Major types of bamboo shades
There are three major types of bamboo shades that I know of, and bamboo shades are called a variety of different names - woven woods, matchstick blinds, etc. So today I will go through each and discuss the meaning. Matchstick shades - The term ‘matchstick’ refers to the size of the bamboo used in the shade. For matchstick shades, you will have lots of small bamboo sticks wrapped together giving the look of many long matchsticks held together in one shade. There are also some variations like flat matchstick - where the bamboo chosen is flat rather than round. Here is a matchstick bamboo shade example from Payless Decor:
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