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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.
Awnings
Save energy, reduce glare, and protect furniture from fading.
Commercial Blinds & Shades
We offer window treatments for any business or commercial setting.
Motorized 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.
Window Tinting & Film
We offer window tinting and window film for your home.
Interior Design Ideas
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Bathroom Bedroom Home Office Kitchen Living Room Media Room Nursery & Kids RoomBlinds & Shades by Window Shape
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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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Improve Your Sleep with Room-Darkening Shades
When it comes to getting a good night’s rest, most of us know the laundry list of best practices. You start a routine by not eating and avoiding blue light after a certain time. You might read or listen to calming music to tell your brain that it’s almost bedtime. Then, there are a few recommendations for the right atmosphere for good sleep. You want to be in a cool, dark room with other comforts that meet your needs. However, between varying schedules and daylight savings time, a dark room is not always guaranteed. With room-darkening window treatments from Midwest Solutions, you can block light and enjoy better sleep at any time of the day.
Some of the best choices for room-darkening window treatments involve two layers. This gives you the flexibility to enjoy light while still being able to blackout your room when it’s time for sleep. This option is even more convenient when both shades are on a single roller. When you’re looking for a classy, elegant design, Roman shades are a perfect option. The signature soft folds add texture and visual interest in a space. With the Duolite® option for Vignette® Roman Shades, you can upgrade your stylish design with two layers on one roller. By combining a light-filtering shade in the front with a room-darkening panel in the back, you can maximize light control when you want to read or work but then block out the light when you need some deep rest.
Duette® Honeycomb Shades are another great option for creating an ideal sleep environment. With the Alustra® Collection of fabric, you can find high-quality designs in a variety of opacities. Plus, with the LightLock™ system, you can block even more excess light. This operating system has specially designed micro-ridges on the sides of the shade to deflect or absorb light that enters your room. The other notable features of these shades also help create a perfect sleep environment. Honeycomb shades are built with a design that creates pockets or cells. These cells can trap air, making your home more energy efficient. Excess noise from outside your home can also be trapped by these cells, dampening noises that might disturb your sleep.
If shades aren’t your preferred window treatment style, you have other options that can help darken a room. For example, blinds are a popular window treatment option because they offer flexible light control. However, the slats in blinds are attached with cords which create opportunities for light to leak through. With the de-Light™ feature for Hunter Douglas blinds, the holes and seams are reduced in number as well as in size to help limit this excess light. As an added benefit, the design just looks cleaner.
Midwest Window Solutions carries a wide array of window treatments that can be customized to help block light for a better night’s sleep. Whether you simply need to minimize light gaps with Designer Roller Shades or are looking to add an optional liner to your favorite window treatments, our staff can walk you through the design and installation. Contact us today to schedule a consultation! We serve the greater Chicagoland area, including Rosemont, Bartlett, Arlington Heights, Lake Zurich, and Hoffman Estates.