Vignette® Modern Folding Shades

Roman shades provide a soft elegant look to any room. The look is timeless and rich. The picture on this page shows the Hunter Douglas Vignette®. While a traditional roman gathers in soft folds below the window header, Vignette rolls into its headrail/valance system. Several stylish fabrics and fold sizes are available.

New to the Vignette line is Top Down/Bottom up, for those applications where you need low privacy and want to enjoy your view.

Folds: Vignette has offered their traditional 3″ and 4″ contoured fold and now available is 6″ Tailored flat fold.

Vignette is now available in Evescape room darkening in all fabrics, colors and fold types. (Except Evescape is not available in top down/bottom up.)

Maximum size in Evescape is 72″ x 84″. If you need Evescape for a wider application, you can order the window covering with 2 panels in one headrail. That width limit applies to the rest of the line, except a few fabrics have a 70″ width limit.

Vignette window coverings, by Hunter Douglas, are only available in our local service area.

Wood Blinds

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Wood Blinds

Our primary vendor for wood blinds is Hunter Douglas. They have a very expansive wood blind offering at attractive prices. Their line includes Country Woods in 2″ slats in smooth or textured finish, as well as 2 5/8″ slats. There is even a 3 1/2″ wooden vertical product called Crosswinds.

Shades Of The Future® has searched the marketplace for wood blinds that offer the best price/value. Our recommendation is Hunter Douglas for wood blinds.

Reliable, consistent quality is the prime reason for this recommendation.

Hunter Douglas now offers TopShield II™ finishing process to further protect Country Woods real wood blinds. This includes further resistance to: fading, moisture, scratches and chemicals.

Wood Blind Key Benefits:

• Real wood product
• Additional mini wood slats offered in 1″ and 1 3/8″ vanes
• Lighter weight than vinyl products
• Fewer vertical ladders to interrupt your view than other window covering products
• Up to 8′ as a single width
• Moderately priced, US made
• Priced lower than Duette cellular products
• High quality operating system
• Many choices of paint and stain finished
• Stained finishes are beautiful

Everwood® Faux wood blinds (Our best selling horizontal slat blind):

For a man-made alternative to wood blinds we recommend Hunter Douglas’ premium faux wood blind: Everwood. Our research and experience with this product shows that Everwood will perform in harsh, high humidity environments and where moisture may be splashed on the slats. The extruded slat is a combination of wood fiber and polymers. It will fool anyone. It looks just like wood. Everwood is now available in 20 white and off-white finishes with new stained colors and etched finishes. Everwood will price out about 15% less than Country Woods. The Delight feature is NOW available on 2″ Everwood for a 20% up charge. The Everwood line has added a new 2 1/2″ beveled edge slat called Everwood Xtra. Delight on 2 1/2″ Everwood is available for 20% additional.

The standard valance is now 3 1/4″ Grandover and this profile is a little different than the standard valance offered before 9/4/07.

The Everwood collection now includes TruGrain™, Hunter Douglas’ faux wood grain slat. Before TruGrain™ if you wanted a slat that looked like real wood, you only had real wood to choose. Now TruGrain™ slats are available and they look just like real, stained wood. Hunter Douglas has developed a process that applies a grain print to the slat that is indistinguishable from the real thing.

Hunter Douglas now offers battery operated, remote control tilt on virtually ALL of their horizontal blind products.

Cellular Shades

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The cellular honeycomb category of window coverings was invented by Hunter Douglas in 1985. The first product was called Duette®. Some years later competitors developed their own versions of cellular shades. Our understanding is that a licensing agreement is in place that allows others to market their cellular products, that were invented by Hunter Douglas.

Duettes have been recommended by Shades Of The Future® since their introduction in 1985. Several years ago Graber’s Crystal Pleat was also marketed by us. Crystal Pleat has a good price point and a soft hand, that some customers prefer, but when exposed to the home environment, the soft, relatively porous material soiled quickly. This fact and quality problems with the fabric resulted in Crystal Pleat being dropped from our line.  Crystal Pleat cannot be ultrasonically cleaned.

In recent years Hunter Douglas filled the need for a softer hand by coming out with Duette Batiste and Panche. While softer, they aren’t as porous as Crystal Pleat.

Hunter Douglas also offers a lower price point line called Applause. The warranty is the same. The updated hardware on Duette has rounded corners and a trim appearance.

Applause offers a scaled down line in comparison to the massive fabric and hardware options available in Duette.

