Personalize Your Home with the Timeless and Rustic Appeal of Woven Shades
Autumn Hooper • May 16, 2023

The surging popularity of woven shades is a testament to their beauty, practicality, and durability. Homeowners increasingly gravitate towards these natural and organic window coverings because they seamlessly infuse any space with a timeless rustic charm. Dig in as we detail why woven wood shades are popular and how to effortlessly use them to turn your home into a sustainable paradise.


Why are They so Popular?


Woven shades are popular because they're beautiful, practical, durable, and embody sustainability. They boast a distinct earthy look and are made from sustainably harvested natural materials such as bamboo, reeds, grasses, jute, and rattan.


The rich textures and warm and inviting tones create a connection with nature by adding a hint of the outdoors into your living space. By combining a unique natural appeal and textured look, woven shades create a dazzling interplay of shadow and light, adding depth and visual interest to your windows. 


Woven wood shades also come in different design options—colors, opacity levels, and weaves—to infuse your home with warmth and character. Unlike traditional blinds, woven shades perfectly balance your lighting and privacy needs. 


Thanks to their excellent light filtration, woven shades gently filter sunlight, allowing soft, diffused light into the room without compromising your privacy needs. Some models feature adjustable liners for increased energy efficiency while providing additional UV protection to keep your floors, furniture, and art from fading. 


These dynamic window coverings pair effortlessly with other treatments, such as drapes or curtains, to give your home an airy feel or a dark, dramatic look. Woven wood shades also stand a cut above the rest due to their simple maintenance needs. 


You only need to dust them with a duster (preferably microfiber) or vacuum them with a brush attachment to keep them spotless. Since they're made from durable natural materials, these shades hold up to daily usage even when you have pets and kids. 


Where do They Look Best? What Style of Home? 



Woven shades are versatile window coverings that bring out the best in every room. You may use them to add a natural elegance to your traditional or contemporary living room, creating a cozy and inviting atmosphere. 


The exceptional privacy and light control make woven shades an ideal choice for the bedroom. They'll gently filter the sunlight to create a soothing ambiance that turns your bedroom into a cozy environment to let you enjoy quality sleep. 

You may use the natural hues and organic textures of woven shades to create a calming and inspiring environment in your home office. Since they're naturally moisture resistant, will not harbor mold and mildew, and are easy to clean and disinfect, woven shades made from reeds, bamboo, or jute are ideal for the bathroom.


While you may use woven wood shades to complement a diverse range of home styles, their effect truly shines with some themes. The earthy tones, and organic textures lend a natural, beachy vibe to homes with a coastal theme, creating a serene, relaxed atmosphere. 

Woven shades align perfectly with the free-spirited and eclectic nature of a bohemian-inspired home. The artistic patterns and the earthy-colored materials will add depth and visual interest to your boho spaces. Additionally, woven shades effortlessly blend with the organic elements of a nature-inspired home or one designed around sustainability. 


Just Blinds Offers an Endless Array of Woven Shades Made in the Highest Quality


At Just Blinds, we carry a diverse collection of high-quality woven shades to suit your needs. Our options comprise sustainability harvested bamboo, jute, reeds, and rattan shades in different design styles, colors, and weaves to elevate your living space. 


We offer diverse materials, colors, and patterns to let you customize the shades to complement your personal style and preferences. We offer different lift options, including cordless, traditional cord lock, motorized, and cord loop for matchless light control convenience. 


At Just Blinds, we're committed to your success, and our skilled team is on hand to help you through the entire process. We offer FREE on-site consultation to help you make informed choices and transform your home into a beautiful paradise. Ready to upgrade your home? Contact us today!

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The Leading Window Treatment Trends of 2024

