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Light Filtering Shades for the Perfect Living Room Ambience

To understand the importance of light filtering shades in creating the perfect living room ambiance, we must first understand what makes a living room uninviting. By addressing those issues first, we can see how light filtering shades can successfully tackle common design impediments to achieve the perfect living room ambiance you’re looking for for your Miami home.

A living room with various furnishings and window treatments near Miami, Florida (FL)

ISSUE 1: Blinding Light

Of course, we want natural sunlight in our homes as it benefits both home interiors and the mood of residents. Natural light has an opening effect on interior spaces, making them feel larger and more welcoming. For residents, natural sunlight can elevate our mood, decrease stress, help regulate sleep cycles, increase productivity, and more. However, while we want to invite sunlight in to capitalize on its many benefits, we don’t want to let it go unregulated, as it could easily overwhelm the space. Direct sunlight can be blinding, creating a glare on monitors, TVs, or any reflective surfaces that can strain our eyes. Combat glare and create eye-friendly lighting solutions with light filtering roller shades.

  • Recommendation for Light Filtering Shades: Designer Roller Shades with Duolite® feature a front, light-filtering shade and a back, light-blocking shade, so whether you want to allow in a little or a lot of light, you can easily tailor the lighting to suit your needs.

ISSUE 2: Uncomfortable Temperatures

With natural sunlight comes solar heat, and adding that heating element can create an uncomfortable interior environment in a Miami household. Light filtering shades can help guard against this unwanted element with insulating features that keep the heat out and the air conditioning in. Not only will the interior environment be more comfortable and welcoming, but it will also be more consistent and require less ongoing energy consumption to maintain that ideal interior temperature.

  • Recommendation for Light Filtering Shades: Duette® Cellular Shades with ClearView® sheers offer both the benefits of translucent sheer materials for light filtering purposes and the honeycomb construction of cellular shades for unmatched insulation.

ISSUE 3: Exposed Resident Privacy

Privacy is the third element when crafting the perfect living room ambiance. No one feels comfortable hanging out in a room where they feel exposed, and while windows can provide an excellent view and sense of openness, complete openness isn’t always what we want to create. This is where light filtering shades come in; they can help protect your privacy and that open feeling you want in a living room.

  • Recommendation for Light Filtering Shades: Pirouette® Sheer Shades use a combination of sheer material and fabric vanes to balance the need for privacy and openness in a living room. They can obscure the view for privacy and allow natural light to achieve that open, welcoming ambiance.

Light Filtering Shades near Miami, FL

Make your living room the most desirable room in the home with the power of new light filtering shades from Hunter Douglas. From cellular and sheer shades to light filtering roller shades, our Fine Shadings & Decor team is here to help you explore all your options. Request a consultation or visit our showroom near Miami, Florida, today.

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