Aria™️ Fabric Blinds
Crafted of lightweight and translucent fabric. For a first-of-its-kind design.
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.
Vertical Shades
Find the right custom vertical shades for any room in your home. Search our most popular window shades.
Wood Blinds
From controlling light to their stylish, sleek look, wood blinds have been a favorite among homeowners for decades.
Metal Blinds
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.
Shutters
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.
Flooring
We offer a large selection of flooring options for your home.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
Window Covering Measuring & Installations
Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
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Sliding Glass Doors
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Blackout
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Command the Light with Sheer Horizontal Shades
Natural light in a home can be a blessing or a curse, as it can have a variety of positive effects (like lighting a room with free natural illumination) and negative effects (like solar heat that can raise the temperature of a home in the summer to uncomfortable levels). Sheer horizontal shades let homeowners negate the negative effects of direct sunlight and better control the positive ones for easy and convenient light control that results in beautiful lighting effects that can also protect your home and your belongings.
Create a Range of Striking Lighting Effects
Sheer horizontal shades from Hunter Douglas utilize two different types of materials, one translucent fabric and the other opaque, so the range of lighting effects they can create is exponential. For example, the Hunter Douglas Silhouette® Window Shadings, which are constructed using two layers of sheer material with s-shaped vanes of opaque fabric strung between the front and back sheer. When the vanes are open light filters through the sheer textiles creating a soft, diffused effect; and the sheers also block the views in for a space that is private but doesn’t feel closed off. When the s-shaped vanes are tilted natural light can be deflected for illumination that is subdued but not dark, and when closed completely the s-shaped vanes block light for room darkening effects great for movie nights at home or creating a sleep-inducing slumber chamber especially when paired with the exclusive Duolite® shading system. Duolite® is an exclusive system to Hunter Douglas that utilizes two shades (one light-filtering and one room-darkening) operated on a single roller unit to create sheer horizontal shades with blackout capabilities.
Protect Against UV
When daylight invades your home, it doesn’t come alone; it brings a bounty of solar extras like solar heat and UV radiation that can cause problems. Sheer horizontal shades like Pirouette® Window Shadings offer protection against unwanted solar elements with innovative fabrics and design. Pirouette® Window Shadings feature a single sheer backing with opaque fabric vanes affixed to the front. When the vanes are open the sheer materials filter out up to 81% of harmful UV rays, and with the vanes engaged these sheer horizontal shades can block up to 99%. The shades, therefore, perform a great service to your home by protecting your furniture, flooring, and other household items from the damaging effects of UV exposure that could include warping materials, fading color or discoloration, cracking, peeling, or sun rot. Save your possessions from costly replacements or repairs with a quality set of horizontal sheer shades.
Whether you’re looking to protect your home against UV rays or take control of the lighting in your house with either stylish or functional intent, horizontal sheer shades offer modern solutions to your window treatment needs. Abbey Carpet of Maui carries the Hunter Douglas line of sheer shades including Pirouette® Window Shadings and Silhouette® Window Shadings, two top-of-the-line sheer horizontal shades. Talk with the helpful staff at Abbey Carpet of Maui about adding horizontal sheer shades to your home by requesting a consultation online or vising their showroom located near Kahului, Hawaii. Abbey Carpet & Flooring serves the communities of Kihei, Lahaina, Pukalani, Wailuku, Wailea, and Kahului, HI.