Program your window treatments so that they adjust themselves automatically, creating the perfect room ambiance morning, noon and night.
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 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.
Custom-made fabric Roman Shades by Hunter Douglas, combining the look of soft folds with the ease and convenience of a shade. Custom-crafted.
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.
For a warm, natural look our Hunter Douglas Woven Wood Shades collection of window treatments transforms sunlight into captivating design statements. Choose yours today.
Find the right custom vertical shades for any room in your home. Search our most popular window shades.
From controlling light to their stylish, sleek look, wood blinds have been a favorite among homeowners for decades.
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.
Discover Hunter Douglas customized vertical blinds featuring elegant styling and translucency in a large selection of colors, treatments, and textures. Lifetime guarantee.
Hunter Douglas custom window shutters provide superior light control and privacy with classic styles, long-lasting finishes, and exceptional craftsmanship.
Choose from timeless and on-trend fabrics, including lofty textures and alluring jacquards, artisanal embroideries and luminous sheers.
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Want a darker room for better sleep or optimal movie binging? These shades and drapes help block light at the window.
Live comfortably and save energy with these shades. Designer to keep a room warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
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For privacy and natural light, position shades from the top, bottom or both. These shades have this feature available.
Save energy, reduce glare, and protect furniture from fading.
Add the perfect finishing touch to your windows.
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SunGard Window Fashions carries innovative Madico® window film designed to elevate your home with exceptional privacy and light control.
Our schedule is flexible, and we can come to your home for a consultation.
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SunGard Window Fashions is your local resource for window coverings from Hunter Douglas, custom draperies and top treatments, Madico solar control window films, solar control shades, and awnings.
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Of all the ways your household dynamic changes when you start adding members, one key area to remember is your window shades. Though it might not seem like a major upgrade, the truth is that getting family-friendly window shades can behoove households in some very significant ways. This includes improving safety for young children, granting more time for family activities, and affording a financial return on investment.
The most important feature in window shades for many families, especially those with young children, is safety. Traditional, manual operating systems for many types of shades have hanging cords that are used to raise or lower the treatment. These hanging cords can pose a strangulation hazard to young children who can become entangled in the loose lines. This can also be a concern for small pets. One option families have to eliminate this safety concern is to select cord-free window coverings that are more child-friendly.
Options for cordless window treatments include interior shutters (like Palm Beach™ Polysatin™ Shutters from Hunter Douglas) that use a tilt bar to operate or upgrading to a motorized operating system for soft shades. Many Hunter Douglas window treatments are available with PowerView®, their latest automated control system that operates sans hanging cords to transform select roller shades, Roman shades, honeycomb shades, woven wood shades, sheer shadings, and drapery into cordless, family-friendly window shades.
Time is a key element to consider when choosing family-friendly window shades–specifically, the time it is going to take to clean and maintain new window shades in the future. After all, for most families, time is a precious commodity, so spending it cleaning window treatments is most likely not a priority or desire. Ergo, choosing family-friendly window shades that are easy to clean and have a low-key maintenance schedule is ideal.
Hard window treatments like shutters and blinds are considered easy to clean, as their routine maintenance requires only dusting to keep a pristine appearance. Soft shades like roller shades and cellular honeycomb shades are also easy to keep up because their fronts are flatter than Romans shades or drapery, and so they can also be kept clean with simple dusting or wiping on a regular basis.
While safe operation and easy maintenance make for great family-friendly window shades, the real cherry on the sundae is when fiscal benefits can be added to the mix. Many types of new window treatments can not only look good and block light, but they can also do so in a way that has actual monetary benefits for homeowners.
For example, cellular honeycomb shades help make homes more energy efficient by blocking the unwanted transfer of energy through windows. Since running a heater or air conditioners comes with a hefty price tag, eliminating the need to use them as often equates to lower monthly energy bills. Another monetary benefit homeowners might see from new family-friendly window treatments is an increase to the appraisal value of their home. Some window treatments, like interior shutters that are permanently installed into a home, can be viewed as a financially significant improvement to the home raising its overall value.
For families ready to upgrade their window treatments, SunGard Window Fashions Peoria stands ready to help. Request a consultation today to discuss all the family-friendly window shades that are available for you. SunGard Window Fashions is located near Peoria, Illinois, and serves residents throughout the greater Peoria area and central Illinois.