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Wooden Shades for Windows

Is it the warm welcoming aesthetic? The incredible strength and durability? The unequivocal serenity and natural beauty that draws us to wood? What is it about the use of wood in interior design that we love so much? That can be a hard question to answer because the benefits are so plentiful, and our personal tastes so diverse, but there are features we can all agree on that make wood décor (like wooden shades for windows) so popular for modern residential design.

Hunter Douglas Parkland® Wood Blinds, Wooden Window Blinds, hardwood blinds near Kahului, Hawaii (HI)

Benefits of Using Wood in Design

  1. Versatile Finishes: Wood is an incredibly versatile building material not only because there are so many different kinds of natural woods (over 5000 species), but also because modern craftsmen are so creative in their use of those many different kinds of wood. From raw, un-finished pieces to highly polished or painted wooden items, arboreal style can encompass so many things that its usefulness can seem limitless.
  2. Natural Strength: Wood is a naturally strong material, so when it’s made into wooden items like wooden shades for windows those applications inherit its innate strength. This helps to make those items durable and long lasting, features that can be heightened with modern finishes.
  3. Noise Absorbing: Wood is naturally insulating and sound absorbing, so by using it in interior design you can transfer those qualities to your internal spaces. Wooden décor helps to create acoustically pleasant areas by reducing both incoming noise and interior echoes.

Where to Use Wood at Home

With the incredible versatility of wood as a base material, applications at home are numerous with some of the most popular being wood floors and complementary wooden shades for windows.

  • Wood Flooring: Options for wood flooring for homes are as varied as the types of wood out there. From high-end hardwood options to ultra-modern and easy to install floating flooring that has the benefit of advanced man-made materials and the look of natural wood.

Classic Wooden Shades for Windows

Wood has been a primary building material for window shades for eons thanks to its many natural benefits and design flexibility. Two classic styles for wooden shades for windows include plantation shutters and Venetian blinds, which are both considered hard window treatments. And in the Hunter Douglas collection, every purchase of wood shutters or blinds at a Hunter Douglas dealer is met with a donation to the Arbor Day Foundation®.

  • Hardwood Shutters (Heritance® Hardwood Shutters): Made from 100% authentic poplar or basswood with 35 different finishes for a classic look in any interior design aesthetic.
  • Real Wood Blinds (Parkland® Wood Blinds): The natural beauty of genuine wood crafted into easy-to-use, long-lasting wood shades for windows.

Modern Wooden Shades for Windows

While shutters and blinds remain popular classic styles of wooden shades for windows, contemporary design has reimagined wood for modern treatments with new ways to manipulate the substrate into soft woven textiles and artistic interpretations of arboreal design.

  • Woven Wood Shades (Provenance® Woven Wood Shades): An artisanal shade available in Roman, waterfall Roman, and/or vertical drapery crafted from modern organic textiles that are woven from woods, reeds, grasses, and bamboo for raw but refined wooden shades for windows.
  • Atwood Designer Fabrics (Design Studio™ Collection): Take an abstract look at wood-based design by visiting the designer fabric collection by Rebecca Atwood for the Design Studio product line. Tree of Life is an uplifting print with an arboreal theme that gives homeowners a softer option for wood-inspired décor.
Bring the beauty of wood into your home by talking with Abbey Carpet of Maui about using wood in your home design. Request a consultation today to discuss wood floors or wooden shades for windows including plantation shutters, blinds, woven wood shades, or designer fabrics with an arboreal motif from Hunter Douglas. Abbey Carpet of Maui is located near Kahului, Hawaii, and serves Kihei, Lahaina, Pukalani, Wailuku, Wailea, and Kahului, HI.