Creating a beautiful home is a difficult but rewarding task. Sourcing the perfect shade of dusky pink for your throw cushions, hunting high and low for the right contrasting pattern, spending weeks waiting for that bespoke furniture piece. When you put your heart and soul into a project, it is no surprise that you want every single element of your design scheme to look exactly right. One element that can make or break your room is your window treatments and the latest trend in interiors which will look fab in your scheme are shutter blinds.
Shutter blinds are fast becoming the most popular trend in window treatments due to their versatility and flexibility. From accentuating a period feature to adding a pop of colour, shutter blinds can make a real difference in your room.
Incorporating Shutter Blinds into Your Design Scheme
Whether you have a Georgian townhouse or an ultra-sleek eco home, shutter blinds can fit perfectly into your room. Let us look at some examples of how they can complete your scheme.
· Bring Natural Materials into The Scheme
One hot interior design trend right now is to mix natural textures such as woods and soft furnishings. One way to do this is to compliment your overall scheme with some natural wood shutter blinds. From the lightest softwoods to darker hardwoods, these natural examples can balance out any bolder elements in a scheme and can really add depth to your overall look. Bringing natural materials into your room scheme has never been so simple. Remember that while lighter tones will help to keep the scheme bright, darker shades will give a bigger impact.
· Enhance A Period Feature
Period properties with gorgeous bay windows and architectural archways can cause some serious Insta envy, but they can also be very tricky to dress as well. Thankfully, the days of hugely expensive custom-made curtains to fit that awkward space has gone. Shutter blinds are not only a functional way to provide privacy, but they are flexible enough to create a modern aesthetic. Adding blinds to a curving bay or leaving select windows exposed can draw the eye to one of the best features of your room, your windows.
· Blending Your Blinds
When people think about shutter blinds, they often imagine natural wood or brilliant white shutters, but in fact these window treatments come in a variety of colours and can be painted to your desired shade too. By blending your blinds with your room scheme, when closed these blinds can mask a window rather than accentuate it. For an even more stylish look, go one shade lighter or darker on your blinds for a more modern aesthetic.
· Colour Blocking
If bold colours and a dramatic room is what you are after, then why not use your shutter blinds to colour block in the room and provide a focal point? The colour you choose will depend on the scheme of your room but one colour blocking trend at present is to use bright playful colours such as hot pink or teal. These accents will give a pop of colour in the room but will also give you the opportunity to tone down the colours in the day as you draw the shutters back. Colour blocking also gives you the opportunity to try out colours that you are not brave enough to apply to the whole scheme. For example, dark blues and greys can give a dramatic look but can leave you with a dark room. By applying this dark blue or grey to your blinds, you can apply the colour without the knock-on consequence of changing the mood of the room completely.
· Playing With Proportions
Bespoke window treatments can be an expensive option for those of us with oversized or uniquely sized windows. Whether you have 10-foot-high sash windows or have 2-foot-high cottage peepholes, finding a window treatment to fit that will not cost the earth is no easy feat. Thankfully shutter blinds come in a variety of size options and by mixing and matching these sizes, you can play with your window proportions at a more manageable price point. The combinations can cover the windows completely, they could leave a void at the upper quarter of the window, or they could be used to cover select windowpanes. Playing with the proportions of your window and using shutter blinds to cover some or all of them will help you to adjust the light in the room to your desired result and create a cosier atmosphere too.
Alternatives To Shutter Blinds
If you still are not convinced that shutter blinds will work in your design scheme then do not panic, there are lots of other blind options you can choose from. Here are three of the most common blinds that may suit your scheme.
- Roller Blinds
While the idea of a roller blind does not appeal to everyone, they do come in a huge range of colours and patterns. If you are looking for a particular pattern or colour to add as an accent to your scheme, then roller blinds will help achieve this. Roller blinds are best suited to standard sized windows and windows where only one blind is needed.
- Venetian Blinds
A classic style of blind, the venetian blind can bring opulent fabrics to your window treatment without the need for curtains. These concertina blinds look best when installed with pelmets which can be covered in a coordinating fabric.
- Panel Blinds
A good choice for bay windows and French doors, panel blinds use a track above the window to draw the panels of blind across the space while another mechanism helps to open and close the panels. Available in a variety of colours, they are a practical and affordable way to block out light.
As you can see, shutter blinds really are not just an affordable option for those with “difficult to dress” windows but can also be used to bring a room scheme together and complete a look that you have worked so hard to pull together. We love the way shutter blinds can transform a room so why not contact us today to see how you could apply them to your design too?