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
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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 Shades for Optimal Lightning
The summer months may be winding down, but there is a lot of sunshine left to be enjoyed in the great state of Louisiana. In fact, even during the autumn and winter months, sunshine still pokes its way through the sky and lights up our homes. This is especially true if your home has a lot of windows. While we love a sunny day any time of the year, it is important to find shades for optimal lighting throughout your home. Otherwise, you might start to feel like you need to wear sunglasses inside up until December. Plus, consistent UV light hitting the interiors of your home can bleach your furniture, carpeting, wood flooring, and more. Read on to learn more about Hunter Douglas Silhouette® Sheer Shades to see how you can transform the lighting in your home.
Enjoy Total Light Control
We may not be able to control the sun itself, but we can control where it goes within our home with Silhouette® Sheer Shades. With soft, adjustable S-shaped vanes sandwiched in between two sheer panels, these sheer shades beautifully filter sunlight into a gorgeous glow while obscuring the outside world’s view into your abode. This allows you to enjoy natural lighting without dealing with the prying eyes of your neighbors. In need of more light control? Then you are in the right place. The full movement of the double-layered vanes on our Hunter Douglas Silhouette Halo™ Shadings let you instantly redirect sunlight in a room. This gives you precise light control throughout the day. No more hiding from the sun by moving to different rooms!
UV Protection
As mentioned, a little sun here and there is absolutely fine. However, excessive sunlight can be incredibly damaging for the interiors of your home. It can damage flooring, furniture, upholstery, and artwork. Yikes. Fortunately, choosing shades for optimal lighting means choosing shades that offer UV protection when you pick Hunter Douglas. The stunning sheer fabrics of our Silhouette® Sheer Shades softly filter out brightness, glare and UV rays to protect the interiors of your home. In fact, depending on your fabric choices, the shadings can filter up to 88% of the sun’s harmful rays. If UV protection is important to you, our friendly team of experts can help you find the right fabric opacity.
Room Darkening
Finally, if you want to enjoy lighting during some parts of the day and shade during others, you will love our Hunter Douglas Silhouette Duolite® Shadings. These shadings offer light-diffusing benefits plus room-darkening capabilities thanks to the independently operated roller shade nestled right behind the main shade layer. You will no longer have to deal with glare on your screens, intense sunlight, or artificial light from street lamps and car headlights streaming through your windows. This is perfect for media rooms, guest bedrooms, primary bedrooms, or other areas that need a little extra shade.
Conclusion
To learn more about shades for optimal lighting, be sure to contact or visit us today at Classic Interiors. We are located in Kenner, Louisiana, and proudly serve Kenner, Metairie, New Orleans, and St. Charles, Louisiana. We cannot wait to help you with your interior design goals!