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.
Products
Custom Cornices and Valances Decorative Faux Iron Grilles Farrow and Ball Paint Farrow & Ball Wallpaper FAQ's About Buying Window TreatmentsServices
After-Hours & In-Home Consultations Consumer Financing by Wells Fargo Free Design Consultation & Estimates Interior Design Consultants Window Covering Take-Down & Rehanging Service Window Covering Repairs Window Treatment Measuring & Installation Services Window Treatment Financing Options Window Treatment Motorization FAQ'sCustom Cornices and Valances
Custom cornices, valances & top treatments add the crowning touch to your windows. Use alone or with other window treatments. Serving Cockeysville, MD area
Decorative Faux Iron Grilles
Windo VanGo offers Tableaux Faux Grilles for your home or office. Add texture & interest to any room with half the weight. Serving Clarksville, MD area.
Farrow and Ball Paint
Windo VanGo is proud to be an authorized dealer for Farrow & Ball – leaders in quality paint.
Farrow & Ball Wallpaper
Windo VanGo is pleased to showcase the exceptional Farrow & Ball stunning wallpaper collection.
FAQ's About Buying Window Treatments
Windo VanGo recommends that you visit our showroom first. If you haven’t purchased window treatments for a while, you’ll probably be surprised by the variety of products available.
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 Design Consultation & Estimates
Our free consultations allow you to plan for your purchases. We also offer financing options too.
Interior Design Consultants
Count on Windo VanGo's professional design staff to provide outstanding interior design services that will suit any decorating style and any size project.
Window Covering Take-Down & Rehanging Service
We are experts in installing window treatments and are also the experts in properly taking them down.
Window Covering Repairs
Windo VanGo is not only a window treatment retailer, but a service center for Hunter Douglas blind, shade and shutter repairs.
Window Treatment Measuring & Installation Services
When you work with Windo VanGo, you will be assured of the perfect start and finish to your window covering project.
Window Treatment Financing Options
Enjoy your new window treatments now by taking advantage of our same as cash financing options
Window Treatment Motorization FAQ's
Learn more about how PowerView® Motorization can work for you.
About Us
Since 1990, Windo VanGo has been the premier source for window coverings and window covering motorization throughout the greater Baltimore area
Customer Reviews for Windo VanGo
Here at Windo VanGo we pride ourselves in offering our customers great products at fantastic prices, while providing them with the best service possible.
Gallery Showroom
Visit our contemporary Interactive window treatment showroom In Marriottsville, MD
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Bathroom
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Bedroom
See window covering solutions for privacy and room darkening.
Home Office
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Kitchen
See window covering solutions for a variety of needs and kitchen styles.
Living Room
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Media Room
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Nursery & Kids Room
See child-safe window coverings for baby nurseries and kids rooms
Angled Windows
See blinds and shades for angled, sloped, and triangle-shaped windows.
Arched Windows
See blinds and shades for arched, half-circle or half-moon windows.
Bay, Bow, Corner Windows
See blinds and shades for bay, bow and corner windows.
French Doors
See shutters, blinds and shades for French Doors.
Sidelights
See blinds and shades for sidelight windows.
Sliding Glass Doors
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Skylights
See blinds and shades specifically suited for skylights.
Automated
See all options for automated blinds and shades.
Blackout
See our options for blinds and shades that best control light.
Energy Efficient
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Light Filtering
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Child and Pet-Friendly
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Where Should You Put Blackout Shades?
Hunter Douglas offers a wide variety of shades with brilliant benefits that you will love. Cellular shades provide ample insulation and can even help reduce your energy builds overtime. Roman shades provide a crisp, streamlined look at your window if you are looking for a minimalist style.
While all shades provide a certain amount of privacy and light blockage, black out shades prevent the most light from entering the room of your choice. This makes them excellent for bedrooms and media rooms that often need a little bit more shade from natural and artificial lighting.
At Windo Vango, we offer add ons for your favorite Hunter Douglas shades to turn them into blackout shades with options that are both stylish and easy to use.
Blackout Shade Options
But before that, we must first discuss how Hunter Douglas blackout shades work. In particular, we need to discuss two available room-darkening and blackout systems available with many Hunter Douglas shades. These include LightLock™ or Duolite®.
The LightLock™ system works by fitting securely into a window frame. It features a black, ridged interior surface that traps and absorbs incoming light with various strengths from all angles. This leaves a room nearly dark when operated.
Duolite® combines two fabric panels in a single shade (one that is light filtering and one that is light blocking) for ultimate light control whenever you wish. We are happy to help you decide between the two!
Best Rooms for Blackout Shades
Theoretically, black out shades can be applied wherever you’d like them to be in your home. However, if you would like a little bit of guidance or inspiration, we generally have a few areas where they thrive. These include:
1. Bedrooms
If you have ever been kept up by artificial or natural lighting, creeping inside of your window, then you might benefit from black out shades. Since the shades are crafted to block out the most amount of light, including moonlight, street lamps, car headlights, and more light pollution, they will help you achieve deep REM sleep by making sure that no one wanted light creeps in.
2. Media Rooms
Similarly, it is annoying when unwanted light comes into your media room and causes glare on your screens when you’re trying to watch a movie. That is why we also recommend blackout shades for these particular rooms. Once you hang your blackout shades up, you can enjoy your movie night without any glare all night or all day. Plus, it helps create the perfect movie theater ambience.
3. Living Rooms
Finally, we recommend black out shades for living rooms. For this particular, we recommend having a liner that can be removed or one of the systems mentioned above where you can pull down the blackout shade when needed. This allows you to have added insulation when you leave your home for an extended period time. For example, if you have a vacation in the summer, black out shades will help keep your home comfortable by preventing heat transfer when you are away.
Contact Us Today
To learn more about blackout shades, be sure to contact us online or visit us today at Windo VanGo. Visit one of our two locations in Marriottsville and Frederick, Maryland. We proudly serve Marriottsville, Frederick, New Market, Ellicott City, Columbia, Clarksville, Edgewater, Annapolis, Cockeysville, Crofton, Lutherville-Timonium, Towson, Elkridge, Benson, MD and surrounding areas.