Here we share some tips on how to dress up your windows. Sunview Windows and Doors in Saskatoon provide new and replacement windows and doors to Saskatchewan. Featuring the world’s most energy-efficient glass. We manufacture products that extend the comfort zone. The company primarily makes windows, but we also offer solariums (also called sunrooms), screen rooms, conservatories and patio covers through Sunview Solariums Ltd. Sunview Windows and Doors are made in Saskatchewan. We care about our community. Sunview Windows is proud to offer financing to our valued clients.
10 Stylish Ways to Dress Your Windows
Window treatments are necessary in every home for light control and privacy, but they’re also that perfect opportunity to dress up your windows by introducing patterns, softness, and texture, too! Fabric versions soften the hard edges of a space and pull colour and pattern into a room, complementing the other decorative choices. Here’s a peek at the variety of styles available and the advantage each provides. Enjoy these tips on how to dress up your windows from Sunview.
Roman Shades are an elegant choice, constructed of fabric and a pulley mechanism – they fold up to bring in light and down to add privacy, and can be mounted inside or outside the window frame. Flat fold options offer clean lines, whereas balloon or swag Roman shades introduce curved lines.
Valances. These are smaller fabric treatments, fixed above a window and mounted outside the frame with L-shaped brackets. Other blind options can be added beneath it for privacy if necessary. A valance can be styled in several ways: pleated, ruffled, scalloped, or swag.
Fabric Window Panels. Long drapes of fabric that hang from rods are a timeless choice that adds softness and height to a room when suspended from ceiling to floor. Window panels can be solids or patterns, casual or formal, and are hung with rings, grommets, or with a rod pocket.
Sheers are a wispier and more casual alternative – they’re semi-opaque curtains that provide the look of window panels and more privacy than no treatment at all, yet still allow for natural light to penetrate.
Shutters. Plantation or folding shutters are a classic option customized to fit a window, and can be used alone or layered underneath panels.
Wood Blinds. White or wood blinds are an affordable choice for windows and offer light control and privacy, and their streamlined design has contemporary appeal.
Cafe Curtains. This style of treatment originated in Vienna in the 1800s in street cafes. Cafe curtains are suspended on a rod halfway down the window – they add privacy below while allowing for natural light from above.
Combination. There’s no rule that says you must choose only one! Layering window panels over roman shades, wood blinds, or woven shades adds depth to a space adding softness, patten, and texture to the windows.
No Treatment. If you have beautiful windows and no privacy issues, opt for no window treatment at all. This choice showcases the architectural detail of a window and welcomes natural light in spaces like sunrooms and kitchens where there’s never a need to darken the room.
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