As the warmth of spring breathes life into the world, it’s the perfect time to rejuvenate your living space with a touch of flair and sophistication. At Color Wheel, we’re delighted to offer a myriad of options to invigorate your home this season.

From vibrant paints to exquisite wallpaper, luxurious window treatments, and elegant reupholstery, we have everything you need to embark on your home decorating journey this season.

Create a Fresh Outdoor Oasis
With the arrival of spring, homeowners are understandably eager to revitalize their outdoor spaces. Enjoying a glass of wine on the patio or entertaining friends by the pool just isn’t the same with chipping paint on your deck or fading lawn furniture.

Whether you’re envisioning a serene patio retreat or a lively garden haven, our selection of outdoor paints and stains will bring your ideas to life. Add a fresh coat of paint to your fence, stain your deck to perfection, or spruce up your garden furniture for al fresco gatherings.

Our expert staff is here to guide you every step of the way. Soon, you’ll be enjoying a vibrant outdoor oasis just in time for the beautiful weather.

Enhance Indoor Tranquility
Embrace the season with soft, airy colors and exquisite wallpaper designs that evoke a sense of renewal inside your home. From refreshing your walls with a new coat of paint to adding depth and texture with stylish wallpaper, Color Wheel offers a diverse range of options to suit every taste.
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If you want to enhance your space further while enjoying energy benefits, explore our luxurious window treatments, which create a haven of comfort and style in your home while protecting paint, furniture, and flooring from fading.

Revitalize Your Furniture With Reupholstery
Give your furniture a new lease on life this spring with our expert reupholstery services. Whether it’s a beloved armchair, a worn-out sofa, or antique dining chairs, our skilled professionals will breathe new life into your pieces, transforming them into stunning focal points that seamlessly complement your decor.

Choose from our wide range of fabrics in every color and pattern you can think of, including stain-resistant ones. Soon, your furniture will be more comfortable, modern, and stylish than you ever thought possible.

Get Inspired for Your Next DIY Project
Feeling inspired to get creative this spring? Explore our vast selection of DIY supplies and embark on a project that reflects your unique style.

From dramatic color inspiration for an accent wall to creating custom window treatments, Color Wheel provides the tools and materials you need to unleash your creativity. Need guidance? Our friendly staff is always on hand to offer expert advice and inspiration.

No matter what you’re thinking of getting involved in this spring, we have the tools and insight to help you succeed.

Everything You Need for Spring Is at Color Wheel
This spring, let us be your partner in transforming your house into the home of your dreams. Whether you want to create a stunning outdoor space, a modern interior, or give your furniture a facelift, we have what you need to welcome spring. Visit Color Wheel today and let the beauty of the season inspire your next project!

Summer is in full swing, but that doesn’t mean you have to let the summer heat get you down. Window treatments for your home allow you to have complete control over how much sunlight enters your home and, therefore, how much heat.

What window treatments are available to keep you cool this summer? Here we review some of the most popular options, features, and benefits of investing in window treatments for a more energy-efficient property and a more enjoyable summer!

Hunter Douglas Designer Solar Shades
These designer shades stop harsh ultraviolet (UV) rays from entering your home, keeping your indoors cooler without straining your HVAC system.

In addition, these treatments come with sustainable fabrics, including Hunter Douglas’s exclusive GreenScreen® Sea-Tex™ fabric collection. This unique, sustainable, and gorgeous fabric is made from recovered shoreline plastic and is the perfect choice for eco-conscious homeowners.

Hunter Douglas solar shades also come in your choice of fabric opacity to control the amount of sunlight that enters your home. Choose from five different options to customize your level of sun and maintain your view.

With elegant window treatments, you don’t have to worry about untangling cords, Designer Solar Shades move smoothly and evenly with a continuous beaded loop.

Add-Ons to Customize and Enhance Your Window Treatments
Designer Solar Shades, Dual Roller design which offers both light control and privacy in one window treatment.

With a Dual Roller design, two shades are overlapped. When both are down, you get privacy and light control, but if one is up, more light comes in. The Dual Roller design is perfect for homeowners that want light filtering or room darkening at a moment’s notice.
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You can also opt for decorative accents on your solar shades on the top or bottom for a truly customized look that allows your solar shades to blend seamlessly with your décor.

Benefits of Investing in Solar Shades
Window treatments that help filter light don’t just look nice in a home. They have important energy and protective benefits, such as:

• Energy efficiency. Solar shades are designed to block harmful UV rays from entering your indoor space, which reduces the need for air conditioning in the warmer months and lowers your energy costs while keeping your home naturally cooler.
• Glare reduction. Window treatments such as solar shades reduce glare from the sun, which allows for more visibility and less eye strain, which can be especially beneficial in office spaces or rooms with large windows.
• Privacy. Dual Roller solar shades from Hunter Douglas, you can still let natural light into your home while enjoying privacy.
• UV ray protection. Solar shades block the sun’s rays and keep your paint, flooring, cabinets, furniture, and décor safe from fading or sun damage, which can protect your most-loved items and prevent the need to refinish floors or paint your home frequently.
• Sustainability. Window treatments help reduce reliance on home cooling and help conserve energy, allowing homeowners to enjoy an eco-friendly home and workspace in addition to lower energy bills.

