PowerView® Automation
Program your window treatments so that they adjust themselves automatically, creating the perfect room ambiance morning, noon and night.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Drapery & Valances
Add the perfect finishing touch to your windows.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
Patio Screen Shades
Outdoor solar shades reduce heat and minimize glare, making them a perfect choice for your patio, porch, or sunroom.
Exterior Awnings and Canopies
Providing superior shade to your garden or patio, we offer both KE Durasol Awnings and Toff Industry Awnings to accentuate your outdoor space into the total package.
Outdoor Shades
Our outdoor roller shades come in a gorgeous array of fabric type, colors, and border options.
Upholstery
We offer re-upholstery services for all furniture styles.
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Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
Window Treatment Repair
Everything breaks. Fortunately, in the world of window treatments, there are repair centers that can fix your window coverings, returning them to perfect working order.
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Three Benefits of Blackout Shades for Homes
From calming essential oils to breathing exercises, it seems that we have all run the gamut when it comes to falling and staying asleep throughout the night. However, did you know that you could actually be robbing yourself of sleep even with all of these efforts? The culprit might be a little surprising at first, but inadequate window coverings can let in trace amounts of light from cars, street lamps, and even the moon. This will result in us waking up exhausted despite going to bed at a decent time. Fortunately, Hunter Douglas offers a solution that will make an immediate difference. Read on to discover our top three benefits of blackout shades for homes, including deeper sleep, better acoustics, and added privacy.
Benefit 1: Deeper Sleep
We may not be able to shut off all the street lamps, dim the moon, and ban cars from rumbling down our streets at night, but we can add a window treatment to your home that will block out the pesky light from these instances. This means that you can sleep throughout the night and achieve REM sleep with ease. That is why deeper sleep is one of our top three benefits of blackout shades for homes.
Duette® Honeycomb Shades, for example, feature the LightLock™ system. This innovative option deflects or absorbs nearly all incoming light, so you will never be robbed of sleep when it comes to artificial or natural lighting. This makes Duette® Honeycomb Shades the perfect addition to master suites, guest rooms, and nurseries.
Benefit 2: Improved Acoustics
Have you ever been on the verge of sleeping when a loud car rumbles by, waking you up all over again? Or perhaps your baby was just about to snooze off, and a bunch of chatty neighbors walking by wakes them up again? Noise can prevent us from reaching our best sleep, which is why another benefit of blackout curtains are improved acoustic.
In addition to providing some of the best shade in the market, Duette® Honeycomb Shades also help improve the acoustics of your bedroom while drowning out outside noise. The result is a peaceful, well-deserved rest that you are sure to love.
Benefit 3: Added Privacy
There are certain times where being noticed by the public is a great thing, such as a birthday party or performance. However, when it comes to our bedrooms, privacy is of the utmost importance. That is why another one of our top three benefits of blackout shades for homes is privacy.
In fact, our Hunter Douglas Silhouette® Duolite® option boasts premium privacy and custom lighting levels throughout the day. Featuring two shades in one, this option offers both room-darkening benefits and light-filtering perks when you need them most. This is due to the independently operated roller shade located behind the shade. Whether you want to let some light in or enjoy some privacy, you can do it all with Duolite®.
Conclusion
To learn more about our top three benefits of blackout shades for homes, be sure to contact or visit us today at Blind King! We are located in Providence, Rhode Island, and proudly serve Providence, East Side of Providence, Cranston, Lincoln, Cumberland, East Greenwich, Warwick, Coventry, Smithfield, Johnston, Narragansett, Middletown, Portsmouth, Newport, Tiverton, Scituate, Westerly, East Providence, Rhode Island. We also serve Seekonk, Swansea, Mansfield, and Foxboro, Massachusetts.