PowerView® Automation
Program your window treatments so that they adjust themselves automatically, creating the perfect room ambiance morning, noon and night.
Sheer Shades
Learn more about Hunter Douglas custom window sheers, including our shadings and privacy sheers. Innovative, light-diffusing sheers. Your trusted source for window treatments.
Cellular Shades
Cellular honeycomb shades from Hunter Douglas. An energy-efficient design that traps air in distinct pockets to help keep your house cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
Roman Shades
Custom-made fabric Roman Shades by Hunter Douglas, combining the look of soft folds with the ease and convenience of a shade. Custom-crafted.
Roller Shades
The Hunter Douglas roller shades & solar screen shades collections offer excellent light control and a clean, stylish look in a range of fabrics and materials.
Woven Shades
For a warm, natural look our Hunter Douglas Woven Wood Shades collection of window treatments transforms sunlight into captivating design statements. Choose yours today.
Vertical Shades
Find the right custom vertical shades for any room in your home. Search our most popular window shades.
Wood Blinds
From controlling light to their stylish, sleek look, wood blinds have been a favorite among homeowners for decades.
Metal Blinds
Find the perfect metal blinds for any room in your home. From controlling light to their stylish, sleek look, metal blinds have been a favorite among homeowners.
Vertical Blinds
Discover Hunter Douglas customized vertical blinds featuring elegant styling and translucency in a large selection of colors, treatments, and textures. Lifetime guarantee.
Shutters
Hunter Douglas custom window shutters provide superior light control and privacy with classic styles, long-lasting finishes, and exceptional craftsmanship.
Drapery
Choose from timeless and on-trend fabrics, including lofty textures and alluring jacquards, artisanal embroideries and luminous sheers.
Light Enhancing
Enjoy the beauty of natural light and make any space more captivating, with the following light-enhancing shades.
Room Darkening
Want a darker room for better sleep or optimal movie binging? These shades and drapes help block light at the window.
Energy Efficient
Live comfortably and save energy with these shades. Designer to keep a room warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
Door Coverings
Manage natural light and add privacy with these window treatments that work well for sliding-glass and patio doors.
Sound Absorption
Create a quieter, more relaxing room with these window treatments, which help absorb sound, reducing exterior noise.
Top-Down Bottom-Up
For privacy and natural light, position shades from the top, bottom or both. These shades have this feature available.
Products
Motorized Window CoveringsMotorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
Window Covering Measuring & Installations
Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
About Us
Fine Shadings & Decor has been meeting the window treatment needs of South Florida since 1992. Our store owner, Mike Castillo, has over twenty five years of experience in the window treatment business.
Miami, FL
With over 25 years of experience, Fine Shadings and Decor is proud to serve Miami with the highest quality in window treatments and customer service.
Interior Design Ideas
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See current and past decorating ideas from our 'Fresh Ideas' Newsletter.
Bathroom
See window covering solutions for privacy and moisture-resistance.
Bedroom
See window covering solutions for privacy and room darkening.
Home Office
See window covering solutions for light filtering and glare control.
Kitchen
See window covering solutions for a variety of needs and kitchen styles.
Living Room
See window covering solutions for light filtering and UV protection.
Media Room
See room darkening window treatments for your media room.
Nursery & Kids Room
See child-safe window coverings for baby nurseries and kids rooms
Angled Windows
See blinds and shades for angled, sloped, and triangle-shaped windows.
Arched Windows
See blinds and shades for arched, half-circle or half-moon windows.
Bay, Bow, Corner Windows
See blinds and shades for bay, bow and corner windows.
French Doors
See shutters, blinds and shades for French Doors.
Sidelights
See blinds and shades for sidelight windows.
Sliding Glass Doors
See blinds and shades for patio and sliding-glass doors.
Skylights
See blinds and shades specifically suited for skylights.
Automated
See all options for automated blinds and shades.
Blackout
See our options for blinds and shades that best control light.
Energy Efficient
See blinds and shades that help save energy at the window.
Light Filtering
See blinds and shades for light filtering and UV protection.
Child and Pet-Friendly
See blinds and shades that are safer for children and pets.
Cortinas Personalizadas
Fine Shadings & Decor quiere proveer las persianas y cortinas mejores para su casa.
Persianas Zebras en Casas
Es difícil de encontrar los persianas y cortinas que proveen la privacidad y el control de luz que necesita.
Las Mejores Cortinas Por Tu Casa
Fine Shadings & Decor es su lugar para comprar cortinas y persianas bellas.
Cortinas de Rodillos Para Tu Casa
Cortinas de rodillos son excelentes para agregar control de luz y privacidad a tu casa.
Shutters Personalizados Para Casas
Fine Shadings & Decor es tu fuente de tratamientos de ventanas personalizados en Miami, FL.
Persianas Horizontales Para Casas Cerca
A Fine Shadings & Decor Interiors, ofrecemos persianas y cortinas para control de luz, privacidad, y estilo interior para tu casa.
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Why Blackout Shades are a Summertime Must
During Miami summers, the sun is up before 7 o’clock and doesn’t set until after 8 o’clock, which equates to a very sun-soaked environment. And while playing outdoors in the summertime sun can be fun, the season’s extended hours of daylight and heat pose unique problems when it comes to keeping your home cool and comfortable. That’s why blackout shades are a summertime must as they excel at controlling light and heat.
Controlling Summer Heat
Windows present a costly vulnerability during the summer months as they can be a conduit for energy loss. This can involve either allowing the pricey air conditioning to pour out the panes or permitting the sweltering summer heat to enter. Either way, an uncovered window can make maintaining a cool and comfortable temperature indoors incredibly inefficient. Duette® Honeycomb Shades are extremely adept at insulating windows to block energy transfer and keep the heat out and the cold in. Their usefulness in summer is heightened when upgraded with the LightLock™ system or the Duolite® system that improves the light-blocking abilities of honeycomb shades turning them into insulating blackout shades.
Controlling the Extended Daylight Hours
Though we love the long hours of summer with extended, trailing twilights; the additional sunlight is not always ideal. This can be especially true when it comes to sleep as those who like to get up late or go to sleep early (including young children) might have their sleeping patterns disrupted by the extra hours of daylight in the summer. Blackout shades are therefore an immensely useful tool in the bedroom to help create a dark space ideal for sleeping. Luminette® Privacy Sheers are a soft window treatment perfect for intimate rooms like the bedroom because their innovative design gives homeowners better control over light and privacy, both of which would be important in creating a comfortable bedroom ambiance.
Sometimes the extra light can even be intrusive for those staying awake. Glare caused by the low angle of the sun in later hours of the day can cause blindingly bright spots when reflecting surfaces inside the home and create issues seeing screens and monitors. Blackout shades can help control light within your home so that you can easily create spaces ideally suited for your unique lifestyle whether that be dark rooms for a family movie night or natural illumination with no glare in your home office. Parkland® Wood Blinds are a versatile option in this aspect because their hard slats completely block light when total darkness is needed while their louver’s maneuverability allows for natural illumination in extremely controlled ways. Additionally, Parkland® Wood Blinds are available with the de-Light™ feature that blocks 50% more light than traditional constructs by reducing cord-related light leaks.
Enjoy the summer heat from the coolness of your home with the strategic use of blackout shades. Let the talented team of design experts at Fine Shadings & Decor show you blackout shades that are both functionally optimized and design forward. Contact Fine Shadings & Décor online to request a consultation or come into the showroom located near Miami, FL. Fine Shadings & Décor serves residents of southern Florida living in and around the greater Miami area.