What to Consider When Choosing Window Coverings for Your Office

Installing the right window coverings in your office space is one of the quickest and most cost-efficient ways to achieve a finished look without renovating the whole space. Window covering solutions can impact the overall décor and play a big role in creating the ambience of your choice. In any commercial space, creating a professional as well as aesthetically pleasing environment helps boost employee morale and productivity. And the right window treatment can help.

There are many factors to consider when it comes to choosing the right window covering for any commercial space. This is because offices have several important requirements like achieving the right level of lighting, reducing glare, and creating a professional environment. Most importantly, functionality is key when it comes to designing your office space, including retail, office, restaurant, spa, home office, or any other place where you make a living.

To help you avoid common décor mistakes and select the perfect window covering solution for the windows in your office, Budget Blinds Commercial Solutions (BBCS) has compiled a guide of  important factors to consider when you’re choosing window treatments for your commercial property.

Factors to Consider when Choosing Window Coverings for Your Office Space

The functionality of a window covering impacts the ease of doing business. Factors like sun protection, energy efficiency, insulation, and privacy and light control can impact the comfort and convenience of your employees, even affecting your organization’s profitability. But while you’re focused on the practicality aspect, it’s important to not overlook style. Offices and commercial spaces need to create the right first impression when graced by clients, investors, and stakeholders, apart from employees.

So, when choosing window coverings for your commercial space, focus on achieving the right mix between aesthetics and practicality by considering the following factors:

1.      Light Control

The primary function of any window treatment is to offer protection from sunlight. Therefore, when choosing the right window covering solution for the office, light control is one of the topmost requirements. The ability to set the appropriate lighting in your office space can establish the right mood in a work setting, enhancing productivity.

While it makes sense to let in natural light and take advantage of it during the day, it’s also important to avoid too much sunlight or glare. That can make it uncomfortable for your staff to work and even view their computer screens, stalling work progress. It’s necessary to reduce glare and create an optimal lighting condition (not too bright and not too dark), creating a comfortable and cheerful work environment that boosts employee morale and productivity

On the other hand, some rooms require a room-darkening effect, especially when using PowerPoint presentations or projectors. Hence the requirements of each room at different times of the day may vary. The right window covering allows maximum light control, providing the flexibility to adapt to changing requirements in a commercial space.

2.     Privacy and View Control

Apart from the ability to control light, another crucial function of a window treatment is to provide privacy and view control. In any commercial space, while it’s great to have fantastic views, there will also be times when you want to block views, completely or partially, if you’re trying to achieve full concentration for your employees, visiting clients, or stakeholders. The right window covering solution provides an adequate level of privacy and view control.

3.     Comfort

Comfort is enhanced by optimal lighting conditions and temperature. The wrong type of window treatment does little to influence the light or temperature in a room, impacting the comfort level of your employees. For instance, when it gets too bright in your office, especially during summer afternoons, blinds with sheer materials are ineffective. It’s important to choose a window treatment that provides the level of coverage needed to adapt to changing conditions, enhancing the comfort level of your staff.

4.     Style and Decor

While practicality is an important aspect of window covering solutions for the office, it’s also important to achieve the right visual look and effect. The right ambience can have a positive and uplifting effect on the morale of your staff.

It’s best to consider the interior features of the room and the overall color scheme and style to create a well-coordinated space. It’s easy to ignore the architecture of the building or property, but it’s important to take that into consideration when choosing window coverings for the office. For instance, in commercial offices with a traditional style of architecture, classic window treatments like wood blinds or Plantation shutters create the right look. And in properties with a modern style, contemporary window treatments like motorized shades or aluminum mini blinds can create a modern aesthetic. 

At Budget Blinds, we offer a wide variety of colors, styles, patterns, and textures that make it easier for you to coordinate or custom match the window treatments to your existing décor.

We also provide customized solutions to meet the unique demands of your business, whether for an open office layout with multiple workstations or luxury, professional offices and conference rooms. Customized window covering solutions that are tailored to meet your unique requirements can help you create just the right effect and feel in your commercial space.

Bonus Tip: We highly recommend aligning window treatments with the color scheme of your brand logo, so they feel like a natural extension of your commercial space and help increase your organization’s brand value and recognition.

5.     Automation for Speed & Convenience

Convenience at the touch of a button pretty much summarizes the modern lives we lead today. The fast-paced, globalized, digital economy is no different, requiring streamlined solutions that increase efficiency.

For this reason, automation has become a way of life in the twenty-first century and has touched window covering solutions too. Motorized blinds and shades offer convenience while boosting efficiency at the workplace, which makes them a popular choice in commercial properties. Being able to operate window treatments remotely and at the touch of a button helps control light, privacy, and views with ease.

This is particularly helpful in commercial spaces where work is not interrupted by having to manually adjust the blinds or shades. Whether it is individual offices, a shared working space, office breakroom, or a conference room, automation is the need of the hour. Budget Blinds Commercial Solutions offers motorized blinds or shades that can be customized to your office’s specific requirements.

6.     Energy Efficiency

Businesses are always looking for ways to cut costs and that’s only natural as even small savings can cumulatively impact the bottom line. Energy-efficient window coverings are extremely beneficial in the commercial space, providing cost efficiencies alongside sun protection and light and privacy control.

BBCS offers window treatments that are designed to offer insulation, helping you conserve energy and lower utility bills. This includes automated shades that can be programmed to automatically open and close at optimum times of the day for best coverage. Insulating window covering solutions help in keeping the room temperature within a comfortable range, reducing the need for HVAC and greatly enhancing the work and cost efficiencies.

7.     Durability and Sustainability

Durability and sustainability are two other factors that should be considered when buying commercial window treatments. Purchasing window treatments is a worthy investment and you want to make sure you get high ROI (return on investment) by being able to use them over the long term.

Poor-quality window covering solutions will require more frequent replacement and end up costing more over time. Instead, opt for window coverings that can withstand day-to-day wear and tear. Budget Blinds Commercial Solutions offers a wide variety of highly-durable solutions that will provide years of beauty and functionality.

Bonus Tip: Consider installing shutters that provide a high-quality finish and durability.

8.     Cleaning and Maintenance

Another basic requirement of any commercial window treatment is that they shouldn’t be hard to maintain. Whether you’re a small business and handle maintenance and cleaning yourself or you hire a janitorial service, easy-care window treatments will save time and money.

BBCS provides easy to clean and maintain window covering solutions for commercial spaces, including faux wood blinds, vinyl blinds, roller shades, and composite shutters, to name just a few.

9.     Safety and Commercial Building Codes

Workplaces are prone to emergencies which call for safety precautions. It’s highly recommended to consider the safety regulations and commercial building codes that govern your state when choosing window treatments or it could result in penalties for your business. BBCS offers window coverings that provide safety factors, including cordless operation, blinds and shades with flame-retardant finishes, and green-certified products.

The purchase of window covering solutions for your commercial space is often a one-time investment that requires careful thought and analysis. No matter what your requirements, Budget Blinds Commercial Solutions (BBCS) has a range of window treatments that make it easy to select the right fit for your office. Contact us for quotes and inquiries. We would love to hear from you!