Wood Blinds
Hunter Douglas Products:
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.