Getting The Best Out Of Office Blinds

Most offices nowadays have office blinds due to their superiority over curtains in light control but there can be, for those sourcing office blinds, a bewildering choice.

The key considerations when choosing office blinds are firstly, the type of blind, and, secondly, the colour of blind. Most office blinds can be categorised as vertical blinds, roller blinds or Venetian blinds.

Vertical office blinds can be found in most modern offices, and are characterised by broad, vertical slats. Their salient strong point is versatility over light control, offering full blackout solutions to virtually full light exposure. They are ideal for offices with large floor to ceiling windows, and like all blinds nowadays come in an array of finishes and colours.

Office blinds have become ever more sophisticated in the finishes available on them, and it's not surprising given the centrality of health and safety measures in most offices that you can get flame retardant vertical blinds, along with one's carrying solar protective coatings and anti-bacterial coatings, which are ideal in places such as hospitals where high levels of hygiene are vital.

Venetian office blinds are the most traditional blind and many people may have bad memories of tangled and twisted plastic Venetian blinds from decades gone by. These are far removed from aluminium and wood based Venetian office blinds which are often found in executive offices due to the sleek finish they provide, although they are less likely to be employed with large floor to ceiling windows. Again, they offer full light control such as blackout or dim lit but tend to be unable to match vertical blinds in terms of subtle gradations of allowable light.

Roller blinds expectedly, given the name, are blinds that are rolled down either fully or partially for light control, although translucent materials allow the entry of light through rolled down blinds. There does seem an element of either/or with roller blinds as they normally block out light the further you go, as opposed to the slats which control light with Venetian or vertical blinds, but they are often the preferred choose in places used mainly for total blackout solutions, such as presentation rooms, or offices where branding is key, as they allow for company logo's or messages to be emblazoned across the office blinds.

Roller blinds also come with specific finishes based on meeting the needs of the office, such as solar protective care cutting glare onto computer screens, flame retardant finishes and anti-bacterial finishes.

Ultimately, the option chosen for the office will depend on the level of light and light adjustments desired in each office and size of windows, along with personal preferences over aesthetic considerations in the office. These lead into the other main factor other than type of blind, namely colour.

Blinds are often chosen to match the colour scheme elsewhere in the office but colours can also alter or affect office atmosphere.

Naturally, employers want employees focussed not distracted, which is why strong colours which distract the eye such as reds and oranges tend to be rarely chosen. Light browns, blues and greys however are seen to be calming colours and hence tend to dominate colour schemes for office blinds.

If people don't really notice the blinds when working in the office, then the right choice regarding colour and blind type can be said to be made, because their function is to unobtrusive whether that be through vividness of colour or distracting excess of light.