The season of hosting is on the way. Have you been thinking about enhancing your dining room style? It all comes down to choosing the ideal dining room window treatments. Whether you love drapery, shades, shutters or blinds, you’ll create perfect atmosphere–an amazing setting for gathering with family and friends.
How to Choose Dining Room Window Treatments
Of course, you’ll want to choose style elements that enhance the look of your home. That’s a given. But, when it comes to window solutions, what are you dealing with? What issues are you trying to solve? What benefits would you love?
This glimpse of a dining area “hot spot” might remind you of your home. Depending on the time of day, no one would want to be sitting there. Bring in the right dining room window treatments–all of a sudden, it’s glowing and beautiful. What’s the answer for your home? Let’s take a look at some common choices…
Best Shades for Dining Rooms with Natural Light
The light coming into the space can be invigorating and mood-enhancing. But, as we always say–too much of a good thing is still TOO much. We love creating the balance of lighting so you can enjoy it without being chased out of the room. The best shades for dining rooms with natural light will reduce the glare, protect your furnishings, show off the beautiful view and provide levels of privacy.
Pirouette Shades
Pirouette shades allow you to take in the stunning landscape while also enjoying the protection of sheer fabrics. What makes them different? They can adjust closed by flattening out the vanes to provide complete privacy and light blocking when you need it most.
Roller Shades
We have a wide selection of various types of roller shades, all incredible choices to cover your dining room windows. There are a few qualities that make rollers special. The fabrics can be chosen for the opacity you’d like, from sheer to blackout. This can help you design the ideal atmosphere for your home’s unique windows. Another benefit of roller shades is the features available, including dual shades (so you don’t have to choose just one opacity), the illuminated shades feature (so you can close out the world, but still create the ideal atmosphere), and motorization (for setting just the right scene in an instant). Roller shades also have the ability to roll up out of the way with a sleek, low profile design.
Roman Shades
If you love classic styling, you can’t go wrong with roman shades. They are sophisticated and elegant, easily transcend a variety of style statements, and suggest timeless design. These fabrics offer light control in both light-filtering and room darkening–allowing you to create the right atmosphere, but enjoy the benefits of controlling the light and privacy. As one of the most popular choices in dining room window treatments, it’s the features that help create the right atmosphere. Top down bottom up is a favorite, illuminating the room while controlling light and privacy.
Modern VS Traditional Drapery
Fabrics are known for bringing softness into a space. Draperies are a beautiful way to bring style, with a soft, flowing look. And while draperies are considered timeless, which style fits you best? Keep in mind that the draperies you choose are heavily influenced by the decor of the room you are adding them to, so it can be difficult to define them solely based on drape design.
Modern Draperies
When we think of ‘modern,’ it can bring to mind sleek textures and glossy finishes. But what about drapery? Neutral fabrics are a top choice, often enhanced with gold or matte black drapery hardware, perfectly shaped folds of fabric, and rods placed as high above the window as possible. Drapery panels frame the windows, allowing you to enjoy the view. Need additional light control? This is the perfect time to layer.
Modern draperies can also focus on the sleek function of motorization, moving the draperies with ease and grace. These specialty rods are hidden (perfect for a modern look), and can be controlled with a remote, app or with your smart home system. One strong recommendation from our Skyline designers is the Luminette collection. These sheer draperies are actually vertical shades. They attach on a low profile track, moving the ripplefold fabrics open and closed–always in the same folded positions so you don’t have to recreate the look after adjusting. How modern is that???
Traditional Draperies
We love a good, classic look. Traditional draperies tend to showcase more personal design, showcasing fabrics in various colors, textures and patterns. By personalizing your space, you’ll surround yourself with what you love–and that matters when you’re making your house a home. Draperies can be a big part of that. When it comes to traditional drapery, you’ll notice that the hardware matches the other elements of metal in the home. The fabrics can be gathered in pleats for an elegant finish.
Another option in traditional drapery, stationery side panels are placed at the edges of the window, framing the look, but not providing additional function beyond covering side light gaps. The grommet header style at the top of the drapery is an ideal choice for traditional styling. With stationery panels, it’s important to layer in another window treatment, such as blinds, shades or shutters, for light control and privacy.
Dining Room Shutters
Plantation shutters are often used in dining rooms–they instantly deliver sophisticated, elegant design. Shutters are low maintenance and can be easily tilted for privacy and light control. “Split tilt” allows you to adjust the top of the shutter open, directing light into the space, while the bottom louvers are closed up for privacy. You can have your light and privacy, too!
Let’s Work Together!
When it comes to styling your home, window coverings seem easy. But, if you want to choose the right ones that will not only bring style, but also the solutions and benefits that are custom, it’s okay to ask for help! Our team, at Skyline Window Coverings, is here to guide you with inspiration, ideas and advice. Let us help you find just the right answers for your home with a FREE design consultation.
