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.
Custom Bedding
We create one-of-a-kind custom bedding designs.
Drapery & Valances
Add the perfect finishing touch to your windows.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
Upholstery
We offer re-upholstery services for all furniture styles.
Window Covering Measuring & Installations
Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
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Bathroom
See window covering solutions for privacy and moisture-resistance.
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
See shutters, blinds and shades for French Doors.
Sidelights
See blinds and shades for sidelight windows.
Sliding Glass Doors
See blinds and shades for patio and sliding-glass doors.
Skylights
See blinds and shades specifically suited for skylights.
Automated
See all options for automated blinds and shades.
Blackout
See our options for blinds and shades that best control light.
Energy Efficient
See blinds and shades that help save energy at the window.
Light Filtering
See blinds and shades for light filtering and UV protection.
Child and Pet-Friendly
See blinds and shades that are safer for children and pets.
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Best Room-Darkening Window Treatments for Homes
Whether you’re after more restful sleep or you simply want thorough light control in each room, adding room-darkening window treatments could be the right choice for you. Luckily, you’ll get far more than just effective light control when you customize blackout shades and room-darkening window treatments with Hunter Douglas. By exploring different window treatment styles and options for personalization, you can get room-darkening window treatments you’ll also enjoy looking at.
Duolite®
It’s possible to turn a wide variety of shad styles into effective room-darkening window treatments when you add the available Duolite® system. This system is a great option for rooms where you’ll want to maintain the option to have light-filtering shades. This is because the system adds an independent blackout liner that you can operate behind your normal set of shades. And when you want to darken any room, you’ll get to watch as your shades turn into effective blackout shades in seconds.
One of the best parts of this feature is that you’d never know it was there until you started lowering the blackout liner. Since the system works from the same headrail as your main set of shades, your window treatments will maintain an uncluttered appearance.
Design Studio™ Side Panels and Drapery
Vertical drapery has long been a traditional way to get excellent light control and luxurious style. When you choose Design Studio™ Side Panels and Drapery for your windows, you will have some exciting options for customization, including when it comes to your choice of opacities. By selecting a room-darkening fabric, you can keep your bedroom dark at night and enjoy the comforting style and sound-dampening, making your bedroom a great place to rest.
You can make this effect even more dramatic by adding PowerView® Automation, which lets you schedule your room-darkening window treatments or use voice commands to adjust the light.
Designer Roller Shades
While there are other room-darkening roller shades out there, Hunter Douglas Designer Roller Shades stand out thanks to their precise fit into your windowsills. This allows them to be very effective room-darkening shades while also looking sleeker compared to other roller shades. Plus, you can enjoy the convenience and precision of the Custom Clutch headrail along with the beautiful fabrics of the Alustra® Woven Textures® collection.
Duette® Honeycomb Shades
The number of ways to customize Duette® Honeycomb Shades seems nearly endless, including when it comes to adding room-darkening features like Duolite®. Operating Duolite® on your energy-efficient shades will be especially fun too since it uses a sleek center headrail design you can operate by moving directly with your hands. Another exciting option you can add for easy room-darkening is LightLock™. As the leading blackout shade system on the market, this system is capable of making your home pitch black even when the sun is shining.
Here at Barrington Draperies & Shutters, we are proud to offer a great selection of custom room-darkening window treatments from Hunter Douglas. We are located in Barrington, IL, and serve the Northwest suburbs, including Palatine, and Kildeer. Visit us today!