Window Makeovers with Calico + Hunter Douglas
Windows are transformed when you combine Calico’s expertise in window treatments with innovative Hunter Douglas shades, shutters and woven woods. These five room makeovers from Calico customers may inspire you to upgrade the window treatments in your own home to add privacy, glare control and softly filtered light:
1. Katie Wick, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Katie Wick and her husband have a design-build company in Minneapolis. They wanted to control the glare coming into their dining and great room area, especially strong in the winter months when the sun sits lower on the horizon. Working with a Calico designer in our Edina, Minnesota store, she chose Designer Banded Shades, mounted inside the window frame, in a Dobby Light Filtering fabric.
“As a design build company, we are big fans of other one-stop shop businesses that manage everything for a project,” notes Katie. “Calico designers helped me select the perfect shade. Then a Hunter Douglas installer came to measure and specify everything down to the wand length.”
Katie also chose a Hunter Douglas control system for her shades. PowerView™ Motorization allows control for ideal lighting all day via phone, tablet or smart home device. Within weeks, new shades were professionally installed and ready to enjoy. “Calico made updating our window treatments easy!” added Katie.
Instagram: @jkath_designbuild
2. Nina Takesh, Los Angeles, California
Can you spot the Hunter Douglas shades in this sitting area of Nina’s master bedroom? As an interior designer, Nina knew that sleek design options were available in blackout shades that would add privacy and eliminate morning sun glare without needing to draw the draperies.
Working with the Calico store in Studio City, Nina chose cordless Designer Roller Shades from Hunter Douglas that hide behind a 2-inch cassette header that complements the window frame. The night-to-day shades are raised and lowered effortlessly with a light touch on the bottom bar. Designer Roller Shades are a great choice for many window challenges!
Instagram: @ninatakesh
3. Leslie Saeta, Ventura, California
“Sleepless nights were a huge problem in our beach house after a remodel,” recalled Leslie Saeta, a popular blogger and Instagrammer at My 100 Year Old Home and author of the book A Home to Share. “The master bedroom was all windows, and the view is spectacular—but it felt like a fishbowl! At night, the porch lights from our neighbors’ homes were bright and glaring.”
Leslie and her husband needed window treatments that provided privacy and light control while also adding style and elegance. The solution? Hunter Douglas Vignette® Duolite® shades. “These Roman shades combine a sheer or light-filtering fabric along with a room-darkening back panel on a single roller,” explained Leslie. “I wanted privacy and my husband wanted blackout shades, so they were the perfect solution. We love them!”
Leslie worked with a designer at the Calico store in Pasadena to consider the Hunter Douglas styles and review additional features. “We knew we wanted motorization, with both a remote and the app on our phones. This is especially useful for hard-to-reach windows or to eliminate cords,” noted Leslie. “It would also allow visitors to our home (without us) to use the remote to control the shades.”
An installer from Calico measured the windows for the shades and determined the best way to install them at the corner windows. He returned five weeks later to mount the shades, program them—and then taught Leslie how to use the remote, plus the app on her phone, to control the shades from afar.
Here are the Hunter Douglas Vignette® Duolite® shades in both light filtering mode and below with the blackout panels lowered. “The PowerView allows you to schedule your window treatments to open and close when you want,” said Leslie. “It also adds convenience, increased privacy, better energy use and enhanced security.”
Instagram: @myonehundredyearold home Blog link: My Hundred Year Old Home
4. Brendt Blanks, Birmingham, Alabama
“Woven wood shades can transform your home!” avowed Brendt Blanks, a home and lifestyle blogger who is also raising four children with her husband. Brendt was looking for a way to spruce up her living room and dining room without doing a full makeover.
“Woven wood shades provide a natural ambiance,” observed Brendt. “They are woven with natural materials, such as bamboo, rattan and grasses, which add texture and character to your space.” Working with a Calico designer in our Birmingham store, Brendt chose Hunter Douglas Provenance shades.
Close-up views of the textured Provenance shades show how they filter light naturally. “They will bathe your room in the warmest glow!” enthuses Brendt. “I love how cozy they made our dining room and living room.” The shades also bridge the awkward space between the rod and the top of the window, giving the illusion of a larger window.
Hunter Douglas woven wood shades are quite durable and need little maintenance. Simple dusting and vacuuming will keep them in good condition.
Instagram: @shegaveitago
Blog Link: How Woven Wooden Shades Can Transform Your Home | She Gave It A Go
5. Sachi Lord, Oahu, Hawaii
Sachi is a long-distance Calico customer, as she and her husband live in Hawaii where they are accomplished do-it-yourselfers and home renovators. Now an interior designer, Sachi has participated in Better Homes & Gardens One Room Challenges—and worked with Calico on a bedroom makeover a few years ago.
Although Sachi had redone a guest bathroom, the window was undressed due to “an Etsy kerfuffle” where she received shades that were just not her style.
Calico to the rescue! Sachi worked with a designer in our Torrance, California store. “She was beyond amazing,” raved Sachi, “sending me samples and also helping a friend + client of mine outfit her home.”
Sachi loved the Hunter Douglas Provenance line of woven wood shades for this bathroom window. “The detail on the Calliope pattern matches the elevated beachy feel of the space,” she noted.
Instagram: @sachilord
