Open-concept homes feel right at home in South Florida—so it’s easy to see why modern homeowners love these sunny, airy, and connected spaces. But when your main living space shares light, views, and traffic patterns, the wrong window treatments can make everything feel busy or disjointed instead of calm and intentional.

At Supershade South, we help homeowners, designers, and builders choose modern window treatments that complement each room—including open-concept layouts. We prioritize clean lines, simple operation, and smart control over glare, heat, and lack of privacy.

Below, we’ll walk through why open-concept design works so well in our South Florida climate and how cellular shades and roller shades (especially with automation and professional installation) can pull the whole look together.

The Advantages of an Open-Concept Modern Design

Whether you’re renovating a coastal condo or updating a single-family home, open concept living has some real advantages in our area.

• More Light, Less Visual Clutter: Removing walls lets natural light travel further into the space, which is especially valuable when you’re dealing with deep rooms or a single main bank of windows and sliding doors. Open-concept layouts make the most of that light—but they also put your window treatments on display from every angle, which is why simple, cohesive choices matter.
• Easier Entertaining: An open kitchen, dining, and living area lets conversations flow as easily as the floor plan. You can prep dinner or drinks and still be part of the gathering, instead of disappearing behind a wall. Modern window treatments that raise, lower, and tilt smoothly help you adjust light and privacy without interrupting the moment.
• Flexible Furniture Layouts: Fewer walls mean more freedom to float sofas, layer rugs, and reconfigure seating as your lifestyle changes. The right window coverings act as a quiet backdrop: streamlined enough not to compete, but substantial enough to anchor the room.

Modern Window Roller Blinds for an Open Concept Look

In open spaces, we tend to favor window treatments that are clean-lined and low-profile, as well as easy to operate on wide windows and sliding doors.

Sonnette® Roller Shades

In open layouts, some windows consistently get the strongest sun exposure while others aren’t as open to the sun. For spaces where you want extra insulation and sound control—like behind the main seating area or in a TV space where glare can be a problem, cellular shades are an innovative product. Cellular shades have a honeycomb design that traps cold and hot air within their honeycomb pockets.

Sonnette® Roller Shades offer the convenience and efficiency of a cellular shade with the roll-up view-through of a roller shade for more variable light control in open concept spaces. We offer our cellular shades in a vast array of fabrics and patterns so you can select one that complements your open concept interior.

Designer Roller Shades

Hunter Douglas Designer Roller Shades are perfect for homeowners who love a streamlined, contemporary feel. These shades roll up into a compact headrail, keeping sightlines open and ceilings feeling higher. With over 350 fabrics and patterns to choose from, you can go nearly invisible with a soft neutral or add subtle texture for a more tailored look.

Designer Roller Shades are engineered for precise lifting and minimal light gaps, which is especially important on large spans of glass. You can also opt for dual roller shades on a single window—pairing, for example, a sheer fabric for daytime with a room-darkening fabric for evenings. It’s an easy way to maintain a light, open feeling during the day and more privacy and darkness at night, making for a win-win design in open concept spaces.

Add Motorization for Automated Window Shades

Open-concept rooms often have multiple windows, sliding doors, or even upper clerestory glass. With PowerView® Automation, you can raise or lower multiple shades at once from a remote, app, or voice control. Create scenes for “Daytime,” “Movie Night,” or “Entertaining” so the whole space adjusts with a single tap. In a modern open-concept home, automation isn’t just a convenience; it helps maintain that streamlined, uncluttered aesthetic from every angle. Eliminate cords and wands for a cleaner, safer look—especially in homes with children or pets. Automation eliminates the need for unsightly cords, wands, and other maneuvering apparatus, so you window treatments take center stage.

Visit Us for Modern Window Treatments Near Ft Lauderdale, Florida

Our window treatment experts can easily guide you through our advanced collection of window coverings that pull your open concept look together. We are proud to be a certified Hunter Douglas Gallery and an authorized Benjamin Moore dealer serving the Greater Fort Lauderdale area. Visit our Fort Lauderdale showroom for hands-on demonstrations, or contact us today to schedule a consultation.

We proudly export to the Bahamas and the Caribbean and serve Greater Fort Lauderdale, including Boca Raton, Hollywood, Plantation, Pompano Beach, Lighthouse Point, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Victoria Park, and surrounding South Florida communities.