Aura
Program your window treatments so that they adjust themselves automatically, creating the perfect room ambiance morning, noon and night.
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.
Flooring
Give your interiors a design step-up with quality home flooring.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
Consumer Financing by Wells Fargo
We offer financing options for our customers, subject to approved credit.
Window Covering Measuring & Installations
Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
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Bathroom
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Bedroom
See window covering solutions for privacy and room darkening.
Home Office
See window covering solutions for light filtering and glare control.
Kitchen
See window covering solutions for a variety of needs and kitchen styles.
Living Room
See window covering solutions for light filtering and UV protection.
Media Room
See room darkening window treatments for your media room.
Nursery & Kids Room
See child-safe window coverings for baby nurseries and kids rooms
Angled Windows
See blinds and shades for angled, sloped, and triangle-shaped windows.
Arched Windows
See blinds and shades for arched, half-circle or half-moon windows.
Bay, Bow, Corner Windows
See blinds and shades for bay, bow and corner windows.
French Doors
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Sidelights
See blinds and shades for sidelight windows.
Sliding Glass Doors
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Skylights
See blinds and shades specifically suited for skylights.
Automated
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Blackout
See our options for blinds and shades that best control light.
Energy Efficient
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Light Filtering
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Child and Pet-Friendly
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Best Blackout Shades for Homes
Summer is officially here in the great state of Louisiana. While we all are certainly acclimated to a hot day, you certainly don’t want to put up with bright sunshine streaming into your home 24/7. That can make you want to reach for your fans, sun hats and sunglasses, even while you are inside of your home. Constant bright sunlight coming into our homes can also threaten to damage our flooring, furniture, artwork, and other interiors of our home with harmful UV rays.
Plus, if you are trying to get some sleep, bright sunlight streaming into your bedroom window in the early mornings or evenings can prevent you from achieving REM sleep. Artificial light, such as street lights and car headlights, can also disrupt this much-needed sleep pattern. Are you to throw black tarps over your windows to enjoy some solace from the sun? Absolutely not! Classic Interiors and Hunter Douglas offer some of the best blackout shades on the market, including Duette® Honeycomb Shades and Designer Screen Shades. Read on to learn more about these custom window treatments.
Best Blackout Shades for Energy Efficiency
Have you noticed that no matter how much you crank up your air conditioning unit, your home still feels hot? This is me even more frustrating knowing that you will receive a higher energy bill at the end of the month. When our windows are poorly insulated, our home’s cool air can seep out and hot air from outside can come in. That is why one of the best blackout shades for energy efficiency are our Hunter Douglas Duette® Honeycomb Shades. Featuring a honeycomb (or cellular) design, these shades trap air right at your windows for natural insulation that keeps your home comfortable all summer long.
You can also enjoy flexibility with the many systems available with Duette® Honeycomb Shades. The innovative LightLock™ system completely eliminates light gaps for shade that you will love throughout the day and night. The available Duolite® feature offers two fabric panels – one light filtering and one light blocking – that gives you total light control and can be operated independently from each other.
Best Blackout Shades for UV Protection
While you might not put sunscreen on the interiors of your home, that does not mean it doesn’t require UV protection. Otherwise, constant sunlight can cause serious damage to your home’s interiors over time. That is why another one of the best blackout shades are our Hunter Douglas Designer Screen Shades. These shades, as well as our other roller shades from Hunter Douglas, offer UV protection without taking away from your views. Enjoy a selection of fabrics with different levels of opacity from 1% to 10% for the perfect fit for your space.
Designer Banded Shades also combine alternating sheer and solid fabric bands into a single shade for powerful light control that never clutters your window. We can also introduce you to the various fabric colors that will match your home’s style.
Conclusion
To learn more about the best blackout shades for homes, be sure to contact or visit us today at Classic Interiors. We are located in Kenner, Louisiana, and proudly serve Metairie, New Orleans, and St. Charles, Louisiana, and we look forward to serving you this summer and all year round.