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Program your window treatments so that they adjust themselves automatically, creating the perfect room ambiance morning, noon and night.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
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Automated
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Blackout
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The Best Rooms for Top-Down Bottom-Up Shades
Back in the day, window treatments were operated on an up-and-down basis. You lift your shades to enjoy your views, and then you lower them to enjoy privacy. But what if you wanted to enjoy both light and privacy?
Top-down, bottom-up shades do just that. As suggested by the name, these shades can be raised and lowered from both the top or the bottom. You can also use a combination of both! The goal of these shades is to meet all your privacy needs while still giving you access to natural light exactly how you wish.
So, what are the best rooms for top-down, bottom-up shades? Here at Bay Blinds, some of our favorites include:
Bedrooms
Bedrooms are often the most popular place for top-down bottom-up shades. This is because these shades allow you to strike the perfect balance between natural light and privacy in a space where you want privacy the most. By lowering the top of the shade, you can enjoy sunlight while maintaining privacy at eye level. In the evening, you can lower the entire shade for complete privacy and darkness, promoting a restful night's sleep. If you find that you have a hard time regulating the temperature in your bedroom, top-down, bottom-up Hunter Douglas cellular shades help trap air at your windows to keep your home warm in the winter and cool in the summer, naturally.
Living Rooms
Living rooms are another one of the best areas for top-down, bottom-up shades, as they are perfect for maximizing natural light during the day while preventing glare on your TV or computer screen. Additionally, you can adjust them to the desired height to create a warm and inviting atmosphere when you have guests over. Since living rooms tend to have larger windows, we recommend selecting cellular shades for their insulation properties, as mentioned above. This will help keep you and your guests comfortable during visits throughout the year.
Home Offices
We have all dealt with the annoyance of glare on our monitors or laptops during the workday. That is why another one of the best rooms for top-down, bottom-up shades is home offices. These shades allow you to control natural light while reducing glare on computer screens to cultivate a productive work environment. Plus, these shades allow you to give your eyes a rest to look outside without dealing with the harsh lighting.
Bathrooms
Bathrooms often demand a delicate balance between privacy and light. You want to enjoy natural lighting, but you don’t want people peering into this extremely private space. Top-down bottom-up shades are a practical solution for bathrooms because you can lower the top of the shade to let in natural light while maintaining privacy at eye level. It’s the best of both worlds!
Contact Bay Blinds for Hunter Douglas Window Treatments
Top-down bottom-up shades, in the end, can fit perfectly within any room in your home. However, we hope our insights above help inspire you to see the benefit of these wonderful shades! To learn more about the benefits of top-down, bottom-up shades, visit us today at Bay Blinds.
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Bay Blinds Window Coverings is located in Novato, California, and proudly serves Marin County and Sonoma County, including Novato, Marin, and San Rafael, California.