Honeycomb Shades In Decatur
Honeycomb (Cellular) Shades in Decatur, IL
Decatur, IL averages a January low below 20 degrees and a July high near 85, and the windows are where your rooms lose heat in winter and pick it up in summer. Our Solar Shield Blinds Honeycomb Shades, also known as cellular shades, put an insulating air pocket between two layers of fabric, so your rooms stay comfortable in the coldest and hottest months of the year.
Where It Fits In Decatur
Where Honeycomb Shades Help Most In Decatur
Old glass or new, a Honeycomb Shade makes the window more efficient, and Decatur has homes from almost every era, starting with the 1850s houses on the Near West side.
- Older Homes In The Decatur Historic DistrictThe Near West and Southwest neighborhoods were built from the 1850s through the 1920s, and windows in homes that age can let a lot of cold through. A double cell Honeycomb Shade adds the most insulation to a room that is hard to keep warm.
- Shallow Window CasingsThe headrail on a Honeycomb Shade is the slimmest of anything we carry, so it tucks into a shallow casing and stacks small when raised.
- Bedrooms And Bathrooms Near The StreetWith Top Down Bottom Up, bring the top of the shade down for daylight and a view of the sky, and keep the lower half of the window covered.
- Arches, Angles And SkylightsSpecialty windows are where honeycomb shines, from fixed fan fold arches and angle top shades to motorized skylight shades charged by a small solar panel.
Energy Efficiency
How the air pocket keeps a Decatur home comfortable
When our clients need help with drafty windows, or with cold and heat radiating straight through the glass, our go to solution is our Solar Shield Blinds Honeycomb Shades. The cell structure of the fabric traps a pocket of still air right up against the glass, and that pocket is what does the work, on a January night and on a July afternoon alike.
Single cell or double cell is the first choice to make. For a north facing room, older glass, or any room that already feels cold, double cell is the better insulator, and single cell looks lighter and stacks smaller on a short window. Our honeycomb fabrics number over 100 across light filtering, room darkening, and sheer, and pairing a room darkening fabric with a privacy light block along the edges makes a bedroom much darker.
A sliding door can take a vertical honeycomb, which travels sideways and gathers into a 6 inch stack at the edge, even on a very wide door. For a big window, a motorized Top Down Bottom Up shade can go as wide as 120 inches. Allow 4 to 6 weeks after you order, and our Install Techs finish most homes in a day.
What Comes As Standard
- Single or doubleCell, for how bad your glass is
- Top DownBottom Up, motorized up to 120 inches wide
- BlackoutCell fabric for a genuinely dark room
- CordlessStandard, nothing hanging anywhere
- Carefree GuaranteeA lifetime product warranty that transfers if you sell, plus our five year service guarantee
- Free Temporary ShadesOn every window you order for, installed while your custom order is made
Our Process
Planned, measured, and installed by our team in Decatur
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Decatur home or office. We'll listen to what you're wanting to accomplish with your windows, take a good look at every opening, and explain the options that will actually work for them.
- On the spot quoteWe take the time to make sure you know exactly what you're getting, and you'll have a complete and exact quote before we leave, so there are no surprises on install day.
- Installed by our teamEverything we install is custom built to the exact measurements of your windows, and when ready, professionally installed by our full time installers. Most projects are installed in less than a day.
Operating Systems
Four ways to operate Honeycomb Shades in Decatur
Your Design Specialist brings every one of these to the consultation so you can try them at your own window.
Cordless lift
The standard on homes with children or pets. Grab the rail and move it, with no cord anywhere on the shade.
Cord loop
Tensioned and wall-anchored, for very tall or very wide cells.
Powerwand
Motorized operation from a wand, useful on high windows.
Full automation
Schedules and scenes. Drop the whole west side at three o’clock.
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Straight Answers
Honeycomb Shades questions from Decatur homeowners
Yes. The air pocket between the two layers of fabric slows down the cold coming through the glass, and on single pane or older double pane windows you will feel the difference right away. On newer windows with good glass the difference is still real, just smaller.
Yes, for any window that faces a neighbor, a sidewalk or the street. You keep privacy at eye level and let the daylight in over the top, and you can stack the fabric anywhere on the window. It is available cordless and motorized.
Yes. Choose a classic skylight shade that you open and close by hand, or a motorized one run from a remote, with a small solar panel keeping its battery charged. Motorized is the easy answer when the skylight is out of reach.
Yes. The side of a Honeycomb Shade that faces the glass is white no matter what color faces the room, so every window looks consistent from outside.
No. Run a vacuum with a soft brush over them once or twice a year, and our use and maintenance guide covers the rest. Just don't soak them.
Yes. Cordless, PowerWand and Motorized are all child safe, with no accessible cord anywhere on the shade. A room darkening fabric with a privacy light block along the edges also helps a nursery stay dim for naps.
Nearby
Honeycomb Shades around Decatur
We serve all of Decatur, IL, including the West End, the Decatur Historic District, Johns Hill, Southmoreland and Nelson Park. ZIP codes 62521, 62522, 62523, 62526.
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