While statement furniture pieces, large appliances, or room layout may be the first thing you think of when you think about designing your home’s interiors, window treatment can make or break the feel of a room.

The right window treatment can add color, texture, warmth, and style to a room, all while saving you money on your energy bills and giving you the privacy you desire. 

Don’t let the wide array of types of window shades overwhelm you.

Roller Shades

The days of roller shades, or roll-up shades, that would flop around and refuse to open and close correctly are long gone.

Sleek look & Endless Versatility = Roller Shades

Roller shades are one of the most popular window shade varieties today due to their sleek look and endless versatility.

Roller shades work by attaching a single, long piece of fabric to a roller, spring-loaded or motorized, that can then extend and retract with a simple pull. The type of fabric, texture, and color of roller shades can be customized to your liking, making these some of the most versatile window treatments, suitable for any room in the home.

Cellular Shades

Out of all the different types of window shades, cellular shades are the most energy-efficient. If you’ve been shopping around for shades, chances are you’ve probably heard cellular shades being talked about as green or energy-efficient.

Cellular shades, sometimes called honeycomb shades, are the best shades at insulating your home and minimizing heat gain from your windows. They do this by utilizing a specific cellular or honeycomb structure that creates air pockets within the window shade. These air pockets act as an extra barrier between a window and your home and, therefore, an extra layer of insulation, keeping your interiors comfortable all year round.

Double Cell vs. Single Cell Cellular Shades

Cellular shades are available in a single layer honeycomb and a double layer, called “single cell” and “double cell,” respectively. Naturally, double-cell window shades are more energy efficient than single-cell window shades.

The cells in cellular shades give them a pleated appearance. The added texture makes this one of the more elegant window treatments around.

Cellular shades also come in a variety of different opacities and cell sizes. You can determine how much light you want to enter your room, from sheer natural light for living spaces to complete blackout for a bedroom. You can also choose how large you want the pleats on your cellular shades to be to match the look of your room.

Energy Efficiency

During the heating seasons, tightly installed cellular shades reduce heat loss through windows by 40% or more; this equals about 10% heating energy savings. Cellular shade is the number one choice if you want to improve energy efficiency at home.

Woven Wood Shades

Woven wood shades are great for bringing more of a natural feel into your home compared to other types of window shades. 

This type of window treatment exchanges the traditional piece of fabric for a complex texture made of some combination of grasses, reeds, and woods. Some woven wood shades combine multiple of these materials, while others are made of just one.

Add Texture And Drama To Your Boring Old Windows

Woven wood shades provide a focal point of visual interest to any room in which they’re installed without sacrificing any of the utility of a traditional window shade. Woven wood shades, like other styles of window shades, allow different light levels to enter a room. You can customize the weave size on a woven wood shade to let in more or less light for your desired level of privacy.

The relaxed and calming atmosphere woven wood shades bring to a room can be spruced up by being paired with drapery to create a more elegant look.

Bamboo Shades

The Most Environmentally Friendly Shade?

Bamboo window shades are woven wood shades crafted specifically from bamboo. This type of window shade uses one of the most environmentally friendly renewable materials.

Like other woven wood shades, you can customize bamboo window shades to your liking, adjusting light opacity and direction. You can make the shades open from the top down or from the bottom up.

The naturalistic feeling that bamboo shades provide is unmatched by any other type of window shade. They can stand on their own, amplifying the natural elements and creating an outdoorsy feel in your living space, or you can surround them with curtains to enhance the aesthetic of any room.

Pleated Shades

Pleated shades have the same distinct pleated look as cellular shades do but without the complex honeycomb texture.

Modern Minimalism With Stunning Sophistication

The design of the pleated shade uses a single piece of fabric folded to create a pleated look when fully extended. On this type of window shade typically come in 1″ and 2″ to align with whatever style you may want.

Though pleated and cellular shades look similar, pleated shades have functionality more similar to roller shades. You can easily open and close them using a string or a cordless function. The single piece of fabric can be easier to clean than the honeycomb structured cellular shades. Pleated shades close in layers that can be almost flush with a window frame, like a roller shade.

Blackout Shades

An Economical Solution To Mitigating Light And Providing Privacy

Blackout shades are the ideal window shade for areas of the home you may want to keep darker.

This type of window shade provides the highest level of light control and privacy. You can keep your bedrooms cool and dark for sleeping or your family room atmospheric on movie nights

Motorized Shades

If you want top-of-the-line convenience and modern technology, motorized shades might be the window treatment for you. Motorized shades get rid of the age-old hassle of cords or strings dangling from your shades. 

Gone are the days where you have to open and close your window shades by hand. 

Add Value To Your Home

Though motorizing your window shades might seem superfluous, the utility and ease of motorized shades is anything but. You can hardwire motorized shades or install them with solar-powered batteries. Meaning you don’t have to deal with the hassle of changing the batteries on them every few months.

You can sync motorized shades to fully smarten your home. Some brands allow you to customize the shades to open and close on a schedule.

This type of window shade is ideal for those looking to fully automate their home. If you have high-up windows that you can’t easily access, consider using a motorized shade.

For extra guidance or more tips to know what exact product would be a perfect fit to your home, schedule a consultation with our professional team at Couvrant.