your kitchen itself is dark. They usually use mini ones; either the same flowers or a small vase with a bouquet are placed on the windowsill. It is important to remember that roller blinds are best suited for the kitchen - they are easy to wipe off grease, soot and small stains that will sooner or later appear on them. Fabric is not easy to wash.

Translucent fabric in delicate shades

• Children's room “Day-night” is usually used here, because the child spends a lot of time in the room, unlike an adult who leaves for work in the morning and returns in the evening. During the day, he benefits from a lot of light, which will be provided by the translucent side - it’s convenient to do homework, it’s nice to play. At night, complete darkness is good - it has a beneficial effect on the fragile nervous system. The colors for the canvas are usually chosen bright, perhaps with a funny print or an image of a favorite cartoon character.
• Bathroom . If you have a window in your bathroom, a roller blind is exactly what you need. It will completely block the view of everyone who theoretically could have it, but will not in any way affect the daylight, which is so beneficial for the skin. Blue, green shades, fish or algae patterns are usually used here. Of course, the canvas should be combined with the overall interior, so if you have bright, warm colors, making it greenish is not too wise.
• Hallway . A window in a hallway is rare, but if you do have one, a roller blind is perfect for it. It is not afraid of fine dust, dirt and debris that people bring into the hallway, looks good, and provides adequate lighting. Usually translucent models are taken.

A roller blind is exactly what you need in the bathroom

If there is a person in the house who has difficulty getting up - a disabled person or a pensioner, for example - the curtains must be equipped with an electric opening and closing system, otherwise it will be inconvenient.

In other cases, you can choose according to your taste, as well as the visibility of the rotary shaft, as well as design features.

Advice If you have a minimalist, modern or futuristic style, don’t think twice, take roller blinds. They will suit you well.

In the style of minimalism

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Which color to choose and how to care for it?

To make roller blinds fit into the overall interior, you can use different approaches and take:

• To match the main color. Let's say you have a bedroom decorated in soft blue, which is contrasted with orange. Curtains of the same blue, only a slightly darker shade, will look quite decent in the room.
• To match the auxiliary color . In the same bedroom, orange curtains will look quite good - they have something to combine with.
• To match the main accent. If the bed is such an accent in the bedroom, the curtains can match it.
• As an accent. Then the color of the curtains is usually bright, although it matches the rest of the interior, plus an interesting design. You can choose ones that open from the bottom up - they themselves will be entertaining enough that a small room won’t need anything else.

In the interior of the nursery

And, of course, different colors leave behind different impressions:

• White . They stand out as a bright spot unless the base color is very light or white. They look clean, do not attract attention, and are associated with the first snow. The light passing through them will not change colors much, but will become softer and more diffused. Of all the light colors, white is the most difficult to care for. Any dirt is noticeable on it, which means you will have to wash them often.
• Black . They can only act as a contrast, an accent, because otherwise they will look somewhat funereal and can introduce an unpleasant note of excessive gothicism into the interior. However, they lose all their severity if you buy a canvas with a pattern. Pure black is gloomy. But with bright stripes, with flowers, polka dots, with a pattern - these already look interesting and can be perceived as a painting. The main thing is that the canvas looks good in an intermediate position.

Visually expanding the space

• Light colors . Visually expand the space and merge with the walls. They are difficult to clean, but in some interiors where there are no dark colors and the windows do not need an accent, they are best suited. You can buy with a simple print - dots, flowers, stripes.
• Dark . Usually used in addition to a light interior, where the dark acts as a contrast. Dirt is less visible on them, but dust is better visible on them, so you won’t have to wash them, but fan them with a broom. It is important to remember that dark colors affect the light - it will take on a certain shade when it passes through the canvas.
• Bright . Well suited for modern daring interiors, for children's rooms. They can act as an accent, they also change the color of the light - it can even be beautiful if you like, for example, warm orange or, on the contrary, cold green.