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Colorful Shades by Abbey Carpet of Maui

Looking for ways to update your home décor this year? Now that it’s hot summer, we are again inspired by the season, in awe of its natural beauty, and reinvigorated by the sun’s rejuvenating power. So why not harness the amazing attributes of summertime and use them as inspiration to update your décor? One easy way to incorporate springtime décor is to embrace the theme of bold color-yellows, oranges, blues, greens, and shades of red and pink. Talk with a designer about all the ways colors can energize your home décor including the use of accent pieces and new window shades.

Hunter Douglas Designer Banded Shades, roller shades, solar shades, Screen Shades near Kahului, Hawaii (HI)

Why Color Works in Interior Design

Seasonal Inspiration

Summer brings warmth in more than one way; seasonal color palettes often use soft, warm colors including reds, pinks, oranges, and yellows to give home décor the reinvigorating and warming feeling of sunshine. Major renovations aren’t needed to make noticeable changes for spring. Small details can add a warm, seasonal; motif to your home to honor the season of rejuvenation such as new throw pillows or new window shades.

Choose A Powerful Color

Red, for example, is a powerful color, and its influence over spaces, style, and people is undeniable. Red is energizing and eye-catching, it can represent some of our strongest emotions and even raise our physical heart rate. Because it’s such a dominant color, the use of red can be extremely powerful and dexterous in design when used smartly. Bright reds enliven the spaces, dark red add a luxurious sense of romance and old-world elegance, and soft pinks imbue a delicate sense of sophistication.

Focal Points and Accent Pieces

Bold colors are more versatile than you think, and they can be used as either design focal points in a room or they can add an eye-catching accent color to enrichen the color palette of rooms. This means that home owners can use colors in a number of exciting and nuanced ways from bold blue shades on the bedroom windows to create an alluring and spa-like sense of relaxation to subtle yellow stitching on a throw pillow in the living room that enliven design with pops of color. Oranges and purples can work with a variety of other colors including neutrals, earth tones, and modern bold solids.

Sophisticated Shades

Amongst the Hunter Douglas collection of window treatments, we find several stunning examples of modern, sophisticated colorful shades. These window shades have different uses and benefits throughout the home, and within the range, there is still an incredible range of options and customizations available.

  • Designer Banded Shades: Designer Banded Shades are a modern style of screen shades that are easy to operate on a streamline roller shade frame, highly-effective at light and UV control, and visually interesting with a selection of both colorful, neutral,  and geometric patterns to choose from.
  • Design Studio™ Shades: The Design Studio Collection from Hunter Douglas uses sophisticated and exclusive fabric lines to craft customized drapery, side panels, roller shades, and Roman shades. The latest additions to the collection include three designer lines of fabric that each include high-end options for red shades.

Designer Fabrics for Modern Red Shades

  • August by Marcie Bronkar: An embordered option for shades with an elegant nod to a classic English foulard interpreted through a modern, painter’s eye.
  • Floret by Seema Krish: An arresting pattern with a strong geometric base that looks great in bold colors including shades of red or pink.
  • Tree of Life by Rebecca Atwood: A bold pattern inspired by fruit trees in Portugal whose natural motif compliments the warmer side of the color wheel.
Learn more about your options for modern shades from Hunter Douglas by contacting Abbey Carpet of Maui. Abbey Carpet of Maui is located near Kahului, Hawaii, and serves Kihei, Lahaina, Pukalani, Wailuku, Wailea, and Kahului, HI. Request a consultation today to discuss your home and window décor.