Custom Hunter Douglas Blinds Near Wichita
Custom shades offer a finishing touch that suits the rooms they hang in. Jackie & Bill's Drapery & Interiors has been fitting and installing window treatments since 1966, with designers, in-house seamstresses, and installations experts handling every step from measuring through installation. As an authorized Hunter Douglas Gallery dealer, we carry shades across a wide range of fabrics, opacities, and lift options.
Why to Choose Custom Window Shades
Shades are fabric window treatments that raise and lower with a smooth movement, and they take up little visual space on the wall.
Opacity is where most decisions start. Sheer fabrics soften daylight while holding the view, light-filtering fabrics spread a warm glow across a room, room-darkening fabrics cut glare on screens, and blackout linings keep a room dark for better media viewing or through an afternoon nap.
Lift is another important decision. Cordless shades are the new default, especially safe in homes with children or pets. Wands and tensioned controls handle the management of your shade, and motorized operation is a great addition for windows that are inconvenient or hard to reach.
- Our post on cordless window treatments covers how each lift system behaves day to day.
Window Shade Styles
Cellular Shades
Cellular shades hold pockets of air within a honeycomb structure, which slows the transfer of heat through the glass and softens street noise. Single- and double-cell constructions come in light-filtering and room-darkening fabrics, as well as special blackout add-ons, so the same style works in a sunroom or a bedroom. Hunter Douglas Duette® Cellular Shades cover the range from deep insulation to a lighter look.
Special control options like top-down bottom-up lift drops the shade from the top rail, giving you privacy at eye level while daylight still reaches the ceiling. Check our guide to top-down bottom-up cellular shades.
Roller Shades and Solar Shades
Roller shades are low-profile with a small footprint. The fabric shade wraps onto a roller tube and nests inside a cassette or an exposed roll, leaving trim work and window shape open for clear views.
Solar screen fabrics cut through sun and heat, protecting from UV damage while the outward view stays open.
Hunter Douglas Designer Roller Shades some in semi-sheer to opaque fabrics, Designer Solar Screens offer screen mesh in 5 opacities for glare control that keeps the view, Designer Banded Shades feature alternating sheer and opaque bands, and choose Sonnette® Cellular Roller Shades when you want the insulation of a honeycomb shade in a roller profile.
Roman Shades
Roman shades fold into soft horizontal pleats as they rise, bringing fine fabric and drape to a window with a slimmer profile than a full drapery panel. Flat folds suit clean, modern rooms, while relaxed and hobbled styles lend a softer look to traditional spaces.
Our seamstresses sew custom soft treatments on site, so a Roman shade can be cut from the same fabric as your bedding, pillows, or cornice.
We also offer Hunter Douglas Vignette® Roman Shades and Alustra® Woven Textures Roman Shades that come in a variety of fabrics with a consistent fold and no exposed rear cords.
Woven Wood Shades
Woven shades use natural fibers such as bamboo, reeds, jute, and grasses, and each panel carries the natural grain and color variation of the material itself. They warm a room with texture and sit well against painted trim or the wood tones already in the space. A privacy liner goes behind the weave when a bedroom or bath calls for full coverage. Hunter Douglas Provenance® Woven Wood Shades come in raw, natural weaves. Roller and Roman shades from the Alustra Collection® round out the collection with luxe natural fibers.
Sheer Shades
Sheer shades suspend opaque fabric vanes with sheer panels, so daylight diffuses into the room while the vanes handle glare and privacy. They maintain your view of the yard and filter UV light at the same time, which protects flooring, artwork, and upholstery from fading. Horizontal format sheers include Hunter Douglas Silhouette® Sheer Shades and, Pirouette® Sheer Shades.
Vertical Shades for Wide Openings
Vertical shades add the protection of shades to sliding glass doors, wide picture windows, and patio entries, a soft vertical panel draws to one side or splits in the center, which keeps daily traffic through the door easy. Fabric vanes soften architectural lines, and we can repeat fabrics used on your horizontal shades for a Whole House Solution™.
Hunter Douglas Luminette® Sheer Panels, Proenance® Woven Wood Shades in a vertical orientation, and Duette® Cellular Shades with Vertiglide™ offer fully integrated vertical solutions for exactly these applications.
Frequently Asked Questions About Custom Shades
What is the difference between light-filtering and room-darkening shades?
Light-filtering fabric softens daylight and keeps a room bright while blocking the view in. Room-darkening fabric cuts most of the light but still lets a little through at the edges. For a nursery or a media room where you want genuine darkness, ask about a blackout fabric with a side channel or an outside mount.
Which shades are best for energy efficiency?
Cellular shades, by a clear margin. The honeycomb structure traps air against the glass, which helps in both Kansas summers and winters. Doubling up by layering drapery with an insulated lining over any shade adds a second thermal barrier.
Can you make Roman shades from my own fabric?
Yes. Our workroom sews Roman shades and other soft treatments on site, and we work with COM when you bring your own material, alongside the hundreds of fabric lines we carry. That also means a shade can match bedding, pillows, or a cornice built in the same project.
Do you measure and install shades?
Yes. Our own crew measures and installs, and we return to adjust anything that is not hanging or operating correctly.
Find Custom Shades Near Wichita, KS
Jackie & Bill's Drapery & Interiors has helped homeowners across Wichita, Cheney, Hutchinson, Augusta, Bel Aire, Andover, Newton, and Derby since 1966, and our showroom keeps a full display of shades to see and handle in person.
Browse recent projects in our gallery, then call (316) 942-2044 or reach us through the contact page to schedule a consultation. We will bring samples, measure your windows, and lay out a plan for every room on your to-do list.