Window treatments aren’t just about matching your decor. They provide a number of important services for you and your family. They help you control natural light that comes into your home, they add beauty, they provide privacy, and they help to regulate your heating and cooling expenses.

4 benefits of window treatments

1. Optimize natural light

Medical researchers now know that there are many benefits for people being exposed to plenty of natural light and sunlight each day. In fact, there are mental health benefits and physical health benefits that come when we enjoy being exposed to the outside world through our windows.

Benefits of natural light for mental health:

Boosts mood and serotonin levels
Combats seasonal depression
Increases productivity
Improves focus
Improves memory recall and test performance

Benefits of natural light for physical health:

Helps to regulate sleep
Increases vitamin D (lowers osteoporosis risk, heart disease risk, cancer risk, and weight gain)
Helps to lower blood pressure
Improves the immune system
Reduces adverse effects from fluorescent lights
Greater energy

When you are choosing window coverings, it is important to consider how you can optimize the natural light in your home (or office) so that everyone can benefit from direct and indirect sunlight.

2. Add beauty

The human mind is attracted to beauty and when we believe we are in beautiful surroundings, we feel better. More alive. Happier. More at peace.

Benefits of a beautiful home environment:

Energizes us
Boosts our mood
Boosts our immune system
Lowers our stress level

3. Improve privacy and security

The benefits of natural light make it tempting to have no window treatments at all. And there may be some homes that are in rural areas surrounded by woods where this could be possible. But most homes in the suburbs or cities will need some level of privacy for windows—especially for bathrooms and bedrooms, but also for other rooms, as well.

Benefits of privacy:

Safety—you may not want people to be able to tell if you are home and where you are in the house

Security—you don’t want to advertise valuables in your home to potential thieves
Concealment—bathroom and bedroom windows especially need some ability to provide screening from outside eyes
Block outside light—with blackout curtains
- energy efficient
- prevent glares
- Improve morning or daytime sleep
- reduce noise from outside

4. Increase energy efficiency

The right window treatment acts as a good insulator. It keeps the heat out in the summer and the cold out in the winter which will help you save significant money on your heating and cooling bills.

Benefits of energy efficiency

Your home stays a more comfortable temperature with less strain on your HVAC unit
Your electricity bills are lower
Your HVAC unit lasts longer

What if you can’t install new blinds or curtains yourself?

A trusted local handyman can help with almost any project around the house that requires using tools!

If you are worried about getting up on a ladder, or you don’t have the tools or experience, or you just don’t have the time, it’s okay. A handyman company can take care of just about anything regarding window coverings like installing: