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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
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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
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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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Child and Pet-Friendly
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A Room-by-Room Guide to Winter Window Treatments
Often, when we select new window treatments, it's done by stylistic preference; we like how the window treatments look in the room and how the room looks with the treatments. But there are other ways to think about new treatments. For example, we can shop for the season or by the room. This month, our team will dive deeper into how we select new interior blinds, shades, and shutters going room by room instead of style by style to help homeowners find the right type of window covering for their home for this winter in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Entryway
Since the entryway is the first point of contact guests have with your home, it's important to set your standard of style in this room. For winter window treatments for the entryway, we like installing Luminette® Sheer Panels. These light-loving shades draw in every ounce of winter sun while at the same time obscuring the view for privacy, protection, and a warm, welcoming ambiance. They can also be tailored to fit sidelights, a common specialty window found in entryways.
Living Room
When choosing interior blinds, shades, or shutters for the room where your family congregates, whether you call it a living room, family room, or great room, opt for treatments like Roman shades that offer elevated style as well as flexible light control. Vignette® Roman Shades with Duolite® can create internal lighting that ranges from bright illumination to blackout darkness with its dual shade design, and it comes in over 25 different fabric choices for personalized style.
Bedroom
Cellular shades Help keep your slumber chamber in peak condition by regulating temperature, sound, and light. With winter in Raleigh, North Carolina, coming soon, now is a great time to install Duette® Cellular Shades, which have unmatched insulating abilities. With cellular shades in your bedroom, you can ensure you sleep restfully, no matter the outside weather conditions.
Dining Room
Create an elegant style for mealtime with drapery in the dining room. Not only does drapery offer a vast array of customizable styles, but it also provides a layer of protection over windows to help reduce unwanted heat loss and drafts in the winter. Compliment this winter window treatment with a layer for additional protection, such as pairing drapery with cellular shades for the ultimate in style and comfort in the dining room.
Kitchen
For a kitchen's hectic pace and humid atmosphere, we like employing vinyl shutters for their durability, easy-to-clean features, and chic style. Palm Beach™ Polysatin™ Vinyl Shutters come with the additional benefit of compatibility with PowerView® Automation for motorized kitchen shades that can be controlled hands-free.
Bathroom
In the bathroom, we prioritize privacy and airflow, which is why Hunter Douglas blinds top our list of the best options for this room. EverWood® Faux Wood Blinds add resistance to moisture and UV to their impressive feature list. Their tilting vanes in natural wood finishes or solid paint hues can also provide privacy, ventilation, and natural lighting at once.
Winter Window Treatments near Raleigh, North Carolina
Let our experts walk you through your options for interior blinds, shades, and shutters for each room of the home to help you narrow in on styles that suit your personal tastes the best and upgrades that could benefit your household efficiency the most. Hunter Douglas has a wide selection of winter window treatments that are ideal for the Raleigh area. Please request a consultation to learn more. Benchmark Shutters & Shades serves homeowners in Chapel Hill, Apex, and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.