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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.
Commercial Blinds & Shades
We offer window treatments for any business or commercial setting.
Custom Bedding
We create one-of-a-kind custom bedding designs.
Drapery & Valances
Add the perfect finishing touch to your windows.
Drapery Hardware
Choose from a wide selection of styles.
Fabrics
Choose from our large selection of fabric colors, patterns and textures.
Flooring
Shelly’s Interior Concepts has provided interior design services to our clients for 23 years.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
Paint
We offer a wide selection of top-quality paint, primers and stains.
Wallpaper
We offer a wide variety of beautiful wallpaper designs.
After-Hours & In-Home Consultations
Our schedule is flexible, and we can come to your home for a consultation.
Consumer Financing by Wells Fargo
We offer financing options for our customers, subject to approved credit.
Free Estimates
Get a free estimate for your next decorating project.
Interior Design Consultations
We can help you create your dream interior.
Upholstery
We offer re-upholstery services for all furniture styles.
Window Covering Measuring & Installations
Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
About Us
Shelly's Interior Concepts draws upon 23 years of experience in the interior design industry.
Maple Grove, MN
We're proud to be your local Hunter Douglas dealer in Minnesota. Shelly's Interior Concepts is women-owned and operated and serves clients across the North Star State.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
With over 23 years of full-service interior design experience, Shelly's Interior Concepts helps clients design one-of-a-kind decorating projects that speak of sophistication.
Plymouth, MN
Welcome to Shelly's Interior Concepts, where passion meets over two decades of interior design expertise.
Otsego, MN
Shelly's Interior Concepts is your one-stop interior design resource near Otsego, Minnesota. Our owner, Shelly Reilly, has been decorating homes and businesses in Maple Grove, Plymouth, St. Michael, Minnesota, and the Twin Cities for 23 years.
Corcoran, MN
Shelly Reilly has worked in the interior design industry for over 23 years and proudly serves the Corcoran, Minnesota, area.
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Bedroom
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Nursery & Kids Room
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Light-Filtering and Room-Darkening Shades
When it’s time to choose the right window treatment for your home, being able to control and manage light the way you want it is the most important factor of the shade. That’s why terms like “light-filtering,” “blackout” and “room-darkening” offer different distinctions to describe the amount of opacity for homeowners to make an informed decision.
If you’ve new to these terms describing the different opacities of shades, you may be unsure what they mean. Shelly’s Interior Concepts is here to help you by explaining the differences between light-filtering, room-darkening, and blackout shades and sharing the best places for each in your home.
What Are Light-Filtering Shades?
As their name suggests, light-filtering shades allow sunlight to enter a room and gently diffuse it throughout. Light-filtering shades come in different levels of sheerness.
In general, shades that block less than 95% of incoming light are light-filtering. Since they allow the most light and minimal privacy, light-filtering shades are an excellent choice to pair with drapes or shutters.
- Our most sheer options are Hunter Douglas sheer shades or Designer Solar Shades, which diffuse light but offer the most level of view-through outside.
- Provenance® Woven Wood Shades are outstanding light-filtering shades that come in different opacities. They can become room-darkening with an optional, independent liner.
- Living rooms are a fantastic space for light-filtering shades.
Details About Room-Darkening Shades
Room-darkening shades are a compromise between light-filtering and blackout shade styles. They block about 95% of light and reduce glare while providing privacy.
- Room-darkening shades are helpful for video meetings in home offices.
- Roller shades, cellular shades, and Vignette® Roman Shades in room-darkening fabric add an elegant, modern touch to spaces in your home.
Where Should I Use Blackout Shades?
Blackout shades feature tightly woven fabrics that block 99% of light, making them ideal for bedrooms, nurseries, and home theaters. Layering blackout shades under blackout drapery panels will provide maximum darkness, reduce exterior noise, and provide insulation. Duette® Cellular Shades with the optional LightLock® blackout system is an excellent choice for rooms that need the most darkness.
Which Type of Shade Do I Need?
Many Hunter Douglas shades, like Silhouette® Sheer Shades and Designer Banded Shades, offer more than one opacity. Both styles can filter light or provide substantial room darkening. Some shades, like Alustra® Architectural Roller Shades, have the Kickback™ feature that pushes the fabric at the top of the headrail closer to the window when you fully lower it to provide more privacy and room darkening. You can also choose a shade with a top-down/bottom-up design, such as Alustra® Woven Texture® Roman Shades, to enjoy versatile light control with a single opacity.
Options for Multiple Opacities
Many rooms have varying light control requirements, and Hunter Douglas offers several solutions to meet them:
- Duolite®: A combination of a light-filtering and room-darkening shade on a single headrail.
- Dual Roller: The dual roller design lets you hang any two roller shades on a window so that you can combine a sheer and blackout shade for the ultimate versatility.
- A Deux™: Available exclusively with Silhouette® Sheer Shades, the A Deux™ system places a translucent sheer shade in front of a room-darkening roller shade.
Light-Filtering, Room-Darkening, and Black Shades Near Saint Michael, MN
Are you ready to design shades with the ideal light control for every room in your home? So are we! Shelly’s Interior Concepts is the Twin Cities’ leading Hunter Douglas dealership, offering custom bedding, fabrics, wallpaper, and more.
Our portfolio features a broad range of design inspiration for every aesthetic. Please take a moment to browse it, then request your complimentary in-home consultation.
Shelly’s Interior Concepts is happy to serve Saint Michael, Maple Grove, Plymouth, Otsego, Corcoran, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, and the Twin Cities Metroplex.