Decorating a Nusery

Child-Safe Window Treatment Solutions

Safety features are very important considerations for nurseries and children's rooms. 

Your window treatments should have no looped or loose pull cords, and wands should be 

out of your child's reach. 

Interior Motives and More ... in Huntley, IL carries a wide selection of Hunter Douglas window

treatments that can be equipped with child-safe operating systems. 

Options include the LiteRise® operating system, a cordless system that holds blinds and 

shades securely in any position: Simply push up to  raise and pull down to lower. 

The elimination of lift cords means increased safety for children and pets. 

Another cordless operating system is SimpleLift™ for Applause® honeycomb shades. 

The contoured bottom rail makes raising and lowering simple—no handle is necessary.

The revolutionary Hunter Douglas UltraGlide® operating system uses a retractable

 cord mechanism to raise and lower the window shade or shading. A constant cord 

length means there are never any long, dangling cords, making this an ideal solution for a 

nursery or children’s room. 

Shutters are another child-safe window treatment to consider. 

Too many choices? The experienced staff at Interior Motives and More ... in Huntley, IL 

can help you select the best solution for your home. Please contact us to get started with 

your project.

Interior Motives and more...

11179 Dundee Road

Huntley, Illinois 60156

(847) 669-3941

www.interiormotiveshuntley.com 

Decorating with Photography

Photography: A Tried and True Design Element

In the early days of photography, art aficionados didn’t consider photographs a “real” form of art. Today, we know that isn’t true. You can purchase a vast variety of photographic art or create your own - and it’s just as beautiful and engaging as any other form of art you can display in your home. 

Faming is half the fun. Often the frames are just as interesting – or even more interesting – than the photos themselves! You can go shabby-chic vintage or bold and ornate. Or opt for simple black rectangular frames to keep the emphasis on the photos themselves. 

It’s typical to display photographs in a collection, from small groups with just two photos to large displays with as many photos as you can fit across your wall or display shelves. Photos can be all the same size and orientation or can vary in size and shape.


Display photos can range from super-size portraits or landscape shots to collections of miniature-sized photos of almost any item.


With photos, you can:
- Tell your family’s story
- Focus on your kids or grandkids
- Pay homage to your pets
- Feature the places you’ve visited

Or you can highlight specific things you like, such as elephants, dogs, Victorian houses or oak trees.

Arrange collections in consistent horizontal vertical columns or horizontal rows, or go wild with a random arrangement. You can even angle photos up a stairwell. Equally pleasing are photos arranged on a shelf or mantel, often mixed with other pieces such as mirrors, vases and plants.

Picture your home with a photography display. It’s a decorating concept that personalizes your living space beautifully. Please contact us for more ideas or for help with your next design project. 

FALL STYLE: RUSTIC DECOR & WINDOW TREATMENTS THAT STUN

The beautiful season of autumn is here–invite the warmth and richness of fall into your home with the latest design trend. Without question, rustic decor is enhancing the look and feel of homes with its shabby chic charm and stunning sophistication. Using pieces throughout your home, from furniture to window treatments–and everything in between, find your own way of inviting autumn in with this unique look. Colors, materials, textures and finishes combine for comfort and relaxation, setting the perfect atmosphere this fall.

Autumn Means Warmth

The season of fall is all about tradition. This beautiful new design scheme brings the nature of autumn right into your home with wood textures, distressed finishes and tattered fabrics. This rustic decor is further enhanced by plantation shutters that play tribute to classic styling, while adding an air of sophistication. It’s vintage meets contemporary. The warmth of wood tones complement other design elements in the same shared space bringing together this amazing look for a relaxed contemporary appearance. Plantation shutters direct the natural light streaming through the windows, allowing you to enjoy daylighting without direct glare. Perfect for patio doors and large windows, these window treatments will add the warmth of atmosphere while providing beautiful styling and incredible function.

Autumn Means Coming Home

Like the warm glow of sunset after a gorgeous summer day, autumn is a time to sit back and relax before winter’s great sleep. Like coming home to take a deep breath, there’s no better comfort than the welcome you get with a home that’s put together with a mixture of romantic charm and graceful style. That’s the beauty of rustic decor. Elements of nature fill your home with harmony, as the sweet memories of autumn welcome you throughout the year. Using fall foliage and subtle colors for inspiration, design a space that’s all your own. And don’t forget the window treatments. The beautiful glow of autumn offers perfect light for dream-like softness and instant ambiance. Choose the elegance of wooden window treatments to complement your home with texture and balance.

Autumn Means Beautiful Landscapes

The richness of the season is right outside your windows. The beautiful colors, the crisp air, the skittering of animals preparing themselves for the season ahead. Some days, it looks like the picture on a postcard–just waiting to be captured. Enjoy the breathtaking landscape with window treatments that offer you soft, filtered light and dramatic view-through. Wooden textures, natural elements–your view will only be enhanced with these finishing touches to the unique design of your rustic decor. And that’s not all. So many window treatments offer you options for operating features that allow for the best experience–light control, glare reducing, privacy, convenience–choices that fit your home and lifestyle.

Autumn is here! It’s time to embrace the look of rustic decor to bring the warmth and richness of autumn into your home. And we’d love to help. At Interior Motives and more..., we can help you design a space you love. You’ll be able to bring together the beautiful look of your home with design elements and window treatments that offer the harmony of autumn’s characteristic textures and subtle color schemes. Contact our team for a free, in-home consultation.

Privacy and Light Control for Angled and Sloped Windows

Common in contemporary homes, angled windows bring up some unique challenges in providing privacy and light control and keeping your home energy efficient. 

We offer a wide selection of blinds, shades and shutters for angled windows that help to enhance the beauty of your angled windows, whether the shade is open or closed. Customer favorites include:

Duette® Architella® honeycomb shades
Heritance® hardwood shutters
Palm Beach™ polysatin shutters
Silhouette® window shadings
Vignette® Modern Roman Shades

We will help you choose the right solution.

Whether your style is classic and elegant, funky and modern, rustic and country or sleek and contemporary, our experienced design professionals will work with you to find the best window treatment solution for your angled or sloped window, all within your budget.

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Interior Motives and more...

11179 Dundee Road

Huntley, Illinois 60142

847-669-3941

www.interiormotiveshuntley.com