Video: Benefits of Cellular Shades

PLEASANTON — Host, Sarah Rutan: If you’re planning to install new window coverings in your home, one product worth considering is cellular shades. Today we’re in Pleasanton with Diamond Certified Expert Contributor Alan Robinette of Window-ology to learn more.

Diamond Certified Expert Contributor, Alan Robinette: So, many people already know that cellular shades have three wonderful advantages in that they disappear and open the window so well, they create a wonderful insulation, and they also give you a perfectly open view when you want to be able to see out. There are no cords visible anywhere and there’s no — because cords are really not a very pretty thing to have. There’s also a safety issue that goes along with that. So, we build our shades — whenever you let us — we build them with the cordless system and then we can do two other things that are very nice. Don’t know if it shows up in the picture or not, but this is a linen weave fabric, so it has a lot more texture. Comes in — we can do this in about 800 different colors. So, the selection is immense, the fabric is beautiful, and completely cordless gives you a more beautiful look. Easy function and a window that can be opened and cleared when you want it. Full privacy when you want it and the best energy efficiency of any window covering product.

So, another wonderful feature of the cellular shade is the ability to lower from the top-down. We refer to this as a dual fold. Some refer to it as top-down bottom-up. This allows you to have privacy in the lower half of the window and open view on the top. This can be done with regular cords or, like in this example, the way we’re making it here. We always prefer to do cordless.

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