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The Pros and Cons of Wood Blinds

Hardwood blinds, hardwood shades and hardwood shutters are some of the most popular window treatments today. Once restricted to the wealthy and affluent, fine hard wood blinds are now available to everyone at discount, inexpensive prices. Once you’ve purchased your hard wood shutters or blinds, you may be interested to know a little bit about where they come from and the materials that are involved in their manufacture.

BASSWOOD (aka: Tilia, Limewood or Linden): American Basswood principally grows in the Northern and lake states, where the trees can reach an average height of 65 feet. Basswood is one of the most popular commercially utilized hardwoods in the fabrication of wooden shutters and blinds. Basswood is particularly suitable for the manufacture of blinds, shades and shutters due to its working characteristics and strength, not to mention its breathtaking beauty. The name “basswood” itself comes from the inner-bark, or “bast” which was once used by Native Americans to make rope.

CHERRY: Like all fruit trees, cherry belongs to the rose family. American Colonists used the cherry tree for its fruit, medicinal properties and home furnishings, including the classic, early-American plantation style shutters (aka- “colonial blinds”). American Cherry can exhibits a rich, light golden tone that is truly a sight to behold up to a crimson red, while Brazilian Cherry wood has a deep, exotic reddish grain that is just as beautiful and durable as exotic woods costing many times as much. Cherry wood blinds are some of the strongest natural wooden blinds offered today, ensuring a durable window covering that is just as strong and long lasting as it is beautiful. Cherry grows throughout Midwest and Eastern U.S., particularly in Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and New York. The average cherry tree tree height is 60 to 80 feet.

ASH: Ancient Norse mythology refers to ash, a tree in the olive family, as "the mighty tree that supports the heavens" for good reason. Ash blinds and ash shades are the favored natural wood window treatment for anyone who desires a wood blind with a light, golden honey color and absolute strength. If there is any question about the strength and durability of your Ash wood shutters, ask Admiral Richard Byrd, who wore snowshoes made from ash during his polar expeditions! Ash is also a popular species for food containers due to the wood having no taste or odor.

OAK: Far and away, the most versatile and popular hardwood blinds are oak. Available in a panoply of different color ranges, the grains and patterns of natural wooden oak blinds are unsurpassed by any other. Blinds, shades and shutters constructed of this classic wonder-wood are available in Clear Oak, Harvest Oak and Red Oak colorings, thus we can provide you with hardwood oak shades and oak shutters in a range of colors suitable for any décor.

HICKORY AND PECAN: Looking for a light wood blind or shutter? Pecan just might be the right one for you. If there are any question about the longevity and durability of the pecan or hickory window coverings, consider this; In North America, Pecan was the only hardwood to survive the catastrophic changes of the Glacial Epoch nearly 50 million years ago, thus, Hickory and Pecan are the first strictly American hardwood species! Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the U.S., was nicknamed “Old Hickory” because of his toughness! The Central and Southern states are the primary sources for this material. Tree height range from 60 up to 120 feet. Hickories grow slowly and it is not unusual for a tree to take 200 years to mature.