Wood Blinds

Hunter Douglas Products:

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. 

All inquiries: info@shadesofthefuture.com   (8 am to 5 pm Pacific time)
Local customers and ALL vendors: (503) 644-9300
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