At one time, blinds and window coverings were somewhat limited in their styles and options. Certain styles of blinds, with cords hanging down, also became major safety hazards for pets and young children. The window covering industry went through a major overhaul and reinvented a much safer option for opening and closing blinds. Now the next big thing in window coverings has fully arrived: smart automated shades.
While automated shades may have been around in terms of being hardwired into your home’s electrical system or being battery operated, now you have even more options for connecting your shades to any smart device. Left home on a hot day and forgot to close your blinds? Going away on vacation and don’t want to let potential intruders know the house is empty? Looking for ways to decrease your home’s energy costs? You can solve all these problems and more with automated shades.
Most people use apps on their devices, like Amazon’s Alexa, to run some of the extra functions in their home. You can use these apps to control your shades too. Hunter Douglas and other window covering manufacturers make this an option available to you through the platform you use most often, whether that’s Google Assistant or Apple Home.
The apps allow you to program your shades in a variety of ways. You can set up your automated shades to open and close at different times of the day, depending on the angle of the sun around your home and the temperature outside. If you didn’t program the shades but need to open or close one or more of them, you can use the app on your device to do so from almost anywhere. Not only will this help you keep your heating and cooling bills down, but it’ll also help protect your furniture and flooring from concentrated amounts of sunlight that could cause fading over time.
In addition to this, there are several advantages of automated shades over manual ones like the convenience. One push of a button or a switch, and all of your shades can be opened or closed. You can also pick different shades to be in different open or closed positions without worrying about climbing on stepstools to reach higher windows. Automated shades are also great for people with mobility issues.
No more struggling to push shades up or deal with cords if reaching or moving around a lot is a challenge.
Now more than ever, there are a variety of styles, colors and fabrics you can use in your automated shades. If you’re looking for a unique way to refresh your home, think about going to your nearest window shade dealer. Not only will you find a product that suits your taste, but it’ll be an investment that continues to give back in a variety of ways and that fits in with your tech forward lifestyle.
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