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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.
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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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View-Enhancing Window Shades for Your Home
There are so many beautiful things to see in North Carolina, from our rolling hills to our lush coastline. No matter what your view from home is, preserve it with view-enhancing window shades from Hunter Douglas. Quality window treatments can preserve your view and provide privacy and light control that doesn't infringe on the field of vision.
Learn more with us as we explore the unique attributes of four different window shades that enhance the scene outside your window.
4 View-Enhancing Window Shades by Hunter Douglas
1. Designer Solar Shades
Made from screen materials, Designer Solar Shades let homeowners look right through them with five different opacity options. And while homeowners enjoy the view, solar shades are busy filtering the light coming in to control sun glare and get rid of harmful UV to guard against sun damage. Solar shades by Hunter Douglas are available with several types of cordless, child-safe operating systems and motorization with PowerView® Automation.
2. Panel Track Blinds
Oddly enough, Skyline® Panel-Track Blinds can be lovable window shades both when they are engaged and when they are not. That's because these vertical blinds come in fabrics of varying opacity levels and stack away completely to the side when not in use for unobstructed views. Either way, homeowners aren't asked to sacrifice their view in order to have modern, stylish window coverings.
3. Sheer Shades
By taking sheer material and layering it with opaque vanes, Hunter Douglas created view-loving window shades with acute light control. Sheer shades, including Silhouette® Sheer Shades, Pirouette® Sheer Shades, and Luminette® Sheer Panels, utilize their varied fabric opacities to either softly filter light or block it completely for a range of lighting conditions that can be responsive to changing homeowner needs throughout the day. Aesthetically, the treatments have a refined yet ethereal feel, and their sheer textiles help rooms feel open and spacious.
4. Plantation Shutters
Shutters have long been appreciated for their view-preserving qualities. The spaces between their louvers provide a clear range of vision even when the shutters are partially engaged. For even better visibility, opt for larger louver sizes to reap the benefits of the equally larger, view-through spaces between those louvers. The louvered design also gives these window shades the ability to provide natural airflow, privacy, and a view. Palm Beach™ Polysatin™ Vinyl Shutters also have built-in UV resistance so that they are protected from the damage UV can cause while they are protecting your view.
Enjoy the view more when at home by upgrading your window treatments with the help of the team at Benchmark Shutters & Shades. Explore your options from solar shades to sheer shades to panel track blinds to plantation shutters in the Hunter Douglas collections and have treatments custom-made for your home. Benchmark Shutters & Shades serves Raleigh-Durham, Chapel Hill, and Apex, North Carolina. Request a consultation today.