The Window Edit: Curated Modern Window Coverings
This modern interior design aesthetic developed in the early to mid-20th century as a refreshing break from heavier and more complex design styles such as Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and the even earlier Industrial style. It uses neutral colors, little ornamentation, and a key focus: form following function. This spring and summer, the Window Fashions of Northern California design team is spotlighting modern window treatments that fit this profile.
What Is the Essence of Modern Interior Design Style?
This style showcases a restrained color scheme, so whites, grays, and blacks usually form the foundation. Accent colors like red or yellow serve as carefully placed pops that complement the overall design. Materials like glass, steel, and polished surfaces get incorporated into the furnishings.
Modern furniture has straight lines and geometric forms, sometimes elevated off the floor for a sense of airiness. The clean philosophy values quality over quantity—each piece has a purpose and contributes to the room’s flow.
How Modern Window Coverings Fit Into the Aesthetic
As you’d expect, heavy curtains and lacy sheers aren’t part of this aesthetic. Instead, look for clean lines, contemporary fabrics, and lighter materials that serve their purposes well:
Roller and Solar Shades
Roller shades aren’t a new window treatment, but today’s versions offer designer fabrics, opacities from sheer to room-darkening, and different control options. These minimalist designs offer uncluttered profiles and are easy to operate and maintain. Hunter Douglas manufactures Designer Roller Shades in over 350 fabrics; ask about the Duolite® system or our Dual Roller design for added light control and privacy. The brand’s Designer Solar Shades feature sustainable, UV-protective fabrics.
Energy-Efficient Cellular Shades
Cellular shades complement modern bedroom styles and also work in other rooms that benefit from added insulation and sound absorption. The design captures air when the shade is lowered, forming an insulating barrier. Duette® Architella® Cellular Shades take this even further with a unique honeycomb-within-a-honeycomb design and gorgeous fabrics.
Innovative Sheers
Modern window treatments that blend qualities of sheers and blinds offer radiant light filtering and the privacy you want:
- Pirouette® Sheer Shades: A horizontal design with soft, adjustable front-facing fabric vanes and a single sheer backing.
- Luminette® Sheer Panels: This vertical modern window covering looks like sheer drapes but with integrated 180-degree rotating fabric vanes.
- Silhouette® Sheer Shades: A horizontal window treatment with soft, adjustable S-shaped vanes sandwiched between two sheer fabrics.
Skyline® Panel-Track Blinds
Skyline® Panel-Track Blinds are one of the most innovative modern window coverings Hunter Douglas offers. They’re a twist on standard vertical blinds, with wide, fabric-covered panels and a built-in bottom weight. They move seamlessly along a track and stack tightly when opened; choose from over 450 fabrics.
We’ll Help You Curate a Modern Window Style for Your Home
Window Fashions of Northern California offers expert design consultation and professional installation services to help you achieve a modern aesthetic that will take your breath away.
We feature Hunter Douglas Window Treatments + Carole Fabrics and serve clients in Fairfield, Fremont, Vacaville, Vallejo, Rio Vista, Napa, Hayward, San Jose, Palo Alto, and Pleasanton, CA. Contact us today to schedule an appointment.
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