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Made In The Shade a Trusted Saskatoon Window Coverings expert tip on Hunter Douglas Blinds


Made In The Shade  are Trusted Saskatoon window covering experts!


Have you ever truly considered blinds as part of the decor of your home? Or do you typically think of blinds in terms of functionality. Hunter Douglas believes blinds should be build in a way that controls light but equally as important, compliments the style of your home.

  


 


Hunter Douglas Silhoutte video demo Made In The Shade Blinds Saskatoon a Trusted Saskatoon Blinds pro

Made in the Shade Blinds Saskatoon wants to help you get your windows on the Best Dressed list! They offer free in-home consultations, where they bring the showroom to you. Not only is this more convenient for you, it allows you to see a variety of choices for your home, surrounded by your colors and furnishings, in your home’s own natural light. Made In The Shade Saskatoon are your Trusted Saskatoon Blinds and Window Coverings Experts! 
 
 

Hunter Douglas Silhoutte demo by Made In The Shade Blinds Saskatoon

 

 

Call us at 306-280-0632 for a free in-home consultation and quote – we can work with any budget! From one single window to a whole home or office building, we will work with you to get the window coverings you love! 

 

To schedule an appointment with Heather - the ' Shady -Lady' click here 

 

 

Made In The Shade Blinds your Trusted Saskatoon Blinds & Window Coverings shares 10 Window Covering Trends

Made in the Shade Blinds Saskatoon wants to help you get your windows on the Best Dressed list! They offer free in-home consultations, where they bring the showroom to you. Not only is this more convenient for you, it allows you to see a variety of choices for your home, surrounded by your colors and furnishings, in your home’s own natural light. Made In The Shade Saskatoon are your Trusted Saskatoon Blinds and Window Coverings Experts! 
 
Here Heather shares 10 Window Covering Trends:
 

These popular window fashions will add a special design touch to any room!

When you stand in a beautifully decorated room, notice how your eye is drawn to the windows — they’re inevitably the focal point that sets the tone and the “bones” of any successful decorating plan. How you accessorize your windows affects not only the mood inside your home but also the appearance from outside.

When you are shopping for window treatments, don’t buy blindly. Take some time to do some research, and come armed with info to help you make better choices. Here are the 10 most popular window treatment trends now, to help with your decision making.

1. Neutrals still rule. “Whites, off-whites and other neutral window coverings almost always work best,” says Lyn Peterson, author, mother of four, HGTV expert, and creative director of Motif Designs in Mount Vernon, New York. And don’t worry about durability. According to Peterson, “We don’t sit or walk on them, so they don’t wear out. My stair carpet is in tatters but my natural linen-colored shades look like new, and they’re both twenty years old.” Neutrals are timeless, too. You might change up your paint, furniture, lighting, and fabrics, but will still want safer neutral tones for the windows, to weather your decorating whims. But safer neutrals doesn’t have to mean boring – roman shades, cellular, roller and pleated shades come in a wide variety of fabrics and subtly different color tones.

 

2. Wovens are all the rage. Natural or synthetic wovens give character, ambiance, and texture to flat walls. Look for trendy woven styles made from materials like bamboo and grassweave. They’ll create a fresh look for modern dining areas or sun rooms.

3. Aluminum blinds add retro glamour. The fifties and sixties styles are cool again in home design. They work best in a 2-inch slat width with wide tapes — and are also less likely than metal mini blinds to bend out of shape when dusted. Metal looks striking in a home office, library, or game room, to add polish and a sophisticated edge. More perks: Metal blinds are easy to clean with a Swiffer, and are easy on the budget.

4. Sheer fabrics let the outside in. “I love beautiful transparent sheers on a window,” says Sally Morse, top trend eye and director of creative services for window wear powerhouse Hunter Douglas. “They tease you with what might be behind them and throw light and shadows into a room.” They can also help small rooms look bigger, by letting in the sunshine and opening up the view to the sky, rather than closing it in, as an opaque fabric does. Sheers look lovely in sitting rooms.

5. Less is more. “We’re omitting upper kitchen cabinets in favor of more and larger windows in today’s kitchens, so they’re brighter and lighter,” says Peterson. “And we’re moving toward undertreating the windows we do have. Do the basics first — you can always layer on more later.” Start with understated shades and see how you like that look before adding busier swags or patterned valances. Our lines include soft solar shades that look clean and spare. They help block some of the light without totally blocking the view, which is why you wanted sizable windows in the first place.

 

6. Plantation shutters are a style investment. They are worth every cent, and the look is timeless. Shutters are a great choice because they add elegance to your home – they are just as inviting at an island retreat as in pure white at your kitchen window. The best wood ones are almost like finely crafted furniture, with a custom fit, and have smart levers (or wands) instead of dangling cords for adjusting the louvers. Shutters are also available in a very durable polysatin for high humidity areas.

 

7. Color rocks your world. Patterns and rich colors work especially well in spaces like dining rooms, which might otherwise be all wood. The color plays against the plainer table, chairs, and sideboard. Rooms that don’t have a lot of upholstery or texture really welcome the oomph of a strong window treatment, and so do rooms most often used after dark. A bold hue offers more privacy at night than a sheer, especially for bedrooms.

