Building a new home in Gatewood Lakes, the highly anticipated master-planned golf cart community in Noblesville, Indiana, offers an exciting opportunity to enjoy waterfront living, first-class amenities, and a connection to nature. Featuring breathtaking scenery, thoughtfully designed spaces, and grand windows, selecting the right window treatments is key to enhancing your future home’s beauty, comfort, and functionality. Here are five essential considerations for window treatments in your new luxury home.
1. Retractable Outdoor Shades for Porches & Patios
With 2.5 miles of shoreline and 140 acres of green space, blueways, and parks, Gatewood Lakes is all about outdoor living. Retractable outdoor shades are a must-have for porches and patios, allowing you to enjoy the views while gaining privacy, blocking bugs, and reducing glare from the sun. They will keep your porch cooler in the summer by blocking the sun and warmer in the winter by retaining heat from your fireplace and space heaters. You’ll be able to enjoy your outdoor areas nearly year-round, no matter the season.
2. Preserve the Views
One of the biggest perks of living in Gatewood Lakes is the impressive scenery. The last thing you want is to block those gorgeous lake and nature views. At the same time, you don’t want to sacrifice privacy and light control to access them. Fortunately, there are custom window treatment options that can provide it all!
Sheer shades provide daytime privacy while maintaining your connection to the outdoors. Enjoy a clear view of your surroundings even when the shades are down. These innovative shades offer additional benefits: they reflect the sun’s heat to keep your space cool on hot days, block UV rays to protect furniture, art, and floors from fading, and disperse sunlight deeper into the room, reducing the need for artificial lighting.
Another savvy option is shades that operate from the top down and the bottom up. Top-down bottom-up shades let you enjoy natural light and views while keeping the lower part of your windows covered for privacy from neighbors and passersby.
3. Solutions for Two-Story Windows
Many homes in Gatewood Lakes will feature grand, two-story windows to maximize natural light and highlight the stunning surroundings. When planning your window treatments, motorization is a game-changer for these hard-to-reach windows. Motorized shades offer effortless control, allowing you to adjust them with a simple tap on your phone, remote, or through your smart home system.
To enhance the architectural beauty of your space, consider drapery to dramatically frame your sky-high views while adding warmth and sophistication. The right drapery elevates expansive windows, creating a striking focal point while complementing your home’s design.
4. Planning for Extra-Wide Windows
Expansive, floor-to-ceiling windows are a signature feature of luxury homes, but they require specially designed window treatments. Custom shades and draperies can be tailored to cover wide spans without being too heavy or difficult to operate.
When selecting treatments, look for options that are available in extra-wide widths to cover large windows with a single shade rather than multiple smaller ones. This creates a streamlined, polished look and eliminates gaps between shades for better light control and privacy. When using multiple shades, make sure the break is on the window frames for a seamless look and consider using the same headrail for all of the shades. These seemingly small design and installation decisions can make a huge difference.
Motorization is always a smart choice for extra-wide windows, ensuring smooth, effortless functionality while maintaining a refined aesthetic.
5. Planning For Automated & Recessed Shades
If you’re considering motorized window treatments, pre-wiring is a crucial step in the building process. While battery-operated treatments can be added later, you only get one opportunity before the drywall goes up to hardwire and add pockets for recessed shades.
Hardwired shades eliminate the need for battery packs and regular battery changes and ensure seamless integration with your smart home system. Recessing treatments allow your shades to virtually disappear when they aren’t needed, achieving a clean, streamlined look that doesn’t distract from your views.
The cost of shades remains the same whether recessed, wired, or non-wired, although there will be additional costs for wiring and power. However, these upfront costs are offset over time by savings on battery replacements. A modest increase in construction expenses now prevents the need for costly and disruptive renovations later if you decide you want to add hardwired or recessed treatments after your build is complete.
A pre-wiring consultation will ideally occur when your home is still in the blueprint phase. This allows your window treatment designer to collaborate with your architect or builder to ensure proper outlet and wire placements and adequate pocket sizes for recessed shades. Starting early will afford you the most custom choices.
Final Thoughts
Your home in Gatewood Lakes deserves window treatments that enhance both its style and functionality. By planning ahead with Drapery Street, you can ensure that your shades and draperies complement your home’s architecture, preserve your stunning views, and provide effortless convenience through automation. Whether it’s retractable outdoor shades, motorized two-story treatments, or custom solutions for wide windows, the right choices will elevate the comfort and style of your home.Ready to explore custom window treatments for your Gatewood Lakes home? Request your complimentary design consultation.
