Window Blind.. Window Covering etiquette?
Question:Bought new home & have to put blinds in. Is there etiquette?
Does the upstairs blinds facing the street "HAVE TO" match blinds down stairs facing the street?
We have one large room, separated by a beam. Front half is the Living Room and has one window facing the street, two small windows facing west. On the other side of the beam is the dining room with only one large winow facing the west.
If the answer to the first question above is "yes", can the living room have two different colors (a solid white to match the upstairs front, and stained wood in the small windows)?
If "yes" to blinds facing street having to match, and "no" to having different colors in the same room (but different walls), can we put complete the Living Room in White, and the Dining Room in stained wood (this equates to different colors on the same wall/ same level, but separate rooms... but only separate by a beam (which will be painted a chocolate brown to set the rooms apart).
Confused? I am
Answers:
Indeed. Decorate your rooms how you will feel most comfortable inside that room.
If you're deeply concerned about the external appearance of your house, then you should consider putting shutters on the outside of your house; for at least the following reasons:
security, insulation, storm protection, appearance
Do what you prefer. Is the white/stained wood going to look good against your house color?
I would do all the windows in one room the same color - I have never seen a version of different colors I liked.
If the two rooms are separated by a beam ON THE WALL, then go ahead and paint them white/stained wood, but I would add a common accent color for both, since one room feeds into another. [ ex. - are floors the same carpet/tile/wood? Are drapes the same? Blinds the same?
Pick one or two.]
Go to the JC penney's web site. They have blinds that are white on the outside and colored on your room side so that everyone will be happy.
Street side of all blinds/shades should be white/off white, or all the same color wood. It looks terrible to see a house with each room showing a different color. If I HAD to deviate, it would be the upper level one color and the lower level one other color.
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