Cellular shades / blinds – also known as honeycomb shades – are a long-standing popular window treatment choice that offer myriad practical and light diffusing benefits. Here’s a guide to some of the main reasons you and your living / working space can benefit from cellular / honeycomb shade installation, as prepared by the shade and blind installation experts here at LA Shades and Blinds.
Fantastic Insulation
Cellular shades help keep warm air inside during colder times of year, and keep your entire space comfortably cool all Summer. You can witness this yourself – when you install a cellular shade for the first time on a hot day, simply pull it down and watch as the air stays cool over time. This saves our clients a great deal of money on energy bills. This is due to their unique construction of cells positioned between fabric layers – these cells help to capture air, preventing temperature diffusion. The number one source of energy loss in homes is through the thermal activity of windows, so by installing cellular shades, you make your space much more energy efficient.
Ease of Installation and Use
It’s simple to operate popular cordless cellular shades – just raise and lower them by hand, and they will stay exactly where you leave them. Cordless varieties of cellular shades are additionally aesthetically appealing, and much safer around households with small children.
Fantastic Privacy
Cellular shades are available in a wide amount of opacity levels, which allows you to customize how dark you want your shades to be. You can choose a shade that lets in a bit of light, or a slight view, or you can choose a blackout cellular shades that offer 100% privacy – and many medium opacity levels. This allows you to customize when you want the outside world visible from your home, and how much of your home you want those outside your windows to potentially see.
Custom Design
Honeycomb shades and blinds are available in a huge variety of styles and designs, with customizable materials, textures, colors, and styles that can perfectly match your existing home decor. By purchasing and installing cellular shades that match your existing home decor, you will ensure that your shades blend into the design and stylistic sensibility of your space, for logical and eye-catching flow.
