Layered Window Treatments for Superior Insulation

Just like layering on extra pairs of pants or socks will keep you warmer in the winter, your home’s insulation will improve with layered drapery. Near Barrington, Illinois, Barrington Draperies and Shutters carry high-quality Hunter Douglas window treatments that will enhance the aesthetic of your home. Learn how to layer your favorite Hunter Douglas window and drapery to create insulating treatments.

Reasons To Insulate Your Windows with Layered Drapery

Near Barrington, Illinois, winters are frigid, and summers are blistering. When you select a window treatment you like, with drapery to go over it, the layered effect creates an instant visual appeal that makes your home look and feel warmer. In addition to style, insulating window treatments have many benefits, not just in winter:

• Comfortable temperature: The layers keep hot air where it belongs: In your home in winter and outside in summer. This feature improves your energy efficiency and lowers your energy bill.
• Increased privacy: When you draw the shades and drapes, it prevents others from seeing them. This possibility is significant at night when the light in your home makes it easier to see inside.
• Better sleep: Drapery and shades block light, leading to deeper, less-fragmented sleep. This capability is doubly important if you sleep or nap during the day.
• Deeper quiet: The thick, layered fabrics of drapery and window treatments absorb sound.

How To Create Insulating Window Treatments

Just like it’s easy to put on a second pair of larger socks, selecting insulating window treatments is easy.

Select a window treatment you like, then layer drapery on top. That’s it. These simple steps offer many benefits, including a more sophisticated look for your home.

You can select just about any window treatment to get the insulating benefits of layered window treatments. Still, some will be more effective than others.

• If you want the most energy-efficient option, select Hunter Douglas Duette® Cellular Shades. Sonnette® Cellular Roller Shades are another alternative. Both use the honeycomb cell structure that insulates windows.
• The thick, layered fabric of Vignette® Roman Shades can absorb sound and insulate your windows.
• Parkland® Wood Blinds add some insulation when closed, and you can easily twist the slats to adjust the light.

Add custom drapery on top of your window treatment. The drapery should extend above your window and out past it to enclose the entire window. This step will provide the best aesthetic, light control, privacy, and energy savings.

Select custom fabrics that you love.

• Hundreds of colors and patterns are available, so you can find something that enhances the look of your home.
• The thicker the fabrics, the better they’ll insulate and absorb light.
• For the most energy savings, find something with a closed weave, like velvet, over an open weave, like lace.
• Over time, select drapery for each season.

Get Layered Drapery Near Barrington, Illinois, Today!

When you’re ready to layer your window treatments to get all the benefits of that superior insulation, contact Barrington Draperies and Shutters. Our professional staff will help you select styles, colors, and fabrics you love. Request a consultation using our online form or call. We proudly serve Barrington, Palatine, Kildeer, Illinois, and the Northwest Chicagoland area. Contact us today!