Dover Interior Fashion: Start With the Windows

When you think about renovating, redesigning, or just refreshing the looks of your Dover home, what comes to mind?

New floors? New furniture? Even new appliances or new drawers and cabinets?

What if you could make a bigger impact with less money by focusing on something else?

Your priority should be your windows and window treatments. We’ll show you why.

Natural Light Is Incredibly Important

It can’t be overstated how important natural light is to how your space looks and feels. Too much light pouring in through your windows can make the colors look washed out and faded, no matter what colors you’re using. Too little light, and it might look drab and dim, and just plain unattractive.

To complicate things, the amount of light and the angle of the sun will change as the day goes on, so there’s never going to be one constant level of light throughout the day.

To fight against this, get window treatments that can be adjusted easily and quickly. The best choices for that are roller shades or plantation shutters.

Windows Will Determine The Rest Of Your Home Fashion

You can always move furniture. You can move lighting (to an extent). You can even remove parts of walls when you redesign. But windows are usually there for good, unless you’re willing to spend a lot of time and money.

We recommend that you decide what role you want your windows to play, and then make a plan around that. Should your windows be the focal point of the room? Open up the space around the window and put in a window treatment with stunning, bright colors to grab attention. Would you rather the windows act as an accent that helps support other things in the room? In that case, choose something like stunning white Polywood shutters to lead your guests’ eyes through the space.

Whatever you prefer, start with the windows, and go from there.

Windows Are Your Home’s Eyes

Yes, it’s cliche to call windows “the eyes of the home,” but that doesn’t make it any less true. Day or night, the eyes of people walking or driving by are naturally going to be guided to the windows.

 

• Custom shutters - The wide louvers and clean lines of shutters will help make your window look bigger and bolder than most other window treatments do.

• Accent drapes - Drapes that accent the top corners of your window can help create a stunning silhouette when the sun sets and your interior lights are on.

• Custom roller shades - Brightly colored or patterned shades drawn halfway down your window can add some flair to your more neutral home exterior.

Start With the Windows, End With Your Dream Home

So if you’re dreaming about a redesign for your home, windows should easily be one of your priorities. When you’re ready, Sunburst Dover can help. Give us a call at 301-835-1611 or use the form below to get a free in-home consultation at your own leisure.