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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
See window covering solutions for privacy and moisture-resistance.
Bedroom
See window covering solutions for privacy and room darkening.
Home Office
See window covering solutions for light filtering and glare control.
Kitchen
See window covering solutions for a variety of needs and kitchen styles.
Living Room
See window covering solutions for light filtering and UV protection.
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
See blinds and shades for patio and sliding-glass doors.
Skylights
See blinds and shades specifically suited for skylights.
Automated
See all options for automated blinds and shades.
Blackout
See our options for blinds and shades that best control light.
Energy Efficient
See blinds and shades that help save energy at the window.
Light Filtering
See blinds and shades for light filtering and UV protection.
Child and Pet-Friendly
See blinds and shades that are safer for children and pets.
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Minimalistic Window Treatments
At Benchmark Shutters and Shades, we know that there are many things that go into interior design: your furniture, floor plan, lamps, accessories, etcetera – but while these elements may be added to your space, there is one aspect of your rooms that are less easily changed: its natural light. For this, custom window treatments are integral to your room’s design.
Window Treatments should be able to filter light so beautifully, your homes’ natural light becomes a part as essential to your room as any furniture fixture. The use of natural light in interior design is especially capitalized in minimalism, in which natural light accentuates clean, open interiors. Examples of minimalistic window treatments that accentuate your rooms natural light are:
1. Woven Woods
The integration of nature into your interiors is executed beautifully in Japanese interior design, perhaps the most recognizable branch of minimalism. Wood reminds one of his and her place in the natural world and evokes a feeling of a feeling of contentment and well-being. Hunter Douglas Provenance® Woven Wood Shades are made of natural reeds, woods, grasses, and bamboo for simple, organic design. Provenance® Woven Woods come in three styles-Roman, Waterfall Roman, and Vertical Drapery-for coverage throughout your home. An additional liner is available that works independently of your shade for maximum light control and privacy options. The Modern Headrail allows Provenance® Woven Wood Shades to function with Hunter Douglas operating systems like PowerView® Automation.
2. Wood Blinds
Minimalism emphasizes functionality and practicality, values reflected in Hunter Douglas Parkland® Wood Blinds. Parkland® blinds are made of authentic wood and are stained to match modern cabinetry for uncomplicated integration with your other interior design elements. The unique Hunter Douglas de-Light™ feature blocks 50% more light than other wood blinds for superior room-darkening ability and finished with Hunter Douglas advanced finishing technology for additional strength and long-lasting luster, these wood blinds are designed for stylish practicality.
3. Shutters
There is something effortlessly artful about how slats of warm white light are cast onto the floor. Shutters’ louvers filter natural light into columns of soft, pure light into your home. Like woven woods and wood blinds, hardwood shutters like Hunter Douglas Heritance® Hardwood Shutters also provide an organic element to your interiors. For homes in hot, humid climates or that experience heavy traffic that make hardwood shutters less optimal window treatment choices, Hunter Douglas NewStyle® Hybrid Shutters retain the natural richness of wood with the strength and longevity of man-made material.
4. Roman Shades
Shades diffuse light for tranquil, gently lit interiors. The folds of Hunter Douglas Vignette® Modern Roman Shades give your rooms movement, while at the same time their light diffusing abilities bring a sense of calm and prosperity. Design Studio™ Roman Shades come with an attached white liner for light-filtering flexibility and additional insulation, and custom fabrics and textures make for a one-of-a-kind Roman shade that combines minimalistic design with incredible functionality.
Benchmark Shutters & Shades aims for a service that meets and exceeds your expectations. We offer exceptional window treatments including wood and metal blinds, shutters, shades, sheers, and more at reasonable prices for alluring light that transforms your interiors. Call or contact us today to see how you can take advantage of the natural light of your rooms. We take pride in satisfied customers and are ready to serve the communities of the central North Carolina area including Raleigh-Durham, Chapel Hill, Apex, and the surrounding areas.