Contemporary Painted Window Blinds Make Design Basics

Contemporary wood blinds with painted colors can change the atmosphere in your room like no other window blinds could. Most painted wood blinds come in light colors or wood grains. Light colors usually are in the whitish range, with ivory, white, ta

Contemporary wood blinds with painted colors can change the atmosphere in your room like no other window blinds could. Most painted wood blinds come in light colors or wood grains. Light colors usually are in the whitish range, with ivory, white, tan, smoke and very light grey or pink hues. You can get custom paint for wood blinds, or have them made for you in special colors. Use lighter colors to open up and enlarge a room, and to reflect more lighting. With darker colors, you make the room cozier, and somewhat darker and less reflective. For bedroom, tans and grays can help calm the room and promote a restful aura in the room. Darker colors and wood blinds provide even more room darkening qualities.

For children's bedrooms or playrooms, colorful pastel window blinds bring light and playful color, and a lighter atmosphere than dark colors would bring to the room. For dens and offices, use the darker colors for a more stately atmosphere and professional look. Living rooms generally will benefit from the lighter colors with light wall colors to match. This enlarges the feel of the room, and gives a contemporary look to the room, especially when teamed with modern style furniture. This way, one may be successful with a great selection of window blinds.

There are a variety of colors for blinds available, including painted wood blinds. Since wood blinds tend to have a heavier, more sizeable impact in a room, the lighter painted wood blind colors help to offset any heaviness that the dark natural woods have in a room setting.

Window blinds often are horizontal, or louvered. Louvered window blinds usually are the ones you see in smaller windows, but they can also fit larger windows and door windows. These, like other wood blinds, offer the greatest insulation effects, and darkening abilities. With the routless hangers you avoid the little adjustment cord holes, so you can have total light blackout. All the wood blinds come with a top matching valence to cover the hanging and adjustment system. Some wood blinds are heavy and a motorized leveling system is useful.

Like other window blinds, wood blinds can help control lighting and heat in a room. By adjusting the slats and raising and lowering the blinds, or adjusting the shutters, you can either allow light and heat into the room, or keep it out as desired. Modern mechanisms work smoothly and easily, and wood blinds are simple to hang. They can be mounted either inside the window frame, and most louvered window blinds are kept inside the frames, or you can mount them outside the window frame. This will enlarge the size of the window area, but also provide the best heat and light control.

Wood blinds are more expensive than vinyl or fabric covered window blinds, but they also are more durable, provide more privacy, and are denser to add insulation to windows, and help prevent drafts. Contemporary wood blinds with painted colors are used to soften design themes, and allow more versatility than natural colored woods that are mostly dark colors. They are a good alternative to vinyl window blinds in rooms that will receive a lot of wear and tear, such as children's rooms, playrooms, media rooms, or other active areas.

Using wood blinds for home offices can set off the room and create an atmosphere that is more serious with the darker colors. Or, you can go the other way, with lighter more playful colors, depending on the type of work to be conducted. A sewing room would benefit from the lightest colors, to bring more light and visibility into the room. No matter which color you select, contemporary wood blinds with painted colors are definitely an option to be considered.

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Judith Persit is an interior designer specializing in window treatments. Judith writes about wood blinds. Learn more regarding window blinds at her website.

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