The Window Treatment Wiz from Decorating Depot

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From Roman and bamboo shades to wood and aluminum blinds, Decorating Depot knows window treatments. Check out these creative approaches to making your windows more interesting and stylish.

An interior designer’s dream website, Decorating Depot has more than 600 different window treatment products from all major manufacturers.  Shopping for blinds and other window treatments at www.decoratingdepot.com is a relaxed, creative, and comfortable experience.  The helpful and friendly people who answer the telephone at Decorating Depot make solving window treatment-related design problems as easy as dialing toll free 1(866) 755-2173 and asking questions.  No question is too trivial or too complicated for our window treatment experts.  If a question is too technical even for our window treatment experts at Decorating Depot, we will be happy to contact the product manufacturer and get back to you promptly with the correct answer. 

When decorating a room, interior designers often focus on three important aspects of window treatments: mood, color, and style.

Mood

The mood created with bamboo and woven wood shades is one of the casual charm, and simple functionality. These shades are known for their informality, practicality, and durability.  They can be either unlined or lined for a better “blackout” effect. They come in a variety of bamboo and woven wood patterns; moreover, they get along happily with today’s mix of furniture styles.  Some designers are even using bamboo shades to give a formal room a more simple window treatment than you might suppose to “soften” it with a casual dash. For the large window of a city bedroom, a soft valance cresting floor-length sliding panels gives a dressy look to whatever fabric suits your decor. Above a tub try one of our many honeycombed shades for a sense of airy femininity.

Color

Strong colors are a favorite among many interior decorators.  Like flowers in a gray landscape, crisp, colorful window treatments can brighten up an otherwise drab room.  Although curtains and blinds often go well together, don’t always assume that curtains are needed, even for a living room.  Shades or blinds can be a simpler alternative and still have a dramatic effect.  Because blinds and shades use far less fabric, they’re economical too.  Bay windows, for example, can be especially problematic for curtains. However, well chosen blinds afford a simple and colorful solution with panache. Since houses and windows are better insulated today, we don’t need the draft protection once provided by heavy drapes.  When such protection is desired, shutters offer a stylish and functional alternative to drapes.

In short, colors at the window should engage the room. This can be achieved in all sorts of ways. Often, a dark wall is best served by light-color window treatment or, conversely, a bright wall by a darker window treatment.  Sometimes, a continuity of hue is the order of the day. It is entirely up to you.  One could also draw attention to the window by using a unique fabric or contrasting trim color. Given the variety of window treatments a Decorating Depot, the possibilities are endless.

Style

These days, interior decorators are all into somewhat pared-down decorating - less busyness, less clutter, less dust.  Modern homes value efficiency and function and blinds and shades fill the bill perfectly.  Curtains can sometimes be “too much” and who needs loads of fabric to collect more dog hairs? How about deciding on long sliding panels for the room instead? Ordinarily, floor-length curtains are more formal, more likely to be used in the living room, but it really depends on the window and the feeling you want. The little rules aren’t always true. For example, long curtains or panels don’t necessarily add height to a low room. It is what you do at the top that matters.  Try raising whatever window treatment you choose above the window frame to make the wall seem taller. You might also try adding elements to the heading that draw the eye up.  The folks at Decorating Depot will be happy to help you decide what is best.

Remember, decorating is fun, so lighten up.  Feel free to call us and discuss all the details, right down to exact measurements, how wide a trim or border should be, and how deep a valance should drop. Proportions matter and Decorating Depot is ready, willing and able to help with all of your window treatment needs.