Arched Window Blinds
Arches are one of the most challenging shapes for blinds, as headrails for vertically moving blinds must be straight. The answer is usually to have blinds pulling upwards, or to have blinds which hang from a curved track.
Roller blinds can be mounted on the window sill, pulling upwards with a shaped top and horizontal battens to maintain the shape of the blind. Duette fabric can be cut in a curve, with a manual tensioned-cord system or with remote-control motors. Timber or aluminium Venetian blinds can be manufactured with a curved top, having the benefit that they can be drawn up to the bottom of the arch. These blinds are available in with a wide range of colours and patterns. As vertical blinds operate horizontally, they can be mounted on a curved track with the vanes being cut longer in the centre than the edges. Modern weighted vanes do not require chain linking at the bottom, so access to the window behind is simple, even without drawing the blind. Windows can often be split into an arched upper blind and a rectangular lower one, to avoid having any draw cables spanning the lower section where there may be opening casements.
