The fact remains that the goodness of shades in the home or office is not to be relegated to the background. Now, if you have been in the fashion world, you will simply attest to the fact that nothing lasts more than it should. It is the most dynamic sector of life. So, we are all very bold to tell anyone who cares to listen that the era of the heavily designed and elaborately sewn yards and yards of curtains flowing down the window and walls of our offices and homes have come and gone. Another thing has taken over now and you must embrace this if you are to live in our time. This design that has taken over, however, does not come just because of evolution, but because it is the better way to shade your windows.

The things that make this contemporary design and printed shades better than whatever was there before ranges from the fact that the simplicity you get with these contemporary design shades was never there before.  Another great thing that this comes with is that in all angles, it looks cleaner than the olden day’s curtains, and offers more aesthetics for those with the rightful aesthetic values. They are printed with colors and designs that you can never resist and does not need many garnishing before their beauty is laid bare. These printed shades come in all patterns, and this makes it very difficult for anybody not to appreciate them.

Another great aspect of the contemporary design and printed custom shades is the fact that the prints make it more contemporary than ever. The world is going through a sort of revolution in arts and prints. The emoticons and smileys that were brought about by the proliferation of ICT and social media have overtaken many people, especially ladies and they always desire to have such things around them. Our window shade prints also come with such designs. The in thing at the moment is how colors are wonderfully combined to make beautiful designs, and not how heavy the curtain is. The amazing thing about what we offer you at ostanding is that you are not quarantined to any particular color, design or even style. You are also allowed to choose the design or print you want from among the ones presented to you or to make your own prints. Are you in love with flowers, do you have a family that you are so in love with and wants to be seeing their portrait every now and then? This can be done for you in the office or business place or even at home. The printed shades can be images of individuals. It can be some art work, and it can also be a combination of your favorite colors. In fact, the truth is that whatever you want can be printed on your window as the shade.

We see window shades everyday of our lives. They are in our homes and the stores we shop in, and the other businesses we are frequent. We see them so often that we take them for granted, we may not even really notice whether they are there because we simply expect them to be hanging over windows. When did we start to use these items to cover our windows and why?

Many people say that the Roman shades came to be because of the Coliseum during the ancient Roman times. The Coliseum hosted all manners of exhibitions and games. It was naturally dusty in the area and the heavy traffic going to the Coliseum only added to the dust. The people who lived in close proximity to this arena started to hang damp clothes over their window openings to block out this dust.

The idea of using fabric to cover the openings and keep the dust outside grew popular and adjustments were made to the idea. Frames were constructed so that the pieces of fabric could be lifted using a series of pulleys or cords. We still use Roman shades today that are flat fabric pieces that lift using cords. Today at Ostanding you can have these items customized and created in unique designs.