SHADE TYPES

Hunter Douglas Sonnette Cellular Rolling Shades. Available in SoftTouch, as seen above 

Also available with PowerView Gen3 technology

Or, LiteRise Cord free operation.

Beautiful, modern & energy efficient!

VERSATILE, ENERGY EFFICIENT SHADES

Vertical Sliding door 3/4" Solution with cord free bottom up shades

• Standard cord
• Cord loop
• Smart Release (Norman Patent)
  
• Motorized/Remote Power (YouTube below)
  
• Cordless
• LiteRise (HD Patent)
• UltraGlide (HD Patent)
• Plus other Non mechanical features

A very popular newer style of cellular Shade is called the Sonnette by Hunter Douglas. It's actually a rolling cellular shade that comes with a myriad of styles, colors and mechanisms.

FABRICS & PRICE CATEGORIES

• Translucent/Sheer
• Semi sheer
• Light filtering
• Semi Opaque
  
• Room Darkening/Opaque
• Price categories to numerous to name

Motorized Top down bottom up Light filtering 3/4" Shades on angled windows

Cordless bottom up double 3/4" Cellular Shade on French door.

MODERN, STREAMLINED, SIMPLISTIC...

Roller Shades are the oldest known type of Shade. Pretty simple, wrap some fabric around a pole and voila, there you have it, a roller Shade. Not so fast there, it's not just quite that simple. These days Shades have to be able to go up & down with ease. They can't just be the clunky snap up shades of the past. They have to be smooth. Technology has arrived and most of the different companies all have their versions of Cordless, Custom Clutch & Remote Roller Shades. We even have Smart products that can be operated by the Alexa & Google home voice command modules. Roller Shades are rapidly becoming the most popular Shades around. They can even be made into Panel Tracks like the Hunter Douglas Skyline. Roller Shades can be made of virtually any type of fabric, and they come in myriads of colors and styles. See some of the pictures below to get an idea of just how diverse these age old Shades have become.

Hunter Douglas Skyline gliding panels on a large sliding glass door.

Remote Patterned Roller Shades on a California wall using Cassettes.

Remote Roller Shades with a flat fabric wrapped valances can look quite elegant.

And they do a great job with privacy as well

High end Hunter Douglas or Insolroll Designer Roller Shades can be installed with fully exposed Bronze hardware

The simplest Cordfree Roller Shade can add style to just about any window.

While a darker and warmer look can be achieved,  adding privacy as well.

There are many different types of Specialty Shades. Some of the most prominent are Roman Shades. Roman Shades have been around for a very long time. Traditionally manufactured in Custom Drapery Workrooms, Roman Shades are perhaps the epidemy of a luxury shade. They can be fluffy, they can be smooth, they can be tailored, they can be modern and technical or they can be flat.

One of the coolest style of Roman Shade is called the Hunter Douglas Vignette. It can have a rolling mechanism or a standard drop down and utilizes various different modern mechanisms. (Below)

Just about any fabric you might be in love with can be manufactured into some sort of Roman Shade. Roman Shades are a beautiful product.

CONFIGURATIONS

• Vertical Solutions/Averte`
• Bottom up Shades
• Top down Shades
• Top down bottom up Shades
• Day/Night Shades
• Specialty Shades
  

Roman Shades can also be flat and have trim around the edges. There are multiple variations and styles of Roman Shades. They can get very extravagent depending on your personal taste.

Typical 'Hobbled' Style Cord free Roman Shade

MECHANISMS

• Standard cord
• Cord loop
• Smart Release (Norman Patent)
• Motorized/Remote Power
• Cordless/Cord free
• LiteRise (HD Patent)
• Ultra Glide (HD Patent)

• Hobbled
• Flat
• Relaxed
• Stagecoach
• London/European
• Batten back
• Batten front
• Many other exotic styles
  

Top down bottom up hobbled Vignette Roman Shade

Bamboo styled Woven Wood Shades normally fit into the Roman Shades category. The Averte` Shade below is great for Sliding glass door applications.

Hunter Douglas Silhouettes are another type of Specialty Shade. They can be down and fully closed, down and open or completely up and out of the window view.

The Zebra styled Shade is another Specialty shade very popular in Europe and gaining popularity rapidly in the USA.