After I tried drapes in the living/dining rooms and it was a major fail, I took a look at the family room and kitchen breakfast area and decided that curtains or drapes there were not for me either. Some rooms just call for drapes and others just seem to ask for something more simple. I think these two rooms call for simple.
I am not a fan of the brown wood blinds that are in these two spaces and really want to replace them. Now I could go with white wood blinds and it would be really simple, but then the windows sort of look like they need curtains or something.
The family room is not a large room and adding drapes would just take up visual space that I don’t want. So finding something that would enhance this space and not take up any visual space is my goal. I think I have decided on what will work best for my style.
Woven woods – They are really simple and have clean lines and just enough texture to be interesting. They come in all kinds of colors and the thing I like best is they are so easy to clean. They come in all kinds of woods, colors and textures.
This carmel wood color is quite common and used in all sorts of homes.
The Bamboo is lighter in color and has great texture. I really like this one. It goes with any style and decor.
This white/washed one is really fun too. It can be traditional or quite modern depending where you put it. It is also a possibility since I really don’t want my windows to be a focal point.
One of the other things I really like is the ability to hang them above the window so you can create the feeling of height in a room. I did this in my last house with some woven blinds and it looked great, plus it helped to give the room more visual height. We hung these a foot above the window to bring the eye up and emphasize the 9′ ceilings. Taller ceilings seem to make a room look larger, so I want to use that visual tool as much as possible.
This room has those two small windows on the main wall and then a 6′ slider and 6′ window on the other wall. Hanging the blinds close to the ceiling will give this area a cleaner feel and increase visual height as well.
The adjoining kitchen/breakfast area has two 6′ windows that could use the same treatment. I think the blinds hung high in here would also look good and I like that you can completely raise them to have the full view of the windows and still have something similar to a valance above the window.
Now to just decide on color. I like the bamboo and I am also really intrigued by the white. I do have a new sofa and coffee table coming for the family room so maybe I should wait until they get here and see what I think would work best then.
How about you, do you like woven woods?
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