By Autumn Hooper • 07 Feb, 2024
Each year, styles in window treatments come and go. Trends that were hot last year may carry over to the new interior decor season or may be replaced by something new. In 2024, we are looking at a delightful set of trends in blinds, shades, and curtains that embrace the developing attitudes and popular colors that are already giving the year a unique stylistic personality. At Just Blinds, we are delighted to keep up with the trends, helping homeowners, designers, and property managers to create stunning spaces that align with the latest in window treatment trends. The Hot Trends of 2023 Blinds and Shades Last year in 2023, we saw a great collection of trends, many of which have evolved and strengthened with the new year. 2023 explored the innovations of cell shades and honeycomb shades for the benefits of insulation and light control. Motorization gained a prominant place in both home and office design, and decorators discovered the dynamic possibilities of shades that operate from both the bottom and the top on floor-to-ceiling tracks. Texture saw a real debut with natural colors like wood finishes, linen, dusty rose, and moss green. Though bold patterns also had their day in the sun. The Trending 2024 Window Treatments In 2024, you may recognize a few trends still going strong from the year before, which is good news for those who decorated last year because your style is likely still right on-trend. But we are also seeing new trends developing with elegant enthusiasm. Smart Home Blinds The trend for motorized shades has naturally evolved to favor smart home controls. With a simple voice command, you can take control of all the motorized shades in a room, in your entire home, or set each shade to exactly the height and opacity you desire. Warm Neutrals and Bold Natural Colors Color trends favor a more natural palette. Neutral colors are warmer, even the grays and charcoals have a honey undertone, while natural colors like mossy and forest green are growing stronger in hue paired with a jewelbox of flower petal colors. If you're following the Colors of the Year, you may have also noticed an adoration of ocean blues, and you can match those blues with slightly darker or lighter blinds for beautiful effect. Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Materials Natural materials and textures were popular in 2023, and 2024 takes this trend even further. Blinds made out of recycled materials are now on the rise alongside the growing popularity of blinds made from super-sustainable plants like bamboo, hemp, jute, and grass cloth. These offer natural colors, dynamic textures, and the delight of eco-friendly design. Gauzy Sheer Elegance Sheer curtains and semi-sheer blinds are also in fashion; a classic style that has been floating near the top of popularity for literal centuries. Sheer curtains and blinds maintain privacy while allowing sunlight into the room in a gently diffused glow. They also layer excellently with more robust window treatments. Creative Window Treatment Layering Speaking of layering, we are seeing an enthusiastic embrace of creatively layered styles. Wooden shutters, gauzy curtains, and black-out blinds are among the most popular layers, but decorators are getting creative with how they choose to to layer their window treatments, using both multiple fabrics and structures at the same time. Find the Blinds that Best Suit Your Needs How can you choose fantastic and on-trend blinds that perfectly suit your design needs? Fortunately, the diversity of this year's trends leave room for almost any personal sense of style and the individual needs of each room's windows. Start with the size of your windows and your room's existing color palette. Decide if you want to match, accent, or contrast the colors of the room. Then choose the opacity, privacy, and level of motorized control you desire. This should guide you toward a specific selection that will work well for your room. From there, it's a matter of specific features and your personal sense of style. Reach Out for Expert and On-Trend Advice If you are getting ready to decorate a room and want the perfect window treatments for 2024, we are only a phonecall or a visit away. Give us a call for expert advice in the right blinds or shades for each window in your home. Our on-trend window treatment experts will be glad to help tailor your window treatment design to your personal tastes, the latest trends, and the style of each of your rooms.

Beat the Heat: Best Choices to Keep The Interior of Your Home Cool

20 Jul, 2023
Is your AC bill keeping you down this summer? Is your home too hot? Window treatments can help cool your home, but you need to choose the right ones and use them correctly. Not all window coverings are made equal. Here are some of the best options to help keep your home comfortable and reduce costs this summer: Cellular or honeycomb shades. These are specifically designed to provide a high level of insulation that keeps the heat out of your home. They also don't block the view when completely drawn. As a bonus, you can get them in a wide variety of colors and patterns to match your home and in both top-down and bottom-up configurations. Drapery. Old-fashioned curtains can be surprisingly effective. Choose a medium color and have us add a white plastic backing to reflect heat out of your home. You can also use drapes to block some of the heat without excluding much light, allowing you to enjoy natural light flowing through your drapes. Fabric Roman shades. These are a distinctive option that really dresses up a room, and if you choose the kind with several layers they will definitely help keep the heat out. We have light filtering and blackout options and everything in between. Why Should You Use These Types of Shades or Blinds? The two reasons are to save money and help protect the environment. Good shades keep your home cooler and this means your air conditioning systems don't have to work as hard and use as much energy. In the northern hemisphere, it's most important to have heat-reducing treatments on your southern windows and you can allow more light in through windows that face north. Both cellular and Roman shades can also be motorized and even put on timers to close the shades when you are not there and then let light in when you return. The small amount of energy used by motorized shades is much less than that lost through naked windows. All of these shades can also add to the aesthetics of your room. Cellular shades are great to add a pop of color or a subtle pattern. Both drapery and Roman shades give a soft feel to your windows that then spreads to the rest of your room. What is the Best Choice? The best choice of the three depends on your personal aesthetics. Our designers can help you make the right choice. If you want motorized shades, cellular shades are the lightest and thus use the least energy, and can roll all the way up and down, leaving your windows completely unrestricted. Roman shades are more visible, but can be used to add fabric and color to a room. Many people still love the look of traditional window drapes. Note that you can also combine shades and drapes for the effect you want, both in terms of reducing heat loss and in terms of aesthetics. How Much Can I Actually Save? The amount you save depends on the kind of window covering you use and how much thermal gain your house typically experiences. The larger your windows, in general, the larger the benefit, especially south-facing windows. For example, medium-colored draperies with a white plastic backing can reduce heat gain by as much as 33% for that window. Most window treatments, though, reduce overall heat gain by about 10%. This can significantly reduce your bills, by $100 to $200 a month during the summer. Using the right window treatment can make your home more comfortable in the summer and save money while preserving the environment. For advise on which window treatments to choose for your home and to see our selection of blinds and shades, contact Just Blinds today.
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