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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.
Products
Motorized Window CoveringsMotorized 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.
About Us
Benchmark Shutters & Shades is a family owned, locally operated business specializing in interior window coverings for your home or business.
Raleigh, NC
For almost two decades, Benchmark Shutters & Shades has brought exceptional window treatments to homes across Raleigh, NC, and the surrounding communities.
Durham, NC
We all come to a point with our homes when we decide that the window treatments need to be updated.
Chapel Hill, NC
At Benchmark Shutters & Shades, we can’t wait to help you transform your home by upgrading your window treatments.
Apex, NC
Since 2005, Benchmark Shutters & Shades has brought superior window treatments to homes and businesses throughout central North Carolina.
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Bathroom
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Bedroom
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Home Office
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Kitchen
See window covering solutions for a variety of needs and kitchen styles.
Living Room
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Media Room
See room darkening window treatments for your media room.
Nursery & Kids Room
See child-safe window coverings for baby nurseries and kids rooms
Angled Windows
See blinds and shades for angled, sloped, and triangle-shaped windows.
Arched Windows
See blinds and shades for arched, half-circle or half-moon windows.
Bay, Bow, Corner Windows
See blinds and shades for bay, bow and corner windows.
French Doors
See shutters, blinds and shades for French Doors.
Sidelights
See blinds and shades for sidelight windows.
Sliding Glass Doors
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Skylights
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Automated
See all options for automated blinds and shades.
Blackout
See our options for blinds and shades that best control light.
Energy Efficient
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Light Filtering
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Child and Pet-Friendly
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Best Custom Vertical Window Treatments for Homes
Inside every home, you can expect unique features and distinctive design elements, including various types of windows. For the larger windows in your home, you may want to consider adding vertical window treatments that can span the full length of your windows while offering easy operation. When you choose custom vertical window treatments from Hunter Douglas, you’ll discover incredible options for style and light control for your largest windows.
Design Studio™ Side Panels and Drapery
Sometimes, landing on a classic window treatment design is the right move. When you choose this premium collection of vertical drapery, you’ll enjoy classic style done just right. Design Studio™ Side Panels and Drapery add depth and beauty to a wide variety of window shapes and sizes in any home. Vertical drapery is perfect for making any room feel welcoming thanks to the ornate fabric and soft aesthetic. If you want to get rid of echoes in a home filled with lots of hardwood and open spaces, this vertical window treatment solution is the perfect choice. There are tons of ways to style your drapery to your liking, including a selection of high-quality fabrics and various fold styles. Additionally, you can choose hand-crafted designs and brilliant colors to complete your perfect look.
Cadence® Soft Vertical Blinds
For sliding glass doors in your home and other wide and tall windows, you may find that vertical blinds work well. Since vertical blinds operate from side to side, you can quickly move the vanes out of the way whenever you want to bring the full view inside and when you need to head outside. Cadence® Soft Vertical Blinds offer a unique look with their S-shaped vertical vanes. This allows you to have flexible light control while enjoying a look similar to vertical drapery.
Luminette® Privacy Sheers
This sophisticated vertical window treatment solution offers beautiful styling, atmospheric light, and enhanced convenience for your home. Luminette® Privacy Sheers move along your windows with the same functionality as vertical blinds. And thanks to the SofTrak™ head rail, controlling your vertical window treatments will be effortless. But what really makes these custom vertical window treatments stand out is the flexible light control created by combining the vertical vanes with sheer fabric. This design enables you to view the outside while enjoying relief from glare and still getting daytime privacy. And with a large selection of colors and fabrics available, you can create a dramatic custom look in each room.
Skyline® Gliding Window Panels
A major departure from conventional vertical blinds, Skyline® Gliding Window Panels bring modern style and timeless comfort to your windows. Designed to operate incredibly smoothly and to offer maximum visibility out your windows, these custom vertical blinds are the perfect solution if you want to try something new.
Here at Benchmark Shutters & Shades, we are proud to offer a wide selection of custom vertical window treatments from Hunter Douglas. We offer a convenient shop-at-home experience and serve Central North Carolina, including Raleigh-Durham, Chapel Hill, Apex, and the surrounding area. Contact us today to get started with your interior transformation!