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.
Drapery & Valances
Add the perfect finishing touch to your windows.
Drapery Hardware
Choose from a wide selection of styles.
Fabrics
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Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
Commercial Window Treatments
Hunter Douglas commercial shades have a reputation for innovation and quality.
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Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
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Curtain Time is a full-service window treatment dealer specializing in custom drapery, Hunter Douglas and Comfortex.
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With over 40 years of experience in the window fashion industry, Curtain Time’s interior design professionals are ready to help you find the perfect window treatments for your home.
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Updating Your Decor with Modern Roller Shades
Because of their simple design, roller shades are often overlooked when it comes to designing window fashions, but that’s a mistake. In fact, it is their simple, straightforward design and operation that makes roller shades so versatile and useful for in-home decorating.
WHAT IS A MODERN ROLLER SHADE?
Roller shades are window covers that include a single piece of material that covers the entire length of the window when closed; to open the material is rolled around a headrail at the top of the window frame providing an almost completely unincumbered view out the window. Roller shades and screen shades (also known as solar shades) operate in a similar fashion but are made of different materials; screen shades are constructed from a screen like mesh material designed to block the destructive UV rays from the sun. So, while you most often see screen shades in sun drenched rooms like patios or sunporches, roller shades are more commonly seen throughout the main living space.
THE BENEFITS OF MODERN ROLLER SHADES
Easyto Layer with Other Window Treatments
Modern roller shades have clean lines which gives them a minimalistic, modern aesthetic. It also makes them easy to pair with other window coverings for a layered window treatment. Layering not only adds dimension to your interior design, but it can also help reinforce the functionality of roller shades. For example, roller shades can be made with room darkening material, and when paired with drapery their ability to blackout sunlight increases exponentially.
Prefect for Any Room
Roller shades can be made from a variety of textiles with numerous color choices and a range of opaqueness. So, it’s easy to find a fabric or pattern that suits your personal style and is also functionally optimal for your home. Roller shades can work in any room, even small spaces like bathrooms because of their sleek, unobtrusive design.
Customizable Operating Systems
There are three different operating systems available for modern roller shades, so homeowners can choose the system that best meets their budgetary and design needs:
- Loop Cord: Loop cords were used most often with traditional roller shades and allow owners to manually raise and lower the shade using a looped pull cord
- Spring: Also known as cordless roller shades, spring roller shades use a powerful spring in the header that controls opening and closing the shade. Because there are no hanging cords, spring roller shades are child-safe and pet-friendly.
- Motorized: Roller shades can also be motorized for convenient yet precise operation. Hunter Douglas PowerView® Automation offers users a variety of interfaces and automation options that help homeowners optimize the use of their roller shades. And like spring roller shades, motorized roller shades are also considered child-safe and pet-friendly.
HYBRID MODERN ROLLER SHADES BY HUNTER DOUGLAS
Hunter Douglas also has several types of hybrid roller shades that employ the best features of several different styles of shades to create a uniquely functional window fashions. Sonnette™ Cellular Roller Shades combine the straightforward design and operation of roller shades with the energy efficiency of cellular honeycomb shades for a modern roller shade that looks great and can save you money on your heating/cooling bill. Designer Banded Shades from Hunter Douglas combine the elegance of a sheer shade and the practicality of a roller shade for a stylish window treatment with view-through light control.
Curtain Time carries the entire line of Hunter Douglas modern roller shades including Designer Roller Shades, Designer Screen Shades, Design Studio Roller Shades, Designer Banded Shades, and Sonnette™ Cellular Roller Shades. Request a consultation with the team at Curtain Time to discuss updating your window treatments with modern roller shades. Curtain Times is located near Stoneham, Massachusetts, and serves all of Boston, Weston, Winchester, Wakefield, Melrose, Lexington, Lynnfield, Lincoln, North Andover, Medford, Reading, Wilmington, Burlington, Woburn, Stoneham, Wellesley, Newton, and Somerville, MA.