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.
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We offer window treatments for any business or commercial setting.
Drapery & Valances
Add the perfect finishing touch to your windows.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
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Custom Hunter Douglas Blackout Shades
With summer just around the corner, we are all getting to see more of the sun than we have in a long while. While this can certainly be exciting—for children, plants, and even our mental health, which can struggle in the winter months when sunlight is sparse—it can also result in some unexpected problems. The sun is rising earlier these days, which can wake you up earlier than you may like. Additionally, if you find yourself working from home, it can be difficult to accomplish what you need to do when the sunlight is casting glare on all of your screens. All good things are best in moderation, and this is just as true with sunlight as it is with all other good things. If you are looking to ensure that your home has the light control you need to get work done, relax, and everything in between, this is the blog for you. Keep reading to let the team at Sun Catchers Blind, Shades, & Shutters tell you about custom Hunter Douglas blackout shades for homes near Hixson, TN.
What are blackout shades?
Blackout shades tend to have one major moment in the sun each year: at the end of the summer when college students are getting ready to move into dorms. College students are known for keeping unusual hours, and these shades are meant to cater to that, often being much more functional than they are fashionable. Custom Hunter Douglas blackout shades have sought to elevate these shades to bring you the best in both light control and style, allowing you to choose from a variety of different shade styles while still bringing you near 100% total light blockage.
What are my choices for blackout shades?
Almost all Hunter Douglas window shade styles can be upgraded to become custom Hunter Douglas blackout shades. When choosing the fabric of your custom window shades, you will also be able to choose the opacity, allowing you to transform the shades that most suit your design needs into shades that also suit your practical needs. Even shades that are not typically this opaque—such as woven wood shades—can be purchased with added fabric liners to increase the opacity of the shade. With Hunter Douglas, it has never been easier to find the ideal blackout shades for your home.
How do I operate blackout shades?
The operation of your custom Hunter Douglas blackout shades will vary depending on which style you choose to purchase. However, all Hunter Douglas window shades can be upgraded to the Hunter Douglas PowerView® automation system. If light control is truly your goal, PowerView® is the easiest way to maximize the light blockage of your window treatments. You can automate your shades to raise and lower automatically with local sunrise and sunset times, or even according to your own unique schedule. Additionally, you can easily adjust your shades remotely as needed.
To learn more about custom Hunter Douglas blackout shades for homes near Hixson, TN, contact Sun Catchers Blind, Shades, & Shutters today! Our showroom is conveniently located in Chattanooga, TN, but we also proudly serve the surrounding areas, including Ooltewah, East Brainerd, Soddy Daisy, Hixson, Cleveland, Signal Mountain, and Lookout Mountain, TN.