Dressing the windows in your home allows you to create a look that feels finished and stylised. Vertical blinds, available in a variety of colours, can complement your home’s original style. Even a home decorated in a series of neutrals benefits from the use of coloured blinds on the windows.

Vertical blinds are easy to clean and can be used to block or allow light into the room. These features make them the ideal window treatment in virtually every room in your home. Choosing the correct colour to compliment your space can be a difficult process. Learning a few tips and tricks allows anyone to confidently decorate the windows throughout your home.

Establish a Mood
Your home should be a place where you feel comfortable, relaxed and truly yourself. Colour theorists believe that colours have the ability to influence a person’s mood. Understanding colour theory allows you to create a feeling throughout your home, or different moods in various rooms, based on their purpose. Blue, green, violet and other “cool” colours evoke feelings of relaxation, creating a calm atmosphere. “Warm” colours, such as red, yellow and orange, evoke feelings of happiness, energy and romance.

Begin choosing blinds for your home by walking through your space. Ask yourself what you want to feel when you walk into this space. Do you want to relax? Do you want to feel energised? Do you want to feel happy? Answering these questions allows you to establish the correct mood for your space.

Create a Colour Scheme
In addition to choosing the proper mood for your space; it is important that your window treatments compliment the room’s existing decor. Even if you are remodelling the space with a ceiling to floor makeover, ensuring all the colours work together is essential to creating a harmonious look.

Ensuring that your blinds work in the space leaves you with two main options: choose blinds that stand out or choose blinds that blend in. Create a seamless look with your walls by choosing blinds that closely match the wall colour. Blinds may be a shade lighter or darker than the wall colour without causing a visual distraction.

For blinds that carry visual weight in the space, choose a colour that compliments, but does not match the wall colour. Survey the room and choose an accent colour seen in the space. Accent colours can be found in fabric patterns, art, decorative items, table settings, furniture, upholstery and rugs. Match your blind colour to your chosen accent colour, creating a look that makes the window blinds stand out. The blinds will fit harmoniously with the other colours in the space, while drawing attention to the windows.

Choosing blind colours is a matter of personal preference, however it is important to ensure the window dressings work with the rest of the space. Understanding colour theory and deciding if the blinds should be a feature in the space allows you to create a finished look worthy of pride.

A great selection of vertical blinds can be found at Vertical Blinds Direct