In addition, window treatments for sun and heat control are simple to maintain and durable, allowing you to reap the benefits of window treatments for many seasons.

Schedule a Design Consultation
Are you ready to experience the benefits of window treatments to help improve your home's energy efficiency and make your indoor spaces cooler and more comfortable? If so, schedule a design consultation with our experienced team at Color Wheel today to get started!

It’s finally happened—the kids have moved out! Your job as a parent is never quite done, but now you have the house to yourself. Being an empty nester brings a lot of life changes, including extra space you can now redecorate.

Consider this a chance to transform your home based on what fits your life now, not what would suit your kids. You can take this opportunity to convert kids’ rooms into guest rooms, a home office, theater, library, exercise room, or craft room.

The following tips will help you revitalize your spaces and redecorate your kids’ rooms so you can start the next chapter of your life in style.

Declutter and Donate Kids’ Items
The first step in revitalizing any space, especially for empty nesters, is decluttering. The trick here is to keep any sentimental items you don’t want to part with but get rid of things you won’t use or need anymore.

If you love something but not enough to have it take up space in your home, you can always take a picture before donating or tossing it. A photo takes up less space and will last forever.

Once you declutter your kids’ rooms and donate or toss items, you can organize the things you want to keep and find a permanent place for them, even if it is in storage. And if your kids want to keep anything, have them take their stuff to their own place so it doesn’t take up space in yours.

Invest in Quality Furniture
Now the fun begins. If you’ve gotten rid of furniture you and your kids no longer use, or your kids have taken their furniture with them, you have a blank slate, and the first place to start is with quality furniture.

Keep in mind that while your decorations and paint color may change over time, furniture tends to stay the same. Therefore, it’s important to choose comfortable yet high-quality items with a timeless design that suits your taste.

You can even look for multipurpose items to maximize your investment, including a sofa bed, an ottoman that functions as a chair, and benches and tables with built-in storage.

Have well-made furniture that you love, but your taste has changed? Consider getting it refinished or reupholstered for a complete makeover that will help it fit in seamlessly with your new spaces.

Splurge for Decorations​
You can really get creative with the décor you choose for your space as an empty nester once you’ve decluttered and gotten some beautiful furniture you love. In fact, you can use furniture and flooring to create a color scheme for things such as:

• Art. Choose art you feel inspired by and will love seeing every day.
• Lighting. Lighting can completely change a space, so be selective when investing in lighting.
• New bedding. New sheets, blankets, and pillows can refresh a room more than you think.
• Paint. A fresh coat of well-chosen paint can quickly change the look and feel of a room.
• Wallpaper. Sophisticated wallpaper can revitalize your kids’ rooms with a dramatic visual effect.
• Window treatments. New window treatments, including blinds, shutters, or curtains, can make your kids’ old rooms feel luxurious.

Go shopping to get ideas and see what items, colors, or patterns most draw your attention for the décor in your new spaces.

Get More Ideas at Color Wheel
Need ideas for redecorating and revitalizing your kids’ rooms as an empty nester? Please contact our design specialists by phone 703-356-8477 or send us a message through our Contact page. We can help you find paint, wallpaper, window treatments, carpet and more to change the look and feel of your new nest.

Blinds and other window treatments with cords pose a serious risk to children and even pets to strangle themselves.

Although window treatments are often necessary to filter light, provide privacy, and prevent fading of flooring and furniture, it’s imperative to ensure your home has safe window treatments if you have children and pets afoot.

Whether you have blinds you want to replace or are shopping for brand-new window treatments for your home, here’s what you need to know about window treatments and child safety to protect your family.

Statistics About Children and Window Treatments
It can take less than a minute for a child to become unconscious after becoming tangled in a cord from blinds. As they can’t breathe, they can’t make noise to alert their caregivers when this happens. Even parents who diligently watch their pets or children should not assume their little ones are safe from strangulation.

Each year, nine children under the age of five die from strangulation in window blind cords. However, there are hundreds more incidents of children under the age of eight getting trapped in window blind cords and sustaining life-threatening and even permanent injuries.

Children or pets who get their heads stuck in the loop and pull the string in an effort to get out can quickly get stuck. Most often, these incidents occur when children are supposed to be napping or waking up from a nap.

How to Shop for Cordless Window Treatments
You can replace your corded blinds or shades with cordless window treatments to eliminate the risk that your child or pet would be hurt or killed in an accident involving the cords.

