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Skylight
Light Can Change Everything
Nature's natural mood transformer
05/08/2005
It is a scientific fact that light can enhance our mood and affect our
sleep patterns, and the lack of light can make us sad or even sick.
Natural light is indeed crucial to our well-being, but sunshine flooding
into our homes brings in glare and heat as well as harmful UV rays that
can fade and damage furnishings and artwork. So how do you work with
Mother Nature to perfect the light in your home-to control it if you
have too much or maximize it if you have too little? It's not just a
simple opened-and-closed proposition.
"Hunter Douglas custom window coverings not only control the light, but
enhance it, affording views and light and energy efficiency where other
products simply can't," said Stephan Elbaz at Interior Motif, 629
Washington St., Hoboken, who offers a full line of these
state-of-the-art products.
Duette honeycomb shades, featuring honeycomb pleats that soften and
diffuse the light through layers of fabric, revolutionized the
relationship between windows and light almost two decades ago. Today
they are available in a range of styles from sheer to opaque for just
the right amount of light, and they're so versatile they can cover
almost any window, skylights, specialty shapes, even sliding glass
doors. Initially developed in response to the energy crisis of the late
'70s they are also remarkably energy efficient, trapping are in the
honeycomb pleats to help keep you warm in winter, cool in summer and
comfortable all the time. Any by diffusing the light, they can create a
soft romantic glow in rooms that might otherwise seen hot and harsh.
The next important achievement in the relationship between light and
windows, Silhouette window shadings consist of two fabric panels, with
fabric vanes between them, that rotate for varying degrees of light
filtration and privacy. In addition to beautifully softening and
diffusing incoming light when the fabric vanes are rotated open,
Silhouette window shadings protect against 66 percent of the sun's
harmful UV rays, while still allowing for light and view, something more
traditional products can't do. Luminette Privacy Sheers, a similar
concept to Silhouette window shadings that is oriented vertically,
provides almost the same level of protection.
A product that invites experimentation with light is new Trio
Convertible Shads. This soft window covering features individual 1 1/8"
hexagon-shaped horizontal vanes that each "open" and "close." The
product transforms itself from a shade to a blind in one smooth motion,
and offers high R-values) a measurement for energy efficiency) as well.
For those who want light and a view, but your neighbors are all too
close? Top-down/bottom-up window coverings are great for first-floor
rooms and for second-floor bedrooms to give rooms privacy and still with
the Top-Down/Bottom-Up TiltAnywhere feature for ultimate flexibility.
These are only some of the ingenious window coverings from Hunter
Douglas available of Interior Motif that give people the emotional
satisfaction and practical consequences that come from being in control
of the light entering their homes.
©The Hudson Reporter 2005
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