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.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
Blind and Shade Repairs
We offer quick and professional repairs for your blinds and shades.
Window Covering Cleaning
We offer professional window treatment cleaning services.
Window Covering Measuring & Installations
Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
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Automated
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Blackout
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Top Blackout Shades for Homes
If there is one thing that we love about the summer, it is all that wonderful sunshine. Gone are the dark, dreary days of winter and here are the days of blue skies and warm weather. Of course, with every wonderful thing comes a little bit of a downfall. While we love some bright sunny days, we don’t want that bright sun to follow us into our homes when we want some reprieve from the sunlight.
If your windows are not properly covered, that sunlight can stream right on and throughout the day and evening. Not only can this heat up your home, but I can also make you feel like you need to wear sunglasses inside of your own house. Plus, both artificial and natural light (such as sunlight, moonlight, car headlights, and street lamps) can disturb you from getting a good night’s sleep. Constant sunlight can also wreak havoc on your hardwood floors, furniture, and artwork.
Fortunately, Hunter Douglas has some of the top black out shades in the window treatment market. Read on to discover the best blackout shades for your home.
Top Blackout Shades for Efficiency
As mentioned, bright sunlight can cause your home to feel a lot warmer than it should be. This can result in you cranking up the AC and facing insanely high energy bills at the end of the month. Fortunately, one of the top blackout shades for efficiency are our Hunter Douglas Duette® Honeycomb Shades. Featuring a cellular construction, the shades trap air at your windows to prevent any cool air from leaking out or hot air from creeping in. This results in lower energy those over time.
Additionally, Duette® Honeycomb Shades feature a wide range of systems to allow you to enjoy shade. For example, the innovative LightLock™ system available with all Duette shades completely eliminates light gaps, allowing you to achieve ample shade throughout the day and night.
Hunter Douglas’ innovative Duolite® feature is also a wonderful option, as it lets you enjoy complete light control due to combining two fabric panels in one shade. One of the fabric panels is made from a light filtering fabric and the other from a light blocking fabric, giving you total light control. Both layers can be moved independently.
Top Blackout Shades for UV Protection
Another one of our top blackout shades for homes are Hunter Douglas Designer Banded Shades. Designer Banded Shades combine alternating sheer and solid fabric bands in a single shade for a chic and powerful window treatment. We can also introduce you to the various fabric colors that you will love.
Any roller shade from this collection will provide ample UV protection and shade without taking away from your views. Roller shades also help with energy efficiency and room darkening, so can remain shaded and cool all summer long.
Conclusion
To learn more about top blackout shades for homes, be sure to contact or visit us today at Betz Blinds. We are located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and proudly serve Harrisburg, Brookings, and Mitchell, South Dakota; Rock Rapids, Larchwood, Spirit Lake, and Okoboji, Iowa; and Luverne, Minnesota.