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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.
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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.
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Find the right custom vertical shades for any room in your home. Search our most popular window shades.
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From controlling light to their stylish, sleek look, wood blinds have been a favorite among homeowners for decades.
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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.
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Discover Hunter Douglas customized vertical blinds featuring elegant styling and translucency in a large selection of colors, treatments, and textures. Lifetime guarantee.
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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.
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We offer window treatments for any business or commercial setting.
Cornices
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Add the perfect finishing touch to your windows.
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Make your outdoor spaces more comfortable with our outdoor solar shades.
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We offer expert motorization services for your window coverings.
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We offer re-upholstery services for all furniture styles.
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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.
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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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Create a Light, Dreamy Space with Sheers
Sheers, otherwise known as sheer shades, are one of the top window treatments when it comes to light enhancement. Our Hunter Douglas Sheer Shades at North County Blinds are certainly no strangers to light enhancement.
Lighten Your Space with Sheer Shades
Sheers are by far our favorite window treatment to recommend to our clients who are looking for ways to accentuate the natural light in their home without obstructing their outdoor views. We have three different sheer shade options to choose from, all with varying finishing touches available, but all of which will work wonders to enhance the light in your home and create a dreamy, light filled landscape in all your living spaces:
- These shades feature adjustable S-shaped vanes between light-diffusing front and back sheer panels, making them the ultimate light-enhancing shade.
- The most versatile choice for design, with over 150 fabric/color choices.
- The best value for your money, as you can enjoy filtered light, a daytime view, and maintain your privacy.
- UV protection to keep your furniture and flooring safe.
- 2-, 3- and 4-inch vane sizes available to suit the needs of your room.
- These shades feature fabric vanes with a light-diffusing back panel that can be adjusted to your need for light.
- Provides UV protection for your interior fabrics/floorings/artwork/etc.
- Over 90 fabric/color choices amongst gorgeous, high-quality selections.
- 4- and 5-inch vane sizes available.
- The most ideal choice for larger windows.
- These sheers are meant to mimic drapery with a long, flowing sense of movement that create a soft glow of natural light in your room while maintaining your privacy.
- Provides a buffer of UV protection between your interiors and the sun, although it might not be best for rooms with an exceptional amount of harsh light if not paired with another window treatment.
- 3.5-inch vane size available.
- Over 80 fabric/color choices with exclusive fabrics available from the Alustra® Collection.
Other Options
If the thought of installing sheer shades at your window the look you’re going for, we have some other sheer window treatment options available. For example, our custom drapery from Hunter Douglas includes options that have varying opacities for your light filtration needs that can work similarly to a sheer shade but with a slightly different look. Sheer curtains are a wonderful option if you have an existing window treatment that you want to be able to layer something with when you want some privacy but don’t want to obstruct natural light or your outdoor view.
If you really need more of an energy-efficiency workhorse for your home, you could also consider our Hunter Douglas Duette® Cellular Shades. They create a similar experience of light diffusion properties to our sheer shades and operate with unparalleled ability to optimize your home’s energy consumption.
Contact Us
The bottom line when you choose sheer shades over other window treatments is that you’re more able to enjoy gorgeous, diffused light without compromising your home’s privacy or suffering harm from UV damage.
Our Hunter Douglas sheer shades options are the best of the best, and we’d love to answer any remaining questions you may have at your free consultation. Just give us a call at (760) 944-9056 or stop by our showroom in Encinitas, CA.
We proudly serve Encinitas, San Diego, Carlsbad, Oceanside, and San Marcos, California and the surrounding areas, and we look forward to working with you!