Window Treatments & Shades

Browse free window treatment and shade catalogs covering motorized shades, custom drapery, plantation shutters, blinds, and designer fabric collections from Hunter Douglas, Lutron, The Shade Store, and more — request brochures by mail or shop digital.

Window Treatment Categories at a Glance

Motorized & smart shades — Hunter Douglas PowerView, Lutron Serena, and Somfy-driven systems let you raise, lower, and tilt window coverings from a remote, wall keypad, app, or voice assistant. The catalogs below show the full integration story — battery-powered roller shades for retrofits, hardwired versions for new construction, and the bridges that connect to Alexa, Google Home, Apple HomeKit, and Control4.

Custom drapery & soft treatments — The Shade Store, Smith & Noble, Conrad Imports, Holland & Sherry, and Cowtan & Tout publish design guides that walk you through pleat styles (pinch, goblet, ripplefold), hardware (traversing rods, decorative finials, ceiling tracks), and the fabric library — silk, linen, wool, velvet, and outdoor performance solution-dyed acrylics.

Wood & faux wood blinds — Hunter Douglas Provenance Woven Wood, Levolor, Bali, and Graber dominate this category. Real wood works for dry interior rooms (living room, bedroom, dining); faux wood (PVC or composite) is the right call for kitchens, bathrooms, and any wet room.

Cellular & honeycomb shades — Hunter Douglas Duette and the comparable Bali, Levolor, and Graber cellular lines are the insulation-first option. Single-cell shades cut summer heat gain by 20%, double-cell cuts it by 40% or more. The catalogs explain top-down/bottom-up configurations, blackout options for bedrooms, and cordless lift systems for child safety.

Roman, roller & solar shades — Roman shades (Hunter Douglas Vignette, custom from The Shade Store) deliver soft fabric tailoring; roller shades (Hunter Douglas Designer Roller, Lutron Serena, Levolor) are the minimalist contemporary choice; solar shades filter UV and glare while preserving the outdoor view — Mecho, Lutron Sivoia, and the Hunter Douglas Designer Screen line are the references.

Sheer & specialty — Hunter Douglas Silhouette (fabric vanes floating between two sheer panels), Pirouette (horizontal fabric vanes), and Luminette (vertical sheer panels for sliders and patio doors) are the iconic patented sheer constructions. The Shade Store and Smith & Noble publish their own takes on the sheer category.

Shutters & specialty hard treatments — Plantation shutters, café shutters, and full-height interior shutters are covered by Hunter Douglas NewStyle and Heritance, and the trade-only Conrad Imports and Stark collections include hard shutters as part of broader window-system design programs.

What to Look For in a Window Treatment Catalog

The most useful catalogs spell out opacity options (sheer / light-filtering / room-darkening / blackout), lift system choices (corded vs cordless vs motorized — cordless is now required for child-safety compliance on most new installations), fabric weight and fiber content (relevant for sun-fade resistance and washability), warranty length (lifetime is standard for premium brands like Hunter Douglas, 5-10 year for mass-premium), and energy-efficiency ratings (R-values for cellular shades; SHGC for solar shades). For motorized systems, also check the power source — rechargeable battery, hardwired, or solar panel — because retrofit installs almost always need the battery-powered option.

Designing & Specifying Window Treatments

Window treatments are one of the higher-stakes per-window decisions a homeowner makes — premium custom shades run $500-$1,500 per window, motorized adds $200-$500 per window, and a full-house custom drapery package can easily clear $25,000. The brand catalogs below let you compare construction, fabric libraries, and motorization platforms before you commit to an in-home consultation, and most include the printed swatch-request form on the back cover. If you're working with a builder or designer, request the trade design guides from Conrad Imports, Holland & Sherry, Stark Carpet, and Cowtan & Tout — these are the same references showroom designers use.

For new construction or full-house remodels, the motorized integration question matters most. Hunter Douglas PowerView and Lutron Serena both integrate with the major smart-home platforms, but the wiring and bridge architecture is different — pull both catalogs and review the integration diagrams before you spec rough-in wiring.

Free Window Treatment Catalogs by Mail

Most of the catalogs below are mailed free to homeowners and design professionals. The Hunter Douglas product-line brochures (Silhouette, Duette, Pirouette, Luminette, Vignette, Designer Roller Shades, Provenance Woven Wood) are particularly worth requesting in print — large-format fabric photography is much easier to evaluate on paper than on a screen, and the printed swatch-request cards are still the fastest way to get physical samples mailed for color matching. Lutron Serena, The Shade Store, Smith & Noble, and the trade-only brands all publish detailed printed catalogs as well.