Looking for window coverings that do it all? Our cellular shade collections check every box. Style, energy efficiency, and effortless light control: Check! These innovative shades are designed to insulate your home, manage natural light, and create a polished look at every window. Struggling with harsh sun, lack of privacy, or rising temperatures? Cellular shades offer a range of solutions, but the right collection depends on your windows and how you want your shades to perform.
Types of Cellular Shades
We offer a variety of cellular shade collections for different styles, windows and solutions. From traditional honeycomb shades to vertical cellular shades and cellular roller shades, each collection puts its own spin on the energy-efficient cellular design.
Duette® Honeycomb Shades
The most well known are our Duette® Honeycomb Shades. They are industry pioneers known for award-winning energy efficiency and signature uniform pleats. With an extensive selection of fabrics, light control options and specialty features, Duette offers one of the most customizable approaches to cellular shades.
Duette® Vertiglide™
The vertical cellular shade design of Duette® Vertiglide™ is also part of the Duette product line. Instead of raising from the bottom, these cellular shades slide side to side, making them a great option for sliding glass doors and wide openings while offering the insulating benefits of cellular construction.
Applause® Honeycomb Shades
For homeowners looking for a more streamlined selection, Applause® Honeycomb Shades offer another approach to the cellular design. With a focused selection of fabrics and options, they’re designed with the same type of insulating cellular structure while providing a more budget-friendly route into honeycomb shades.
Sonnette® Cellular Roller Shades
Another style is the Sonnette® Cellular Roller Shade collection. This combines honeycomb construction with the simple operation and clean appearance of a roller shade. Instead of stacking into crisp pleats, the shade rolls neatly into the headrail when raised.
What Makes Cellular Shades Energy Efficient?
What makes honeycomb shades so energy efficient? The cellular design creates pockets of air that act like insulation at the window, helping to reduce heat transfer. That can help your home stay more comfortable during Houston’s hot summers while also providing insulation when outdoor temperatures drop.
The insulating performance varies by collection, fabric and cellular construction, so homeowners who are especially concerned about temperature control can explore our insulating window treatment solutions for more options.
Light Control & Privacy Options
Cellular shades aren’t just about energy efficiency. The collections offer different ways to manage natural light and privacy throughout your home.
Duette® offers the broadest range of specialty options, with light-filtering and room-darkening fabrics as well as innovations for changing how light enters the room. Depending on the configuration, homeowners can enjoy flexible features such as top-down operation, dual shades and solutions for specialty-shaped windows.
If room darkening is the priority, certain cellular shade fabrics and configurations can significantly reduce incoming light. If you want natural light while maintaining privacy, light-filtering fabrics or top-down bottom-up shades may be a better fit.
The important difference is that these options aren’t identical across every cellular collection. That’s where choosing the right product becomes just as important as choosing the cellular shade style itself.
Can Cellular Shades Be Motorized?
These days, of course there’s an app for everything, including window shades. Many cellular shade configurations can be paired with motorized shade technology, giving you convenient control without manually adjusting each window.
Motorization can be especially helpful for large groups of windows and high or hard-to-reach shades. Depending on the product, you can also create schedules to manage harsh afternoon sunlight or adjust shades throughout the day as your privacy and lighting needs change.
Cellular Shades With Built-In Illumination
Sonnette® also offers an especially unique option. Aura™ Illuminated Shades combine the cellular roller shade design with integrated illumination.
Aura allows the shades to close for privacy while providing illumination inside the room. The lighting can also shift with the atmosphere throughout the day, from cooler, brighter illumination during daytime hours to warmer light in the evening. It’s an entirely different way to think about what your window shades can do after the sun goes down.
Which Cellular Shade Is Right for Your Home?
The best cellular shade depends on what you need from the window. Duette® offers the widest range of customization and specialty solutions. Vertiglide™ brings cellular construction to sliding doors and wide openings. Applause® offers a more streamlined approach to honeycomb shades, while Sonnette® combines energy-efficient cellular construction with the clean operation of a roller shade.
You also don’t have to use exactly the same shade at every window. Different cellular collections can help solve different challenges while maintaining a coordinated look throughout your home.
With Houston’s scorching heat, it’s important to be in control of your comfort in your own home. Available in gorgeous colors, fabrics and configurations, cellular shades can help you manage light, privacy and changing temperatures while creating a polished look at the window.
Our expert designers at Creative Blinds are waiting to hear from you. Contact us today to set up your free in-home design consultation and find the cellular shade collection that works best for your space.
