| I have moved more times than I care to count in | | | | had mine for six months now with little to no |
| the last five years. As a college student who is | | | | wear and tear to mention. If you need to clean |
| also in the beginning of his professional career, I | | | | them, you can always take the spool off of the |
| just can't bring myself to hang another movie or | | | | mount and spot clean the fabric. |
| band poster in my dwelling. About 3 years ago, I | | | | As I mentioned before, these things can really tie |
| decided to start decorating and furnishing my | | | | a room together. A lot of roller shade |
| home with more mature overtones - A couch | | | | manufacturers offer fantastic designs outside of |
| that was less than 10 years old, a bed that was | | | | your run-of-the-mill solid color, vinyl shade. |
| actually designed to be comfortable for a man | | | | Textures, patterns, stripes; you name it. If you |
| that is taller than 5'4"; I even removed the | | | | can think of it, somebody probably sells it. In |
| half-broken mini-blinds and old blankets covering | | | | addition to that, some companies sell roller shades |
| my windows in prior years and replaced them | | | | with special room darkening fabrics to keep the |
| with brand-name blinds. | | | | pesky sun out of your living space. |
| I had no complaints.. That is, until my lease | | | | My last point of interest is that these shades are |
| expired and I had to move. Spending $100+ on | | | | not a miracle of modern engineering: they are |
| blinds that were difficult to install and were not | | | | SIMPLE. If you want them down, pull them down. |
| the right dimensions for my new place was | | | | If you want them up, pull them up. It doesn't get |
| demoralizing. This time around, I did a little | | | | any easier than that, folks. For those of you with |
| shopping and discovered roller shades. They were | | | | children or pets, this can be a literal life saver - |
| relatively inexpensive, weighing in at only around | | | | there has been a lot of media coverage over kids |
| $67/shade. At first, all I was looking into was a | | | | & domestic animals getting tangled up in dangling |
| good deal, but as I dug deeper, I found that these | | | | cords and suffering tragic accidents. Luckily, roller |
| things really did look great! | | | | shades generally don't have these dangling |
| The design is very simple: a roll of patterned | | | | dangers, so you can go to work without worrying |
| fabric on a spool suspended over your window. | | | | about the little ones in your home. |
| Installation is about as simple as you can imagine - | | | | In summation, the convenience, style, and ease of |
| a few screws here, a few screws there and voila! | | | | ownership that you get for the price of most |
| You're done! Conversely, taking them down is just | | | | roller shades is hard to resist. If you want a |
| as easy. | | | | low-maintenance window treatment to mature |
| Another particularly attractive thing about these | | | | your decor, I strongly suggest you look into these |
| shades is the fact that they are very durable! I've | | | | roller shade designs. |