Aura
Program your window treatments so that they adjust themselves automatically, creating the perfect room ambiance morning, noon and night.
PowerView® Automation
Program your window treatments so that they adjust themselves automatically, creating the perfect room ambiance morning, noon and night.
Sheer Shades
Learn more about Hunter Douglas custom window sheers, including our shadings and privacy sheers. Innovative, light-diffusing sheers. Your trusted source for window treatments.
Cellular Shades
Cellular honeycomb shades from Hunter Douglas. An energy-efficient design that traps air in distinct pockets to help keep your house cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
Roman Shades
Custom-made fabric Roman Shades by Hunter Douglas, combining the look of soft folds with the ease and convenience of a shade. Custom-crafted.
Roller Shades
The Hunter Douglas roller shades & solar screen shades collections offer excellent light control and a clean, stylish look in a range of fabrics and materials.
Woven Shades
For a warm, natural look our Hunter Douglas Woven Wood Shades collection of window treatments transforms sunlight into captivating design statements. Choose yours today.
Vertical Shades
Find the right custom vertical shades for any room in your home. Search our most popular window shades.
Wood Blinds
From controlling light to their stylish, sleek look, wood blinds have been a favorite among homeowners for decades.
Metal Blinds
Find the perfect metal blinds for any room in your home. From controlling light to their stylish, sleek look, metal blinds have been a favorite among homeowners.
Vertical Blinds
Discover Hunter Douglas customized vertical blinds featuring elegant styling and translucency in a large selection of colors, treatments, and textures. Lifetime guarantee.
Shutters
Hunter Douglas custom window shutters provide superior light control and privacy with classic styles, long-lasting finishes, and exceptional craftsmanship.
Light Enhancing
Enjoy the beauty of natural light and make any space more captivating, with the following light-enhancing shades.
Room Darkening
Want a darker room for better sleep or optimal movie binging? These shades and drapes help block light at the window.
Energy Efficient
Live comfortably and save energy with these shades. Designer to keep a room warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
Door Coverings
Manage natural light and add privacy with these window treatments that work well for sliding-glass and patio doors.
Sound Absorption
Create a quieter, more relaxing room with these window treatments, which help absorb sound, reducing exterior noise.
Top-Down Bottom-Up
For privacy and natural light, position shades from the top, bottom or both. These shades have this feature available.
Awnings
Save energy, reduce glare, and protect furniture from fading.
SummerSpace® Porch Enclosure System
At Walls & Windows, we are excited to introduce our latest addition to our product lineup: the SummerSpace® Porch Enclosure System.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
Storm/Security Protection
Roll shutters are perfect for providing an extra layer of protection for your windows –especially in areas that experience frequent inclement weather, like high winds, storms, and hail damage.
Exterior Shades
Exterior Shades easily transform your outdoor living space with the comfort and convenience of a retractable shade.
Open Air Cabanas
At Walls and Windows, we focus on bringing customers the best in indoor and outdoor light control solutions.
Blind and Shade Repairs
We offer quick and professional repairs for your blinds and shades.
Free Estimates
Get a free estimate for your next decorating project.
Window Covering Measuring & Installations
Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
Ultrasonic Cleaning
Have you been looking at your windows and thought that your blinds or drapes could use a cleaning? While our products are top of the line, dirt and grime in the air can take its toll on even the best window treatments even with the proper care.
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Bathroom
See window covering solutions for privacy and moisture-resistance.
Bedroom
See window covering solutions for privacy and room darkening.
Home Office
See window covering solutions for light filtering and glare control.
Kitchen
See window covering solutions for a variety of needs and kitchen styles.
Living Room
See window covering solutions for light filtering and UV protection.
Media Room
See room darkening window treatments for your media room.
Nursery & Kids Room
See child-safe window coverings for baby nurseries and kids rooms
Angled Windows
See blinds and shades for angled, sloped, and triangle-shaped windows.
Arched Windows
See blinds and shades for arched, half-circle or half-moon windows.
Bay, Bow, Corner Windows
See blinds and shades for bay, bow and corner windows.
French Doors
See shutters, blinds and shades for French Doors.
Sidelights
See blinds and shades for sidelight windows.
Sliding Glass Doors
See blinds and shades for patio and sliding-glass doors.
Skylights
See blinds and shades specifically suited for skylights.
Automated
See all options for automated blinds and shades.
Blackout
See our options for blinds and shades that best control light.
Energy Efficient
See blinds and shades that help save energy at the window.
Light Filtering
See blinds and shades for light filtering and UV protection.
Child and Pet-Friendly
See blinds and shades that are safer for children and pets.
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Types of Hunter Douglas Window Shades
Hunter Douglas has a wide variety of window shades, and if you’re just starting to browse through your options, the seemingly endless options seem overwhelming. But it does not have to be that way! Start your shopping experience for Hunter Douglas window shades near Bellingham, Washington, with a firm understanding of the different types of window shades with help from our team at Walls & Windows to find the best style of Hunter Douglas window shades for your Washington home.
To start, let’s look at some of the most common ways that different types of window shades are categorized, including hard and soft shades and traditional and modern shades.
Hard vs. Soft Types of Window Shades
Starting with the broadest categories, we can put all window coverings into one of two groups, hard or soft, based on the predominant building materials used.
Hard treatments include shutters and blinds (vertical and Venetian), which use hard construction materials such as wood, vinyl, composite faux wood, and metal. Hard treatments add strong linear patterns to rooms and often carry an authoritative sense of sophistication. Hard window coverings are great for room-darkening as their construction materials are impervious to sunlight, and they can also offer a wide range of natural illumination with tilting slats that can block direct sunrays but allow enough light to warm and illuminate the home.
The second category is soft shades, which includes all window coverings that use fabrics and soft textiles as their primary material, including drapery, Roman shades, roller shades, sheer shades, cellular shades, and woven wood treatments. Soft types of window shades have a more graceful sense of sophistication, and their movement can enliven color and add visual depth to decor. Homeowners will also find an incredible range of options to customize style to individual tastes, thanks to the hundreds of fabric options available from Hunter Douglas.
Traditional vs. Modern Types of Window Shades
With Hunter Douglas window shades, several timeless styles have been around for centuries, and several new designs with modern ingenuity and engineering.
Two of the longest-used window coverings in human tradition are shutters and drapery, whose adornment in residences goes back hundreds of years. These treatments have withstood the test of time both aesthetically and functionally, offering homeowners light control, privacy, and an element of style. These classic types of window shades continue to be popular with Washington homeowners.
Modern designs for window treatments bring new aesthetic looks and elevated performance to the table. Woven wood shades, for example, take a classic design element like wood and spin it into a textile, giving these traditionally hard organic materials a decidedly softer aesthetic. There have also been several modern design advancements made to the operation of window shades of all types. One popular advancement is the addition of motorization, such as PowerView® Automation, to Hunter Douglas window shades. PowerView® is compatible with select hard and soft shades, including shutters, blinds, drapery, Roman, roller, cellular, woven wood, and sheer shades.
Hunter Douglas Window Shades near Bellingham, Washington
From shutters to sheers and blinds to Roman shades, shop the vast selection of Hunter Douglas window shades at Walls & Windows near Bellingham, Washington. Not only do we carry all different types of window shades from Hunter Douglas, but we also have a team of window treatment experts to answer any questions and assist you in finding the best style of window coverings for your Washington home – request a consultation today. Walls & Windows serves homeowners in Bellingham, Blaine, and Anacortes, WA.