5 Window Treatment Combinations that Elevate Your Home's Style
Aside from simply appearing as beautiful window dressing, did you know that window treatments can fulfill various needs? Window treatments can provide privacy, light-filtering, style, coziness, warmth, and they can even be sound filtering.
For inspiration, here are 5 window treatment combinations to help you achieve your window treatment’s best look paired with the function your space needs…
1. Layer Linen Curtains with Sheer Curtains
Layer linen or blackout panels with sheer curtains to create an elegant and timeless look. This offers the ability to filter in full light, subtle light, or block out the light altogether.
This combination gives your windows lots of added versatility. Layers of curtains can also provide insulation against outside temperatures. There’s a reason this concept goes back for centuries!
2. Combine Curtains with Roller Shades
Layering draperies with blinds can provide visual interest when incorporating contrasting patterns or textures, so long as the two layers work in harmony. For example, choose a patterned covering, and a solid for the other, in colors that complement each other.
Consider combining two prints if you’re looking for a more bold and impactful look. Remember to select colors or patterns that will work well with your rugs, pillows, and other room decor.
Think about using hard window treatments such as shutters (either wood or composite) for your base layer, alongside soft window treatments with stationary panels. Roman and roller shades can be a great source of insulation if you have old windows or live in an extreme climate. They are highly versatile in most rooms and can even be motorized.
These shades can block drafts in the winter and insulate from the hot external temperatures in the summer. In addition, you can buy them lined to regulate room temperatures and light better.
3. Select Sheer Roman Shades with Blackout Curtains
When considering window coverings, you should approach your selection based on practical and functional purposes. For example, consider the elegance of a sheer roman shade that can filter light without blocking it during the day, along with the ability to go completely dark at night.
If you may have a particular room that gets pounded by unwanted sun and heat, a blackout curtain or shade can be your best friend! For that reason, this is often a popular option for bedrooms. Additionally, blackout curtains provide complete privacy from the outside world.
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4. Blend Blinds with Curtains
The combination of blending traditional shades with curtains works wonders in framing the outside view while giving you inside benefits like various light-filtering options. First, you’ll need to decide what type of top and base layers you prefer.
The top layer is typically a soft fabric that can provide an excellent opportunity to introduce colors, patterns, and textures into your wall. If your room already has a lot going on, opt for a more muted color palette that won’t compete with your existing colors and patterns.
Then, select your base layer based on how much light control you want and how much privacy you need. This traditional option offers a great deal of control of how and when your room receives light.
5. Choose Curtains with Shutters
Choosing curtains to go along with interior shutters provides a very traditional, southern look that adds class and varied aesthetics based on the time of day and outside lighting.
This style can dramatically change the look of any room. Shutters typically come in neutral colors, so using colorful curtains to play off the shutters is a great way to infuse a splash of color into a room.
Because plantation shutters are timeless, simply swap out the curtains to create an updated look. Above all, curtains should frame your beautiful plantation shutters, not hide them!
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Suzi