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.
Commercial Blinds & Shades
We offer window treatments for any business or commercial setting.
Cornices
We offer window treatments for any business or commercial setting.
Custom Bedding
We create one-of-a-kind custom bedding designs.
Drapery & Valances
Add the perfect finishing touch to your windows.
Drapery Hardware
Choose from a wide selection of styles.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
Outdoor Solar Shades
Make your outdoor spaces more comfortable with our outdoor solar shades.
After-Hours & In-Home Consultations
Our schedule is flexible, and we can come to your home for a consultation.
Free Estimates
Get a free estimate for your next decorating project.
Motorized Covering Expertise
We offer expert motorization services for your window coverings.
Upholstery
We offer re-upholstery services for all furniture styles.
About Us
At North County Blind Company, we take window fashions seriously. We can provide treatments that capture the sun's warmth and add architectural interest to your home.
Encinitas, CA
At North County Blinds, we have been serving our valued customers since 1985. Our commitment to exceptional products from Hunter Douglas, expert design consultations, and in-home installations has made us a trusted name in Encinitas, California.
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Why Choose Designer Screen Shades for Your Light-Filled Spaces
Summer’s in full swing, and we couldn’t be more excited for the extended daylight hours, fun in the pool, and cookouts in the backyard. No matter what style of home you have, there’s likely at least one directly adjacent to your outdoor space that gets just a little bit more sunshine than the rest. Some homes have patios, others have sunrooms, some lucky homes have glass from floor to ceiling that need up-to-snuff window treatments during these extra sunny months.
At North County Blinds, we have the perfect solution for all your light-filled spaces: Hunter Douglas Designer Screen Shades. With so many window treatments to choose from, you might be wondering what makes Designer Screen Shades so ideal for the rooms in our home that get the most sunshine. Below is our top list of reasons to choose Designer Screen Shades.
UV Protection
One of the key reasons to add a Designer Screen Shade is added UV protection. Harmful sun rays are no laughing matter—they can cause furniture, flooring, and even artwork to fade, among many other interior concerns. At North County Blinds, we want to protect your home and increase its value, not stand by and let your decor fall to the wayside from the unforgiving summer sun. The same way you wear sunscreen to the beach, you want to add effective window treatments to your home to shield and protect against the sun’s harmful rays. Depending on your fabric choice, our Designer Screen Shades block between 86-99% of the sun’s harmful rays.
Better Privacy
If we’re talking patios and sunrooms, who doesn’t love to enjoy their morning cup of joe reading a book, or performing a quick yoga routine where the natural light can shine down in these gorgeous spaces? One thing nobody wants is prying eyes making you feel like you can’t enjoy your outdoor-adjacent spaces. Privacy is extremely important to most homeowners, and it’s one of the most challenging things to get when you don’t live in a rural area. Designer Screen Shades are the perfect solution because they allow you to have privacy in these spaces without compromising the natural light pouring in.
Unobstructed Views
The beauty of Hunter Douglas Designer Screen Shades is that they can be completely custom-made and tailored to your exact preferences. The fabrics we use to make the shade are organized by openness factor, and there are five openness factors to choose from. When you opt for a fabric choice that maximizes your outdoor views, you can still reap the benefits of added privacy and UV protection without obstructing your outdoor views. That’s why this is our favorite window treatment for sunrooms and patios, where the outdoor view is one of the highlights of these living spaces.
Sustainable Options
Truly, our favorite part of the Designer Screen Shade line is the newest addition to the fabric choices: Sea-Tex™ Screen Shades. The Greenscreen Sea-Tex™ fabric is brand new to Hunter Douglas, and was a joint effort between Hunter Douglas and Bionic®, a mission-driven material engineering company that has established coastal recycling infrastructure in developing nations that delivers fully traceable textiles from marine and coastal plastic. The Greenscreen Sea-Tex™ fabric is comprised of yarn that’s made from reclaimed, washed-ashore plastic, making it one of the most sustainable window treatments on the market. GreenScreen® Sea-Tex™ screen shade fabrics are available in five neutral tones each with a 3% openness. Now you can make a window treatment choice you feel good about in more ways than one: helping to upcycle plastic to keep our oceans cleaner while adding a window treatment that will help your home’s own energy efficiency to keep your utility bills and energy consumption lower. A greener carbon footprint has never been so simple!
Contact Us
If you’d like to learn more about how we can help you find the perfect window coverings, be sure to give us a call at (760) 944-9056, stop by our showroom in Encinitas, CA, or request a consultation online. We can’t wait to help you get started on your next home project! We proudly service Encinitas, San Diego, Carlsbad, Oceanside, and San Marcos, CA.