Introduction to Spaces – Custom Window Treatments
Sep 24th, 2009 by admin
As a frame of space, a window is the translation of architectural form from the outdoors to the interior of a home. By design, windows allowing light to come inside, and designate a view out. Custom window treatments are made to enhance the opening in a wall, with luxurious fabrics and practical functioning mechanisms. Unlike furniture and carpet, these window treatments can change in appearance to accommodate the interior decor, as well as being adjusted to meet the lighting and security needs of the homeowner. Your rooms’ decor reflects your designing style, in any area of the home, i.e. bathrooms, bedding rooms or kitchens. As the element of the design, the custom window treatments allow the beneficial light into a room, increasing the healthy attributes of natural lighting. With this versatile ability to change the lighting of a room, a window treatment compliments the remainder of the decor
Let us consider the functional purpose of Custom Window Treatments. The ability to synchronize the window treatments’ function with the changing light of the hour; for example, shades, panels and blinds can block the glaring morning sunrise, whereas sheer and shutters, filter light. The same window treatments conceal the interior room from an outside view. With a wide range of architectural window placements and designs, there are as many, if not more design styles for custom window treatments for interior design needs. For practical purposes, blinds or shutters will work better in a kitchen or bedroom window, while formal drapery panels will grace dining or living rooms. Other practical purposes are privacy and security for not only windows, but doors, which will be covered at a later time.
As the consideration of function moves to the design style of Custom Window Treatments, the texture of the panel surface and the color of the fabric tie all the room’s decor together. Either with the skill of an interior designer or from a design magazine, create a window covering with rich fabric and ease of function, to produce a pleasing window view. The importance of interior harmony in a room, is evident by producing a desirable living space. Custom Window Treatments are the key for allowing the light to come in.