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Need Help w/ Blind Color

9 years ago

Hi! I am trying to decide on what color cellular shades would look best in my house. It is painted gray throughout with white trim in places.
Any thoughts? Link to house and shades I am looking at below.

http://www.jcpenney.com/g/cellular-shades-blinds-shades/N-1b0lvh6D1noxacZ1z140zj?merchSize=1

Comments (8)

  • 9 years ago

    green, gray, greige, white, off-white, natural-looking brow-all will work..depending on the general style/feel you're going for. brown and green are the biggest commitment I'd say...but might look cool, under certain circumstances?

    will you put other window treatments as well? if yes-then I'd go for white or off-white

    hope more people will chime in. I'm thinking about blinds/shades for one window only(but no curtains then)-and it's already stressing me out.


  • 9 years ago

    INo other window treatments and looking at cellular shades. My biggest concern with a color is the walls are gray, trim is white, and don't want it to look funny or like too much color or too dark. I wish I could have someone hang one or two then decide. LOL way too stressful for an entire house.

  • 9 years ago

    I do not view shades/blinds as window treatments. They serve a function....privacy/light control, etc. If you must have shades for one of those reasons, I would get white. Then decide on what you will use to dress the Windows......curtains/drapes, etc.

  • 9 years ago

    Agree with you. Totally. Never chose blinds yet. I wonder-do they have samples or something?

    White for sure won't look funny though. Might feel a bit like an obvious choice, and can be a bit too cold, if allover the place..but can't imagine it looking funny. So many people have white I can't imagine them being surprised with your choice..:)

    If they weren't cellular-I'd go for brown, for a warm natural feel..I also find gray and brown rather striking together, if brown is the right brown..but they are cellular, so..

  • 9 years ago

    Since you haven't lived in the house yet, I don't know if you'll know the answer to this, but how will you use the shades? Will you pull them up fully in the daytime to let the light flood into the room? If so, I would do white so they mostly disappear into the color of the trim. If you want to use them more decoratively and will have them partially down, then you could match the wall color, but that would commit you to the same color walls for a while, or risk a mismatch. Think about if they are going to be fully down at night, whether you want to look at big patches of white in your room, or maybe have a soft gray that would blend into the walls more.

    It looks like you might need some privacy on the bottom part of some of the windows in one of your rooms, so I'd for sure get top town bottom up there, so you could cover just the bottom part of the windows during the day if needed.

    I wouldn't use a contrasting color for cellular; they seem like background to me, not a feature. You don't have to do the whole house the same color, either.

  • 9 years ago

    Don't forget, you see them from outside the house, too. For that reason, I like them all the same color, usually white.

  • 9 years ago

    Usually you can't see all 4 sides of the house at the same time! So if you want different colors take that in to consideration, too.