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.
Cornices
We offer window treatments for any business or commercial setting.
Drapery & Valances
Add the perfect finishing touch to your windows.
Flooring
We offer a large selection of flooring options for your home.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
Window Top Treatments
Add color and softness to your window with top treatments.
After-Hours & In-Home Consultations
Our schedule is flexible, and we can come to your home for a consultation.
Blind and Shade Repairs
We offer quick and professional repairs for your blinds and shades.
Interior Design Consultations
We can help you create your dream interior.
Upholstery Cleaning
We offer professional upholstery cleaning services.
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
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Child and Pet-Friendly
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Sheer Panels VS Sheer Shades
Decorating your home all comes down to choices. Should you choose a marble countertop or granite? Do you want genuine wood flooring, or would you prefer forward flooring? What color schemes work best with your furniture? Do you want new furniture? These questions don’t even touch the options bestowed upon you when you decide to add new window treatments to your home.
For example, what is a sheer panel, and how is that different than a sheer shade? When it comes to the dissection of sheer panels versus sheer shades, we have you covered so that you have all of the information you need. Read on to learn more about these window treatment options, their benefits, and if they are the right match for your home.
What Is the Difference?
When it comes to Hunter Douglas sheer panels versus sheer shades, the difference lies within their orientation and benefits. Luminette® Sheer Panels are crafted from drapery-like sheers that exude a soft glow.
These panels are distinctly designed to control light while creating privacy at the same time with their rotating fabric vanes. They are also excellent at providing UV protection. These panels are typically only fitted for sliding glass doors, patio windows, or sidelights.
Hunter Douglas Silhouette® Sheer Shades, on the other hand, features S-shaped fabric vanes that float between the sheers. They are lightweight but offer powerful light-diffusing properties that provide a gorgeous glow throughout your home and daytime privacy. These shades are made for vertical and horizontal window shapes, including arches, angles, trapezoids, circles, ovals, sliding glass doors, and more.
Which Is Right for Your Home?
Next on the sheer panels versus sheer shades discourse is deciding which is best for your home. If you want to cover a wider expanse of glass, such as sliding glass doors or patio doors, then sheer panels are an excellent way to go. They were designed to fit these types of windows effortlessly to provide you with light control and daytime privacy. On the other hand, if you want light-diffusing properties and privacy on windows of various shapes and sizes, then sheer shades will be your best bet. Each offers significant benefits both aesthetically and functionally when you choose from Hunter Douglas, so the main difference is what type of windows you need to be covered.
Contact Us Today
When it comes to covering the windows in your home, it can feel a little overwhelming to decide which window treatment is the best. That is why our team is happy to help you find the right fit for your home! Whether you need more information on sheer panels versus sheer shades or want to modernize your home with chic shades, shutters, or blinds from Hunter Douglas, we are happy to help.
Contact or visit us today at In The Shade to get started. We are located in Cape Coral, Florida, and proudly serve Southwest Florida, including Sanibel, Captiva, Pine Island, San Carlos Park, Punta Gorda, and Fort Myers, Florida.