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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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Home Office
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Kitchen
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Living Room
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Media Room
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Nursery & Kids Room
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Angled Windows
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Arched Windows
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Bay, Bow, Corner Windows
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French Doors
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Sidelights
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Sliding Glass Doors
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Skylights
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Automated
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Blackout
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Energy Efficient
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Light Filtering
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Vertical Blinds
Five Reasons You’ll Actually Love Vertical Blinds from Hunter Douglas
At Benchmark Shutters and Shades, we admit that not all vertical blinds are created equally. Some big box store budget blinds often warp and crack or discolor and can be viewed as a necessary evil. That’s not the case with Hunter Douglas vertical blinds. Made of fine materials and engineered to impress, we think their SomnerⓇ Custom Vertical Blinds, Vertical SolutionsⓇ Vertical Blinds, and CadenceⓇ Soft Vertical blinds will be a perfect fit for your home—especially if you have large windows, sliding glass doors, and French doors—and that these options made from a variety of materials will change the way you feel about the vertical blind in general.
Big Windows, No Problem
Vertical blinds are still one of the best solutions on the market for oversize windows and patio doors. Most window treatments are only appropriate for standard window sizes, but Hunter Douglas vertical blinds can handle 15’ - 25’ window spans up to 16’ high. Vertical blinds also make it very easy to accommodate a patio door, whether a standard hinged door or sliding glass.
Design Options
There are so many more options than just white and off-white when it comes to Hunter Douglas vertical blinds. Depending on the collection you go with, you can get vertical blinds in vinyl, aluminum, or fabric, with a massive selection of colors, textures, and patterns. Your vertical blinds can be as unique as you are. CadenceⓇ Soft Vertical Blinds are an excellent choice for those who love the flowing curves of drapery but want the functionality of vertical blinds in a luxurious alternative. Choose a sheer fabric on Vertical SolutionsⓇ Vertical Blinds for an airy look or a grass weave-inspired fabric on SomnerⓇ Custom Vertical blinds for an organic, bohemian feel.
Easy Operation
The simple operation of vertical blinds makes them very appealing – slide to open or close, twist to adjust the louvers. Nothing could be easier. With advanced headrail technology from Hunter Douglas, they’re an effortless addition to your home. If that’s not easy enough for you, try the remote-operated vertical blind motorization system from Hunter Douglas and adjust them with just the push of a button.
Wand Control for Safety
Hanging cord loops, which are the standard for operating most vertical blinds, can be hazardous for children and pets in your home. That’s why Hunter Douglas offers the PermAssureⓇ wand, which twists the vanes to fine-tune the light and privacy control and also slides with them along the headrail to open the window or door easily.
Sound Absorption
One of the most unexpected reasons you’ll love vertical blinds from Hunter Douglas is their acoustic insulation. The curved vanes significantly improve sound absorption and reduce outside noise intensity. The additional SoftexTM texturing process available on some SomnerⓇ fabrics reduces noise pollution in your home even more.
Contact Us
Are vertical blinds from Hunter Douglas right for your home? Let us help! Call Benchmark Shutters & Shades at (919) 363-3284 or request a consultation online. We serve all of Central North Carolina, including Raleigh-Durham, Chapel Hill, Apex, and the surrounding area.