Cellular Shades are a great option for any room in your home and are particularly effective in drafty rooms. With top down/bottom up functionality and options for smart-home integration you can easily control the amount of light that enters your space with ease.
Choose from a wide range of fabrics, opacity levels and pleat sizes to customize your shades and create your ideal look. All while enjoying the benefits of energy efficiency and sound absorption.
Energy Efficiency
With the cellular design, these window coverings are able to trap air in your windows, providing a layer of insulation. This helps prevent heat from escaping in the summer and cold from seeping in during the winter, significantly cutting down on your energy bills. This makes them a great choice for homes with south-facing windows or drafty windows that can’t keep the temperature comfortable.
Additionally, cellular shades help improve the acoustics of your home by reducing external noise pollution, making them ideal for home offices and bedrooms. This is especially beneficial for homeowners in urban environments or those living near busy streets. They also protect your interiors from the sun’s harmful UV rays, protecting your furniture, flooring and other valuable belongings.
As a highly versatile option, cellular shades come in a variety of colors and fabrics that can complement any decor style. Choose from a wide range of single and double cell sizes, pleat styles, and fabric opacity levels. This allows you to select the perfect solution for your unique needs, including the level of insulation and light control you require.
The insulating abilities of cellular shades are enhanced by a perfectly-fitted installation. During the consultation process, we take precise measurements of your windows to ensure the proper fit that can improve their energy efficiency. Our expert technicians can even create a custom shade that will match your existing window treatments for a seamless look.
Another way to enhance your cellular shades’ energy efficiency is by selecting the option of a top down/bottom up lift. This opens and closes your shades from the bottom or the top of your window, helping to regulate the amount of natural light that enters your home throughout the day.
If you’re ready to discover the countless benefits that cellular shades can offer your home, contact us today to schedule an in-home consultation. We proudly provide a complete selection of Hunter Douglas cellular shades in New York City to suit any lifestyle, budget and aesthetic preferences. We are committed to delivering superior customer service and quality products that will elevate your home’s décor and increase its value.
Light Control
When you’re looking for a window covering that will help keep your home at a consistent and comfortable temperature, Cellular Shades are a great option. They insulate against both hot sun and cold drafts, reducing your energy costs over time. And they’re also an excellent choice if you want to control natural light in your home.
These shades come in a wide array of fabrics and colors, from patterned to muted to bright, and you can even choose between single or double-cell construction. Double and triple-cell shades offer superior energy efficiency, as they have two layers of air trapped in their fabric pockets for an extra boost to your home’s insulating capabilities.
Another consideration is opacity, and there are several options to choose from, from sheer to semi-sheer to slightly opaque. The opacity level you choose can affect the privacy of your room as well, so it’s important to think about where you’ll be using these shades and what the desired look will be.
For a sleek modern design, you can select shades with integrated brackets that fit into the bottom rail for a more seamless appearance. You can also pair your cellular honeycomb shades with motorization to take advantage of smart home technology. Hunter Douglas’ PowerView Automation is a sleek and easy-to-use system that lets you control your cellular honeycomb blinds via smartphone app, allowing you to program your shades to operate on schedules you set.
You can also pair your cellular honeycombs with other styles of window treatments to create a custom look for your home. Choose between stationary fan-fold, operable top-down arches, or specialty shapes including hexagons, octagons, trapezoids, and angles. And you can select from a variety of operating systems to get the look that suits your space. Choose from standard cord loops, continuous cord loop top down bottom up, and cordless lift for convenience, safety for children and pets, and a clean appearance without dangling cords.
Privacy
The insulating capabilities of cellular shades come from their unique cellular construction, where distinct honeycomb-shaped pockets trap air and create an insulating barrier between your home and the outside elements. This helps to keep your home warm in the winter and cool in the summer, while reducing your energy costs. These energy saving benefits alone can often help to pay for the cost of your new honeycomb cellular window treatments.
In addition to their exceptional energy efficiency, cellular shades also provide superior light control and privacy. They come in a range of opacity options, including sheer, semi-sheer, light-filtering and room-darkening, giving you the ability to customize how much natural light filters into your home. Additionally, most cellular shade fabrics are available in a wide variety of colors and on-trend fabric textures to complement any home decor style.
The honeycomb-shaped cells in cellular shades are able to filter or completely block out light, depending on your needs. This versatility, along with their sleek, contemporary design makes them an excellent choice for any room of your home. They’re perfect for the living room or bedroom, where you want to be able to relax and enjoy your surroundings in peace without being interrupted by the sun’s harsh rays or outside noise.
Likewise, they’re an excellent choice for your home office, where you need to be able to focus and get work done. The opacity options in cellular shades allow you to reduce the glare on your computer screen while maintaining a comfortable and productive atmosphere.
In addition to providing protection from the sun’s harmful UV rays, cellular shades can be used in any room of your home, including the bathroom. Their insulating properties make them an ideal choice for bathrooms, where you’ll need to be able to maintain your privacy while using the toilet or shower. They’re also an excellent choice for the dining room, where you may want to be able to enjoy a meal in peace without having your privacy interrupted by people walking by or other outside elements. The insulating properties of these window treatments can also help to reduce the amount of sound that passes through your windows, which is an important consideration for any home.
Sound Absorption
Our cellular shades feature soft fabrics in a wide range of color, cell size, and control options. Choose from a variety of light-filtering fabrics that come in bright colors, warm neutrals, and fanciful patterns that are resistant to fading. Or, you can choose a fabric with a higher opacity that will block out sunlight and reduce heat transfer, offering even greater energy efficiency.
The air-trapping pockets in a honeycomb shade’s construction also help to absorb sound. This makes them a great choice for homes with hardwood floors, as they can dampen noise from outside and between rooms. You can also add another layer of protection against unwanted noises, such as loud neighbors or overhead planes, by choosing a double-cell cellular shade that offers superior sound absorption over single-cell products.
In addition to providing an insulated barrier against the elements, cellular shades can reduce the amount of solar heat that enters your home, saving you money on utility bills all year round. The honeycomb shape of the fabric traps air in between windows, blocking out both hot and cold air to maintain a comfortable temperature. The insulating capability of cellular shades can save homeowners hundreds of dollars each year in energy bills.
When it comes to energy efficiency, cellular shades are the top choice among custom window treatments. Unlike rollers, romans, and venetian blinds, which offer only minimal energy savings, cellular shades are up to 20% more efficient than their counterparts. With their insulating properties, these window treatments offer R-value of up to 6.4.
Choose from a variety of different cellular shade styles, such as the 3/8″ Single Cell or 3/4″ Double Cell shade to best fit your home. You can also browse the Duette Architella honeycomb shades for next-level insulation with a honeycomb-within-a-honeycomb design that is perfect for larger windows.
Our cellular shades are available with bottom up-top down lift controls, which allow you to raise your shades from the base rail at the top of your window for a clear view and then lower them to the bottom of the window for privacy and natural light control. These shades are also offered with a child-safe cordless option for a safer and more convenient home environment.