Aria™️ Fabric Blinds
Crafted of lightweight and translucent fabric. For a first-of-its-kind design.
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.
Custom Awnings
At Sunbeam Window & Door, we offer custom awnings made from the finest acrylic fabrics and long-lasting aluminum frame parts.
Custom Doors
Your front door is the main entryway into your home.
Windows
At Sunbeam Window & Door Company, we know that the actual windows in your home are just as important as the window treatments covering them.
About Us
Sunbeam Window & Door Company has been your choice for vinyl replacement windows, entry doors, retractable awnings, and window treatments since 1946.
Blog
This is the blog for Sunbeam Window & Door Company, the premier store for Hunter Douglas window treatments and window coverings in and around the Pennsauken, New Jersey and the surrounding areas in New Jersey and Philadelphia.
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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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What are The Three Levels of Light-Blocking Window Treatments?
You may want to control the light that enters into your home for various reasons, from making your room dark for a more enjoyable movie night with friends to keeping it dim for better conditions for an afternoon nap.
Window treatments greatly help create variable light in spaces by filtering or blocking incoming sunlight. This month, our team at Sunbeam Window & Door Co will answer the question, “What are the three levels of light-blocking window treatments?” to help New Jersey homeowners figure out what level they need in their homes.
What Are The 3 Levels of Light Blocking Window Treatments?
We can divide light-blocking window treatments into three categories based on the amount of sunlight they block from entering: light-filtering, room-darkening, and blackout.
For each style, we’ll examine what qualifies for each particular level of light control and give you a real-world example of what that level looks like when you want to upgrade to new window shades.
What Are Light-Filtering Window Shades
After sheer shades, which let you see outside your home in different levels, light-filtering shades offer the softest filtration of sunlight. Their semi-sheer to semi-opaque textiles filter natural light and offer an obscured view out to create a warm and welcoming ambiance free from the glare of strong, direct sunlight. Many styles of light-filtering window shades also offer protective features. For example, they can filter out UV to protect home decor from sun damage or add insulation for better energy efficiency.
Light-Filtering Shades
Provenance® Woven Wood Shades from Hunter Douglas make an excellent example light-blocking shades thanks to their construction made from natural materials. When you choose a semi-sheer to semi-opaque fabric, these woven shades gently filter sunlight to maintain a well-lit interior that also benefits from the natural patterns and weft of a woven shade.
What Are Room-Darkening Window Shades?
Room-darkening shades use semi-opaque or opaque textiles to actively block or absorb sunlight for rooms that are noticeably darker. Because they block more natural sunlight, room-darkening shades create interiors that are also cooler and more protected in terms of the resident’s privacy since they block the view as well.
Room-Darkening Cellular Shade
Duette® Cellular Shades, with the exclusive Duolite® system, take basic cellular shades to the next level of light control. Duolite® shades feature a front, light-filtering shade and a back room-darkening shade that operate individually to craft the perfect interior lighting solution.
What are Blackout Shades Window Shades?
Blackout shades are the ultimate light-blocking window treatment, allowing minimal natural sunlight to enter the space. They use opaque textiles that block or absorb light and often have features to eliminate light leaks around their edges for enhanced darkness.
Blackout Cellular Shades
Duette® Cellular Shades can be upgraded with the LightLock® blackout system to achieve the third level of light-blocking shades – blackout shades. The LightLock® system uses u-shaped tracks around the shade’s sides to stop sunlight from coming in around the edges for comprehensively darker interiors. Homeowners can also add layers to elevate the blackout capabilities of a window treatment.
Tip: Use custom drapery over cellular shades for the pinnacle of blackout window treatments.
Shop Light-Blocking Shades near Pennsauken Township, New Jersey
Our team of window treatment experts is ready to help you find the right level of light control for your home from light-filtering shades to room-darkening treatments to the ultimate blackout shades.
Learn more about the three levels of light-blocking features offered by Hunter Douglas window shades by visiting our team at SunBeam Window & Door Co. in Pennsauken, New Jersey, or going online to request a consultation.
SunBeam Window & Door Co. serves residents from our central location near Pennsauken, NJ, including Maple Shade, Cherry Hill, and Pennsauken, NJ.