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Duette® Honeycomb Shades with LightLock™ Can Help Winterize Your Home in These Five Important Ways

5 Ways Honeycomb Shades Can Get Your Home Ready for the Winter

With temperatures cooling and leaves starting to turn, fall is here – which means winter is almost here, too. That makes right now the perfect time to switch to window coverings that can help you prepare your home for the coldest months of the year. Here are five reasons Hunter Douglas Honeycomb Shades can revolutionize your window treatments so that no matter how the temperature changes outside, you’re always comfortable inside your home.

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Reason #1: Energy Efficiency

At House to a Home, we’re about great looks that save our customers money. Windows leach your heating and air conditioning outside, making your unit have to work harder than necessary to heat or cool your home. That’s why we love Honeycomb Shades! The cellular structure of the shades creates a pocket of air that insulates your home from outside air temperatures; when it’s cold outside, your heat stays in, and when it’s hot outside, your cool air stays in.

Duette® Honeycomb Shades by Hunter Douglas take it a step further with their Architella® double cell structure, keeping even more of your heating and cooling energy where it belongs!

Reason #2: Light When You Want It

You want to keep your heating and cooling bills low, but you don’t want to live in a cave. Sunlight brings energy into your home and improves your mood, and when daylight hours are short during the winter, you don’t want to have to miss out just to keep your home energy efficient. That’s where a light-filtering fabric on your honeycomb shades shines. Maintain that pocket of air that improves energy efficiency while still letting the sunlight you need into your home.

Take it to the next level with Duette® Duolite® Honeycomb Shades. These day-to-night shades combine a light-filtering fabric with a light-blocking fabric on the same shade, giving you more control over the light and privacy of your home.

Reason #3: Dark When You Need It

Room darkening isn’t just for sunny days. It’s for long winter nights filled with streetlights, too. With the LightLock™ System on Duette® Honeycomb Shades, an added track creates a perfect fit and keeps every bit of stray light out of your room. Combined with the insulating air pocket design that also absorbs 70% of the sound, these honeycomb shades make your room ideal for sleeping.

Reason #4: Ease of Use

Honeycomb shades provide a lot of benefits for a simple and elegant design. Simply lift the shades with the touch of a finger to adjust. But their ease of use goes way beyond that. Add PowerView® Automation and adjust all of your shades with the touch of a button or a voice command.

PowerView® integrates with all the most popular home assistant kits, such as Amazon Alexa, Siri, and Google. Just set up a routine that says, “Alexa, good morning,” and have all your shades automatically open for you. Nothing could be easier.

Reason #5: Perfect for Layering

Adding a layer of drapery to your honeycomb shades is just good sense. Not only does it offer a finished look, but it also serves as an extra layer of light-blocking, as well—pair different colors or textures for a customized look. Choose a light-filtering honeycomb shade to improve your energy efficiency without blocking the sunlight entirely, then add a layer of drapery in a blackout cloth to maximize heat retention on cold winter nights. With so many luxury fabrics to choose from, there are Hunter Douglas Design Studio™ Side Panels or Drapery with the exact look you want.

Let Us Help

Contact House to a Home Interiors today to help you get started with your Hunter Douglas Honeycomb Shades. Call us at (217) 787-9201 or request a consultation online. We proudly serve Springfield, IL, and surrounding areas, up to 50 miles away.