Disco ball! At the insistence of the homeowner (and sheer delight of everyone at Fraley and Company) we found this gold disco ball and lit it with some Schoolhouse Isaac sconces. It spins. Photography by Schweitzer Creative

Plantation Shutters from The Shutter Shop. Sliding Barn Door Hardware from Amazon. Custom made Bypass Barn Door Rails.
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This narrow entry space was updated with fresh paint, a huge mirror, new light fixture, and wall hooks to save space. The small benches are actually repurposed shower stools which were narrow enough to fit the space. Paint: Polar Bear White Wall Hooks: Amazon, $10 Benches: HomeGoods, $30 ea Mirror: Home Depot, $40 Rug: Overstock, $65

Motorized shades for the living room that sync to the customer's Amazon Echo.
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Decor details from Joy Cho's completed Executive Office remodeling completed by our GoodFellas Construction Team! Sources: Blu Dot desk, Ikea floating shelves, chair from HD Buttercup, Curtains by Skyline, Cedar and Moss light, clear balls by Decorative Novelty, disco balls from Amazon, Team Woodnote Salvation print with Simply Framed frame, Team Woodnote Orange print with Simply Framed frame, Max Wanger tall palms print with Simply Framed frame, Max Wanger Joshua tree print with Simply Framed frame, Bonnie Tsang sky print, Geronimo x Jennifer Young photo, Lindsey Burwell drawing.

Discover how premium light-filtering materials and smart-home automation can secure street-level entryway glass without losing natural daylight. Choosing the right window treatments for a home's front entrance is one of the most challenging design decisions a homeowner can face. The front door is the focal point of a home's curb appeal, often featuring expansive glass panels or side-by-side double doors designed to make a grand architectural statement. During the day, these large glass features are an asset, flooding entryways and foyers with beautiful natural daylight. However, for homes situated on busy local roads or highly trafficked street-level lots, the dynamic completely changes once the sun goes down. The moment interior lights are switched on in the evening, a stark contrast is created with the dark outdoors. This creates a severe privacy issue, leaving the entire foyer completely exposed to passing traffic and pedestrians. Finding a solution that delivers absolute evening privacy without permanently plunging the front entrance into darkness during the day requires understanding how modern window treatment materials and operating systems interact. Light-Filtering vs. Blackout Fabrics The first step in solving street-level privacy is selecting the correct fabric type. Many homeowners mistakenly assume they need heavy, opaque blackout shades to secure their home from outside eyes at night. While blackout fabrics certainly block 100% of the view, they also block 100% of the natural daylight during the day, forcing you to constantly raise and lower the shades just to see inside your own foyer. A more effective approach for entryways utilizes premium light-filtering materials. These specialized fabrics are engineered with a precise, tight weave that operates on the principles of directional light and optical density. Daytime Functionality: When the sun is shining outside, the exterior light levels are significantly higher than the interior light levels. The light-filtering fabric diffuses the intense, direct sunlight into a soft, ambient glow throughout the entryway. This keeps the home bright, eliminates harsh glares, and protects interior hardwood flooring, paint, and trim from damaging UV rays. Night-Time Functionality: At night, the lighting dynamic reverses. The interior foyer lights make the inside bright, while the outside is dark. Because of the specialized tight weave, the fabric blocks the transmission of clear shapes and details. To a person standing out on the street or driving by on a busy road, the view inside is completely obstructed, delivering total privacy when the family is home for the evening. Challenges of Front Door Installations Securing privacy for a double wide front entrance introduces unique structural hurdles that standard windows do not face. Traditional blinds with hanging cords or manual pull chains are poorly suited for front doors. They disrupt the clean architectural lines of a grand foyer, create a safety hazard, and can easily get tangled or damaged when the doors are opened and closed. The window treatments must be mounted high and wide enough above the door trim to ensure that the front doors can swing open and close freely without ever catching on the fabric or the lower hem bar. How We Applied These Principles in Sherrills Ford, NC Applying these exact educational principles to real-world homes is what Cole and I do every day at Bloomin' Blinds of North Charlotte. We recently worked with a homeowner in Sherrills Ford whose beautiful new construction property sat on a highly trafficked road. They loved their double wide front door entrance but felt entirely too exposed to the street at night. We brought our mobile showroom directly to their driveway. This allowed us to hold up premium light-filtering fabric samples directly against their entryway glass, matching the materials perfectly to their home's natural lighting, interior paint, and trim before making a single cut. To solve their street-level privacy issue, we custom-built and installed two matching light-filtering roller shades, mounting them flawlessly side-by-side above the front door frame. To keep the home’s interior design completely cohesive, we carried the exact same style to the back of the house, installing a matching single roller shade on the rear door. Smart Home Window Automation at Your Fingertips Because entryway windows can be tall and awkward to reach manually, our family team integrated advanced smart-home motorization into this Sherrills Ford project. Beyond the convenience of a handheld remote control, these automated roller shades feature seamless Wi-Fi integration. The homeowners can control their privacy through a dedicated smartphone app or link the system directly to their existing voice-activated smart home networks, including Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple HomeKit. This allows for complete hands-free window automation. The clients can program custom daily routines—such as setting the front entry shades to automatically lower exactly at sunset—or simply use a voice command to secure the foyer instantly from the comfort of the couch.

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Get smart. To outsmart kids prone to leaving lights on, the Lutron Maestro motion sensor automatically turns lights on and off, and to set the mood lighting, the handy Lutron Caseta Wireless controller dims lights and raises and lowers blinds while iDevices switches wirelessly control the Robert Abbey Delta Emerald Glazed Table Lamp and floor fan, while the heat and AC are controlled by a Honeywell Lyric thermostat. Both wireless controllers and the thermostat respond to app or voice commands by Amazon Echo, which can also play music, update a Google calendar, report the news, and even read the kids a story. The family can play it safe anywhere in the home with Samsung smartthings hub home monitoring kit which sends alerts via app if anyone passes a sensor or opens or closes a connected door or window.

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A beautiful ranch house gets a make over after a flood leaves half the cabinetry in ruin. Choosing to use a sage green cabinetry with licorice highlights, a warm travertine tile backsplash, and a dark wood stained island separates this kitchen from the average home. Taj Mahal quartzite countertops seamlessly blend in the neutral tones of the room, and lending a beautiful translucency to the space. A decorative hood, under-cabinet and toe kick lighting, and hand painted tile mural all bring this kitchen into a class of its own. Silvertower Studios Photography

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More Projects, welcome to website: www.maxdiashop.com, or INS: @maxdia_home 1. Handmade with cotton and linen blended thick fabric. The color of the base fabric is cream. 2. Easily installed in minutes with all necessary hardware included, lift cords are on the right side. 3. Lifting track is made of a robust aircraft aluminum alloy. Each shade can be adjusted to any position due to our unique speed reducer and self-locking device. 4. Standard shade is unlined, can block out 65% of light, privacy lining and blackout lining can be selected for a custom order. 5. Attached to the headrail with a velcro strip that holds tightly for daily use but is easy to pull off when you want to wash them. They are great for people with dust allergies, families with small children or homeowners with pets.