Try Light Blocking with Skylight Shades

Do you love your home’s skylights but dislike the lack of light control? Finding adjustable shades for your skylight can be challenging, but don’t lose hope – At Alexander Blank Fabrics & Design, we carry light blocking skylight shades from Hunter Douglas that will add functionality and convenience to your skylight.

Why Use Skylight Shades?

The purpose of a skylight is to fill a space with natural light—especially spaces that find it hard to receive light. So why would you want to cover your skylights? There are a few reasons why it’s essential to have the ability to block light from a skylight, including:

• Light control when you want to sleep or reduce glare while watching TV.
• Reduce the impact of sun damage on your flooring, furniture, and wall coverings.
• Conceal a dirty skylight if you have guests coming .
• Add privacy when you need it.

Duette® Cellular Shades are Great for Skylights

Hunter Douglas Duette® Cellular Shades are a window covering powerhouse offering insulation, light control, and sound absorption. These showstopping shades are available in over 150 color and material combinations, including options from the chic Alustra® Collection. Choose from ⅜”, ¾,” and 1 ¼” wide pleats and several opacities. Cellular shades softly diffuse sunlight into a pleasant glow and won a 2023 Good Housekeeping Home Renovation Award.

You can use cellular shades on windows of all shapes and sizes, including skylights, arches, angles, circles, sliding glass doors, and sidelights.

Elements that are similar throughout your home, such as window treatment styles, paint colors, or flooring, help tie your interior design together. Duette® Cellular Shades are fantastic for every room in your home because you can switch the pleat size, opacity, and color to prevent a generic aesthetic.

Reduce Energy Usage with Skylight Shades

Windows are responsible for a large portion of your energy costs year-round. In the summer, the sun is at its highest in the sky when it passes through your skylight, dramatically increasing room temperature. When winter comes, the rising heat will easily pass through your skylight instead of staying in your home where it belongs.

Get to Know the SkyLift™ Skylight System

Two significant obstacles to covering skylights include being able to adjust the shade’s position and not having the window treatment succumb to gravity and hang down from the ceiling. With the SkyLift™ Skylight System, you can easily control the amount of light that passes through your skylight. You can equip your cellular shades with PowerView® Automation to adjust their position using the PowerView® app, Pebble® remote, or with voice commands through your smart home assistant when you partner your shades with the PowerView® Gateway. A hand crank is available for manual control, and the Simplicity™ telescoping pole allows you to move hard-to-reach skylight shades.

Exciting Cellular Shade Features

Many rooms have varying light control and privacy needs, so you can choose Duette® Cellular Shades in a variety of convenient designs:

• The top-down/bottom-up design offers equal natural light and privacy.
• The Duolite® feature places an opaque liner behind a sheer front shade.
• In rooms with fantastic views, try ClearView® sheers, which use an innovative material to provide an unobscured view without sacrificing privacy.
• The LightLock® blackout system uses unique U-shaped side channels to absorb and deflect up to 50% more unwanted light than shades without it, making it perfect for bedrooms.

Controlling Cellular Shades

• PowerView® Automation: An award-winning system that syncs with many smart home systems, providing user-friendly control when you’re home or away.
• UltraGlide® Retractable Wand: A soft-touch, ergonomic wand that remains a constant length and raises or lowers your shades with a gentle pull.
• LiteRise®: A straightforward manual operation system that lifts and lowers your shades when you push or pull on the bottom rail.
• EasyRise™ Corded Loop: A wall-mounted cord tensioner prevents dangling cords and provides smooth movement, ideal for oversized windows.

Shop Hunter Douglas Skylight Shades Near Lutherville, MD

Let our expert designers and certified installers at Alexander Blank Fabrics & Design help you cover your skylights with luxurious cellular shades. An interior design consultation is an excellent way to create a cohesive, whole-home décor solution.

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Visit our showroom at 2151 York Road, Ste A in Lutherville, or request a complimentary consultation online. Alexander Blank Fabrics & Design proudly serves Lutherville-Timonium and the greater Baltimore Metro area.