Hunter Douglas Top-Down/Bottom-Up Window Shade Styles
The Top-Down/Bottom-Up feature from Hunter Douglas has a clever design that allows for the ultimate privacy and light control in your home. Our expert design team at AAA Blind Factory Naples is here to explain how this enhancement works and the various window shades that are compatible with it.
How Do Top-Down/Bottom-Up Shades Work?
Traditional vertical shades operate from a single point, typically lowering from the top. This design has two separate operating mechanisms that work independently. You can lower the shade from the top while keeping the bottom stationary, raise it from the bottom while the top stays in place, or adjust both simultaneously.
Additionally, Hunter Douglas offers Top-Down/Bottom-Up shades with manual operating systems or the innovative PowerView® Automation.
Benefits of Hunter Douglas Top-Down/Bottom-Up Window Shades
The Top-Down/Bottom-Up feature works beautifully on street-facing windows, bathrooms, and other areas where lighting needs change throughout the day. You can open the top to let in light and have eye-level privacy. When the sun’s direction changes, switch it up!
This highly customizable light and privacy control is more flexible than traditional single-direction window treatments. When you fine-tune these enhanced window shades for seasonal changes, energy efficiency also improves. In the summer, keep the top open and the bottom closed to block heat while allowing in brightness. Then, in the winter, open the bottom to let in warming sunlight.
We also think the aesthetics are lovely. Imagine adjusting your Top-Down/Bottom-Up shades to accommodate sunrise or sunset views.
Types of Shades With the Top-Down/Bottom-Up Feature
Hunter Douglas Top-Down/Bottom-Up shades come in styles, such as:
Roman Shades
Vignette® Roman Shades bring elegance to the Top-Down/Bottom-Up concept. The soft folds and luxury fabrics create sophisticated window dressings, and two styles are available. Select the Stacking Style with a 4” full fold for shallow mounting depths or the Rolling Style with a 4” full or 6” flat fold.
Alustra® Woven Textures Roman Shades come in more than 70 exquisite fabrics and color choices, with sheer, semi-sheer, and semi-opaque materials. Hunter Douglas also offers coordinating top and bottom treatments for these shades.
Cellular Shades
Duette® Cellular Shades offer excellent insulation through their honeycomb-inspired design. They also offer over 150 fabrics, colors, and options for traditionally sized windows, specialty shapes, glass doors, and even skylights.
These shades filter light beautifully and come in various pleat sizes.
Woven Wood Shades
Provenance® Woven Wood Shades have an organic, artisanal profile. They offer around 80 fabrics, color options, and natural materials like bamboo, grasses, and reeds.
Hunter Douglas provides them in styles, such as:
- Roman.
- Waterfall Roman.
- Recessed Roman.
- Vertical Drapery.
Shop Hunter Douglas Custom Window Treatments Near Naples, FL
Now that you know how Top-Down/Bottom-Up window shades work and the available styles, we bet you can’t wait to see them in person. Our talented team members can walk you through the options, customize your order, and install your new window coverings perfectly.
Stop by our showroom, call (239) 434-8188, or contact us for a consultation. AAA Blind Factory Naples proudly serves our surrounding neighbors, including Naples, Bonita Springs, and Marco Island, FL.