Choosing Window Treatments for a New Home in the DFW Area

There’s so much to keep track of when you’re building a new home. In addition to the location, architecture, and functionality, there are many decisions that need to be made early on regarding the interior design and décor of your home. Perhaps one of the most significant factors in the basic design of your home are your windows. Placement and size will affect the use of your room as well as lighting, privacy, and view.

Energy efficiency

Many new homes have several options for “green” features that will help maintain energy efficiency in your new home. With a majority of heating and cooling coming in from the windows, window treatments are an important part of your overall energy efficiency plan for your new home. Especially with the long, hot summers in Texas, you want to make sure you maximize your air conditioning in the summer. Hunter Douglas features many styles of window treatments that allow you to save money on energy while not sacrificing style. Our stylish Vignette shades, including classic roman shades, as well as Duette honeycomb shades, provide energy efficiency and beauty that works with any décor. Hunter Douglas honeycomb shades have a state-of-the-art honeycomb-within-a-honeycomb design giving them the industry’s highest level of energy efficiency. Studies have shown that these honeycomb shades can reduce energy loss by up to 50%!

Lifting Systems and Motorization

As a Hunter Douglas gallery store, Ross Howard Designs offers a large variety of lifting systems on our window coverings, from state-of-the-art motorized options to innovative manual options. Lifting options on Hunter Douglas window coverings provide you with greater ease, convenience and enhanced child and pet safety. You can easily adjust even the largest window treatments with our manual and motorized lifting systems. New construction is the perfect opportunity to consider motorization and home automation options. Though battery operated options are available, hard-wired home automation systems are easy to install during new construction.

Light and Privacy Control

When selecting window treatments for your new home, light and privacy control can be a challenge. Study the sun patterns in your new location with regard to the angle of your windows and the view outside. You may need to spend some time in your home while it’s under construction to determine the light and privacy requirements for your new window treatments. Hunter Douglas window fashions provide many options for light and privacy control. Whether you’re looking for honeycomb shades, blinds, sheers, or shadings, Hunter Douglas products allow you to re-direct and reflect sunlight in many different ways. Innovative lifting systems such as the top-down bottom up option is very popular for its aesthetic appeal and privacy control.

Design, color and texture

It goes without saying that the design, color, and texture of your window coverings should complement the rest of your décor. Another thing to consider is versatility – select designs, colors, and styles that can work as you change other elements of your room design. Explore mix and match options, including using drapery and other soft treatments to enhance the look of your hard window treatments.

Why Ross Howard for Custom Window Treatments in Dallas?

Ross Howard Designs has been the Dallas area’s leader in window treatments, interior design, home fashions, and automation systems since 1981. Stop by our Hunter Douglas Gallery to see over 60 functional window covering displays. Meet with one of our consultants about selecting window treatments for your new home. The professional designers at Ross Howard are committed to bringing you the latest styles, current trends, and innovative technologies. For more expert information on window treatments, or for a free in-store consultation, give us a call today – 972-490-0088. When you stop by our showroom make sure you ask us for a free design book!