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How to Automate Your Hunter Douglas Shades

Hunter Douglas shades offer several different ways to provide light control and style to your home. Using PowerView® Automation to motorize your shades can transform how you manage natural light throughout your space. With automation, you customize get the amount of light you want throughout the day, and when you want privacy, you can access it easily with the press of a button or with convenient voice commands, too. At Geneva's Interiors in Federal Way, WA, our team of window treatment experts can help you automate your Hunter Douglas blinds and window shades with automation.

Hunter Douglas PowerView® Automation near Federal Way, Washington (WA)

What Can You Do When You Upgrade Window Shades with Automation?

Hunter Douglas shades operate by raising and lowering the fabric shade to customize the light to precisely where you want it. While they typically open from the top down, you can add a bottom-up feature for some shades. This allows you to block out part of your view, like the neighbor's unkempt yard, block the sun in the middle of the day, or keep people from being able to see in from the road.

Hunter Douglas PowerView® Automation allows you to conveniently maneuver these shades with the Pebble® remote, the PowerView® app on your tablet or smartphone, or with your smart home assistant when paired with the PowerView® Gateway.

These convenient systems allow you to open your shades from wherever you are. With a dual shade, you can add a second, independently operating shade of a different opacity than your first choice on one roller. The fabric vanes in sheer shades can also be operated with PowerView® Automation. You can determine the angle of the vanes by adjusting them with your app or remote.

Hunter Douglas Blinds Automation: What Can You Do?

Operating window shades with automation is different than operating blinds. While the shades will raise and lower, the horizontal blinds cannot be opened or shut with Hunter Douglas PowerView® Automation. Instead, when they are down, the slats twist to balance light and privacy. For both horizontal and vertical blinds, you can set the angle of the slats, decreasing or increasing it a little at a time. When you find your favorite settings, you can save them to return to.

Why Automate Hunter Douglas Shades and Blinds?

Choosing Hunter Douglas PowerView® Automation is an easy, convenient, and functional way to get the most out of your blinds and window shades. Automation allows you privacy, security, and flexibility to create schedules for your window treatments. You can set them to a specific position based on the time of day or what you're doing. Some perks include:

  • Creating "scenes" allows you to set the window treatments to a specific setting. For instance, you could have a "movie" scene that closes your shades for privacy and darkness.
  • Using your phone or tablet to operate window treatments from anywhere in the world.
  • Setting a schedule so your blinds open for natural light in the morning and close for privacy at night.
  • Tying your window treatments in with your Smart Thermostat so they open before triggering your HVAC system.

Contact Us for Window Shade Automation Near Federal Way, WA

Automating your Hunter Douglas shades and blinds can be a game-changer for your home's light control and privacy. At Geneva's Interiors, we can help you choose the best window shades and automate them. We'll show you how to use your remote, app, or voice to power your Hunter Douglas blinds and shades. We also offer blind and shade repair and carry custom bedding, upholstery, area rugs, and custom fabric so you can add luxurious details and style to every room in your home.

To learn more or to get started, please call us at (253) 839-9490, visit our showroom, or leave a message on our contact form. We proudly serve the Federal Way and the surrounding areas including Tacoma, Kent, Sumner, Auburn, and Des Moines, WA. Contact us today to learn more!