Decorating Tips

This is the exciting part--selecting a window covering that defines your room's personality. Our expert Christopher Lowell offers his professional suggestions.

#1: Which style fits my decor?

Romantic Point of View

In many a room, the window is the source of the romance as it bathes it in warm light. Romantic living rooms and bedrooms take to window coverings that are rustic and warm such as a wood blind. Quaint English cottage-looks are achieved with Sierra Shutters or Shutter Style Wood Blinds, as are beach homes or island retreats.

A Revered Outlook

Time-honored rooms let your personal history shine through. Filled with traditions and mementos, they can be living rooms, home offices or bedrooms with a handsome, masculine feel, an English library for example, with Eddie Bauer Wood Blinds of dark-stained oak on the windows. Or, classic rooms with Christopher Lowell Wood Blinds accentuated with tapes to complement the furnishings. Christopher Lowell Honeycombs set off a home with a rich heritage inherent in the decor while protecting heirlooms from the sun.

Sights Set on Rustic

Rustic runs the gamut. Your idea might be a lodge in the heart of the city. With windows done in Southern knotty pine Wood Blinds from the Eddie Bauer collection, who's to know it's not Vermont? Rustic American country or folk art decér gets an extra layer of charm with Sierra Shutters or Roman Shades done in a linen textured fabric. Transitions Roller Shades in mesh, our Montego pattern, let in the filtered light and a whole lot of castaways atmosphere. Topping off many a rustic room, a carved-look Cornice box over the window décor.

Retro at the Window

Style-wise, a look back is really a look forward. As focal point or ambiance, window coverings like Transitions Horizontal Blinds with curved faux-wood slats and 2" fabric tapes can make the look Thirties or Forties, be it vintage or a new take on past themes. Turn an eating room into a Fifties diner look with brushed aluminum mini blinds. Transitions Roller Shades hearken back to another era, too, but now with 21st century ease of operation and style. 3 Day Blinds offers its unique idea in mural blinds, with a library of characters and scenes from Star Wars to Wine Country and a whole Disney library of favorites.

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