What Are the Best Blinds To Warm a Space?
A room can feature intriguing furniture and fresh paint and still feel cold once the sun drops. Window coverings take up a large share of the wall, so whatever hangs there does much of the work in setting how a space reads.
At Metro Shutters & Blinds, we love suggesting genuine wood and warm-toned faux wood blinds are the quickest fix for a space that feels like it’s lacking that certain something.
How To Add Warmth to Your Home Through Material Choice
Warmth in a home comes down to color temperature and texture working together. Bare glass, white walls, and thin metal hardware all bounce light around, leaving a space feeling bright yet bare.
On the other hand, wood absorbs light instead of reflecting it, and the grain gives the eye something to land on, which is why a room with wood blinds feels more settled and grounded.
The color of the stain on wood blinds affects the warmth of a room, too. For example, honey, chestnut, pecan, and walnut tones each pull a room in a slightly different direction. That’s why when you work with our team at Metro Shutters & Blinds, we’ll bring samples to your home during a free consultation, so that you can see how your custom blinds can actually warm your space.
How Do Genuine Wood Blinds Bring Depth to a Room?
Hunter Douglas Parkland® Wood Blinds come from sustainably harvested and authentic hardwood, and that shows up in the grain running across the slats. Every board absorbs stain a little differently, which gives the finished blind a depth that generic materials struggle to match.
Homeowners and interior designers reach for genuine wood blinds when an area calls for something classic, such as in living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, and studies, where humidity stays low.
Why Faux Wood Window Blinds Work for Kitchens and Bathrooms
Hunter Douglas EverWood® Faux Wood Blinds solve the challenges real wood faces in more humid rooms. Kitchens and bathrooms expose window coverings to heat and moisture every day, and hardwood eventually responds to it in a less-than-ideal way.
EverWood® Faux Wood Blinds are engineered to resist warping, bowing, and yellowing, so a blind above a kitchen sink still hangs straight years later. The texture of a faux wood blind resembles the real deal, and the warm stain tones do the same.
How To Choose the Best Wood Window Blinds for Each Room
Here are some considerations when it comes to choosing the best styles and customizations for wood or faux wood blinds for each room in your home:
- Slat width affects the blind’s aesthetic, in that wider slats give you a bolder line and a clearer view out, while narrower slats feel more traditional and stack tighter at the top.
- Room humidity determines the best material, so hardwood suits bedrooms and living areas, while faux wood suits anywhere steam collects, including laundry rooms.
- Stain tone works best when it echoes something already in the room rather than matching your floor exactly, since an exact match tends to flatten the space.
- Light exposure matters because south and west windows put steady sun on a blind, and darker stains hold their look better under that kind of exposure.
- Motorization through Hunter Douglas PowerView® Automation handles high windows and lets you schedule the blinds to open at sunrise or close for a movie.
Custom Interior Shutters for Alternative Architectural Warmth
If you’re looking to add visual warmth to a specific area of your home but aren’t sure about window blinds, consider interior shutters. Shutters for windows give you the same wood warmth with a heavier architectural presence, since the frame and panels give that built-in look.
At Metro Shutters & Blinds, we manufacture our own shutters, and everything about them is custom, including the paint. That control over the process is the reason our quality holds up against generic shutters from your local hardware shop.
Louver size, panel layout, and finish are all decided for your openings. A stained shutter brings serious warmth to a home office or a bedroom, while a painted one keeps a room bright while adding the depth that flat glass lacks.
Shop Gorgeous Custom Wood Blinds Near Marietta, GA
Our window fashion specialists at Metro Shutters & Blinds are here to help bring your home’s vision to life, whether that includes gorgeous, warm blinds from Hunter Douglas or choosing to go with a lovely custom interior shutter.
When you partner with us, our own team handles it all, from consultation to measurements and installation, so the folks who take the numbers are the ones who hang the finished product.
Call (770) 726-3656 or connect with us online to request a quote and begin warming up your home.
Metro Shutters & Blinds serves Marietta, Acworth, Peachtree City, Kennesaw, Atlanta, Woodstock, and Cherokee County, GA.