by Michael Callicotte
In the month of March there are two main sports happenings including the Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament, also known as March Madness, and the start of the 2011 Major League Baseball season. With these two events coming up, you hardcore sports fans are probably looking for every possible way to show support for your favorite teams. In this post I will clue you in on the latest, most creative way to show your team pride - sports themed window treatments.
Online window treatments retailers are now offering roller shades with officially licensed team logos from all the major league teams and a great selection of college teams. These window shades make a great addition to any recreation rooms, billiards rooms, game rooms, dorm rooms, young boy rooms, or anywhere in your home where you want to have sports decor. Each team logo is available in a variety of styles and colors so you can mix it up for rooms with multiple windows. The shades are all custom-made to fit your window perfectly and the logos are printed on demand so they are always in proper proportions regardless of the shade size.
I’ve always had the notion that people go to spectator sports to have fun and then they grab the paper to read about it and have fun again.
—Walter Wellesley (Red)
Depending on your light control needs, these sports window treatments are available in light filtering or blackout material. If these shades will be in entertainment rooms or rooms where you watch the game then you most likely want blackout to prevent glare from interfering with your television screen.
Roller shades, which are the type of window shades these logos are printed on, are affordable and easy to operate. Made from durable materials, these roller shades will last you a long time and will continue to work just as effectively in a few years as the first day you installed them.
You can definitely find these roller shades online by searching for "sports window treatments" or "sports decor" or "sports blinds". Here you can find which retailer sells them for the best prices and has the team you want. Many of these retailers offer discounts, free shipping and other such incentives.
Short of a wholesale reform of college athletics—a complete breakdown of the whole system that is now focused on money and power—the women’s programs are just as doomed as the men’s are to move further and further away from the academic mission of their colleges.... We have to decide if that’s the kind of success for women’s sports that we want.
—Christine H. B. Grant, U. S. university athletic director. As quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education, p. A42 (May 12, 1993)
So, as this exciting time on the sports calendar gets rolling be sure to have this latest piece of merchandise to show support for your team. Your friends will be both impressed and jealous of your new decor. If you were thinking of having an expensive painting done of your team's logo save yourself the money by installing affordable window treatments that will provide the same effect. If you want to learn more about sports window treatments search for sports decor or sports blinds in any search engine.