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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
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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
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Living Room
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Media Room
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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
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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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Privacy Sheers for Warmer Weather
As the weather warms up in North Carolina, it’s time to get our homes ready for the fun and heat of the summer season. Hunter Douglas privacy sheers are some of our favorite window and door coverings for this time of year because they allow us to enjoy the best of the season while protecting us from the worst. This includes protecting you and your home from UV in the summer sun while still allowing ample natural light, maintaining an open view for an open ambiance, and providing light control and privacy plus the highest level of individual style. So, explore privacy sheer with our team at Benchmark Shutters & Shades near Apex, North Carolina.
Hunter Douglas Privacy Sheers
In the Hunter Douglas collection of window treatments, we find several styles of privacy sheers with horizontal and vertical applications. We’ll look at each style to see how its specific features and light control abilities can benefit North Carolina homeowners:
Pirouette® Sheer Shades
Gracefully displaying the three things we love most about Hunter Douglas privacy sheers (UV protection and light control, open sightline, and privacy), Pirouette® Sheer Shades offer homeowners the ability to craft their home environment to meet both the needs of their family and address the challenges of the season. Additionally, with over 90 fabric options and two different vane sizes, homeowners can create a range of unique looks that suit different interior design styles.
Silhouette® Sheer Shades
With simple grace, the s-shaped vanes on Silhouette® Sheer Shades provide light control and privacy as needed, while the sheer backing softly filters the harsher elements of natural sunlight. Silhouette® Sheer Shades are also available with the Duolite® system for expanded light control abilities by adding a second, room-darkening back shade.
Luminette® Sheer Panels
These vertical treatments are ideal for patio doors, sliding glass doors, or large windows with the UV protection of sheer shades and the operation of vertical blinds. Luminette® Sheer Panels come in over 80 fabric choices with individually tailored styles for privacy sheers.
Duette® Cellular Shades
The insulating design of cellular shades is now available with ClearView® sheers for the energy-saving benefits of cellular insulation and the open style of sheer shades. Duette® Cellular Shades can fit doors or windows for Hunter Douglas privacy sheers, and you can coordinate them throughout a house.
Motorized Privacy Sheers
Elevate Pirouette® Sheer Shades, Silhouette® Sheer Shades, Luminette® Sheer Panels, or Duette® Cellular Shades with the addition of Hunter Douglas’s PowerView® Automation. This motorized operating system has easy user control and automated scheduling to elevate performance and efficiency. For modern households with smart systems or home assistant programs installed, you can integrate PowerView® Automation for seamless control.
Privacy Sheers near Apex, North Carolina
Learn more about Hunter Douglas privacy sheers' light control and graceful style by connecting with our Benchmark Shutters & Shades team. Request a consultation today to discuss Luminette® Sheer Panels, Pirouette® Sheer Shades, Silhouette® Sheer Shades, Duette® Cellular Shades, or motorized privacy sheers for your home. Benchmark Shutters & Shades is proud to serve our neighbors in Raleigh-Durham, Chapel Hill, and Apex, North Carolina.