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Pairing Interior and Exterior Window Coverings

Find the ultimate in coverage for your windows with the multi-tiered and multi-beneficial design of layered window fashions. But don’t limit your designs to just the inside of your home. Truly elevated performance and chic style can be found when pairing interior and exterior window coverings. Here are two of our favorite pairings that elevate efficiency and offer personalized style.

Interior and Exterior Window Coverings, Hunter Douglas Duette® Honeycomb Shades near Bellingham, Washington (WA)

Window Awnings and Cellular Shades

Homeowners looking to maximize their home’s energy efficiency will appreciate the pairing of interior and exterior window coverings like exterior window awnings with interior cellular honeycomb shades.

Window awnings act as the first line of defense when blocking or absorbing sunlight before it even reaches the main structure of the home. This helps control the fluctuations in solar heat that can wreak havoc on the consistency of interior home temperatures. It also reduces the amount of harmful UV radiation that gets inside, adding a layer of protection against sun damaged floors, décor, and furnishings.

Cellular shades, on the other hand, are extremely adept at insulation. The air pockets that create its telltale cellular design can significantly impair the ability for unregulated energy transfer in or out of windows. Adding this insulating interior shade to a multi-tiered window fashion improves energy efficiency controlling both natural sunlight and solar heat.

Pairing interior cellular shades and exterior awnings amplify homeowner's control of sunlight in their home. Together, the two window treatments improve efficiency by adding layers of protection over one of the home’s most vulnerable elements: glass window panes. As a result, the interior environment becomes easier to keep at a comfortable and consistent temperature with less need for costly artificial heating in the winter and cooling in the summer.

Exterior Solar Screens and Side Panels

Do you have a view you love, but it needs extensive privacy or light control? Pairing interior and exterior window coverings like exterior solar screens with interior side panels can create a window fashion that highlights the view and protects the residents.

Exterior solar screens help keep out excessive heat and glaring sunlight. At the same time, the semi-opaque nature of their screen material does not block the view. It’s this view-through visibility that makes exterior screen shades ideal for picture windows or windows where the view out is magnificent but the sunlight coming in is unbearable.

Side panels, on the interior of the window, help to frame the view. The hundreds of fabric choices available allow homeowners to customize the look of their window fashions, but the placement of these window treatments doesn’t impede on the view.

Conclusion

Request a consultation to talk with the knowledgeable design team at Walls & Windows about pairing interior and exterior window coverings for your home. Whether you like the energy efficiency of awnings and honeycomb shades or the eye-catching style of exterior solar shades with interior side panels, the design team can walk you through all your options to create customized window fashions with the ultimate in coverage and control. Walls & Windows is located near Bellingham, Washington, and serves residents in and around Blaine, Anacortes, and Bellingham, Washington.