Fall 2026 color trends are bringing warmth, richness, and texture back to home interiors. This year, we’re seeing chocolate brown, burgundy and merlot, olive green, heritage blue, ochre, mushroom, and warm cream make their way into beautifully layered spaces.
Rather than the cool grays and overly coordinated rooms of years past, today’s interiors are embracing warmth, texture, personality, and depth.
For homeowners considering new custom window treatments in the Twin Cities, these color trends offer plenty of inspiration. Your windows are one of the largest visual elements in a room, so the right shades or drapery can make a surprisingly big impact.
Your windows are one of the largest visual elements in a room, so the right shades or drapery can make a surprisingly big impact. And you don’t have to completely redecorate your home to embrace a new color palette.
Current design research is highlighting richer, warmer palettes for fall 2026 and here are some of our favorites!
Chocolate Brown: The Standout Neutral for Fall 2026
Chocolate brown is having a major moment in interior design.
After years of cool gray and light beige dominating neutral interiors, designers are embracing richer browns, walnut tones, espresso, and other warm shades. Chocolate brown works beautifully because it can provide the depth of a bold color while still functioning as a versatile neutral.
It pairs especially well with:
- Warm cream
- Olive green
- Burgundy
- Natural wood
- Brass
- Heritage blue
For your windows, consider chocolate brown drapery, a rich Roman shade, or a textured woven shade.
If you’re hesitant to paint your walls a dark color, window treatments can be a wonderful way to introduce brown without committing to a complete room makeover.
Explore custom drapery from Made in the Shade Twin Cities.
Burgundy & Merlot Bring Sophistication
Burgundy, merlot, oxblood, and other deep wine-inspired colors are another beautiful direction for Fall 2026.
These rich shades can make a room feel warm and sophisticated without feeling overly “fall.”
They’re particularly beautiful in:
- Dining rooms
- Living rooms
- Home offices
- Libraries
- Primary bedrooms
If full burgundy drapery feels like too much, consider a patterned fabric that incorporates burgundy with cream, brown, olive, or taupe.
A custom Roman shade is another great way to introduce a deeper color in a more controlled way.
Olive Green: An Earthy Color That Works Year-Round
Olive green continues to be one of the most versatile earthy colors for interiors.
It brings a connection to nature while working almost like a neutral. Olive looks especially beautiful with chocolate brown, warm cream, natural wood, brass, and burgundy.
Try olive as:
A Roman shade: A tailored olive Roman shade can add personality to a bedroom, office, kitchen, or breakfast area.
Drapery: Floor-to-ceiling olive panels can create a dramatic and sophisticated look.
A patterned fabric: Botanical and traditional patterns can combine olive with cream, brown, and burgundy for a more layered look.
An accent: If you already love your existing window treatments, consider bringing olive into the room through furniture, artwork, or accessories.
The best part about olive? It doesn’t have to feel seasonal. It’s a color you can enjoy well beyond fall.
Warm Cream & Mushroom: Neutrals With More Personality
Not everyone wants bold color—and that’s perfectly okay.
Warm cream, mushroom, oatmeal, taupe, camel, and soft beige continue to be excellent choices for homeowners who want a timeless look.
But there’s a difference in how we’re seeing neutrals used in 2026.
Instead of creating an all-beige room, designers are layering warm neutrals with richer colors, natural materials, and interesting textures.
This makes neutral window treatments an excellent long-term investment.
A textured cream drapery panel, woven shade, or soft neutral Roman shade can work beautifully with changing furniture, wall colors, and accessories for years to come.
Heritage Blue Adds a Beautiful Contrast
Fall doesn’t have to be all warm colors.
Heritage blue, navy, smoky blue, and blue-green can provide a beautiful contrast to the season’s warmer browns, creams, and greens.
Try pairing deep blue drapery with warm wood furniture, or introduce a muted blue Roman shade into a room that already has plenty of warm tones.
The result is classic and sophisticated rather than overly seasonal.
And because blue works so well with both warm and cool colors, it can be surprisingly versatile.
Ochre & Muted Mustard Add Golden Warmth
Looking for something a little more unexpected?
Consider ochre or muted mustard.
These golden shades capture the warmth of autumn without relying on traditional bright orange. They work particularly well with chocolate brown, olive green, burgundy, cream, navy, and natural wood.