A good rule of thumb is that if you have window treatments manufactured before 2000, they should be replaced if you have children or pets in your home. Some cordless window treatments to consider include:

• Cellular shades. Also called honeycomb shades, these blinds help provide better sound and energy insulation without cords.
• Drapes. Drapes can be designed to pull back without a cord, allowing you to have cordless window treatments that are safer for kids and pets.
• Motorized shades. Many shades can be motorized, meaning they don’t need a cord and you can control them with a remote or even your smartphone.
• Roller shades. Roller shades provide a minimalistic design and can be adjusted simply by pulling or pushing the bottom of the shade, no cord needed.
• Shutters. Shutters are a stylish way to control the light in your home and provide privacy without cords. Shutters come in many different styles and finishes.

You can also look for the Best for Kids™ Certified label when shopping for window treatments. With this label, the manufacturer must have met specific criteria for child safety and have their products third-party tested before they can be approved. These products have no cords or accessible inner cords that create hazards, especially a loop.

What to Do If You Cannot Replace Your Current Window Treatments​
If your existing window treatments or coverings have cords and you cannot replace them, it’s essential to take steps to minimize the risk of children or pets getting injured or killed.

First, keep blind cords as short as possible and out of reach of children. Remember that toddlers and older children can push furniture to climb up and reach cords even if you believe they can’t access them. Therefore, moving furniture such as beds, cribs, sofas, and even toy boxes away from windows containing corded blinds is important.

You can also ensure any cord stops on the blinds are installed correctly, which will help reduce the cords from moving, so children and pets can’t tighten the cords should they become trapped. Another option is to anchor cords to the floor or wall or to remove window treatments altogether until you can replace them with safer alternatives.


Learn More About Your Options With Color Wheel
Color Wheel offers a variety of cordless window treatments featuring Hunter Doulgas Window Fashions and Lafayette Interior Fashions .  Learn more about your cordless window treatment options from Color Wheel by contacting us today at (703) 356-8477 x3.

Window treatments—which can include curtains, blinds, shades, shutters and draperies—can play a significant role in your home’s style, function, and feel.

You can use window treatments and fashions to highlight the best features of your home and capture your unique style. Window fashions aren’t just attractive. They can help you reduce or filter the amount of light that comes into your home and protect furniture, flooring, and paint from fading, not to mention create a sense of privacy and elegance with the right design.
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How can you get started with rejuvenating your home with new window fashions? Here are some important tips whether you’re searching for blinds, shutters, shades, or draperies for your home’s beautiful windows.

Don’t Choose One Fashion for the Entire House
It can be tempting to pick one material, texture, or style of window treatment or fashion for the entire house and call it a day.

However, consider that different rooms in your home have different needs. Some rooms may require shutters for more privacy and less light, such as bathrooms, while others may need maximum lighting, such as a studio work space.
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Think about all the areas of your home and how certain window fashions may complement each. You likely have windows in variousstyles and sizes, which matters when choosing the color and material of drapes or curtains, and different paint or décor in other areas of your home.

Be Mindful of Spaces With High Humidity​
Rooms or spaces that tend to have higher levels of moisture—such as bathrooms, basements, and laundry rooms—can still benefit from window fashions. However, you’ll need to be mindful of the materials you use in these places.

High humidity can limit your fabric options for drapes or curtains and window treatments such as shutters. However, you still have the option to go with faux wood or vinyl for shutters and lighter fabrics for window fashions.
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Lighter fabrics can tolerate more moisture for better resistance to mildew, but you may need to combine them with window treatments such as shades or shutters for more privacy in areas that require it, such as bathrooms.

Plan for Messes in Kitchens, Mudrooms, and Play Areas​
Window fashions can enhance your home’s most essential spaces, such as the kitchen, mudroom, your children’s play areas, or your studio work space. However, planning for messes in these areas is important, especially if you have kids or pets running around.

Long drapes or curtains may not be ideal for these spaces, as their length can put them in danger of being stained by food, mud, or paint. Instead, consider roman or honeycomb shades, which can easily be moved up or down depending on your lighting and privacy needs.

If you want a touch of fabric on your windows, try fabric shades or window valances, which can provide conveniently shorter lengths for areas prone to messes.

Child Safety is important, too
When it comes to your little ones, safety is everything. Shades that have long, dangling cords can be dangerous for kids and pets that may get tangled in them. So always look for cordless blinds for kids' rooms or a motorized lifting system like Hunter Douglas’ PowerView® Automation that lets you control your shades automatically with a simple push of a button, a tap on a mobile device or with voice control if your shades are connected to a compatible smart-home system. (Which comes in handy if you've got your hands full!)


Have Fun With Different Styles​
There’s truly no one-style-fits-all window fashion—you have thousands of fabrics, colors, styles, and textures to choose from when rejuvenating your home. Find out more about your window treatment and window fashion options by contacting Color Wheel today at (703) 356-8477, extension 3.