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.
Drapery & Valances
Add the perfect finishing touch to your windows.
Fabrics
Texture is a key element in interior design. A plush carpet softens your living room, while smooth hard floors give it stability and unity.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
Wallpaper
We offer a wide variety of beautiful wallpaper designs.
Consumer Financing by Wells Fargo
We offer financing options for our customers, subject to approved credit.
Free Estimates
Get a free estimate for your next decorating project.
Window Covering Measuring & Installations
Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
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Home Office
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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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Do Blackout Shades Keep Heat Out?
With summer well on its way, you might notice a few things— the sun is brighter, out for longer, and, possibly most noticeably, much warmer. While we love a hot summer day spent by the pool, not every second of every day can be a pool day. However, this doesn’t mean you have to be uncomfortable during the summer season. If your home feels like an oven no matter how high you crank up the AC, or if the sun is singeing right through your windows, the problem might be your window coverings. For rooms especially warm in the summer, you might need a window treatment that can take the heat—literally. Blackout shades are notorious for their thick fabrics that block out light, but do blackout shades also keep the heat out?
The Magic of Blackout Shades
As mentioned, blackout shades are known for blocking out unwanted artificial and natural light. This is great when you are trying to sleep or watching a movie and don’t want any glare bouncing off your screens. However, the magic of blackout shades is more than just their ability to block light, they can also block heat out of your home.
If you keep your blackout shades closed when you run errands, go to work, or simply during the brightest part of the afternoon, you will notice a huge difference in room temperature. And, when you choose blackout blinds with a lighter exterior, you can enjoy even more heat protection, as their lighter exterior will reflect light rather than absorb it—like wearing a white outfit in the summer versus an all-black outfit.
Of course, if you don’t want to commit to blackout shades or already have a window treatment you like, blackout liners can be added to your shades when that summer sun is at its peak. We are happy to help you find the right option for your home!
Hunter Douglas Blackout Shades
Speaking of options, Hunter Douglas has several blackout shades that you can choose from. Popular collections include:
These beloved Hunter Douglas shades transform harsh light into a soft glow throughout your home during the day and provide ample light blockage when needed. This is thanks to their solid fabric vanes that float between a front and back layer of sheer material. The room-darkening Duolight® option combines a translucent shading in the front and a room-darkening roller shade in the back, so you can enjoy as much shade as you wish.
Though known for their energy-efficient properties, these Hunter Douglas shades are available with the LightLock™ system. This innovative option features side channels inside your window frame to minimize light gaps, providing 99% darkness. The cellular design of these shades also traps air at your windows to keep your home cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
Designed to enhance your windows with crisp, uniform folds, these Roman shades provide ample room-darkening thanks to their supple fabrics available in three opacities.
Contact Us Today
With Hunter Douglas, gone are the days of hot, bright homes, and in are the days of cool, shaded bliss. To learn more about blackout shades and how they block heat, be sure to contact or visit us today at Dreamweaver Interiors & Fabrics. We are located in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and proudly serve Milton, Broadkill Beach, Lewes, Rehoboth Beach, Dewey Beach, Bethany Beach, Ocean View, Millville, and the surrounding areas.