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.
Drapery
Choose from timeless and on-trend fabrics, including lofty textures and alluring jacquards, artisanal embroideries and luminous sheers.
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.
Commercial Blinds & Shades
We offer window treatments for any business or commercial setting.
Drapery & Valances
Add the perfect finishing touch to your windows.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
After-Hours & In-Home Consultations
Our schedule is flexible, and we can come to your home for a consultation.
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We offer financing options for our customers, subject to approved credit.
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Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
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Bedroom
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Media Room
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Nursery & Kids Room
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French Doors
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Sidelights
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Sliding Glass Doors
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Skylights
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Automated
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Blackout
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Energy Efficient
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Light Filtering
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Solar Shades or Cellular Shades: Which is Best for Your Home
Did you know that a large portion of a home’s heating and cooling is lost through poorly insulated windows? This will most likely cause you to research energy-efficient shades and bring up two of the most popular options: solar shades and cellular shades. But which one is best for your home?
Solar Shades
Solar shades are designed to lessen the impact of harsh sunlight and keep damaging UV rays out of your home. This protects your furniture, flooring, artwork, and family safe from the sun’s damaging rays. To understand if you need solar shades or cellular shades, we have broken down the benefits into three categories:
- Light Control: Solar shades have a unique way of controlling light in that they are measured in openness percentages. A 10 percent openness factor allows 10 percent of UV rays into your home and blocks 95 percent of the other rays. A higher openness means more sunlight, and a lower openness means less sunlight.
- Insulation: While solar shades offer some degree of insulation, their main benefit is to block UV rays. If you find that a room is cold in the winter and hot in the summer, no matter what you do, you may need cellular shades. However, if your home’s temperature feels adequate and you want to block the UV rays coming in, solar shades are your best bet.
- Customization: When you choose Hunter Douglas Designer Solar Shades, you can pick from over 130 fabric and color options. From neutrals to bolds, this collection has an extensive number of styles.
Cellular Shades
Cellular shades are also known as honeycomb shades because of their unique shape. This is done for much more than just aesthetics! The fabric layer acts as an insulating barrier, keeping cool air or heat inside while preventing outside heat or air from coming in. As a result, these shades keep your home warm in the winter and cool in the summer while reducing your energy consumption.
- Light Control: Cellular shades are excellent for light control thanks to their various opacities. A lighter opacity will let in more sunlight, whereas a darker opacity will block more sunlight. Both solar and cellular shades are excellent at diffusing harsh sunlight, but cellular shades are a bit more traditional in how they control light.
- Insulation: When it comes to insulation, cellular shades take the cake. This is thanks to their thick honeycomb design that prevents any unwanted air from coming into your home and precious air from leaving your home. Good insulation also means better acoustics!
- Customization: With over 150 fabric and color options for you to choose from, Hunter Douglas Duette® Honeycomb Shades do have solar shades slightly beat. If you want nearly endless options, this category of shades is best for you.
Contact Us Today
To learn more about whether you need solar shades or cellular shades, be sure to contact or visit us at All About The Windows! Our friendly team of experts is here to help you with your interior design needs. Plus, check out our promotions page for savings on Hunter Douglas products.
All About The Windows is located in Mobile, Alabama, and proudly serves the surrounding area, including Spanish Fort, Daphne, Fairhope, Point Clear, Bay Minette, Foley, Robertsdale, Loxley, Orange Beach, Gulf Shores, and Mobile, Alabama.