Generally, the stiffer the fabric the more resistant it will be to pilling when being cleaned and the more durable it will be. Take these factors into consideration when selecting your cellular shades.

The Hunter Douglas cellular line may be ultrasonically cleaned or immersed in a tub, except for the black out fabrics, which may only be vacuumed. Seldom is more than vacuuming necessary. The polyester fabric naturally repels dust.

Duette and Applause cellular make a very high performance skylight shade and are our recommendation for skylight shade material.

Duette Key Benefits:

• Huge selection of fabrics – completely resampled with beautiful fabrics and hardware!
• Automated systems, battery and hard wired

Applause Cellular Key Benefits:

• Now available with PowerRise battery lift system.
• Lower price point than Duette
• Hunter Douglas brand name

Modern Precious Metals® Aluminum Blinds

Modern Precious Metals Aluminum Blinds

Under the Precious Metals category you will find Hunter Douglas’ aluminum blind lines: LightLines®, Decor® , Celebrity®, and the newest product called Reveal™ with MagnaView™.

Shades Of The Future® recommends this line because of value, beauty and selection, updated with new features, colors and textures. Horizontal aluminum metal blinds are hard to beat when it comes to price, sun control and privacy. Available in 1/2″, 1″ (most popular by far) and 2″ vanes, Hunter Douglas again leads the pack in beauty and ease of operation in this category.

The Precious Metals line includes a color matched valance integrated into the headrail, instead of two loose slats held by plastic clips. It is very attractive as well as practical.

The most popular product in metal blinds is Hunter Douglas’ 1″ LightLines® mini blinds. The vanes are made of spring tempered and heat treated 8 gauge aluminum for maximum spring-back durability in harsh environments. Delight style with no visible route cord holes is standard.

Decor® is the mid-priced line with 8 gauge vane stock, visible route holes, more slats per inch, increasing your value, and a large selection of colors to choose from.

Celebrity’s 6 gauge slats will be the least-cost choice for your window.

While other brands may be lower in priced than Precious Metals, this line will outlast cheaper products and be a pleasure to operate with its superior lift and tilt mechanisms. You will appreciate the 30% heavier vane stock on 8 gauge vane lines and lock seam bottom rail that won’t sag on the widest of windows.

LightLines® Metal Blinds Key Benefits:

• Spring tempered, heat treated 8 gauge vanes
• No visible route holes when closed – no dots of light showing!
• Integrated stylish valance
• Hidden support brackets have been redesigned for easier use
• Smooth operators
• Hundreds of finish choices

New! Reveal™ with MagnaView™ Key Benefits:

• Spring tempered, heat treated 8 gauge vanes
• Double the view when tilted open (every other slat “sticks” to the one above it when tilted open, doubling your open view space)
• Available in 1″ and 2″ slats
• Integrated stylish valance

Silhouette Window Shadings®

Silhouette Window Shadings®, by Hunter Douglas, is yet another entire category of window coverings product. Silhouette is a horizontal product with privacy fabric vanes that appear to float between sheer facings front and rear. A standard, continuous cord loop tilts and raises the product into its stylish roller headrail system.

Silhouette has been around for about 15 years and several product line updates have been completed. Silhouette Bon Soir vanes have a foil layer sandwiched between fabric layers, which accomplishes the room darkening. While much darker than the translucent version, it is not a black out treatment.In addition to light dimming fabric, Bon Soir, we now have 4″ vane Quartette, which provides expanded views to the outside.

Also joining Silhouette are:

• Toujours with linen-textured vanes
• Bon Jour with raw silk-textured vanes
• And the Matisse collection with bold colors never seen before in Silhouette

Both Bon Soir and the translucent families of fabric offer complete privacy. Some clients prefer Bon Soir for an additional level of privacy. Some transmission of a person’s outline, hence the name Silhouette, is to be expected, when you are between the light source and closed Silhouette after dark. But one’s state of dress is not noticeable.

Silhouette Window Shadings Key Benefits:

• #1 top preferred product for window coverings
• Retain view while adding day time privacy
• Easy operating system
• Room darkening fabrics available
• Up to 10 foot widths in single unit
• Now available: Up to 12′ wide via 2 on 1 headrail, along with new colors and options. 2 on 1 must be evenly split in width.
• Fabrics range from neutrals to rich jewel tones
• Battery operated lift and tilt system available

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Provenance® Woven Wood Shades

Provenance Woven Wood

Roman shades provide a soft elegant look to any room. The look is timeless and rich. The picture on this page shows the Hunter Douglas Provenance® Woven Wood shades. A wide array of stylish materials in grasses, reeds and jute are available.

