PowerView® Automation
Program your window treatments so that they adjust themselves automatically, creating the perfect room ambiance morning, noon and night.
Sheer Shades
Learn more about Hunter Douglas custom window sheers, including our shadings and privacy sheers. Innovative, light-diffusing sheers. Your trusted source for window treatments.
Cellular Shades
Cellular honeycomb shades from Hunter Douglas. An energy-efficient design that traps air in distinct pockets to help keep your house cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
Roman Shades
Custom-made fabric Roman Shades by Hunter Douglas, combining the look of soft folds with the ease and convenience of a shade. Custom-crafted.
Roller Shades
The Hunter Douglas roller shades & solar screen shades collections offer excellent light control and a clean, stylish look in a range of fabrics and materials.
Woven Shades
For a warm, natural look our Hunter Douglas Woven Wood Shades collection of window treatments transforms sunlight into captivating design statements. Choose yours today.
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Find the right custom vertical shades for any room in your home. Search our most popular window shades.
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From controlling light to their stylish, sleek look, wood blinds have been a favorite among homeowners for decades.
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Find the perfect metal blinds for any room in your home. From controlling light to their stylish, sleek look, metal blinds have been a favorite among homeowners.
Vertical Blinds
Discover Hunter Douglas customized vertical blinds featuring elegant styling and translucency in a large selection of colors, treatments, and textures. Lifetime guarantee.
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Hunter Douglas custom window shutters provide superior light control and privacy with classic styles, long-lasting finishes, and exceptional craftsmanship.
Drapery
Choose from timeless and on-trend fabrics, including lofty textures and alluring jacquards, artisanal embroideries and luminous sheers.
Light Enhancing
Enjoy the beauty of natural light and make any space more captivating, with the following light-enhancing shades.
Room Darkening
Want a darker room for better sleep or optimal movie binging? These shades and drapes help block light at the window.
Energy Efficient
Live comfortably and save energy with these shades. Designer to keep a room warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
Door Coverings
Manage natural light and add privacy with these window treatments that work well for sliding-glass and patio doors.
Sound Absorption
Create a quieter, more relaxing room with these window treatments, which help absorb sound, reducing exterior noise.
Top-Down Bottom-Up
For privacy and natural light, position shades from the top, bottom or both. These shades have this feature available.
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Everything about your home allows you to express your personality, create a comfortable environment, and make guests feel welcome and cozy.
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Fabric is essential to interior decoration. It provides color, pattern, and texture to your room, and at Bell’s Ethan Allen Design Center, we pride ourselves on offering the best to our customers.
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Because they work the hardest to light up your interiors, lamps, wall sconces, chandeliers, home lights, pendant lighting, and other types of illumination are an extremely important part of your home design.
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Do Light-Filtering Shades Provide Privacy at Night?
Light-filtering shades are one of the most popular window treatment choices, and for good reason. A good-quality light-filtering shade, such as the Hunter Douglas options we carry at Bell’s Ethan Allen Design Center, will create a diffused, warm glow in your room. Their translucent quality allows plentiful natural light to pass through while reducing glare and providing other benefits. However, a common question arises: do light-filtering shades provide privacy at night?
Understanding Light-Filtering Shades
Light-filtering shades are window treatments designed to soften direct UV rays, bathing your room in natural light while providing other benefits, like UV protection and privacy. Light-filtering shades are a great way to make your room feel warm and inviting while protecting your interior furnishings, decor, and more. Light-filtering shades come in several different styles, including cellular shades, Roman shades, roller shades, sheer shades, and more.
How to Customize Light-Filtering Shades That Prioritize Privacy
If you’re considering light-filtering shades but are concerned with nighttime privacy, there are a few factors you’ll have to consider:
High Fabric Opacity
Light-filtering shades are translucent and come in many different opacity levels. While they obscure the view inside your home from the outside, an onlooker may still be able to make out movements and silhouettes when interior lights are on. Opt for a higher opacity fabric option to retain the most privacy if you’d like to utilize light-filtering shades on their own.
Layer Window Treatments
If you want complete nighttime privacy, you may want to consider laying light-filtering shades with room-darkening or blackout curtains. This combination will allow you to enjoy plentiful natural light during the day and total privacy at night.
Dual-Opacity Shades
Did you know that some of our Hunter Douglas shades offer dual-opacity options that combine a light-filtering layer with a room-darkening one? Ask your window treatment expert at Bell’s Ethan Allen Design Center about Duolite® shades to learn what all shade options are compatible with this feature. Our favorites are Duolite® Duette® Cellular Shades and Duolite® Silhouette® Sheer Shades.
Top-Down/Bottom-Up Shades
This feature is one of the best ways to compromise on the battle between wanting natural light in privacy. Top-down/bottom-up shades allow you to opt for a higher opacity fabric choice because you can keep your shades fully drawn shut during the day, but allow the top-most (or bottom-most) portion of your window to remain uncovered so you can enjoy natural light without compromising privacy. This option is available on several different shades, and comes in really handy in bedrooms and bathrooms.
Find the Perfect Light-Filtering Shades at Bell’s Ethan Allen Design Center
So — do light-filtering shades provide complete privacy at night? Not exactly. They obscure direct views, but they don’t entirely block the view of an onlooker when interior lights are on. However, with strategic layering, dual-opacity options, or top-down/bottom-up customizations, you can achieve both natural light benefits and nighttime privacy. Bell’s Ethan Allen Design Center is highly experienced in customizing the perfect window treatments for Newburgh, New York homeowners. We’re experts in all things interior, especially Hunter Douglas window treatments and Ethan Allen furniture and decor. Book a free consultation with us today to get started!
Bell’s Ethan Allen Design Center is proud to be a locally owned and operated business in Newburgh, NY. We carry a variety of interior design products, including Hunter Douglas window treatments, interior design consultations, and Ethan Allen furniture to customers in the following cities: Newburgh, Fishkill, Warrick, Middletown, New Paltz, Wappingers Falls, Rhinebeck, Monroe, Tuxedo, Warwick, Washingtonville, Poughkeepsie, Orange County, Dutchess County, and Ulster County, NY.