Silhouette Shadings Ultraglide 2 - Click and Walk Away

Silhouette Shadings Ultraglide 2 is the new and improved patented operating system. It's simple - Click it and walk away. The single retractable cord system offers the convenient self-lowering of Silhouette Shadings with the added benefit of child safety.

To Lower - Pull cord towards centre of shading. Listen for the 'click' then release cord and walk away. The vanes automatically open once shading is completely lowered.

To Tilt Vanes - Gently pull straight and outward on cord to position angle of vanes.

To Raise - Pull cord straight down with long strokes. With each stroke, Silhouette Shading partially raises.

Features and Benefits

• A Luxaflex exclusive.
• Silhouette Shadings lowers with just one click.
• Decreases pull force by 50% making raising the shading easier to operate than ever before.
• Provides enhanced child safety with one constant cord length.
• Can cover large window spans with increased limitation.
• Colour co-ordination from the top of the shade to the bottom of the shade.
• New end cap design which easily snaps on and off. 

Three Stunning Modern Living Room Design Inspirations

The living room is one of the most important rooms in the entire house. If you only could choose one space in your home to put your heart and soul into designing, we are sure you would choose the living room to be at the top of your list. It is the first room that your guests see and should set the tone for your entire decorating scheme throughout your home.

There are many decorating styles that you can choose from, and the most popular are traditional, country, contemporary, and transitional. Whichever style you choose, make sure that you create a space stays true to your aesthetic and reflects your own personal style.

Among the four styles, modern or contemporary design is one of the hottest trends these days especially for those people whose main focus is the function of their home. Aside from that, the clean look of modern interiors make home owners love this type of concept which is clutter free and stress free.

Depending on the layout of your house, your contemporary living space can serve a multitude of functions, a formal sitting area, a space for relaxation, or for entertaining guests and spending time with family. Here are three fresh design inspirations to help you modernise your living room interior:

Luminette Privacy Sheers

If what you like to create is a quiet, relaxing and enjoyable living room, white is the colour of choice. White gives a living room a very light appearance, particularly if combined with a good choice of furniture. The huge windows also give natural light to this modern living room, making it look more inviting.

Luxaflex Silhouette Shadings with PowerRise Platinum Technology

The combination of grey, black and white in their correct doses, easily transforms any room into a more modern and elegant environment. It does not need to be loaded with a lot of colours, rather a simple grey matched with perfectly contrasting textiles and sophisticated décor creates a contemporary twist. You also don’t really need to use a single colour for your furniture, choosing a different colour can act as an accent that ties the room together and takes it to a whole new level.  

Luxaflex Roller Blinds with Atmosphere fabric

A monochromatic scheme is another good option for decorating a modern living room. Off-white, earthy tones and some subtle accents are all that is needed to create an elegant, warm and welcoming living room. A unique mixture of materials and the use of fine lines from the combination of roller blinds and curtains creates a clean and cosy ambiance.

Selling Houses Australia – Half built home

The LifeStyle Channel’s Selling Houses Australia Episode 10 aired last night, see how the team transformed the half built home in Grays Point!

The Story: Building your own home is quite a challenge… and finishing it is another! Gerry and Ruth built their home on the river at Grays Point in Sydney. It was a labor of love, and after spending 12 months living in a caravan, they moved in when the project was incomplete. That was 27 years ago and the house still isn’t finished! There’s no proper bathroom, no stairs to the front door, no balustrade on the balcony and the list goes on. Gerry has a passion for flying and it’s his dream to sell the house, move to the country and have his own airstrip.

The Problem: No one wants to pay 1.4 million for their waterfront wreck, which to top it all off, they’ve been trying to sell themselves without an agent!

The Solution: Luxaflex Silhouette Shadings were used as they worked well with the modern styling of the home. Daylight efficiency is maximised by Silhouette Shadings by diffusing and dispersing sunlight throughout the dark bedrooms in the home. Luxaflex Roller Blinds with EDGE technology were installed in the bathrooms as Luxaflex fabrics are treated with DURAGUARD® Fabric Protector, which effectively resists water stains from moisture and condensation on windows.

All Luxaflex Window Coverings were supplied and installed by Luxaflex Window Fashions Gallery, A’besco in Caringbah, New South Wales.

Selling Houses Australia airs every Wednesday, 8:30pm on The LifeStyle Channel, only on Foxtel.

Cater for all shapes and sizes with Softshades

It's amazing to see how windows have trended over the years. Over the last century, windows have gone from a simple feature in the home to one of the main focal points. So many modern homes are now designed with floor to ceiling windows, skylights and windows in weird and wonderful shapes and sizes.

However, one thing remains the same - windows can be a challenge to effectively cover - you need the right balance between light and privacy, not to mention the right look for your home.

The Luxaflex Softshades collection is a unique collection of window treatments that are non-traditional, soft and beautiful. They can provide a solution for one window or you can co-ordinate between the various products to create a unified look for your entire home. The challenge for many is covering large window expanses, including floor to ceiling windows, which Luxaflex has taken into consideration with Luxaflex Luminette Privacy Sheers. The sheers have a 180 degree rotation to control light and privacy when open and closed and can be operated with the Softrack Exclusive Track System, which features a scissor mechanism to perfectly align the vanes at all times.

When it comes to skylights and other weird and wonderfully shaped windows, Duette Shades were designed as a suitable option particularly for arched, sloped or hard to reach windows. Duette Shades are particularly unique as they are made from a spun bonded honeycomb structure fabric which makes them more energy efficient - an advantage for all homes year round as it means they also keep energy costs down.

All products in the Softshades collection are designed to complement each other and can be fully motorised. Other options include  Pirouette Shadings and Silhouette Shadings.

Embrace Spring, Welcome Privacy, Avoid Harmful Rays with LUXAFLEX® Softshades

This Spring, brighten up your home without the harmful rays! Products in the LUXAFLEX^® Softshades collection offer a range of options, all within the one window fashion. LUXAFLEX^® LUMINETTE^® Privacy Sheers, SILHOUETTE^® Shadings or PIROUETTE^® Shadings feature vanes that can be closed to ensure complete privacy, or angled 180 degrees to still allow light into the home, whilst maintaining privacy. The sheer part of the blinds offer filtered light and some privacy even when the vanes are open.

Available in a range of colours, fabrics and operating options to suit your needs.

Enhance your bathroom with Luxaflex

Jenny Brown, Marketing Manager, LUXAFLEX® Window Fashions recommends Luxaflex SILHOUETTE® Shadings to add glamour to your bathroom and ensure light and privacy control.

“Luxaflex Silhouette Shadings feature fabric vanes suspended horizontally between two sheer fabric facings, which can be opened for a full, soft focus view, closed for privacy or tilted for light control. Unique to Luxaflex Window Fashions, the Shadings feature a unique 'S Vane' angle structure which softens the light entering the room and depending on the fabric selected, provide high UV protection when the vanes are closed and feature a white fabric backing to provide light reflection which reduces the heat passing into the room."

For further information, visit http://www.luxaflex.com.au/