While modern home design has changed significantly over the decades, there are still several things that remain consistent year to year. One of those is the universal appeal of white walls. Now, mind you, we’re not talking about pure white walls — although those do have their place. Rather, our focus is on the various shades of white and how they work with other design elements. And, as more homeowners look to us for custom window treatments, we thought today would be a good time to talk about the best way to incorporate custom shades with white walls.
What else is in your living room?
Where do we spend most of our waking hours in our house? The living room, of course. That means it contains many elements of our day-to-day life, both for practicality and aesthetics. For example, you may be an avid reader with a book nook in one corner of the space. At the same time, you could have a matching set of end tables next to a high-end couch.
Where are we going with this? The design of your custom shades. Imagine all that we just described with white walls. Walk through the room in your mind. Now, visualize how shades with white walls would compliment each aspect of your living room.
You don’t have to have the elements we mentioned. Instead, it was merely to get you to think the way that an updated aesthetic, including shades with white walls, could work the rest of what’s in your home.
Think bold
Now, let’s move a step up and think bold for a moment. What are some ways you could incorporate bolder colors into your living room? If you’re having a hard time picturing it, that’s okay. We’re here to guide you.
So remember, your living room has white walls. Let’s assume your couch is gray. How would a nice contrast of plum look on your windows? If not plum, what about teal?
While both of these are popular paint colors, they can also work for window shades in living rooms with white walls. If neither of those hues work for you, that’s okay. Our purpose was simply to get you to start thinking about the different ways non-traditional, bold colors for your window shades could help set your living room apart from the rest of your home.
Minimalism 101
What is minimalism? As the word might imply, it’s a design and thought process that maintains clean lines with few decorations. Like our previous tip on boldness, minimalism is not opposed to strong statements.
It just does so with very little to accompany it.
That being said, shades with white walls are a pretty common element of the minimalism design ethos. This means that, if you’re the type that likes sparse decorations or uniformity, you might want to consider how you could utilize custom shades on your windows as a way of adding that additional layer of depth to your living room. As a brief example, rather than go with a wood or gray-toned shade setup, consider how navy might bring out some of your personality while maintaining your preferred minimalist approach to home decorating.
To furniture or not to furniture
With this point, we’re not debating whether you have furniture in the first place. Rather, we’re highlighting the fact that when a homeowner does a living room update, it’s often a “complete” package. This means they’ll replace all of the elements in their room.
So, if you’re considering the clean look of white walls, you’ll want to talk with our design team about what style and color of shades would work well with new furniture as well. In other words, when you replace your couch, loveseat, and accent chairs, you’re effectively wiping the slate clean. You could start with your new window treatments and then find furniture sets that go along with that rather than the other way around.
We’ll help you figure out the best shades for your white walls
Shades work well with white walls. Our design team can help a homeowner figure out how to bring a space together with creativity and a refreshed state of mind. Contact us today to schedule your free consultation for custom window treatments!
