Woven Wood Shades Tie Rooms Together
Contrasting sharp modern edges or complementing a contemporary look, these window shades are a lovely finishing touch for any room
Shane Inman
September 24, 2012
Houzz contributor and senior principal interior designer of The Inman Company. Under Shane's leadership, The Inman Company is committed to raising the standard of business to incorporate the highest-quality customer service with unwavering excellence in design.
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Bring a casual, outdoorsy element into your home with these natural and laid-back window treatments. Woven wood shades provide a moderate amount of light diffusion while still offering privacy. Made from horizontally slatted bamboo, grass, jute, reed or rattan, these shades are delicately woven together using strips of cotton twine. The variety of finishes — from blond to Brazilian cherry — and sizes allows them to fit seamlessly into any home's style. Whether you live in a city penthouse or a country cabin, consider sprucing up your interior windows with the beauty of woven wood shades.
In the dining room. The bamboo finish on these woven wood window treatments gives this dining room a more relaxed feeling than a formal fabric window treatment would.
Style tip: Mixing many different periods and styles — the rustic table, the Oriental rug, the tailored chairs, the woven wood shades — makes this room feel natural and collected.
Style tip: Mixing many different periods and styles — the rustic table, the Oriental rug, the tailored chairs, the woven wood shades — makes this room feel natural and collected.
Shabby chic. Complement a shabby chic interior with easy and no-fuss woven wood shades. When drawn all the way up, they have the appearance of a simple valance.
Style tip: Choose a darker finish to pull focus to the windows rather than the walls.
Style tip: Choose a darker finish to pull focus to the windows rather than the walls.
Traditional. This Shaker-style kitchen is the perfect setting for these matching woven wood window treatments. The light filtering through the shades means they can be lowered halfway without making the room too dark.
Style tip: Match your wood shade to your window casing to create more of an architectural element in your space.
Style tip: Match your wood shade to your window casing to create more of an architectural element in your space.
In the master bathroom. The flexibility of these woven shades gives this bathroom complete privacy. You can raise them from the bottom or lower them from the top.
Style tip: Select an all-white blind for your white bathroom, and watch your window treatment disappear altogether.
Style tip: Select an all-white blind for your white bathroom, and watch your window treatment disappear altogether.
In the master bedroom. The simplicity of these woven wood shades against the wall of windows softens what could be an overwhelming window treatment in this private master bedroom.
Style tip: Wood shades are a great way to cover every window without drowning your bedroom in fabric — and to top it off, they're more cost effective.
Style tip: Wood shades are a great way to cover every window without drowning your bedroom in fabric — and to top it off, they're more cost effective.
In a beach house. People who live on the water often want to bring the picture-perfect outside indoors. Here, the blue mirrors the water while the natural color of the window shades resembles the sand on the shore.
Style tip: Install your woven wood shade on the outside of the window frame rather than inside for a heavier and more dominating appearance. Inside the frame looks sleek, while putting the treatment outside the frame looks bold.
Style tip: Install your woven wood shade on the outside of the window frame rather than inside for a heavier and more dominating appearance. Inside the frame looks sleek, while putting the treatment outside the frame looks bold.
On doors. Addressing the window treatment for your doors can be daunting, but woven wood shades can lessen the hassle. In this room, the woven wood shades allow the doors to function seamlessly.
Style tip: Apply hold-down brackets to the bottom of the door, so a lowered shade won't swing around when you open the door.
Style tip: Apply hold-down brackets to the bottom of the door, so a lowered shade won't swing around when you open the door.
Contemporary. Treating the bank of windows behind the bed as a single window creates drama in this contemporary bedroom. Covering all three windows with one blind allows the covering to act more like furniture than a window treatment.
Style tip: The shade's ability to be raised from the bottom disguises the fact that the bed is in front of the window. A normal wooden shade would allow the bed to be visible from outside — something most interior designers try to avoid.
Style tip: The shade's ability to be raised from the bottom disguises the fact that the bed is in front of the window. A normal wooden shade would allow the bed to be visible from outside — something most interior designers try to avoid.
In the living room. Soften the appearance of your woven wood shades by adding a fabric band around the exposed edges.
Style tip: Use the color and texture of the fabric band to pull in other elements inside of your room. Here, the fabric bands highlight all the brown in the room.
Style tip: Use the color and texture of the fabric band to pull in other elements inside of your room. Here, the fabric bands highlight all the brown in the room.
In the breakfast room. The top of a woven wood shade can come with or without an integrated valance. In this area, the designer opted for a scallop design on the bottom of the valance.
Style tip: The scalloped edge on the bottom of a valance softens hard vertical and horizontal lines in a kitchen. You can place the same scalloping on the very bottom of the shade itself too.
Style tip: The scalloped edge on the bottom of a valance softens hard vertical and horizontal lines in a kitchen. You can place the same scalloping on the very bottom of the shade itself too.
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Klausst80 the longevity of the shades will depend on a number of variables, such as what type of weave, what direction the windows face, how often will the be put up and down, is humidity an issue? I am a window covering professional in Northern CA. I work with a number of clients with south facing windows on the water. I have seen shades that are 8 -12 years old which are beginning to fail. Usually it is the strings that control the shades that begin to rot from sun damage. The faux wood blinds are probably less expensive but I would avoid using them on a large window as they tend to be heavy. Hope that helps.
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