The Hunter Douglas line has expanded again! A new bark pattern – Rustica, has been added to the line. A new design option is now available: A hobble style of Roman with gentle folds even when fully lowered. The hobbled roman is not available in Safari fabric.

Provenance now offers attached linings, (in Chocolate, Cocoa, and Ivory), instead of independently operated linings behind the decorative shade. Provenance Woven Wood shades is a line of textured woven woods, bamboo and delightful materials creating a natural and unique look at a price never available. These shades are roman style – soft fold. Now available up to 144″ wide. And clutch lift systems are now offered – a big plus. This product is now on display in our showroom.

Hunter Douglas has discontinued Park Lane.

Hunter Douglas’ new 1″ and 2″ slat Reveal™ metal blinds is a whole new product that affords twice the view to the outside, when tilted open. Here’s how it works: When you tilt a Reveal™ metal blind open, every other slat “sticks” to the one above it creating double the open view area. On 1″ blinds instead of a 1″ open view, you now see a 2″ open view and on a 2″ blind the view is doubled to a 4″ open view. When you tilt the blind closed the slats settle to their closed position. This product has visible route holes (no delight or motorization is available.) I have a hand sample to demonstrate this clever shade in your home.

On May 3, 2011, Hunter Douglas has added Natural Elements™ 2″ slat update to the line.

This trendy new line includes metalic, matte and Riverstone™ finishes, perfect for lofts and introduces a collection  of earthy metal blinds that combines metal with wood valances, bottom rails and tilt wands.

• Silhouette® Window Shadings now offers Grandiose™, featuring longer drops on select 3″ vane size fabrics using the larger Quartette® 4″ headrail.
• Duette and Applause shades with UltraGlide®, LiteRise® or EasyRise™ lifting systems now come with EasyAdjust™ leveling system.  Just turn a special key that is provided to level the rail.  No more pockets and ferrules on these lifing systems.
• Duette® Architella® (has a cell within a cell) now available in Trielle™ the newest revolution in window fashions. The  1  1/2″ pleat Architella construction creates the most energy-efficient Hunter Douglas window covering with six insulating layers.
• Other new Architella fabrics:  India Silk, a luxuriously woven fbric features a subtle texture paired with a slight shimmer; Renewal™, the newest “green” addition to the Architella line, which combines textured beauty with recycled materials.
• Duette SkyLift™ is a new skylight shade  that will cover the large skylights up to 80 square feet.  Comes manual or battery powered motorized.  Four sided frame with gasketed sides to cover edge gaps.
• For all Hunter Douglas cellular lines, Duolite™ now available with EasyRise™ lift system instead of just cord lifts.
• Applause cellular is now available with PowerRise 2.1, 18 volt Platinum Techology lift system.
• The Duolite and top down/bottom up cellular shades can now be motorized with PowerRise to control both bottom and middle operating rails. 
• Hunter Douglas’ metal blind offering has been enhanced with Natural Elements™.  These are trendy slat finishes in 1″ and 2″ vanes.  We have the full collection to view.
• Hunter Douglas now offers battery operated, remote controlled tilt, called PowerTilt™ on their entire horizontal metal, wood and faux wood collection including Country Woods, Everwood lines. (Motorization is not available on Reveal™ with MagnaView™ metal blinds.)  This motorized tilt feature is available on blinds up to about 50 square feet.
• Everwood faux blinds: Tru-Grain by Hunter Douglas is a process they have developed that is a man-made, simulated, wood grain that appears almost exactly like nature’s own wood. Available in Everwood horizontal blinds and Cross Winds Vertical lines.
• Hunter Douglas is now building Duette and Applause cellular shades with Ultrawear™ Cord. The average cycle life of standard cord is 3,134 cycles. Ultrawear cord has an average life of 47,583 cycles! The most common time for customers to request a restring of their shades was 7 years. The new cord should make shade restringing a thing of the past. This is an exclusive, money-saving innovation from Hunter Douglas.

Pirouette® window shadings are the newest Hunter Douglas product addition. This product is a hybrid of Vignette roman shades and Silhouette. Pirouette is a roman shade that rolls up in its own header like a Vignette, but the privacy vanes can be lifted to provide view outside. All controlled with a single loop lift system. Beautiful product!

UPDATED fabric offerings:

> Angelica – tinted sheers on both the front and back for saturated color and sheer elegance.

> Shantung – the look and feelof raw silk.

>Satin metallic - sleek and subtle, with a silver, gold or copper overlay for an unexpected shimmer.

>Bamboo Flax – contrasting yarns exude natural simplicity.

>Cotton – highly textured fabric made from up to 80% recycled yarns.

Hunter Douglas has now added their battery operated PowerRise 2.1 option to Pirouette.  Now a remote control can operate this great new window covering.

See these fantastic Hunter Douglas VIDEOS to reveal the full product before your eyes:

Product overview:  http://www.hunterdouglas.com/m/video.jsp?t=photo&w=640&h=480

See the fabrics!  http://www.hunterdouglas.com/m/video.jsp?t=fabrics&w=640&h=480

Learn about PowerRise battery operated lift system: 

http://www.hunterdouglas.com/m/video.jsp?t=powerrise&w=640&h=480

UltraGlide lifting system option: 

http://www.hunterdouglas.com/m/video.jsp?t=ultraglide&w=640&h=480

Design options: (Zero bottom panel)

http://www.hunterdouglas.com/m/video.jsp?t=zero&w=640&h=480

(Understanding the bottom panel options:

http://www.hunterdouglas.com/m/video.jsp?t=btmpanel&w=640&h=480