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Window Treatments - please help

10 years ago
help with choosing Roman shades. Our Family room, breakfast nook and Kitchen are in one long room that receives a lot of sunlight. The colours are red, blue and yellow. Should I stick to neutrals or go all out for colour in the blinds ? As background I live colour, kept formal living room and dining neutral but decided to splash out with colour in this big room where we spend a lot of time. please help, I'll try to post the patterns I've shortlisted for neutral and colorful blinds as well.

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  • 10 years ago

  • PRO
    10 years ago

    Lovely! You have done a great job creating this room, and the overall feel is effortless and fun. The colors look great. I would suggest a solid color Roman Shade, allowing these to stay a constant in the room, even if you switch the furniture pieces or accents. Here are some ideas:


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  • 10 years ago

    If you had to choose a shade from amongst the ones above, which one would you choose ? The yellow is the same shade as our breakfast room dining chairs. Thank you so much for your help !

  • 10 years ago

    what about a woven shade, it would add some texture to your rooms


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  • 10 years ago
    I had the same dilemma when we redid our kitchen. I ended up choosing a pattern (much like what you've chosen) and have not regretted my decision. Just be careful with horizontal stripes if that's what you choose.
  • 10 years ago

    Let me ask if you're planning art over the sofa? wouldn't that bring yet another look, a 'pattern' into the mix?

  • 10 years ago

    another thought, what if say a year or two you change the red/blue/yellow thing, you'll have to change window coverings too

  • 9 years ago
    I agree with all that and hence the dilemma ! Since our dining chairs in the room are yellow, and we're not changing that soon, I thought the gold yellow blinds may have a longer life.
  • 9 years ago
    we do intend to hv art over the sofa, in fact already picked out ! it's blue, yellow and red amongst other colors !
  • 9 years ago
    Jennifer, I'm doing woven shades in the living and formal dining l room to go with the white formal drapes there, I thought I'd do something different here
  • 9 years ago
    plus with the wood flooring and the large brown leather sofa, it appeared to me that there was already a lot of brown in the room. if you all don't think I ought to add any more colour in the room, then I'll desist and look at something else. I was veering towards the yellow / gold which is solid but with a minor pattern l.
  • 9 years ago
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    Well, glad you told us cause that would seem too busy to add onto an accent wall with fireplace -- the bright window shades.... but what seems good to you? are you verryy fond of layering bright colors???

  • 9 years ago
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    In other words, let that darker wall and its look, stay neutral. You'll probably have enough 'going on'.... ?

  • 9 years ago

    rsradhika, I like the yellow best, though I'm not sure about the particular one you've chosen.

  • 9 years ago

    I can't tell if there are neighbors on one side, but I like the cellular shades that go both up and down. You could have breeze available, and also with the top pulled down, you could have a little light....

  • 9 years ago

    Since I'm 'on' right now, I liked the yellow too, but not with the red also there.

  • 9 years ago

    I also liked the top pattern, but it might be blue [instead of grey] and so a little 'off' from striking rug.

  • 9 years ago
    so this is a close up of the yellow / gold
  • 9 years ago
    posting again as the previous pix wasn't that great
  • 9 years ago
    everdebz, it is blue and a different one from the carpet, which is why I thought it wld create more confusion !
  • 9 years ago
    everdebz in this room with the color scheme it seems that I shld either stick closely with the colours we already have or switch to a plain white with maybe an edge banding in yellow or blue. I think the others have either a different blue or gray so probably either the yellow or a plain white
  • 9 years ago

    Maybe a plainer, less bright yellow:


  • 9 years ago

    I very much like your red/blue/yellow scheme, but you have bold patterns in pillow and rug, so I think a plainer shade would look better.

  • 9 years ago
    Love all your light fixtures!
  • PRO
    9 years ago

    We have installed shutters in a couple rooms with windows similar to your dining area, they were gorgeous!


  • PRO
    9 years ago

    I think a plain Belgian Flax Linen in Optic White roman shade would work best. The color is more versatile, and works well if you want to switch up the decor in your home.

    A soft yellow, like a Washed Belgian Linen in Sand might work as well.