8. Clutch mechanisms are a sleek plus. “The tasseled crocheted pull cords on Grandma’s shades always worked, but they went out of fashion and we went cordless,” says Peterson. “But that meant pulling the side or center, and the shades were always akimbo.” Streamlined clutch mechanisms — which lift and lower window treatments via a chain affixed to the wall — are discreet, durable, and keep shades even. Made in the Shade Blinds Saskatoon offers products which include safety-tested, clutch-driven lifts, many cordless lift options, and even motorization on many styles, so window treatments look neat and work efficiently all through the house.

9. Fine-tune the light to your liking. Top down/bottom up shades provide more options for letting the sunshine in or keeping it out — you may want more when working in your kitchen, and less when you have to sit at your computer and don’t want a glare. Our collections include many top down/bottom up styles and also shades in room-darkening fabrics.

10. Honeycombs = sweet energy savings. Cellular shades and insulating blinds have neatly arranged pockets, or cells, not unlike a honeybee’s handiwork, which help block summer heat and winter chill — and help lower your utility bills. Try them in a guest room, bathroom, or anywhere you want a well-trimmed look with some energy savings to boot.

 

Call us at 306-280-0632 for a free in-home consultation and quote – we can work with any budget! From one single window to a whole home or office building, we will work with you to get the window coverings you love! 

 

To schedule an appointment with Heather - the ' Shady -Lady' click here 

 

 

Made In The Shade Blinds your Trusted Saskatoon Blinds & Window Coverings Expert tip on Custom Drapery

Made in the Shade Blinds Saskatoon wants to help you get your windows on the Best Dressed list! They offer free in-home consultations, where they bring the showroom to you. Not only is this more convenient for you, it allows you to see a variety of choices for your home, surrounded by your colors and furnishings, in your home’s own natural light. Made In The Shade Saskatoon are your Trusted Saskatoon Blinds and Window Coverings Experts! 
 

 

Why Choose Custom Drapery?

Choosing to go the route of customizing draperies and curtains for your home can sometime be a tough pill to swallow, but only when it comes to the price. So what is the benefit of paying for custom versus buying ready made? It’s all in the details, details, details.

Window dressing is a lot like choosing articles of clothing. If your clothes are not the right fit or made from poor quality material, the finished look won’t be flattering. And like clothing, there are cheap, trendy throwaway options and classic designer draperies that will be worth handing down – or getting altered over time.

The major differences between buying ready-made curtains for under $100 and ordering custom draperies start with size. Prefab curtains are a one-size-fits-all application. Width and length are standardized and will therefore force you to mold your window to the drape rather than the other way around. A window that deserves to have a rod hung well above it’s frame will suffer if that drapery treatment can only be hung from one standard height. Where a treatment could be made to give a window or room height and drama now faces the overall feel of being skimpy.

Lining and fullness also add to the benefit of custom made draperies. The overall quality of a lining and outer fabric in a ready-made drape is often cheap resulting in a flat or lifeless look when hung. Custom drapes will look fuller and thicker simply based on a better lining and higher quality fabrics used. Fullness too plays a part. Custom drapes are going to be a lot fuller because they are constructed using a minimum of two and a half times fullness (across the window), so if your window is 100 inches you fabric is 250 inches or more creating proper full and luxurious looking pleats that drape well. Custom made drapery is especially important for closing drapes or wide window coverage because each width or panel is seamed together creating one solid panel that is “split” wherever desired. The pattern (if there is one) can be matched properly and seams are tucked away to the back of the pleat and panels then appear seamless!

Window dressings are the finishing touches on the space, so choose them carefully and with consideration to the application. We offer consultations with photos to discuss initial project scope and fabric selection. Professional check measures are completed before any work gets underway. Contact us today @ 306-280-0632 to inquire after your drapery needs or to answer any preliminary questions you may have.

Call us at 306-280-0632 for a free in-home consultation and quote – we can work with any budget! From one single window to a whole home or office building, we will work with you to get the window coverings you love! 

 

To schedule an appointment with Heather - the ' Shady -Lady' click here 

Made In The Shade Blinds Trusted Saskatoon Blinds & Window Coverings tip on Shutters

Made in the Shade Blinds Saskatoon wants to help you get your Saskatoon windows on the Best Dressed list! They offer free in-home consultations, where they bring the showroom to you. Not only is this more convenient for you, it allows you to see a variety of choices for your home, surrounded by your colors and furnishings, in your home’s own natural light. Made In The Shade Saskatoon are your Trusted Saskatoon Blinds and Window Coverings Experts!
 
The Owner of Made In The Shade Heather's tip on Shutters – A beautiful choice for window coverings: 

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again…we LOVE shutters as an option for window coverings!

At our initial consultation, our client let us know that she was interested in adding shutters to the main living areas of her home. We decided upon beautiful Norman Shutters with a 3 1/2″ louver in a standard configuration with a divider rail for light control. During the installation, the client decided to add cafe shutters to her corner windows. We think the combination of the two styles works perfectly in her home!

 

                                                                         

 

 Our products are backed by the best warrantees in the industry, and these shutters are no exception – they are beautifully crafted, designed to last, and have a limited lifetime warranty that includes fading! Interestingly enough, due to the built-in nature of shutters, they are also the only window covering product that actually adds real value to your property.

Our goal at Made in the Shade Blinds Saskatoon is to always exceed our customer’s expectations – and with these gorgeous shutters, we can and do! Visit us at www.madeintheshadeblindssaskatoon.com or give Heather a call at 306-280-0632 and expect the best for less!

 

To schedule an appointment with Heather - the ' Shady -Lady' click here 

 

 

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