home decor

Finding the Ideal Material for Your Custom Plantation Shutters

After considering all of the different window treatment options available, you have decided you want to add custom shutters to the interior of your home. However, there are still other choices to make, including whether you want them painted or stained, how you want them installed, and most importantly, what material you would like to use.

Hunter Douglas shutters come in three materials, each of which have different characteristics. To determine which one is best for you, you’ll have to consider what you want the shutters to look like, what you’re trying to achieve with them, and where they will be located in your home.

How You Want Your Plantation Shutters to Look

Plantation shutters are most often found stained or painted white or cream, and what color you want is often determined by your window trim or other solid surfaces in the room, like cabinets and flooring. NewStyle shutters mimic the look of wood and come in four stained looks.

For the largest selection of stains, choose Heritance real wood shutters. They are available in over 20 different stain shades ranging from an almost-black Midnight to light-colored Wheat. Heritance shutters also offer a variety of finishes, including glazed, distressed, burnished, and rustic.

If you like the looks of plantation shutters but don’t care for the center tilt bar, all three types of Hunter Douglas shutters offer a back tilt bar that is mounted to one side of the shutter, making it almost unnoticeable. But if you don’t want any tilt bar at all, Palm Beach shutters are the only line that offers Lantana™, a gear-operated shutter that you adjust by moving just one louver.

Where Your Custom Shutters Will Be Located

Real wood shutters are beautiful and lend a traditional look to any room. They work perfectly in formal living rooms, dining rooms, and home offices or studies, especially if the window trim is stained rather than painted. If you want a shutter that will withstand the heat and humidity of a bathroom, sunroom, or kitchen, your best option would be a shutter made from man-made products. NewStyle shutters look like real wood but are more durable, and Palm Beach shutters are guaranteed not to chip, crack, warp, or fade, regardless of the heat or moisture levels in the room.

Plantation shutters in general are easier to keep clean than draperies or curtains because they can be regularly dusted or vacuumed to remove dust and grime, or wiped with a damp cloth to clean off a smudge. But the compound used in Palm Beach shutters creates an ultra-smooth finish that is the easiest to clean of any shutters found on the market today, which makes them great for high-traffic areas or a child’s bedroom.

Visit the Pikes Peak Interiors studio in Colorado Springs, Colorado or call us to schedule an in-home design consultation. We proudly serve Monument (including Sanctuary Pointe), Black Forest, South End, Glen Eagle, Flying Horse, Northgate, Peregrine, Mountain Shadows, and Broadmoor Bluffs.

Choosing the Best Blinds for Your Living Room

Pikes Peak Interiors is the best place to go for living room blinds. We offer quality vertical and horizontal blinds by Hunter Douglas. Theresa, our interior designer, has been helping customers like you choose the perfect living room blinds for over 30 years. She listens closely to your needs and has an eye for creating beautiful rooms. When it comes to choosing the perfect blinds for your living room, you’ll love working with us.

Horizontal Options for Living Room Blinds

There are a variety of options when it comes to blinds. Horizontal blinds come in over 13 product lines and each product line offers various options for color, style and operating system. You can choose from wood, alternative wood or metal. Each product is designed to help you control the amount of light and privacy in your room. At Pikes Peak Interiors, we also offer custom draperies if you wish to layer the look with a soft curtain or valance. Our wood blinds come in traditional colors and stains as well as a wire-brushed line for a more weathered look. Genuine hardwood blinds give your home a warm, comfortable look in a variety of colors and stains. Alternative wood blinds tend to be more durable than real wood. They come in neutrals, whites and off whites. Wood and alternative wood blinds give your window a crisp clean look. They are easy to clean and perfect for keeping allergens to a minimum. If you are concerned about covering your view, our Reveal® Aluminum blinds with MagnaView® offers twice the viewing area as a traditional 2” blind. We also have a Natural Elements blind for those who want something more than an aluminum blind. Natural elements feature wood tassels and wands as well as a wood top and bottom accent.

