Window shades can make a significant impact on your home’s interior design. They can add color and texture while also reducing glare, providing privacy and protecting furnishings from direct sunlight.

Cellular shades are a popular window treatment option that offers light control from light filtering to blackout, and are available in cordless and remote control options for child safety. They offer a honeycomb design that maximizes energy efficiency and insulates your home.

Light Control

The right window shades can transform your home’s light and create a comfortable, well-appointed atmosphere. They are available in a variety of colors, textures and patterns that complement most interior design themes, including minimalist, industrial, and transitional styles. Choose from an array of opacity levels for precise control over sunlight that allows you to curate your ambiance in any room.

The benefits of custom shades go beyond aesthetics. Some options are designed to increase your energy efficiency and provide privacy throughout your home while also protecting your valuable belongings from harmful UV rays.

Roller shades come in a wide variety of materials, from lightweight linings that soften your view to solid black-out fabric to block out all light. Select a pattern, fringe, or trim to personalize your roller shade for your space. For more style and functionality, consider upgrading your roller shade with a motorized option for easy, smooth operation. This upgrade is especially popular for families with children or pets, as the cord-free design eliminates unsafe and unattractive free-hanging cords that pose a strangulation risk.

Roman shades, another classic window treatment option, can be customized with a front light filtering and back room-darkening layer. The layers share the same headrail, ensuring that your windows will maintain a sleek, refined appearance when the shades are open.

Another option for light control is a cellular shade, commonly referred to as honeycomb shades. These window treatments feature a distinctive honeycomb-like design that traps air and insulates your home to reduce energy costs. Available in a range of color options, pleat sizes, and patterns, these energy efficient window shades can be paired with a variety of opacity levels from sheer to blackout, as well as various automation and child safety features like a cordless lift or PowerView(tm) motorization.

When it comes to light filtration and privacy, many homeowners prefer the look of woven woods and reeds. Woven woods, reeds and bamboos bring the beauty of nature into your home while blocking out the sun’s harsh rays, reducing heat transfer, and helping to protect your furnishings from UV damage. Many of these natural woven woods and reeds shades can be paired with a top down/bottom up lift for maximum versatility.

Privacy

The right window shades will give you the privacy you desire without sacrificing your beautiful view. Many of our styles offer the option to lower from the bottom or raise from the top, so you can find your ideal balance of light, privacy and visibility. This is especially helpful if your windows face streets or neighbors’ homes. It prevents passersby from seeing into your home, letting them know you are inside & when they should leave you alone.

Window shades are also an important safety feature to have for rooms where you might be storing valuables, such as bedrooms and closets. The right window treatment can protect your possessions from unauthorized viewing by blocking out light, glare and even UV rays.

Top Down Bottom Up Shades

The best part about a top down bottom up shade is that it’s customizable to your specific needs. Do you need to block out the street noise and bright sun? Great, that’s easy with these versatile window shades. Do you need to keep the glare off your screens? No problem, just move the shade position to exactly where you need it. And do you need most of your windows covered for energy efficiency? No problem, you can have that with these shades as well.

When the shades are lowered from the top, sunlight streams across your ceiling for valuable daylighting. This reduces the need for artificial light and creates a mood-boosting atmosphere, energizing your work. And when you want to open the shades back up, the view stays untouched from outsiders.

Other types of window shades also have options to balance light, privacy and visibility. Double roller shades are a popular choice for homeowners, layering solar and blackout shade panels within the same window frame. You can keep the front solar or light filtering shade lowered during the day and then at night, pull down the back blackout shade for darkness, privacy and room darkening.

Another style of window shade that offers the perfect blend of light control, privacy and visibility is a cellular shade. These insulating window treatments are a bit more expensive than traditional roller and zebra shades, but they are well worth the investment for their ability to reduce glare and UV exposure and help you save on your energy bills. Visit your local Luxaflex retailer to see all the window shade options available for your home.

Energy Efficiency

Unlike blinds, which have individual slats that move independently, shades offer complete coverage and are designed to keep the sun out, cold air in and the heat inside. The fabric they are made from also helps block the flow of incoming sunlight, which can raise room temperatures and cause uncomfortable hot spots. This is particularly beneficial during the winter when it can help keep your home warm and cozy without raising the thermostat.

The most popular energy-efficient shades are cellular shades, which have a honeycomb shape and trap air to prevent heat loss. They are available in a wide array of fabrics, pleat sizes and colors, making them a stylish choice for any window. In addition, they also offer a variety of light-limiting options and operating systems.

Another option for energy efficiency is a cellular honeycomb shade with Duolite, which is a dual-honeycomb design that gives you even more insulation. This option provides up to 40% heat loss reduction during the winter and blocks up to 80% of solar heat to decrease cooling bills during the summer.

If you’re interested in a sleek style and top performance, consider Sonnette, which is an energy-efficient roller shade that offers both comfort and functionality. The patented roller-shutter system allows for the shade to roll down or up in one simple operation, giving you maximum versatility and privacy. Plus, the insulated construction of the shade prevents cold air from coming in during the winter and warm air from escaping during the summer.

Another way to save money on your energy bills is by installing a hybrid cellular shade, such as the Hunter Douglas Duette Architella. This model combines the benefits of a double-honeycomb shade with the innovative cellular technology of Duette Architella. This new design includes a honeycomb-within-a-honeycomb structure that creates a layer of exceptional insulation to reduce heat loss, while still allowing natural light into the room. In fact, a study conducted on the energy efficiency of this product found that it saved up to 8.7% during heating and 13.0% during cooling when compared with other traditional windows.

Easy Maintenance

Modern window shades are incredibly versatile, with plenty of options for style, light control and privacy. Consider adding some bright colors to your windows, or go for a sleek, minimalist look with sheer shades in solid hues or patterns. Sheer shades create a soft, light filter that adds texture to the room and keeps sunlight from entering. If you’re looking for something more dramatic, try a blackout roller shade that blocks sunlight from outside while keeping the room dark and comfortable.

For an added level of sophistication, many styles are available with PowerView Motorization. This innovative operating system lets you operate your shades with just the touch of a button on your remote or smart device. You can also customize automation routines that align with your daily schedule. For example, you can program your shades to open gradually in the morning like an artificial sunrise and save energy by lowering them in the evening as the sun sets. You can even sync your shades with other smart devices in your home to create a connected and seamless living experience.

Motorized shades make it easy to manage large areas of window coverings. They are perfect for hard to reach windows or for homes with kids and pets, eliminating the dangers of cord strangulation. You can even use them in media rooms and home theaters to lower the shades during movie-watching to reduce glare on the screen and improve your viewing experience.

If you’re looking for an environmentally friendly option, consider a woven wood shade. Woven from bamboos, jutes, rattans, and reeds, these natural shades add a warm, earthy vibe to any space while providing significant thermal benefits. They are also a Cradle to Cradle certified product, contributing toward points in a LEED or WELL project.

If you’re ready to explore the advantages of a custom shade solution, contact us today for a free consultation in St. George, UT. Our experienced design consultants will help you find the right products for your home or commercial application. We’re committed to helping you find a sustainable and beautiful solution for your windows!