Honeycomb Shades
Honeycomb shades for South Florida sun
Hunter Douglas Duette and Applause cellular shades trap a layer of air at the glass, so a hot west window feels cooler and a bedroom stays quiet and dim. Choose top-down bottom-up for privacy and PowerView to run them on a schedule.
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The quiet workhorse of the shade world
Honeycomb shades in South Florida earn their place on the windows that take the most sun. Seen from the side, the fabric forms a row of hexagonal cells, and that shape is the whole idea.
Each cell traps still air between the glass and the room. Still air is a good insulator, so a lowered honeycomb shade slows the heat that radiates off a sunbaked window in the afternoon. The pleated face also softens sound a little and gives the room a crisp, tidy look whether the shade is up or down. When raised, a Duette stacks into a remarkably small headrail, which keeps the view and the window trim clear.
We install more Duette than any other honeycomb shade because of its fabric range and build quality. As a Hunter Douglas Centurion Dealer, we can show you the full line, and every shade is measured and installed by our certified team.
- Single cell, double cell and Architella
- Sheer, light-filtering and room darkening
- Top-down bottom-up option
- PowerView motorization
Cell construction
Pick the cell for the window it covers
The construction of the cell decides how much the shade insulates. We match it to the exposure, so the hardest windows get the most protection.
Single Cell
One row of cells. Lightweight, slim when raised and a sensible choice for north and east rooms, shaded windows and secondary bedrooms.
Double Cell
Two rows of cells stacked together for a second layer of trapped air. A strong pick for south-facing rooms and bedrooms where you want a dimmer, quieter feel.
Architella
Hunter Douglas's cell-within-a-cell design, which builds extra air pockets into each cell. This is what we specify for the west-facing great room that bakes from 3 PM until sunset.
West windows, tamed
In a Parkland or Wellington home with a west-facing family room, the late-day sun hits the glass almost straight on.
Impact glass blocks the storm, but the heat still radiates into the room and the chair by the window becomes the one nobody sits in. A double cell or Architella Duette, lowered for those hours, puts an insulating blanket between the glass and the room. Pair it with PowerView and a schedule that lowers the shade when the sun swings around, and the house handles it before anyone notices.
Fabric color plays a part too. Lighter fabrics bounce more sun back toward the glass, and deeper tones feel calmer in a media room or a bedroom. We bring samples to your windows so you judge color and glow in your own afternoon light rather than under showroom bulbs.
Options
Features worth asking about
Top-down bottom-up
Lower the top rail to bring daylight in over your head while the bottom of the window stays covered. On a bathroom window, a street-facing bedroom or a home office beside a neighbor's house, it gives you sky and privacy at the same time.
Room darkening fabrics
Opaque Duette fabrics have a liner inside the cell so nothing shines through the shade. For nurseries and bedrooms, we mount outside the frame with overlap or add side channels to close the gaps at the edges.
Duolite
A sheer or light-filtering shade and a room darkening shade built into one unit. Use the light fabric during the day and bring down the opaque one at night, all from one headrail.
Vertiglide for sliders
A honeycomb shade that travels sideways on a track, made for sliding glass doors and tall windows. It stacks compactly to one side so the door stays easy to use.
Pleat size and proportion
Duette comes in several pleat sizes. Smaller pleats look neat on bathroom and kitchen windows, while larger pleats keep a two-story window or a long run of glass in proportion. We bring both so you can see the scale at the window.
Skylights and specialty shapes
Honeycomb fabric can be built for skylights, angled tops and arches, where few other shades fit. On a skylight above a kitchen or a stairwell, a motorized Duette is the only comfortable way to close it.
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Honeycomb shades in South Florida homes
PowerView and cordless lifts
Honeycomb shades are among the easiest to automate, and in a nursery or a child's room a cordless shade is a real safety upgrade.
Duette works with Hunter Douglas PowerView on battery, rechargeable or hardwired power. You control it from the app, a wall remote or a voice assistant, and schedules can lower west-facing shades every afternoon and open the bedrooms at a set time each morning. If your home runs on Lutron lighting control, Lutron's own honeycomb shades put the shades on the same keypads as your lights. Our shade motor comparison walks through the trade-offs.
For hand operation, cordless lifts let you raise and lower the shade by its bottom rail with no cords hanging at all.
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Sheer Shadings
Silhouette, Pirouette and Luminette for soft, diffused light.
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Solar Screen Shades
Glare control that keeps your view of the water or the course.
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Honeycomb shade FAQs
Do honeycomb shades really help with Florida heat?
Yes. The cells hold a layer of still air between the glass and the room, which slows heat moving through the window. On west and south windows that take direct afternoon sun, a lowered honeycomb shade makes the area near the glass noticeably more comfortable. Double cell and Architella constructions add more insulating layers for the hardest exposures.
What is the difference between Duette and Applause?
Both are Hunter Douglas honeycomb shades. Duette is the flagship line with the widest range of fabrics, cell sizes, lift systems and Architella options. Applause is a simpler collection that works well for secondary rooms. We show both at your consultation and recommend room by room.
Can honeycomb shades make a bedroom dark?
Room darkening Duette fabrics carry an opaque liner inside the cell, so no light passes through the fabric. For a darker room still, we mount the shade outside the frame with generous overlap or add side channels to close the edge gaps.
What does top-down bottom-up mean?
The shade has two moving rails. You can raise the bottom like a standard shade, or lower the top to let daylight in over your head while the lower half of the window stays covered. It is the most useful privacy feature for bathrooms, bedrooms and any window that faces a neighbor or the street.
Can Duette shades be motorized?
Yes. Duette runs on Hunter Douglas PowerView with battery, rechargeable or hardwired power, including top-down bottom-up models. Lutron also makes honeycomb shades for homes on Lutron lighting control. See our motorized window treatments page for how we set up schedules and scenes.
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