From stylish opaques to airy voiles, pretty patterns to majestic monochromes, electric fabric blinds will never go out of style. When choosing a fabric for electric window blinds, the decision all depends on what function you want your blinds to serve and which room you plan to install your blinds in. But fear not! If you’re considering sprucing up your window dressing with a fabric material, the choice will be easy as pie with our rundown of the different functional electric blind fabrics.
With fabric comes the opportunity for gorgeous patterns, prints and embroidery. This allows you to bring your unique personal style to your home décor and make a bold statement – prepare for many compliments from your house guests.
Heavy fabric blinds, like blackout fabric electric blinds, serve to insulate in winter and keep heat out in summer. Solar protection fabric in electric blinds also deflect the sun’s heat, keeping your home cool as a cucumber. See, blinds aren’t only good for light control!
Both blackout and dimout fabrics create a barrier for any nosy outsiders trying to peek into your home – giving you blissful privacy.
If you’re looking to immerse a room in complete darkness, blackout blind lining for electric blinds are the one for you. Often made of heavy microfiber, usually polyester or a polyester and cotton mix that has been triple-weaved, this is a great material for blinds. And it’s all thanks to its ability to block out the vast majority of outside light when fully closed.
You can rest assured a good night’s sleep is always on the cards with this nifty fabric!
When you hear “blackout” you may think immediately of dark-coloured blinds. However, blackout blind lining for electric blinds is actually available in all the colours of the rainbow, including bright hues and pastels or even white!
Blackout fabric stops beams of light in their tracks. This makes them the perfect fabric for window blinds in bedrooms as they help create the perfect atmosphere for a blissful slumber. It’s also a fantastic material for electric blinds in living rooms, since they can create those darkened cinema vibes for movie nights. Plus, you can control the amount of light in your home with ease by simply opening up your electric blinds as much or as little as needed.
It’s worth remembering, however, that even blackout blind lining won’t block out all the light from your home, as there will inevitably be gaps between the blind and the window opening. But, if light does get through, you can have peace of mind that it will be very minimal.
Blackout fabric can be used for a range of electric blind styles including electric vertical blinds, electric roman blinds, and electric roller blinds. For the best blackout effect, electric roller blinds are ideal as these blinds descend as a single sheet of fabric, meaning less gaps for those pesky beams of light to sneak through.
In rooms where you don’t want the full blackout effect, dimout fabric for electric blinds are the perfect compromise. These blinds, made of non-blackout materials, keep out a lot of the light without blocking it completely.
Enjoy dimout fabric electric blinds in a variety of gorgeous colours, whether it’s a statement-making pink or a minimalist grey.
Whilst dimout fabric doesn’t block out light fully like blackout fabric does, it does keep the majority of light out whilst also providing privacy from prying eyes. This makes them an excellent material for electric blinds in rooms such as kitchens and bathrooms where complete darkness isn’t needed. Plus, you can control the level of light in the room by opening your electric blinds to varying degrees – what more could you want?
Dimout fabric electric blinds come in a range of gorgeous styles, including electric roman blinds, electric roller blinds and electric vertical blinds.
Shade your home from the sun’s rays with electric solar protection blinds. These blinds are often made of HDPE, PVC mesh or fiberglass, which keep out enough sunlight to stop you from squinting without completely obscuring your view of the outdoors. They also help to keep out heat, preventing your home from getting too warm – handy for those summer days!
Neutral colours generally work best for electric blinds in solar protection fabric, as these make it easier to see out of the window.
Electric solar protection blinds do allow light into your home, but the light is filtered and softened to ensure it isn’t too bright, helping you to do things like see computer screens clearly. Essentially, they’re like sunglasses for your windows!
The majority of electric blinds in solar protection fabric tend come in the style of roller blinds. However, if your priority with your solar blinds is temperature control over light control, electric pleated blinds are a great choice. Pleated honeycomb blinds, in particular, work as excellent insulators as they are made up of two layers but still allow air flow through the fabric. You can also buy electric solar fabric vertical blinds – these cool and trendy blinds are made of vertical fabric slats.
Watch your blinds rise and descend at the touch of a button with remote controls like the Situo 5 io/RTS Pure . Or buy a remote that can control multiple blinds and shutters like the multi-channel Telis 16 Pure.
With the Smoove Origin Wall Switch there’s no need for pulling at fiddly cords, just lift blinds up and down the way you’d dim or brighten your lights – with the flick of a switch.
Want your blinds to descend as soon as the sun gets too bright and hot? With the Sunis io sun sensor your blinds will close automatically when it detects light intensities. This way your home will be kept lovely and cool – even if you’re out during the day and have left your blinds open.
The Tahoma App allows you to control your blinds from any location using your phone screen. Relaxing on the couch or out and about – you can close your blinds wherever you are.
With the TaHoma Switch you can program your blinds to open and close at different times of the day. You can have your blinds rise at the same time as your alarm sounding in the morning and have them descend at bedtime, so you don’t have to go to the trouble of manually doing so – or any other blind scheduling that works for you!
Once you have your beautiful fabric electric blinds, you’ll want to keep them looking spick and span. Cleaning dust off your fabric electric blinds is a little different to cleaning wooden, plastic or metal blinds. The best way to remove dust from fabric electric blinds is with a vacuum cleaner. When vacuuming your fabric electric blinds, it’s important to vacuum very gently in a downward motion and hold the bottom of the blinds to prevent any tears. You should also make sure to use only the soft brush attachment of your vacuum when cleaning electric fabric blinds.
As with any fabric – stains happen! Cups of tea get spilled and dirty fingers smudge – but it’s no big deal because when there’s a will, there’s a way. You can spot clean any stains on your fabric electric blinds using dish soap and lukewarm water, gently dabbing at the mark with a sponge or microfiber cloth. And if the stain still won’t budge? Simply introduce baking soda to the mix and you’re good to go.
If you want to find out more, our guide all about cleaning electric blinds can swot you up in no time.
Once you’ve chosen the fabric for your blinds and the style of fabric blinds you want, it’s time to install, which you can do with no hassle with our guide.
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