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  • 9 years ago
    I love your place, It's so nice to see a fun, colorful space! I would go neutral with the shades, as there are going to be so many of them...they'll become part of the structure of the room, and won't distract from your artwork, which I'm dying to see.
  • 9 years ago

    if not neutral, my vote is for the less busy yellow grover suggested

  • 9 years ago

    Hey Rads, I love the idea of yellow for the kitchen. However the seating area you could use a neutral solid color or wooden blinds as it will allow you to add colour via art and other pieces.

  • 9 years ago

    Two more options, please take a look and let me know which is better. I am going to then order the shades. One is the lighter yellow that was suggested and the other is a neutral white.

  • 9 years ago
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    I like the white shades with grey borders in your LR, better than anything that's been posted, but I would need to see brighter shots to say for sure. Does your kitchen shade have to match? If not, I would not do shades with borders in three kitchen windows. The yellow looks nice.

  • 9 years ago
    Hi Steph, the kitchen, breakfast room snd family room are one long room and so I'll probably have to have the same treatmenttreatments in all the windows. I'm just a little concerned about 'white' in this room that we spend all our time in...keeping it clean will be a challenge! Needless to say the white with edge banding cost 2.5 times the yellow !
  • 9 years ago
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    White is a challenge to keep clean, but I don't see it being a problem with shades. People aren't usually handling shades, unless it's the cord free kind you have to touch. It also doesn't look as if you are slinging around mud in that room, so I think you would be safe with anything you put up there. Open concept I understand. I would go with the yellow then, but I would be careful with adding anymore patterns or colors to your family room. It's a fun room, but you don't want it looking like a carnival fun house.

    Another option would be to do one shade covering all three windows in the kitchen. Then you could do the white border one. Need a pro to comment on that option.

  • 9 years ago
    Steph, the kitchen window is actually one large window so it'll be 2 shades on a single headrail. This picture was the only way to see how the color wld look...it's actually not going to be 3 separate shades.
  • 9 years ago
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    I would do one shade outside mount in the kitchen, since all your windows are framed together. It would be a cleaner look to put the shade over the frame and not on each individual opening within the same frame. I'm surprised no one had said that yet. Then you could do the white shade/grey border shade.

    Or are you showing the window over the kitchen sink, but meaning the three windows by the table?

  • 9 years ago
    No I mean the window over the kitchen, all the shades though are inside mount. Shldnt the kitchen too be inside mount ? you know the 2 on 1 headrail kind ?
  • 9 years ago
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    The window over the kitchen sink is one window with multiple openings right?

  • 9 years ago

    I would do all inside mount in the yellow. It doesn't look like you can do a single headrail on the kitchen window, though. I'd do three separate shades just the way you show it in your rendering.

  • 9 years ago

    Thanks for chiming in grover. It looks like one window to me. What do you think about the bordered shades so close together? I think that would not look right. So yellow is the way to go.

  • 9 years ago
    Steph the kitchen window is one window with three openings. It has 1 frame. They do show it as a single headrail with 2 shades on one headrail. So you think the white with edging so close together won't look good ? Isn't that true of the bay window next to the breakfast table as well ? You think the yellow is the way to go ?
  • 9 years ago

  • 9 years ago

    You mean this yellow right ?

  • 9 years ago

    not the original one below that I had posted earlier ?

  • 9 years ago

    Yes, the paler yellow you posted most recently.

  • 9 years ago
    No I think the other windows are far enough apart to do whatever
  • 9 years ago

    Love the yellow but not the bright one you posted 1st. I prefer the yellow that is a shade lighter than your 1st choice, yellow and white pattern (no other color).

  • 9 years ago
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    2 photos show different paint colors [of same end wall] - depends how dark it really is -

  • 9 years ago
    this is a photo of the actual sample. I think all of you feel I shld use this one ?
  • 9 years ago
    everdebz it's the same wall just at different times of the day I think as well as the darker one is from a distance.
  • 9 years ago
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    From here, seems nice.... if you feel it 'pops' too much, maybe paint the end wall the same lighter grey of the others.... just an idea. Good 'luck'!