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Using Color Theory to Choose Your Window Treatments
June 11, 2024
Creating a home is a rewarding process involving interior design, logistics, and psychology. Color theory is all about understanding how color and design elements affect our brains. When you walk into a room, your brain scans its surroundings and makes a judgment about how it feels to be in the space, which can influence your mood or actions.
Let's explore how you can incorporate color psychology with your home design, especially your window treatments.
Warm Colors
Warm colors have recently been popular for window treatments and interior design choices. Red, orange, pink, and yellow can be fun to design with. Red can bring excitement, passion, and energy—it's best in social spaces like dining or living rooms. Yellows and oranges represent happiness, creativity, and optimism. They are strong choices to add warmth to a room and work great in kitchens and playrooms.
Cool Colors
Are you aiming for guests to feel relaxed in your home? According to color psychology, cool colors like green, blue, and purple can accomplish this. Green promotes calm, relaxation, and rejuvenation, making it an excellent option for window treatments in bedrooms, bathrooms, and living rooms. Blue gives off similar vibes of calm and trust and thus works well in home offices. Purple takes on feelings of luxury, creativity, and spirituality. Bedrooms, living rooms, or creative spaces like art studios make good homes for purple window treatments.
Neutrals
Neutrals will always stay in style. They are easy to pair with other furniture, readily available, and fun to experiment with. Colors like grays and beige can bring feelings of balance and simplicity. These are solid choices for living rooms and home offices.
White brings feelings of cleanliness and purity. White can be a strong choice for any room, especially smaller spaces which you want to look bigger. Finally, black and navy blue can evoke elegance, power, and strength. That said, they can also easily overpower other elements in a room and make the space feel dark. Navy blue and black may be best for details and accents or in formal rooms.
Textures and Designs
In addition to color, textures and designs can also evoke our emotions. Simple, subtle designs can bring a sense of ease and serenity. In contrast, more complex prints and varied textures can pique interest and energy. Homeowners should work with their window treatment specialist on what they want the texture of the treatments to convey. Draperies can become a focal point of the room or complement the background with their texture and design.
Updates and Replacements
Learning about color theory can also aid homeowners in design decisions when it's time for updates. Are you looking for a refresh or replacement window treatment after damages? In any case, you may want your updated window treatments to match the original style, or you may want to try something new.
Adding an accent color is one way to add something new to the space through your window treatments. Accent colors tend to be opposite on the color wheel from the primary palette in your space. For example, if a room is mainly filled with blues, incorporating oranges of varying shades creates a unique contrast. From a color psychology standpoint, the accent will draw guests to the space and allow them to feel upbeat.
Working With Your Home (Not Against It)
Design can be all about creating something new but also utilizing existing elements. Many homeowners are interested in entirely gutting certain parts of the property if it doesn't fit their vision. Another approach is to work with the home's or the environment's existing features.
For instance, if you have exposed brick near your windows, you can choose a window treatment style and color to create harmony with the brick. Instead of gutting the arched windows in your living room, what if you found a Roman shade that will freshen up the space? Using what already exists in tandem with color psychology can enhance design, keep costs low, and create a truly unique space.
Call Proctor Drapery & Blinds Today
At Proctor Drapery, we believe in the power of personalized service and collaboration. Michael Proctor is the Window Design Specialist with 50 years of experience. He knows this business inside and out and is ready to work directly with homeowners, interior designers, and property managers from the initial concept to the completion of your next project.
Contact us today if you're looking for custom drapery, blinds, shutters, and more in Greater St. Louis!
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