A wide range of light control, from light-filtering to room darkening, allows you to achieve the best of both worlds. Discover how a Dual feature brings two-in-one shades to your windows.
Features
Two Shades In One
Soft, Filtered Light with One Shade
Block the Sun with the Secondary Portion
Everyone loves the idea of natural light, but actually living with it can result in continual glare & intense sunshine. Don’t settle for the discomfort that too much light can bring. Dual shades allow you to create the perfect atmosphere, based on your lifestyle.
The Dual system offers a light filtering shade and a room darkening shade, all on the same window. Your home can be filled with a soft, glow. Or, use the room darkening shade when the light needs to be blocked out, during hot afternoons or a blissful night of sleep. The window can look different, based on the window shades you choose, from dual roller shades to dual honeycombs & more.
Known for innovation, Hunter Douglas is back at it with LightLockTM. This revolutionary blackout technology offers 100% darkness. Yes, you read that right: 100%.
How Do These Shades Work?
Along with your Duette shades, U-shaped side channels are installed right inside your window frame. These channels seal out the light.
The specialty blackout fabric prevents intense light from entering the space. Along with this incredible room darkening, you’ll also gain energy efficiency. Duette shades are well-known as the industry leader for their cellular construction, preventing energy loss. It’s a win-win!
Are They Just For Bedrooms?
Nope. Duettes with LightLockTM are quickly becoming the best blackout shades on the market for all the places in your home that need total darkness at times:
Naptime areas for children, grandchildren, and adults
Media rooms for any-time-of-day entertainment
East- or West-facing spots that experience intense sun/heat
The Best Blackout Shades Are Here!
Ready to enjoy a movie, catch some extra Zzzs, or help your children sleep longer? You can have it all–and more–with LightLockTM. Our team at Blinds are Beautiful would love to help you achieve total darkness, complete comfort, and beautiful styling with the best blackout shades on the market. Contact us today!
One of the most frequent questions we get asked is about the difference between room darkening and blackout…and which option would be best. It’s a good idea to understand that room darkening is the term used when “most” of the light is kept from a room, but it’s still possible to see. Blackout is best described as an environment where all the light is blocked, and it can be hard to see. Both environments are favorable for a good night’s sleep. It’s often the intensity of the light–or if adults need daytime sleep–that can dictate which choice is best. Plus, the type of window shades and fabrics influence the results.
If you’d like ideas for the window treatments, including room darkening and black out blinds and shades, we’ve got plenty to choose from. Block the light, no matter the time–day or night.
Light Gaps
It’s always important to keep in mind that light gaps may exist–these are slivers of light that appear along the edges of room darkening shades when it’s bright outside. We mention this because there are times when blackout shades create more of a “room darkening” environment due to the gaps. This is where your window covering specialist can help guide you. Depending on the make-up of your window, the framing and depth, you can have varying light gaps. It’s dependent upon which window coverings you choose and how they are installed. One option to consider if you need it ultra-dark, is the LightLock system. This adds a U-channel to the frame, sealing out the light, paired with a blackout honeycomb shade. Another option, layering draperies, allows you to cover the edges of the window, while enhancing the style of your home.
Can it get even darker?
Get solutions to block the most intense sunshine for any room in your home. And, create the ideal media space for an afternoon movie. With the LightLock™ featureon room darkening shades, any room can achieve complete darkness!
People love top-down/bottom-up shades because they offer a unique combination of light and privacy control, allowing for flexible light management and maintaining privacy simultaneously. This design allows you to adjust the shade from the top or the bottom, or both, providing options not available with traditional blinds.
Top Down Features
Daylighting Across the Ceiling
Interior Protection from Harsh UV Rays
Privacy with Natural Light
Natural light improves your mood & the atmosphere of your home. But, what about privacy? Even more, direct light enters, increasing the temperature and causing glare. It’s time you said “enough is enough” with top down bottom up shades. Most of the window stays covered for privacy and light control, while natural light flows in across the ceiling to illuminate the space. Enjoy the ideal balance of light & control in your home.
Daylighting
Natural light crosses the ceiling and illuminates the space. This is called daylighting, and it’s a well-loved feature of top down shades. Just by lowering your shades from the top, you can have all the benefits of covered windows while enjoying mood-boosting sunshine. Reduced glare, no direct rays in your eyes, privacy and energy savings.
Privacy
Just because you have street-level traffic outside your windows, doesn’t mean you have to give up privacy. Not only that, but you don’t have to give up your sky views or natural light, either. Bring the shades down enough that you can have the best of both worlds–a cozy, private feeling on the inside with natural light that easily puts you in a good mood.
Custom Adjustments
Put your shades right where you need them when you combine the Top Down/ Bottom Up feature with PowerView Motorization. Lower from the top. Raise from the bottom. Lower from the top AND raise from the bottom. It’s customization at each and every window that makes these shades so unique. You design the way your room looks and feels. Experience a personalized atmosphere you will love!
The openness factor of blinds refers to the density of the weave in the fabric, typically expressed as a percentage. It indicates how much light and visibility is allowed through the blind. A lower openness percentage means a tighter weave, blocking more light and offering more privacy, while a higher percentage indicates a looser weave, allowing more light and visibility.
Opacity refers to the amount of light that passes through a fabric.Sheer fabrics allow for the most light to enter a room, but they offer the least amount of privacy. On the other end of the spectrum, blackout fabrics block nearly all light from entering a room, and they provide the most privacy
People prioritize privacy from window coverings in the evening primarily for safety and security, as well as to improve sleep quality and maintain personal boundaries. At night, when interior lights are on, window coverings help prevent outsiders from seeing inside. The opacity of the fabric on your window will determine how much coverage you receive. Take a look at what various opacities look like from the outside into the home, in the photos below.
