Aura
Program your window treatments so that they adjust themselves automatically, creating the perfect room ambiance morning, noon and night.
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.
Custom Drapery
No matter if you choose to add custom drapes or curtains as a stand-alone feature or pair them with Hunter Douglas window treatments as a unique layered look, drapery is one of the easiest ways to transform a room.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
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We offer financing options for our customers, subject to approved credit.
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Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
About Us
Classic Blinds & Shutters Design Center is your resource for the best quality custom window treatments available in the greater Alpharetta, GA area.
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We are here to assist you with your project, from one window to the entire home or office.
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Best Alternatives to Vertical Blinds
Sliding glass doors make an excellent transition from the inside of your home to an outdoor living space. Vertical blinds are the standard choice for covering sliding glass and patio doors, but if they aren’t your thing, we think you’ll enjoy these alternatives to vertical blinds.
A Few Things to Consider
Before you decide which alternative to vertical blinds is best for your sliding glass doors, remember a few things.
- If there are other windows in the room, you’ll want the window treatments on your door to coordinate with them.
- For the best look and ease of use, your window treatments should ideally open in the same direction as the doors.
- Since all doors in a home tend to be in high-traffic areas, make sure the window covering you choose can stand up to daily use.
Skyline® Gliding Window Panels
Instead of the usual vertical slats, panel blinds are made using flat vertical panels of fabric that slide on tracks. Skyline® Gliding Window Panels have a sleek style and stack tightly when open to give you the best view of the great outdoors. An interlocking bottom weight guarantees an operation that’s smooth as butter. These panel blinds are available in hundreds of color and fabric options, including selections from the exclusive Alustra® Woven Textures® collection. Control your panel track blinds using a cord loop, wand, or the ultra-convenient PowerView® Automation.
Duette® Honeycomb Shades
Since windows are responsible for a significant portion of your energy costs, it makes sense to cover the large panels in glass doors with cellular shades. Duette® Honeycomb Shades have an innovative design that uses dual panels of fabric to create interior cells. These cells hold air to provide insulation and absorb sound. The honeycomb style works the same for standard windows and glass doors, with the cells running vertically on doors rather than horizontally. Customize your cellular shades with various opacity options and hundreds of fabrics. If you have standard windows in the same space, Duette® Honeycomb Shades are an excellent solution to have all your window coverings match.
Shutters
What? We must be joking. Not at all. Heritance® Hardwood Shutters not only offer timeless style, but they are also a fantastic way to cover the large panels of sliding glass doors. Natural wood offers character and warmth without being too loud. Go with the 4.5” louvers for the broadest view of the outside. If you have a busy household, you may want to consider Palm Beach™ Polysatin™ Shutters. This vinyl option can look like hardwood with the durability of synthetic materials. Vinyl shutters are easy to clean and will not warp or bend with heat, humidity, or moisture exposure. A caveat to using shutters in vertical applications is that a portion of your door will always be covered even when your shutters are slid open. You can chat with one of our window treatment specialists about ways to extend the shutter tracks beyond the door to give you a clearer view.
Drapes
No application isn’t suited for drapes. Drapery gives your doors an elegant, polished appearance and delivers exceptional light blocking and privacy. It’s also easy to conceal sliding glass doors if you’d rather they not be on display. Design Studio™ Side Panels & Drapery can be tailored to any existing decor with hundreds of fabrics, colors, and textures. Better yet, drapery can be equipped with PowerView® Automation to make opening and to close large sets of drapes a breeze.
Contact Us
Contact Blinds & Shutters Design Center today to explore the best alternatives to vertical blinds. We are also home to an extensive selection of high-end flooring. We can provide expert measuring and installation services; estimates are always free. We serve the North Atlanta Metro area, including Alpharetta, Milton, and Johns Creek, GA.