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.
Flooring
Choosing a type of flooring for your home is an important decision.
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.
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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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Stop Suffering with Allergy Friendly Window Treatments
Whether allergies are a year-round issue for you or a seasonal drag, know that there are actions we can take in our homes to help alleviate those symptoms. And while allergies are as unique as the people who suffer from them, there are some general guidelines that can help a great many find relief. When it comes to home décor, look at your items with an eye for allergy triggers and ask how you can make your home environment more allergy-friendly as a whole. For allergy-friendly window treatments, there are three key features to look for and several styles of window coverings from Hunter Douglas that meet those specific functional needs.
3 Features to Look for in Allergy-Friendly Window Treatments
- Vertical Orientation: The less surface dust can fall and cling to, the better for allergy sufferers. This is why window treatments with a vertical orientation are often seen as more allergy-friendly window treatments than horizontal styles. Comparing blinds, for example, we see that vertical blinds offer little perch for dust and so stay cleaner longer than Venetian blinds, where each horizontal vane can be a resting place for dust and pollen which in turn needs constant cleaning, or it can trigger an allergy attack. So, when designing your rooms to be as allergy friendly as possible, be sure you are conscientiously eliminating areas where that troublesome dirt or pollen can land.
- Impenetrable Building Materials: Just as you don’t want to have an excess of places for dust to settle, you also don’t want materials that are easily penetrated, as they will give dust and pollen a place to hide. Hard materials like wood, vinyl, and composite materials that shutters are made out of are impervious to dust. On the other hand, fabric is a much more porous material that can absorb pollutants, so it is not as good as harder treatments for repelling allergens.
- Easy to Clean Treatments: Keeping a clean home is one of the best things you can do to relieve allergy symptoms, especially those caused by seasonal pollens. To make cleaning as painless as possible, choose easy-to-clean window shades. And while, unfortunately, there is no such thing as allergy-friendly window treatments that require no cleaning, there are models including blinds, shutters, and roller shades whose cleaning needs are dramatically lower than other high-maintenance window fashions like drapery or Roman shades.
Our Favorite Allergy Friendly Window Treatments
With the above features for allergy-friendly window treatments in mind, look at the modern types of window coverings from Hunter Douglas that can meet those needs and present a contemporary, polished style.
- Vertical Blinds: Cadence® Vertical Blinds have a traditional vertical design that sloughs dust off, giving little respite for the allergens in a home.
- Shutters: Palm Beach™ Polysatin™ Vinyl Shutters are made of a hard, impenetrable material and designed to be moisture, mold, and mildew resistant – all great for keeping a home allergen-free.
- Roller Shades: Design Studio™ Roller Shades are some of the easiest to clean of all fabric-based window treatments thanks to their streamlined design, vertical profile, and smooth flat front that is both easy to clean and offers minimal creases in which dust can hide.
Don’t suffer this spring with allergies. Upgrade to allergy-friendly window treatments to help create a home environment that soothes rather than inflames your seasonal allergies. Visit Kao’s Pacific Interiors, located near the City of Industry, California, to shop your range of options in the Hunter Douglas collection. Or request a consultation for a one-on-one discussion about allergy-friendly window treatments for your home. Kao’s Pacific Interiors serves homeowners in Yorba Linda, Brea, Diamond Bar, Irvine, and City of Industry, CA.