Top 5 Trends for Window Shades & Blinds for 2018!

Below, our interior designers count down the top 5 window treatments that are trending in 2018 with our clients in Westlake Village, Calabasas, Malibu and Agoura Hills. Take a look and see wht your neighbors in Southern California are doing with their blinds and window shades!

5. Vertical Blinds & Panel Tracks

Yes, vertical blinds are back – but these are definitely NOT your grandma’s noisy, messy, plastic vertical shades!

Perfect for wide expanses – such as doorwalls – today’s vertical blinds are available in a vast choice of fabrics and natural woven materials that fit any décor.

Newest in the vertical blind trend are “panel tracks” – wide vertical panels that slide horizontally across windows or door-walls. Panel tracks come in varying degrees of transparency – allowing you to select the amount of light and visibility you desire in your panel shades.

4. Natural Fiber Shades & Blinds

Organic materials such as bamboo, grass, woven wood and other natural textures are very popular materials for window shades and blinds with our Westlake Village clients this year.

With natural fiber shades you create a beautiful décor for your home – while being true to your ecologically safe and environmentally sound principals.

3. Roman Pleated Shades 

Perpetually popular roman shades come in a wide variety of styles: shirred, slouched, box-pleated, butterfly & tied! However, currently trending in Westlake Village are “pleated” roman shades (sometimes called “waterfall” roman shades). These shades cascade down in soft symmetrical folds when extended (see photo).

The new cordless variety of pleated roman shades are particularly popular with parents and pet owners. Cordless operation keeps small children, playful puppies & curious kittens safe from dangerous cords.

2. Screen Window Shades 

Sleek and contemporary screen shades provide protection from the sun’s UV rays, while preserving your view.

Perfect for large windows – especially those with a spectacular ocean or mountain view – soft and sheer screen shades enable you to enjoy the outdoors while still offering privacy and protection from glare and heat. In fact screen shades can lower a room’s temperature by up to 40 degrees, without air-conditioning!

1. Remote Controlled Motorized Blinds

Our number one top trend in blinds and shades in Westlake Village for 2018 is: motorization (remote control)! With motorization you can adjust your shades and blinds from the comfort of your favorite chair . . . or even your bed!

The latest smart home technologies allow you to integrate your window treatments with your

Motorized, remote controlled window shades and blinds offer uniform opening and closing of all window treatments, as well as staggered opening or closing of your blinds or shades. Additionally, there are no dangerous cords to harm children or pets. And, pre-set functions can open or close your shades or blinds at set times of the day!

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Westlake Village Best Window Shades & Blinds

If it’s time to give a favorite room – or your entire room – a much needed makeover, call The Blind and Drapery Showroom today. We have the widest selection of window treatments in Westlake Village, Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Malibu and Ventura County.

We will come to your home, and help you select the window Shades & Blinds that will bring new life to your home in 2018 and for years to come!

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