Looking to upgrade to modern window treatments for your home? Now is a great time to take advantage of the many advances in design and fashion aesthetic of contemporary window treatments. Read on to learn more about the modern window treatment upgrades available in the Hunter Douglas collection of window coverings.
Hybrid Styles
No longer is a shade just a shade. Creative design engineering has found ways to morph the best features of multiple shade styles into a singular treatment. For example, the innovative cellular construction of honeycomb shades that Hunter Douglas added to the Roller and Roman shades allows for energy savings in addition to being high fashion. Now in their collection of hybrid shades, there are Sonnette® Cellular Roller Shades (that combine the sleek feel of roller shades with the cellular construction of honeycomb shades) and Solera® Soft Shades (an amalgamation of classic Roman shades and insulating honeycomb shades).
Motorized Operation
The latest updates to modern window treatments include advancements to their operating systems. These improvements can make the treatment more manageable and precise for better energy efficiency. Hunter Douglas has PowerView® to control its motorized options. The PowerView® system has an intuitive design that homeowners can use to control modern window treatments throughout their home using a handheld remote, centrally located wall panel, or online app accessible with any smartphone or tablet. For households with home assistant programs (like Alexa, Apple Home Kit, or Google Assistant), PowerView can be incorporated into the existing programming for voice control options; it is also compatible with smart homes for fully integrated systems.
Eco-Friendly Fabrics
Taking style to an environmentally friendly place, Hunter Douglas partnered with Bionic® to create GreenScreen® Sea-Tex™ Fabric, a sustainable fabric made of recovered coastal and marine plastic. GreenScreen Sea-Tex fabrics come in 5 rich neutral tones with a 3% openness. You can find the exclusive GreenScreen Sea-Tex fabrics as a choice on Hunter Douglas Designer Screen Shades.
There are also woven wood shades made of bamboo that are part of the Provenance® Woven Wood Shades line that present sustainable choices in material for homeowners. Bamboo has a much shorter harvesting life than woods and can be sustainably cultivated and farmed, then crafted into stylish, modern window treatments.
Advanced Light-Control
The modern world is a busy, chaotic place, and our lives can often match that tempo. We do a hundred things a day, and we expect the same multi-useful purposefulness when it comes to modern window treatments. Advanced designs like we see in the Duolite® System by Hunter Douglas have found ways to make a single shade more versatile. The Duolite system allows for two shades, one light-filtering, and the other room-darkening, to be operated on a singular roller unit; now you have one shade that can serve many purposes. The Duolite system can work on select Hunter Douglas roller shades, Roman shades, cellular honeycomb shades, and sheer shadings.
Learn more about the latest advancements in modern window treatments by contacting the team at Vignettes Home. Request a consultation to discuss innovative Hunter Douglas operating systems like Duolite or PowerView, eco-friendly product options, and the best-advanced design for modern window treatments. Vignettes Home has two locations near Galena, Illinois, and Dubuque, Iowa serving the communities of Dubuque, IA; Cedar Rapids, IA; Davenport, IA; and Platteville, IA, as well as the greater Galena area in Illinois.