If a solid mustard window treatment feels too bold, a patterned fabric that incorporates small amounts of ochre can give you the same warmth with a softer effect.
Texture Matters Just as Much as Color
One of the biggest design themes we’re seeing for Fall 2026 isn’t just about what color you choose—it’s about how that color feels.
Natural materials, woven textures, linen-look fabrics, wood, leather, and layered textiles are helping create rooms that feel comfortable and collected rather than overly decorated.
A great example is shown below Graberblinds.com. Graber is a brand and registered trademark of Springs Window Fashions, the Best Experience Company.
Textured neutral roller shades add warmth and dimension while complementing the surrounding décor.
This Made in the Shade Twin Cities project is a great reminder that you don’t necessarily need a dramatic color to create a beautiful window.
A textured neutral shade can provide plenty of visual interest while giving you the flexibility to change other elements of the room over time.
And that’s one of the advantages of choosing custom window treatments: you can select the exact fabric, texture, color, opacity, and style that works for your space.
See custom roller shades from Made in the Shade Twin Cities.
How to Bring Fall 2026 Color Trends Into Your Home Without Going Overboard
Following a color trend doesn’t mean you need to redecorate your entire house every year.
In fact, we think the best approach is to choose trends that complement your existing style.
Choose One Statement Color
If you love burgundy, let it be the star and balance it with cream, brown, or other warm neutrals.
If olive is your favorite, pair it with natural wood and warm cream.
You don’t need every color in the Fall 2026 palette in one room.
Use Texture Instead of More Color
Prefer a neutral color palette?
You can still create a beautiful, updated look by choosing fabrics with texture and dimension.
Woven shades, linen-look fabrics, textured rollers, and layered window treatments can add interest without introducing another bold color.
Consider Layered Window Treatments
Combining shades with drapery is another way to bring color and texture into a room.
Layering can also provide additional flexibility for privacy and natural light control. Made in the Shade Twin Cities offers a wide variety of custom shades and drapery options that can be combined to create a look that’s both beautiful and functional.
Look at Your Actual Natural Light
This is an important one.
A fabric can look completely different in morning light, afternoon light, and evening light.
That’s one reason we love bringing samples directly into your home. You can see colors and textures in the actual room where they’ll be used instead of trying to make a decision from a tiny screen or showroom sample.
Don’t Forget About Function
Beautiful window treatments should also work beautifully.
When you’re choosing a new shade or drapery, consider:
- How much natural light do you want?
- Do you need additional privacy?
- Is the room facing strong morning or afternoon sun?
- Would room-darkening fabric be helpful?
- Are the windows difficult to reach?
- Would motorization make your daily routine easier?
- Do you want a look that can evolve with your décor?
Made in the Shade Twin Cities offers custom window treatments with a variety of light-filtering and room-darkening options, as well as motorization for many products.
Learn more about motorized window treatments.
Why Custom Window Treatments Make Such a Difference
Your windows occupy a significant amount of visual space in your home.
That means your window treatments can influence the entire feeling of a room.
Custom window treatments allow you to choose the right color, fabric, texture, pattern, style, and functionality for your specific windows.
At Made in the Shade Twin Cities, we bring the showroom to you, provide professional measuring and installation, and help you find window treatments that fit your home’s style and your everyday needs.
Whether you’re looking for:
- Custom roller shades
- Roman shades
- Natural shades
- Cellular shades
- Layered shades
- Custom drapery
- Blinds
- Shutters
- Motorized window treatments
we can help you explore the options.
Explore all of our window treatment styles.
Bring the Fall 2026 Color Trends Into Your Windows
The best interiors aren’t necessarily the ones with the most seasonal decorations.
Instead, they’re embracing Fall 2026 color trends including rich color, natural materials, beautiful textures, and comfortable layered spaces.
Chocolate brown, burgundy, olive green, warm cream, heritage blue, and ochre can all be incorporated into your home in ways that feel current today and beautiful for years to come.
And your windows are the perfect place to start.
Ready to Refresh Your Windows This Fall?
Whether you’re updating one room or your entire home, Made in the Shade Twin Cities can help you find custom window treatments that fit your style, your needs, and your home.
We’ll bring the showroom to you, help you explore colors, fabrics, and styles, and provide professional measuring and installation.
We proudly serve homeowners throughout Minneapolis, St. Paul, and surrounding Twin Cities communities.
Schedule your free in-home consultation with Made in the Shade Twin Cities.
