Best Blinds for a Beach House or a Nautical Style

The comfortable vibe of a beach home is hard to replicate, especially here in the desert. However, Budget Blinds of Tempe and Central Phoenix can make it a lot easier to bring in those waterfront textures and colors that you love. 

Window treatments play a starring role and they are key to polishing the style and reeling in the winning factor. They also help protect your furniture from the sun and heat. If you love the beach and nautical style, then here are the best blinds for a beach house style. 

Composite Shutters for a Beach House Style

When it comes to beach homes, their owners have to consider the increased humidity. Therefore, if you want to replicate that style, you can do no wrong with composite shutters. Faux wood shutters have a beachy feel—and you can throw them open anytime without worrying about them warping. 

Composite shutters are also impervious to water, which makes them the perfect choice for bathrooms, kitchens, and laundry rooms. On top of that, they are more durable than wood and are resistant to UV rays.

Plus, they’re more affordable than real wood shutters, especially when you purchase custom composite shutters from Budget Blinds of Tempe and Central Phoenix. With us, you’ll never have to worry about getting the wrong measurements or being unhappy with the final product, because our owner, Ken Howard, is in charge of it all. You won’t be dealing with third-party contractors or right-off-the-line factory made shutters. 

Woven Wood Shades

If shutters aren’t your cup of tea, then look into woven wood shades. The natural fibers of woven wood shades infuse the texture of a coastal home, with warm and inviting browns to help break up all of the whites and blues. You can get them with a privacy liner as well, if you so choose, to help block out more light, but you don’t need to if you want natural lighting in your living or dining room. 

Our woven wood shades are created from natural, renewable materials like rattan reeds, natural woods, jute, bamboo, and a number of different grass – all of which are eco-friendly. 

If you don’t like one type of woven wood shades, then try another! There is more than one style, which means you’re likely to find something that matches your style. Don’t forget the wide range of hues, colors, and tones that can fit your rooms perfectly. Lighter wood tones to pair with bright, white, or neutral rooms, or the darker shades to match a room with bold or dark wood colors and accents.

Woven Wood Shades Also Add Texture

One of the most important aspects of a beach-style home are the textures. A beach has a ton of different textures: the coarse sand, the wooded areas behind it, and the cool water. Incorporating all of that into your home is a must. 

Woven wood shades are an excellent neutral design choice that can go with just about anything. They can mimic the forest behind the beach or the driftwood floating on the shoreline. Additionally, because of their neutral design, they are a fairly timeless window treatment option that never really goes out of style, which means that you won’t have to worry about having to replace them in a couple years’ time when you go to sell your home.

Drapery

One type of beach house window treatment you may not have considered? Drapery. Stay with us — you might think it’s too heavy to go with the light and airy aesthetic, but custom drapers are actually perfect for beach-style homes thanks to their variety. There are so many colors, materials, and patterns you can choose from. Pair a coastal striped drapery with a Roman shade in a warm neutral to elicit the sandy tones of the beach, or opt for a tropical blue to bring the ocean hues indoors.

Layering drapery and shades not only creates visual appeal and dimension, it increases energy efficiency and gives you more ways to control light. You can easily pair more sheer shades with drapes to achieve total light control and privacy, without adding a liner behind the shades. 

Wood (or Faux Wood) Blinds

Finally, wood (or faux wood) blinds excel at bringing the beach to your doorstep. Just like composite shutters, faux wood blinds are more affordable and more durable than wood blinds, however they tend to lack the uniqueness that real wood blinds have. For example, faux wood will have the same fake wood grain on every slat. 

Regardless of which you choose, wood blinds (and faux wood) are extremely customizable. You can get them in driftwood or white tones that make your home feel open and airy, almost as if you were right on the water. 

You can find all of these options and more at Budget Blinds of Tempe and Central Phoenix! Give us a call today at (623) 303-4515 or visit us online to schedule your free design consultation.