Asked and Answered: What is a Zebra Shade?
Are you curious to know more about zebra shades? Join our team of window treatment experts at Don’s Drapery Service as we dive into this unique option for window shades. We’ll look at the construction style of zebra shades, the many benefits of installing zebra shades, and modern options for zebra roller shades from Hunter Douglas. Join us and see if zebra shades would be perfect in your Californian home.
Understanding Zebra Shades
Zebra shades are a window treatment alternative to Venetian blinds, which is sometimes why they’re called zebra blinds or dual blinds. They’re crafted from alternating horizontal bands of opaque and translucent fabrics, creating a strong linear aesthetic similar to blinds. These bands are on a continuous loop of fabric that’s pulled over a top and bottom roller. Light control and privacy are controlled with zebra shades by adjusting the bands so that the opaque bands overlap, allowing for maximum openness, or are lined up next to each other for light-blocking privacy.
The Benefits of Zebra Shades
- Range of interior lighting solutions: Thanks to the mix of translucent and opaque fabrics used in zebra shades, homeowners can enjoy a wide range of interior lighting options, from soft-filtered light to room-darkening results.
- Sophisticated aesthetic: Zebra shades enhance your room’s internal ambiance with their clean lines and chic profile, adding not only light control but also a polished sense of style. With the choice of fabrics for modern zebra shades, homeowners can easily customize the style to suit their personal tastes.
- Better privacy for homeowners: The opaque fabric vanes in zebra shade not only block light but also block the view to provide homeowners with unwavering privacy. But even when the translucent bands are in use, your privacy can still be protected with sheer fabric options that obscure the view.
- Easy to use: Zebra shades are incredibly easy to use, made even more convenient with modern upgrades like motorization. Hunter Douglas zebra roller shades are compatible with their PowerView® Automation system that allows for control through the touch of a button (with the Pebble remote control), voice command (with integration into existing smart home and home assistant programs), or pre-scheduled automation (using the PowerView® app).
Zebra Roller Shades by Hunter Douglas
In the Hunter Douglas collection of window treatments, discerning homeowners will find Designer Banded Shades, a contemporary style of zebra shade. The treatment comes in over 90 fabric choices, including light-filtering textiles, light-dimming materials, and the exclusive ClearView® sheers. There is also a choice of two band heights for a customizable style that can be tailored to individual home decor. These zebra roller shades are ideal for standard residential windows, bay windows, corner windows, French doors, patio doors, and sliding glass doors.
Zebra Shades near Anaheim, California
Do you have additional questions about zebra shades for your California home? Request a consultation to talk with our talented design team at Don’s Drapery Service about zebra roller shades and other window treatment solutions from Hunter Douglas. We serve Anaheim, Rancho Santa Margarita, Irvine, Yorba Linda, Coto De Caza, Rancho Mission Viejo, CA.