Top Three Reasons to Bring your Windows into the Future

Having motorised blinds and shades was once a luxury, but with the latest innovations, having motorised window fashions in your home is now an affordable convenience.

Here are three great reasons to invest in motorised window fashions for your home.

Safety

Motorising your blinds means that you don't have to worry about dangling cords which pose a safety hazard for children and pets.

Convenience

Motorised shades make hard-to-reach and wide window coverings easier to operate and in some cases, you can control multiple window coverings at the touch of a button. Exclusive to Luxaflex, uRemote has the ability to control Roller Blinds from your Apple device even if you’re hundreds of kilometres away.












Style and Elegance

At the end of the day, you invest in window fashions to bring style and elegance to your home. With motorisation, you no longer have to deal with messy cords or fuss around to get them into the exact position you want. Qmotion for Roller Blinds is the only option in the market where you can quietly and seamlessly control blinds with a remote control or by hand when a remote is not within reach.

For ideas on blind motorisation for your home, visit one of our Galleries.

Habitus Magazine at Salone del Mobile in Milan

Nicky Lobo, Deputy Editor of Habitus magazine shares with us her experience at the Salone del Mobile in Milan...the biggest fair on the Australian and international design calendar!


Milano,

Where do you start?

The fair ground is a good place, 40 minutes out of the city, on the train along with some 285,000 others over the course of five days.

It's possibly the only thing that is actually bigger than Ben-Hur - in size, scale of production, cost and export dollars (7.8 billion in 2013). The fair itself is spectacular. All the biggest brands, their newest products and the world's most prolific designers (think Urquiola, Bouroullec and Lovegrove) at your fingertips.

It's also spectacularly tiring. Twenty-four pavilions on either side of a kilometre-long central walkway, and over 1,200 exhibitors. Luckily, most of the brands that make their way to Australia are grouped in about six main pavilions.

And then there are the city showrooms. And the satellite events, exhibitions and districts....



MAIN TRENDS:

Metals - increase in copper and burnished / softened rather than highly polished
Timber - lots of it!
Resurgence of old materials like leather, rope, cane in combination with other finishes
Craftsmanship (detailing / inlays) incorporated to deter copying subdued colours - not much vibrant/bold colour
Textiles - also muted, natural materials
50 / 60s Silhouette - return to better times / nostalgia
Japanese influence - clean, simple details, dark timber

 

 Event Photography by Alessandro Russotti, Andrea Mariani
Product Photography courtesy of the brands

Register Now - Home, Food and Wine Weekend

Luxaflex at the Home, Food and Wine Weekend
Date: Friday, 17 May - Sunday, 19 May 2013
Location: Byron Kennedy Hall, Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park, Sydney

Luxaflex Window Fashions is once again taking part in the Home, Food and Wine Weekend - an event-packed weekend hosted by Bauer Media's home, food and lifestyle magazines.

A great opportunity to eat, drink and enjoy interactive sessions hosted by industry experts and recognised editors.

On Saturday, 18 May at 3pm, Luxaflex Window Fashions, together with The Australian Women's Weekly and Sean Fitzgerald from ABC's Carbon Cops program, will host a session on how to save money by creating an energy efficient yet innovative home - both inside and out.

Learn about the latest in affordable control systems for your window coverings, fabrics, colours and trends, straight from the 2013 Heimtex European Textiles Show.

Register here to reserve your place at the session.