First things first, when decorating your home with wood blinds, you need to determine how much light you wish to let in through your windows. This is important as it eventually determines the width of the slat, i.e. 1 or 2 inch Wood Blinds. You do have a choice of 1 inch, 2 inch or 2.5 inch slates but it is important to take note that your final choice will have a great impact on the overall ambience of the room. In fact, both functionality as well as design of your room will be affected by your choice.
Slat size of the wood blinds is critical when you are considering the view you wish to achieve, especially from inside looking out. Wider slats give the widest and most unimpeded view of the outdoors. For this, the 2 inch slats are the most common, and selecting an even wider slat will help you create a more open feel yet allows you total privacy by allowing you the flexibility of narrowing the view with a simple tug of the cord.
One main concern for the narrower slats is that they tend to give an overall feel that the room is much busier when the slats are open. Imagine that you are going to have twice as many slats in a 1 inch blinds set compared to a 2 inch Wood Blinds. And not to forget, with twice as many slats, you get twice the number of shadows, eventually affecting the overall ambience of the room. Hence, if you have to, use the narrower slats for smaller windows and steer away from making them the focal point. One key suggestion is to use 2 inch wood blinds for better ventilation as well as an open airy look and feel.
A close alternative is the 2 inch faux wood blinds. 2 inch faux wood blinds are easy to maintain, are more robust and longer lasting than real wood blinds. The wide variety range from basic to premium and you can be sure that there will be one to fit your style preference and budget. Levolor Blinds, for example, come in a range of natural shades of faux wood and widths in 1, 2, and 2.5 inches. 2 inch faux wood blinds are best suited for the kitchen as they are very weather hardy, heat resistant, much lighter than wood, and extremely easy to maintain. Levolor Blinds gives you a choice of faux wood mini blinds as another option.
Regardless of whether you eventually end up with 2 inch faux wood blinds, real wood blinds, 2 inch wood blinds, or faux wood mini blinds, as long as they blend well with your overall theme, your home will brighten up for sure.
