Creating a cohesive look is all about blending color, texture, and natural light to create the perfect setting for your everyday life. Choosing the right coordinating paint colors is paramount, but understanding the overall color palette you want and pairing it effectively with window treatments takes your interior to the next level.

Our team of window treatment and paint experts at Stevens Paint & Blinds will share three top tips for creating a perfectly coordinated interior with the right paint and window treatments.

1. Understand Your Color Scheme

It's important to understand your color scheme when it comes to coordinating your paint colors with your window treatments. Here are a couple of ways you can determine your preferred color schemes:

Consider the Undertones

Undertones are the subtle hues beneath a main color. For example, a gray shade might have undertones of blue or green. If you need assistance identifying your space's ideal color and undertones, let our team introduce you to our versatile line of premium Benjamin Moore and PPG paints.

Try a Sample

Utilizing samples is essential. Our team can provide the swatches you need from your preferred brand and fabric swatches, depending on your chosen window treatment. Seeing the colors and fabrics in your space makes all the difference, especially when you can see them in various lighting throughout the day.

2. Create Visual Interest with Contrast

The role of contrast is relevant to more than just color. Texture can play a fun role in creating contrast in your interior space. Texture adds depth and is often easy to coordinate. For example, if your walls are smooth, a textured window treatment would flow well and create contrast.

Here are some window treatment ideas for smooth walls:

• Provenance® Woven Wood Shades: These woven wood shades add texture with natural materials like grasses, reeds, and bamboo.
• Vignette® Roman Shades: The Hunter Douglas modern Roman shades are a versatile, energy-efficient shade that recreates the feel of drapery folds.
• Duette® Cellular Shades: These cellular shades comprise honeycomb construction and add a unique flair to your windows while maintaining your home’s temperature.

Here are some window treatment ideas for textured walls:

• Designer Roller Shades: If you like smooth, clean, and dust-resistant, these roller shades are the sleek answer to textured walls, and they come in over 400 colors or prints.
• Designer Banded Shades: Also called zebra shades, this option is fantastic visually and offers a smooth contrast to textured walls, all while boasting impressive light filtering.
• Palm Beach™ Polysatin™ Vinyl Shutters: These shutters are a durability powerhouse and will keep their pristine look for several years, making them an ideal contrast to textured walls.

3. Go for a Cohesive Palette

If you prefer a serene, coordinated look, choose colors in the same palette. A great example is pairing a light beige wall with cream or taupe window treatments. Alternatively, pairing a deeper color like navy or charcoal can add dramatic contrast with lighter paint shades.

Think About Natural Light

Natural lighting greatly impacts how color truly appears in your space. To uplift rooms with little to no natural light, opt for bright, light colors. Alternatively, in rooms with plenty of natural light, you can take more risks with bolder, darker shades on the walls and windows without making your living space feel smaller.

Shop Benjamin Moore Paint Colors and Window Treatments Near Corning, NY

Our expert and friendly team makes finding the perfect coordination between paint colors and window treatments a breeze. At Stevens Paint & Blinds, we carry a range of window treatments and paints from high-quality brands like Hunter Douglas, Benjamin Moore, and PPG.

Stevens Paint & Blinds has two convenient locations in Corning, New York, and Vestal, New York. Contact us, and your closest location will get back to you. Between our two locations, we proudly serve Vestal, Corning, Ithaca, Elmira, Penn Yan, Watkins Glen, Hammondsport, Geneva, Johnson City, Endicott, Binghamton, and Waverly, New York; and Sayre, Pennsylvania.