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.
Interior Design Ideas
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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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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!