The lifting system is standard with a cord lock, but a beaded chain clutch lift system is recommended for easy operation and durability.

In addition to Hunter Douglas we also offer Fashion Tech and Conrad lines of woven shades.

Skyline™ Gliding Panels

From contemporary to traditional, Skyline™ Gliding Window Panels set a new standard in modern window fashions matching today’s urban design influence.

We have now added sliding panels to our line. Hunter Douglas’ line has solved many of the limitations we’ve seen in other systems. The key question has always been: “Where will the panels stack?” There never seemed to be wall space for the stack.

Hunter Douglas’ system has the panels “nesting” into the one ahead of it when slid to the stacking side. (Can be stack left, right or split stack.) This nesting means more view to the outside. By using a nesting system the track has only 2 slots in it and other systems use many slots for their panels, making the track several times deeper than Hunter Douglas’. The deeper the track, the more window depth is needed for mounting.

Hunter Douglas has also developed a solution for the bottom of the panels to keep them aligned. The interlocking bottom weight provides stability and keeps the panels from curling.

The panel widths are standardized, based on window width, at either 11 1/2″ or 17″ wide. This provides uniformity in the room.

Skyline™ Gliding Window Panels Key Benefits:

• Extremely attractive solution to window walls
• Choose split or one way draw
• Privacy panels, sheer or light transmitting fabrics to choose from
• Two panel widths: 11 1/2″ and 17″
• Panels nest into each other to maximize outdoor view
• Interlocking bottom weight for stability
• Five style categories: screens, sheers, semi-opaque, opaque, and naturals and woven grass with varying levels of privacy and light control
• Choose controls: Continuous beaded chain or traveling wand
• Choose left or right panel orientation. Light gaps occur naturally between the panel overlap. Choose your direction for the light to be.

Skyline

Overlap Application
Widths to 192" or 384" with overlap application

Two Channel Top Stack
Two channel top stack; panels nest into each other

Bottom Stabilizing System
Bottom stabilizing system; tracks snap to each other

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Pirouette® Window Shadings

Pirouette® window shadings is a hybrid system combining the features of Silhouette, which has operable vanes between sheer facings, and Vignette® roman style shades. This is the latest product invention from Hunter Douglas window coverings.

Pirouette® unrolls from a headrail (similar to a Vignette® headrail) and lowers to the sill with the look of a roman shade. When the shade is fully dropped you rock the standard loop lift system and the roman folds individually lift to allow view thru to the outside thru a sheer facing.

Adjusting this loop allows you to have the roman appear as a flat roman, or with a rounded, contoured shade like a hobbled roman, while maintaining privacy. The Pirouette® will lift and fully clear the window as it rolls up into the headrail system.

This operation is like a Vignette®, but Vignette® is either down or up and doesn’t have a thru view option.

At the heart of Pirouette® window shadings is the revolutionary Invisi-Lift™ system. The system allows the horizontal fabric vanes to float gracefully, providing unobstructed views when opened and complete privacy when closed.

Pirouette® window shadings come in three fabric styles and a total of 44 fabric/color combinations. All fabrics and colors are available in semi-opaque and room-darkening variations, making them the perfect complement to any room.

A single operating cord allows the shadings to be closed for privacy, opened for variable light control and view-thru, or completely retracted into the headrail.

Two vanes sizes: 4″ Petite and 5″ Grande

Three fabrics: Crepe, Linen and Satin

Available with two-on-one headrail system where two shadings share a common continuous headrail and operate independently.

Widths and heights up to 120″

Easy care and cleaning

Luminette® Privacy Sheers

Luminette® Privacy Sheers

Luminette® is an entirely new category of window treatment. Everywhere you want elegance, but not draperies, privacy, but not verticals, you need Luminette® Privacy Sheers.

Think of it as a soft, luxurious sheer with the versatility and privacy options of a vertical, but without the hard edge look of a vertical. Hunter Douglas invented Luminette®, again demonstrating their leadership and innovation.

Luminette® has slim privacy panels sonically welded to the sheer facings. With just a twist of the control rod the panels tilt and provide privacy. Total privacy.

Luminette® Privacy Sheers Key Benefits:

• Soft sheers, split or one way draw
• Privacy panels integrated into the sheers
• Now available with Evening Star room darkening privacy panels
• Five sheer fabric facings to choose from
• Motorization available: Plug in the wall system powers tilt and traverse with an economical design.

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