Vertical Options for Living Room Blinds

If your windows are larger, vertical blinds are a great choice. Our vertical blinds come in 5 distinct product lines providing you with an endless selection of colors, textures and materials. Vertical blinds come in wood, alternative wood, metal, fabric and a variety of solid colors or patterns. One of our most stunning vertical blinds for large window expanses is our Skyline® Gliding Window Panels. They feature panels up to 17” for a stunning look that is quite dramatic. For living rooms with multiple windows in varying sizes and shapes, you can mix and match vertical and horizontal window treatments in the same color and material to create the unity you need for your space. If you like the idea of vertical blinds but want to soften them up a bit, our Cadence® soft vertical blinds have a unique “S” curved vane that mimics soft drapery.

Why Choose Hunter Douglas Custom Blinds

We choose Hunter Douglas blinds because they are American-made and designed with the latest innovations, so you know the blinds are durable and easy to operate. In fact, they are backed by one of the best warranties in the industry. Because they are manufactured to order, you can choose exactly how you want them to look and operate. We professionally measure your windows and install the blinds so you know they will fit perfectly and look fantastic. When you order custom blinds, you also get to choose the operating system that will work the best for you. If you’d like to learn more about our living room blinds, call or stop by Pikes Peak Interiors. Our showroom is located in Colorado Springs, Co and we service Monument (including Sanctuary Pointe), Black Forest, South End, Glen Eagle, Flying Horse, Northgate, Peregrine, Mountain Shadows, and Broadmoor Bluff.

Why Custom Draperies Are Superior to Store Bought

If you have never considered designing custom draperies before, once you read this, you may never go back to store bought again. Imagine having window treatments that make your room look like it belongs in a magazine. When you choose custom draperies, you are choosing to upgrade your style and create a window treatment that looks amazing and fits your personality, style and décor. Custom draperies are superior to store bought and believe it or not, they aren’t that far out of reach.

What’s So Special About Custom Draperies?

Custom Draperies are not mass-produced. They are individually designed to fit you and your windows. With custom draperies, you can decide if you want the fabric to go up to the ceiling or pool onto the floor. You can also choose the exact color fabric you want. You aren’t limited by colors the store has decided are popular. You also aren’t limited by one or two styles. Custom draperies can be designed exactly like you want them. We will either match a design you find or we can help you create a design you like.

You choose the fabric, the color, the hardware and any embellishments. We will guide you so that the fabric or hardware you choose is suitable to the design you pick. When you purchase store bought draperies, you have to choose your own draperies and hardware; often the end result is not what you had hoped for. You may be drawn to store bought draperies because they are cheaper, but in the long run, they don’t look as nice or last as long.

Designing Custom Draperies – Worry Free

For some people, the process of designing custom draperies might seem intimidating, but at Pikes Peak Interiors, we take all the guesswork out of the process. Our design consultant, Theresa will work with you closely to determine the type of custom draperies or custom curtains you need and together you will design the perfect solution for your windows. We have the ability to create a digital display of your finished window treatment so you can see what it will look like and if you will like it. If you aren’t satisfied, you can design something else and keep making changes until you determine what you really like. Once you have a working design, we will begin making it for you. Our local craftsmen are exceptional and each detail is done to perfection.

Custom Draperies and Custom Curtains in Colorado Springs

Pikes Peak Interiors is a great place to go for custom draperies and custom curtains. We also carry blinds, shades and shutters from Hunter Douglas. We believe in quality products that are made in America and we believe in designing interiors that fit you, not the latest trend; unless of course you like the latest trend. As an interior designer with 30 years experience you can expect good results from Theresa. Stop by our showroom in Colorado Springs, CO or call today for a free in-home consultation. We serve Monument, Black Forest, South End, Glen Eagle, Flying Horse, Northgate, Peregrine, Mountain Shadows, and Broadmoor Bluff.