Cadence by Hunter Douglas

This is about the new Cadence® by Hunter Douglas and can be found in their View™ magazine that is published a few times per year. When the Cadence® was first launched, it redefined the vertical blind market. Hunter Douglas™ patented and proprietated the curved louver with rich, textured fabrics. Hunter Douglas just added new styles and patterns to the Motif™ and for the Impressions™. There are now 5 new styles of fabric with thirty nine color choices for the Motif. The Impressions now has 6 styles of printed and textured vinyl louvers with over forty two colors. You can now buy fabric by the yard to compliment your blinds. The fabrics are available in eleven designer colors to match the Cadence or any Hunter Douglas product. Some of the new options include a wood valance in ten stains and the PermAssure® Safety Wand system which eliminates the chain and cord for enhanced child (and pet) safety.

Express your own personal style.

Formal, cozy, country estate or studio apartment, whatever your decorating preferences and functional needs, Hunter Douglas™ has the right product to help put your stamp of individuality on your rooms and your home. Design versatility is built into every custom window fashions we make, so the Hunter Douglas™ product you choose for your elegant living room will look just as appropriate in your cozy den.

“Controlling the flow of light into a room requires window treatments that are both stylish, well-built and adjustable to accommodate the light’s changing brightness through the day. I love Hunter Douglas products for their style, quality and diversity. There’s a light-control and privacy option to fit every style, every color and every mood.”

Ms. Griffin, New York

“As the production designer on NBC’s “The Apprentice,” I was presented with shooting in buildings that had walls of glass which flooded the spaces with too much light. Hunter Douglas window fashions were the perfect solution to control the light and add another texture and color in the background.”

Ms. Van Patter, Los Angeles

“I’ve seen the light. I have a lot of jobs in Florida where the light is strong and blazing all winter long. The solutions for covering windows there must be extremely well thought out, innovative and appropriate. Hunter Douglas has an array of products from shutters to sheers that function flawlessly and beautifully control the light in any climate.”

Mr. Donovan, W. Palm Beach

“My goal is to design rooms that serve as refuges. I enjoy the application of draperies for their visual softness, sound absorption and light diffusing properties. The current trend of large screen televisions in the home poses a challenge in controlling light as well as preventing glare. I have found that Silhouette™ window shadings offer the softness of a drapery with the glare-controlling properties of a blind.”

Mr. Handman, Chicago

“Windows are the most exciting part of my design products. I am always excited to explore natural light dancing through the fibers, textures and weaves offered in window treatments. A personal favorite of mine are Silhouette™ Quartette™ window shadings. They are sheer elegance with a view!”

Ms. Younts, Miami

The basic vocabulary of white on white.

White wall and white window coverings are the perfect backdrop for today’s eclectic approach to decorating. Hunter Douglas offers a surprisingly wide spectrum of whites whose names tell their stories in the beautiful language of light: Radiant White, Bright White, White Dawn, Classic White, White Satin and dozens more.

For punctuation, an exclamation point of color.

Some rooms can use a bolt of blue at the window, repeated, perhaps, in a pillow on the bed or a print on the wall. Hunter Douglas offers colors that range from subtle to striking. Just a little can go a long way toward enlivening the scene.

Light helps neutral speak in clear tones.

Subtle neutrals take on a new dimension when the light in your room is modulated to enhance them. Earth tones. Sky tones. Pale mineral tones. Each requires its own kind of light for maximum effect. And Hunter Douglas lets you achieve that effect with ease.

The more color, the more drama.

Emerald green, sapphire blue, yes, even ruby red… you can use them, even combine them. Then, let your choice of Hunter Douglas products deliver the precise degree of light to make them glow instead of glare.

All of our Hunter Douglas products can be found at: Hunter Douglas Products.

Out planet gets an enormous amount of energy (solar) from our sun. In the summer, people do not want the dynamic energy entering our houses to become heat. That is why if you live in a hot climate, or anywhere the spring and summer is baking your house, you need a window treatment that will effectively reduce the solar heat gain from the sun.

The Coefficient for Solar Heat Gain

A coefficient from 0-1 is how solar heat gain is measured and that tells us what fraction of the suns energy hitting your window actually makes it into your house. The lower the number, the better for you. A standard window (double paned) will have a heat gain coefficient of around a .76. That means basically that seventy six percent of the solar energy (heat) makes it though and into your house. Most window covering products by Hunter Douglas™ reduce that amount dramatically. For instance, if you add the Luminette™ Privacy Sheers to that opening, that number will drop to as low as a .2 meaning only twenty percent makes it in. Now that’s dramatic. It not only blocks the heat but saves on electricity and money.

Just the opposite in the Winter

In the fall and winter, to bring down the heating energy consumption, you need to take advantage of as much free heat the sun can give you. You need to raise the shades whenever direct sunlight is shining and it doesn’t matter if it is cold out or not. For east windows, do this in the morning. For your west windows, in the afternoon and most of the day for your south windows.

Just out.

• Applause™ Honeycomb Shades- Sunterra™ is now 10% less than Casuelle™ and Legends™, Sunterra is now available in blackouts (we still don’t have these yet).
• New fabrics in the Duette™- Mertage™ and Classic, Continuous Cord Loop (EasyRise™) is now available in a top down, bottom up.
• Nantucket™- Now you can motorize this.

None of these have been offically launced yet but they are some great new options for 2009. We will have them up and ready as soon as they are out.