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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
Since 2005, Benchmark Shutters & Shades Incorporated has been the place to get stunning interior window treatments near Raleigh, North Carolina.
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
At Benchmark Shutters & Shades, we provide the best Hunter Douglas custom blinds, shades, shutters, and drapery on the market alongside generation 3 of their motorized window coverings, PowerView® Automation.
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See current and past decorating ideas from our 'Fresh Ideas' Newsletter.
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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The Newest Tech for Cellular Shades
Since cellular shades came onto the market in 1985, they’ve been known for their ability to insulate windows, but that’s not all this unique window treatment can do. This versatile covering has new technology and features you may not know about that can significantly elevate the comfort and efficiency of your home. So come along with our Benchmark Shutters & Shades team as we look at how your North Carolina home can benefit from the latest advancements and innovations for Hunter Douglas cellular shades.
Uses for Cellular Shades
Noise Reducers
The internal honeycomb design that gives cellular shades its prowess as an insulating window shade is also proficient at absorbing or deflecting sound waves. This helps the treatment keep external noise out and improves the interior acoustics of a room for a more peaceful home environment.
Blackout Shades
You can upgrade select models of cellular shades from Hunter Douglas with the LightLock® blackout system with unmatched room-darkening abilities for blackout window treatments. Using an innovative side channel system, LightLock® keeps out more light by virtually eliminating light leaks around the edges of a cellular shade.
Motorized Shades
For modern homes in North Carolina, there is perhaps no more desirable attribute for cellular shades than their compatibility with PowerView® Automation. PowerView® transforms traditional cellular shades into easy-to-use, highly proficient motorized window treatments that you can integrate into existing home assistant programs or smart home systems.
Skylight Shades
Using the SkyLift™ Skylight System for cellular shades, homeowners can get the insulating benefits and light control of cellular shades even for specialty-shaped windows or windows that are hard to reach, like skylights.
Door Coverings
Cellular shades from Hunter Douglas have both window and door applications thanks to the Vertiglide™ system. Vertiglide™ works for patio, sliding glass, and French doors so homeowners can coordinate coverage throughout a home. Plus, the Vertiglide™ system is cord-free for child-safe cellular shades.
Kid-Friendly Treatments
Because cellular shades excel at environmental control, they can be a potent tool in children’s rooms to create many different environments, from playtime to naptime. Additionally, several available operating systems for Hunter Douglas cellular shades are cord-free, making them child-safe.
Part of Elevated Window Fashion
While cellular shades are renowned for their insulation and energy-efficient features, they’re not always at the forefront when the discussion turns to style or fashion. However, with Hunter Douglas cellular shades, homeowners get a choice of design with both classic and modern hybrid models (Duette® Cellular Shades and Sonnette® Cellular Roller Shades, respectively) as well as hundreds of fabrics and colors to choose from to tailor cellular shades to individual tastes better. Cellular shades also work in layered window treatments under custom drapes for additional style depth.
Where to Buy Cellular Shades Near Me
Learn more about cellular shades or start transforming your home with them by connecting with our Benchmark Shutters & Shades team. Serving the communities of Raleigh-Durham, Chapel Hill, and Apex in North Carolina, we help homeowners on every journey, from consultation to installation of their new cellular shades. Request a consultation today!