Pleated vs Cellular Shades: What You Need to Know
Pleated and cellular shades have a sleek aesthetic that infuses a room with texture and depth. While each shade has its own unique features, both types offer insulation and style upgrades in any room you add them to. At Advanced Window Fashions, we can help you decide whether pleated vs. cellular shades near Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, are the better choice for your home.
What Are Pleated Shades?
Made from a single layer of fabric, pleated shades are folded into little pleats, like a vertical accordion. The shades add texture and depth to the rooms they’re in, and the fabrics are available in numerous colors. They fold up, a little like blinds, so they take up very little space at the top of your window when they’re up. And when they’re down, they offer excellent light protection. You can determine whether they reduce glare with sheer fabrics, diffuse light with semi-sheer or semi-opaque fabrics, or provide more privacy with room-darkening fabrics.
What Are Cellular Shades?
Cellular shades are truly dynamic window shades with two layers of fabric that create a honeycomb-shaped cell. These unique cells of these window shades trap air and insulate your window, preventing hot air from escaping in winter and entering in summer, lowering your energy bill. The sleek cells have a crisp, modern style that’s visually appealing, and you can choose the fabric color and opacity, from sheer to room-darkening.
Differences Between Pleated vs. Cellular Shades
The only difference that matters is the layers of fabric that make up cellular and pleated shades. Where pleated shades have one layer of fabric, cellular shades have two. That second layer of fabric, along with the honeycomb shape it creates, transforms a stylish shade into an energy-saving window treatment.
Why Choose Hunter Douglas Cellular Shades?
Hunter Douglas is committed to designing stylish, functional window treatments that keep the needs and expectations of real people in focus. With hundreds of fabrics, several different opacities, the option for a dual shade (two independently-operating shades in one) for even more light control, and motorization, each choice helps create a look that’s unique for you and your home. They can make your life easier and even lower that energy bill.
We carry two distinct styles:
- Hunter Douglas Duette® Cellular Shades are our most energy-saving option. They come in over 350 different fabric choices, and you can use them to create blackout conditions for your bedroom, nursery, or media room.
- Hunter Douglas Sonnette® Roller Shades marry the energy efficiency of cellular shades with the functionality of roller shades.
Contact Us for Cellular Shades Near Mt. Pleasant
Advanced Window Fashions can help you select the fabrics, the opacities, whether you want dual or single shades, and every other detail to make your cellular shades perfect for your home. We even handle measurements, installation, and repairs. We also carry Hunter Douglas blinds, shutters, and drapery, cornices, and commercial window treatments.
Start your free consultation today by calling us at (843) 881-8858 or completing our contact form. We proudly serve Mount Pleasant, Charleston, Isle of Palms, Kiawah, Sullivan's Island, Seabrook Island, Johns Island, James Island, Daniel Island, West Ashley, Awendaw, McClellanville, and Summerville, SC.