Wood Vertical Blinds - Is Faux Wood or Real Wood Better for You?

When it comes to bringing a new design into a room, changing from drapes to vertical blinds makes a huge change. Not only does it change the atmosphere in the room, but it changes maintenance from a drudge into a breeze. But when it comes to choosing vertical blinds for a room like a den or study, you want something that’s going to add class and style to the room without looking tacky. For these rooms, wood vertical blinds look great and add that class. But which is better, real wood or faux wood vinyl blinds?

Both sets will look great in a den or office, but there are significant differences that will definitely make choosing one over the other quite easy. Here’s a list of differences that you can use to help you make your decision.

First, wood blinds are expensive. Faux wood blinds are a lot less expensive and provides a lot more value for the money as well

Wood blinds are heavy and require special mounting, Vinyl wood blinds are a lot lighter and don’t have to have special brackets for them.

Wood blinds will fade because of the sun. Since vinyl blinds won’t fade, they will look better forever, instead of only a year or more before they fade.

Faux wood vertical blinds are a lot more energy efficient than wood as well. Not only do they insulate in the winter better than wood, but they don’t hold heat in the summer, keeping rooms cooler

Faux wood blinds are easy to match to any décor whether you need light wood or dark. Since wood blinds are made from real wood, they are always color inconsistent making matching décor a chore

Wood blinds have to be oiled or treated repeatedly over time to keep them from drying out and cracking. Faux wood blinds only have to be dusted with a feather duster to keep them looking great

When it comes to making a choice, even though wood would appear to be the better choice, faux wood vertical blinds will save money, save time and save effort. Buy them once, dust them on occasion and your den or office will look great for years to come and making that one change can take a stuffy room and make it into a great room to be in.

Vickie Lexom wanted to update the look of her living room and she started by taking down her old, dusty and faded drapes and put up vertical window blinds. 3 Day Blinds has all you need to make any room look the way you, from mini to honeycomb to real and faux wood blinds and much more.