The first type is categorized as a “Cave Person” and consists of those who need window fashions that make the room pitch black in the morning.

The second type – a “Cloud Person” – is someone who needs light to come through in the morning in order to wake up.

Most people think the look they’ve chosen for the entire house has to flow to the bedroom. That is not the case. The bedroom is a private room and it is a matter of how you function in the room and, particularly, how you like to get up in the morning.
Here are some tips on how to decorate your bedroom in order to get a good night’s sleep based on your light preferences:

The most important thing to consider when decorating the bedroom is that you need something on those windows. If you are a “Cave Person,” the best window fashions are those that block out light so that you are not awakened and agitated by it. Products such as honeycomb shades in an opaque fabric feature a patented honeycomb-within-a-honeycomb design that significantly reduces heat transfer at the window and serves as an excellent light-blocking tool. They also deliver deep; rich color saturations, especially in the opaque fabric because of their unique construction. In addition, they absorb up to 50 percent of reflected sound to ensure a restful night’s sleep.

If you are a “Cloud Person,” you need something that will let light filter through and allow you to wake up to light coming into the room. Products that feature soft fabric vanes suspended between two sheer fabric facings such as Silhouette. With the vanes opened, light enters yet is diffused through the sheers to soften it and allow you to wake to soothing and less jarring light Additionally, these shadings absorb up to 30 percent of reflected sound.

The bedroom is the only room in the house that you can decorate for your personal needs. It’s a private space that should cater to your decorating preferences in order to allow a great night’s sleep.

Using these tips, a good night’s rest is just a blink away.

Southern exposure windows receive good light all year long. A warm glow is cast on the interior. To protect fabric, furniture and floor coverings, light-diffusing treatments can help.

Western exposure windows admit the hottest, haziest light of the day. Consider a combination of light diffusing and light blocking treatments.

Eastern exposure windows offer warm, bright light, especially during the morning hours. Treatments that block UV rays are a good choice.

Northern exposure windows offer the clearest, most consistent light and the coldest exposure. The use of energy-efficient treatment will help control energy costs.

This means that up to half of what is paid for heating and cooling utility bills pours through them, as well.  Isn’t it time to stop throwing money out the window?

Here are three ways to save energy:

Installing energy efficient window treatments in your home can reduce heating, cooling and lighting energy needs in these significant ways:

Reduce heat flow (heat loss and heat gain) through the windows.

Control solar heat (heat energy from the sun) by allowing it in winter but reducing it in summer.

Enhance day lighting (the use of natural light) by diffusing and dispersing sunlight deep into a room.