2011 Color Trends in Design

Ben Moore Color Wheel

Can you believe Fall is upon us? Fall allows us to flash forward into the new year with upcoming trends and decor. Color plays an important role in what we design and how we translate feelings of well being into our homes.

Benjamin Moore's 2011 trends in color relate to "Balance" and support four themes The Farm, Order, Escape, and Tribe. It is a search for balance in our lives, placing our priorities in order and "...sorting the Real from the Surreal".

Sherwin Williams 2011 trends encompass four themes "Purely Refined, Restless Nomad, Bold Invention, and Gentle Medley." Each one of these themes represent self expression and cover the gammet of design emotions.

Purely Refined creates an understated elegance with its color palette. These colors tend to be very streamlined and tailored in their design expression and create an atmosphere of timeless indulgence.

Restless Nomad is like a set of international spices gathered from exotic places all over the globe. It is an ecclectic color palette with both sultry and vibrant hues.

Bold Invention is our artistic expression from within. It includes neon and vibrant colors that represent our own "perfect world" of self expression and global influences.

Gentle Medley is a palette of light and airy colors that reflects innocence. These colors are subtle in hue and do not make bold statements. They create a serene and refreshing environment.

Color for 2011 is an expression of ourselves and how we paint our environment to encompass those emotions. Every design personality can be reflected with these new color palettes.

Try incorporating one of these fashion forward colors into your next design project! And, do not forget about the drapery hardware! Finestra provides custom painting services where you can use any Ben Moore or Sherwin Williams paint color on your decorative hardware. If you spec the color, we will paint the hardware to match your design vision.

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The Romance of Handmade

Is handmade important to you?

It is important to Finestra Decorative Hardware.

Did you know that all of Finestra Decorative Hardware is handmade and painted here in Charlotte, NC? We take pride in our casting, prepping, and custom hand finishing on all of our products. It allows us to create the most unique custom products made especially for you!

Each and every order placed with Finestra is made to order. So, you are assured to get the custom handmade look you deserve.

Matching Finestra Embellishments and Hardware

Isabella Finials with Flower Medallion Buttons

Betty Martinez
Elegant Interiors
Chesapeake, VA

Coordinate your embellishments and drapery hardware with custom hand finishes and unique designs!

This beautiful treatment by Betty Martinez with Elegant Interiors uses a custom twist on our Walnut Burl finish. Betty requested the finish without the swirled or burled pattern on it. The result was spectacular! Both the finish and designs anchor this treatment with heavy fringe in a tonal, light and airy room.

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Imagine designing a window treatment, selecting hardware, fabric and trims and then receiving the custom, decorative hardware in only 5 days!

Finestra® Decorative Hardware is excited to announce the new 15/10/5 Quick Ship Program. Choose from 15 of the most popular styles, in 10 beautiful, hand-rubbed finishes and receive your order with a 5 day lead-time. In this webinar you will learn about the styles and finishes available for Quick Ship including finials, pole rods, rings, brackets, end caps and medallions. Finestra® Decorative Hardware is available exclusively from Rowley Company, and has always provided unique custom designs with the highest attention to detail and quality.

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Architetural Design Details

Photos courtesy of Beaux-Artes

The architecture of a room plays a key role in the decor we choose, the color palette, and even the way we install our draperies. A cohesive design incorporates all of a room's grandeur and detail. Adding decoratively carved air return registers, light rings, and wall panels separate ordinary design from the extraordinary.

Finestra casts many of these architectural pieces for Beaux-Artes. The pieces include speaker grilles covers, fire alarm medallions, light rings, and grilles and air return registers.

Speaker grille cover.

Fire alarm cover.

Decorative light rings for recessed lights with or without crystals.

Decorative Wall Panels

Decorative Air Return Registers

Visit Beaux-Artes.com for more information!

Decorate with Finials in Unusual Ways

Barry Dixon Interiors Photographs Copyright Brian D Coleman

Use finials to top cornices as shown above to enhance and bring dimension to your design like our #14 Ragsdale Finial.

For an upscale look in a Great Room, try adding finials to your love seat or sofa. Decorative tassels add a finishing touch to this design.

Finials make fabulous bathroom and kitchen accents. Use them as towel bars, or hooks for robes and towels.

Finials on bookcases or furniture accents complete mill work or fine furniture details. Bed top finial accents can give a royal or whimsical feel like these hand painted dragonfly finials.
Use finials as toppers for your pelmets and a swag designs.



Newel Post accents or fence post accents are a wonderful way to tie in trim finishes and finish off plain caps. How about an elegant entry to your garden?!

These animal finials are a fun way to add to your design! Use them as coat racks, door pulls, towel bars or even bookends.

The possibilities are endless!

Decorative Traverse Rods

Treatment by Karen Downey with Custom Interiors.

Finestra Designer Finish: Dark Bamboo with brown tracking system.

Traverse rods can add functionality and decorative aesthetics to your window treatments. If the window treatment is going to be opened several times a day or in high traffic areas of the home, traverse rods are the solution for ease of movement.

Decorative wood fascias offer an aesthetically pleasing design option with over 36 hand rubbed finishes. Custom finishes are also an option like the treatment shown above, created by Karen Downey with Custom Interiors. She has chosen a hand rubbed and antiqued red finish to compliment her drapery fabric. Simply beautiful!

Options for traverse rods include 2" or 3"D wood fascias with or without C rings. You may also choose between ball bearing hand drawn tracks or cord drawn systems. The ball bearing track is optimal for ease of use. Either system may also be used as a double track system in order to layer your treatments or place sheers behind the draperies. Brown or white track colors are offered to blend in with any custom hand rubbed finish.

Please contact Finestra Decorative Hardware for help on any traverse solutions 1-888-443-8182. Or, visit us online http://www.finestradecorativehardware.com/03_rods.asp.