Bamboo roman shades have two qualities which make them an excellent choice for window treatments. First of all, they are made of natural materials, bamboo being well-known for creating a friendly and warm atmosphere in a room. Secondly, roman shades have the great advantage of being extremely easy to customize, therefore suitable for interior designers who like to match various elements in a room to look well together.

Smart and skillful housewives can make their own roman window shades, either using bamboo slats, or by mixing together different materials and fabrics, for a more original pattern. For ladies who are not so skillful at craft work, stores like JC Penney or Target offer a great selection of natural bamboo roman shades, at prices as low as $18 – $20 for smaller windows covering.

The big advantage, and in the same time a drawback for some persons, of bamboo is that it allows plenty of light to enter the room during the day and yet it offers a good sense of privacy. While traditional aluminum or steel mini blinds have a cold look, bamboo roman shades are an excellent choice in case you want to redecorate old, boring rooms. However, in case you live in a crowded city, with buildings very close to each other, you may want to pay attention to the fact that bamboo shades don’t offer full privacy at night, when you have the lights on in side the room. So, in case you want total darkness and intimacy at all hours of the day and of the night, you may want to opt for another type of window treatments such as wooden blinds or exterior shutters.

A simple solution for the lack of 100% privacy is to layer the bamboo roman shades with a casual panel curtain which can be pushed to sides when not needed. You can easily integrate both the shades and the curtain into your general color scheme. Not all bamboo is the same, so ou may notice that some bamboo slats may differ in brown shades and they may even have reflexes of green, yellow or dark red.

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