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.
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Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
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Window Coverings for French Doors
French doors are beautiful and often used to add light and space to a room. They're also known to be a little trickier than other door types. Today we'll discuss the pros and cons of French Doors, as well as their most popular window coverings.
Pros and Cons of French Doors
Pros
- French doors are a great way to increase the size of your home. They can be used to create an entranceway or an extra room, and they're instrumental when you have limited space.
- They're a decorative element in and of themselves. Where most doors have to be decorated for the style around them, french doors can be a starting place instead of a finishing touch.
cons
- They excel in creating more space and take up more space than typical doors. In a smaller room, they can feel dominant.
- Where we love the glass doors for the light they let in, it's often challenging to find coverings to control the natural sunlight (not to mention your privacy).
- Not very energy efficient - windows and glass will naturally be the least insulated portion of your home, which is why it's important to have window coverings to mitigate the loss.
Your Window Covering Provider
As your local window covering provider, we pride ourselves on being able to solve even the most unique problems. Where window treatments can't solve every problem in the home, they can certainly aid in lowering your energy bill, protecting your privacy, and looking great while doing it.
We recommend a couple of window treatments for French doors (or glass doors in general) - namely, cellular shades, roman shades, and roller shades.
Cellular Shades for French Doors
Cellular shades tackle the energy efficiency problem of French doors head-on with their patented honeycomb design.
Cellular Shades are made of three layers:
- An outer fabric layer.
- A middle air pocket.
- An inner fabric layer that seals the air pocket.
This insulated air pocket is a barrier to limit heat transfer between the glass and the room indoors.
The result is a lower energy bill for you and the other aesthetic and privacy benefits that shades provide.
Roman Shades for French Doors
One of the biggest issues people run into when installing window treatments for their doors is finding one that fits behind or around the handle.
Roman shades' fabric flexibility fixes this problem and works tacitly to match French doors' inherent style. Both offer elegant style without dominating the room.
Roller Shades on French Doors
From a sheer versatility standpoint, roller shades can't be beat - they have the most customization options while bringing a modern, tasteful look to your room. At Blind Corners, we're not biased against any particular window treatment, but you can't go wrong with roller shades.
Designing around French Doors
The light that French doors bring lends itself to modern as well as more boho styles in the room; plenty of green plants, white and gray paint, and the occasional grass or reed decor accentuate the extra natural light of the room.
We love our French Doors and can't wait to work with yours.
Conclusion
French doors are a great option for your home, and they can be exciting to design around. If you're looking for a way to cover the windows in your French door, give Blind Corners a call. Our professional design consultants will expertly answer your questions and ensure the perfect solution for your home is found - no matter what your decorating style.