Window Treatments - Color Consultations Seattle
Windows are the eyes of your home. They frame the world you see outside. Therefore, when it comes to decorating your home, you don’t want to forget to dress your windows up nice. There are a number of window treatments you can install to make your windows look nice and add character to a room. This is also one area where color consultations with talented and knowledgeable Authentic Home interior designers can be the most beneficial. There is nothing more disturbing than looking around a well put together room and having the curtains or other window decorations jump out as the most obvious mistake.
Color consultations with an Authentic Home interior designer usually entail having the designer visit your home to assess the style you are trying to achieve. The designer will generally take a tour of your home and then sit and speak with you about your goals for the particular space you want to decorate. If you are only looking for window treatments, then the designer will look at the character of each room and make suggestions for window décor that will fit the room. This takes almost all of the stress out of trying to figure it out for yourself.
Window treatments cover curtains, shutters, shades, tinting, and even the windows themselves. What you have done to your windows depends entirely on the amount of money you wish to spend as well as how much renovation you want to do on your home. For example, a sunroom might look much nicer with bay windows. However, that may require you to break down and reconstruct an entire wall. If you are not prepared to do that, then you can simply invest in color consultations during which the Authentic Home designer will tell you which types of curtains will work best in the room.
The great thing about having color consultations with an Authentic Home interior designer is that you can incorporate a lot of the local Seattle flavor into your home. With Pike’s Place market just down the road and the innumerable amounts of unique shops, like the Seattle Antiques Market and The Spanish Table, you’ll never lack for inspiration. Even if you are only doing something as simple as curtains, the right window treatments on your home can be the finishing touch you need to feel like you are in a Seattle’s Coffee Shop having a good old cup of Joe.
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—Kathy Banak, Founder of Authentic Home, Seattle, Washington