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.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
Outdoor Solar Shades
Make your outdoor spaces more comfortable with our outdoor solar shades.
SunPro Motorized Retractable Awnings
Make your home or workplace feel as comfortable on the outside as it is on the inside with SunPro motorized retractable awnings from The Shade Shop.
Commercial Blinds and Shades
The Shade Shop works with business owners across Southern Maine to dress and protect their buildings with Hunter Douglas commercial window coverings.
Cornices
We offer window treatments for any business or commercial setting.
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We create one-of-a-kind custom bedding designs.
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Add the perfect finishing touch to your windows.
Drapery Hardware
Choose from a wide selection of styles.
Fabrics
Choose from our large selection of fabric colors, patterns and textures.
Valances and Cornices
Window treatments are a part of your interior design that can be not only beautiful, but functional!
After-Hours & In-Home Consultations
Our schedule is flexible, and we can come to your home for a consultation.
Blind and Shade Repairs
We offer quick and professional repairs for your blinds and shades.
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We offer expert drapery repair services.
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Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
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How Hunter Douglas Shades and Blinds Can Improve Your Sleep
Getting a good night's sleep is essential for your overall health and well-being, but many people struggle with falling asleep and staying asleep.One factor that can affect sleep quality is the amount of light in the bedroom. Light from streetlights, passing cars, or even a full moon can disrupt your sleep cycle, making it harder to fall asleep and stay asleep.
That's where our Hunter Douglas shades and blinds at The Shade Shop in Kennebunk, ME can help. Let’s explore how Hunter Douglas shades and blinds can improve your sleep and help you wake up feeling refreshed.
Light Control and Room Darkening
One of the primary benefits of Hunter Douglas shades and blinds is their ability to control the amount of light that enters your bedroom. Our very favorite window treatment for complete light control is our Duette® Cellular Shades with LightLock®. The LightLock® system is made with U-shaped side channels that blend perfectly flush into the window to absorb light and prevent it from entering your bedroom.
Some other options you have if you’d like to opt for a different window treatment would be opting to mount your window treatments outside the window frame, as well as adding drapery or side panels to layer your window treatments and create an ultimate blackout effect. Ask us about which of our Custom Drapes are the best blackout curtains if you’re interested in a full blackout effect.
Another option for blocking light is a room-darkening roller shades, which is available on many of our Hunter Douglas roller shades. Roller shades are a great option with a sleek, modern design. They do an excellent job at providing you privacy while still letting in let when you want it to as well as preventing glare. For the best night of sleep, you’ll want to opt for a room-darkening fabric.
You can rest assured that your shade or blinds have next-level room darkening capabilities for the best night of sleep ever.
Sound Absorption
Another factor that can affect your sleep quality is noise. Whether it's traffic outside your window or your partner's snoring, unwanted noise can keep you awake and disrupt your sleep cycle. Hunter Douglas shades and blinds can help by absorbing sound and reducing noise pollution in your bedroom.
Our Hunter Douglas catalog at The Shade Shop includes a range of window treatments with sound-absorbing properties, including cellular shades and Roman shades. These shades are designed with extra channels that absorb excess air and excess noise at your window to provide an excellent night of sleep.
Temperature Control
Temperature is another crucial factor that can affect sleep quality. If your bedroom is too hot or too cold, it can be challenging to get comfortable and drift off to sleep. Hunter Douglas shades and blinds can help regulate the temperature in your room, keeping it cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
Some Hunter Douglas shades and blinds are designed specifically with insulating properties that help keep your room at a comfortable temperature. Cellular shades, for example, have a honeycomb structure that traps air and creates an insulating layer between your room and the window. This insulation helps reduce the need for heating and air conditioning and saving you money on your energy bills.
The Conclusive Choice for a Better Night’s Sleep
While we believe that a wide range of Hunter Douglas shades and blinds can help create a better night’s sleep, one window treatment ranks as #1 for our team in its capability for room darkening/light control, sound absorption, and temperature control, and that’s Duette® Cellular Shades.
If you’d like to learn more about this versatile shade and how our other blinds, shades, shutters, and drapes can help you rest easier, request a consultation today or give us a call at (207) 967-9777 to get started. We’re located in Kennebunk, Maine, and we proudly serve Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, York, Wells, Portland, and Biddeford, ME.