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Window Covering Choices: Pleated Vs Honeycomb Shades?

By Jerry Stewart

Pleated ShadesMany homeowners here in the Lake Ozark area are familiar with pleated shades, a classic style that has been covering windows for decades. First developed to give consumers a softer, cloth option different from mini-blinds, pleated shades offered a new look with the bonus of improving energy efficiency. Pleated shades and honeycomb shades are similar, but have some differences that affect both style and efficiency.

Features of Honeycomb Shades and Pleated Shades

Honeycomb shades and pleated shades, both also called “cellular shades” have many similarities. Both types of window treatments feature a single lift cord, with available cordless options for child and pet safety. With both types of shades, you have many options for pleat sizes, colors, and fabric. You can special features for your honeycomb or pleated shades, such as room-darkening, motorization, and top-down-bottom-up operation. While pleated shades and honeycomb shades do have a similar look, there is one significant difference. Pleated shades allow light and air to escape due to the small cord holes in the pleats. Honeycomb shades feature a hidden cord inside the construction of the window treatment, blocking air and light.

Why Choose Honeycomb Window Coverings?

Honeycomb window shades advantages include:

  • Single, double and triple honeycomb construction in different pleat sizes
  • Excellent insulation, offering the highest efficiency ratings in the industry
  • Greater variety of colors and softer fabric options
  • Improved rooms acoustics at the window
  • Available in horizontal and vertical applications for sliding doors
  • Better retention and durability of pleats

Honeycomb window shades tend to be a little more expensive than pleated shades.

Why Choose Pleated Window Coverings?

Pleated window shades advantages include:

  • Crisp contemporary look in your window
  • Less expensive than honeycomb shades
  • Available with no-hole privacy options and additional liners that can be operated separately or together

Pleated shades have small holes where the cords runs through, letting light and air come through and making them less energy efficient.

Honeycomb Shades on a Budget

While honeycomb shades may be more expensive than pleated shades, we offer a variety of honeycomb shade options to meet most any budget. Here are some of your options, from least expensive to most expensive:

  • Hunter Douglas® Applause® honeycomb shade
  • Hunter Douglas® Applause® Vertiglide® honeycomb shade
  • Hunter Douglas Duette® honeycomb shade
    Hunter Douglas Duette® Vertiglide® honeycomb shade
  • Most energy efficient honeycomb shade in the industry with a unique a honeycomb within a honeycomb design.
    Hunter Douglas Duette® Architella® honeycomb shade
    Hunter Douglas Duette® Architella® Vertiglide® honeycomb shade

Window Coverings in Lake Ozark

Windows & More proudly serves Lake Ozark, Osage Beach & Camden, Miller & Morgan counties, with a showroom in Osage Beach. Contact us for a window treatment consultation!

Filed Under: Window Treatments Tagged With: Duette Honeycomb Shades, Honeycomb Shades, Hunter Douglas Lake Ozark, Pleated Shades

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Hunter Douglas Window Coverings – Sheer Window Treatments, Honeycomb Shades, Roman Shades, Wood & Faux Wood Blinds

We carry Hunter Douglas Silhouette® window shadings, Luminette® Privacy Sheers, Pirouette® Window Shadings, Vignette® Modern Roman Shades and more. Our extensive selection offers beauty, function and energy-efficiency in a variety of styles, materials, textures and colors. We also have Hunter Douglas Vignette® Modern Roman Shades, Skyline™ Gliding Window Panels, Designer Screen Shades, Brilliance® pleated shades.

Hunter Douglas Duette® and Applause® honeycomb shades offer options to complement any window. You’ll benefit with energy efficiency too, with our patented honeycomb construction that offers single, double and triple layer options. Duette® Architella offers the ultimate in energy savings.

From wood, faux wood, aluminum and fabric, we offer a wide selection of materials, styles, textures and colors for our horizontal and vertical blinds.

Hunter Douglas Plantation Shutters

Our are available in premium hardwood and poly-satin compounds. The former offers an enduring, custom-crafted, classic style, the latter a beautiful solution for windows exposed to high heat, humidity and other extreme climate conditions. Shop with us for Hunter Douglas Heritance® hardwood shutters, NewStyle® hybrid shutters and Palm Beach™ Polysatin shutters.

Custom Drapery, Valances, Swags, Curtains & Top Treatments

From a basic pinch pleat to a sophisticated top treatment, we can help you design the perfect finishing touch for your Hunter Douglas window coverings. We offer a full range of custom fabric window treatments including traditional draperies, swags, cornices and valances. Available in a variety of shapes and fabrics, top treatments and cornices add shaping and style to windows – and can conceal window treatment hardware too. From the most basic hardware and finishes to ultra-sophisticated, innovative materials and colors, we have the perfect drapery hardware to accent your fabric window treatment and complete your interior look.

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In 1996 Dave opened Windows and More and has been in business for 36 years. Windows and More opened its first location as a Hunter Douglas Dealer below Pistols Plus. The company is now located on Highway 42 and became a Gallery in September of 2004.

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