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.
Awnings
Save energy, reduce glare, and protect furniture from fading.
Drapery & Valances
Add the perfect finishing touch to your windows.
Fabrics
Ivan’s Blinds and More is not just your local Hunter Douglas window treatment source, but also your local fabric store.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
After-Hours & In-Home Consultations
Our schedule is flexible, and we can come to your home for a consultation.
Free Estimates
Get a free estimate for your next decorating project.
Video Design Consultations
We offer Video Design Consultations, using video conferencing tools such as FaceTime, Zoom, Skype, and Duo.
Window Covering Measuring & Installations
Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
Interior Design Ideas
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See current and past decorating ideas from our 'Fresh Ideas' Newsletter.
Bathroom
See window covering solutions for privacy and moisture-resistance.
Bedroom
See window covering solutions for privacy and room darkening.
Home Office
See window covering solutions for light filtering and glare control.
Kitchen
See window covering solutions for a variety of needs and kitchen styles.
Living Room
See window covering solutions for light filtering and UV protection.
Media Room
See room darkening window treatments for your media room.
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
See blinds and shades for patio and sliding-glass doors.
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
See blinds and shades that help save energy at the window.
Light Filtering
See blinds and shades for light filtering and UV protection.
Child and Pet-Friendly
See blinds and shades that are safer for children and pets.
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Window Treatments for Hot Weather
When it comes to performance in hot weather and warm climates few window treatments beat the design versatility of interior shutters. There are unique challenges to keeping indoor spaces comfortable in hot weather, and the slatted construction of shutters addresses heat-related issues with timeless style and high-tech amenities that make them very desirable window treatments for hot weather. Three of the primary concerns for hot weather performance that shutters address are blocking sunlight and solar heat, maintaining open ventilation and airflow, and withstanding long-term exposure to UV rays.
Block Sunlight
Plantation shutters with hard slats can completely block direct sunlight and insulate against the solar heat that invades natural light. Keeping the heat out in warm climates or during the summer months is a key part of keeping interior spaces cool and comfortable, which is one reason why shutters make great window treatments for hot weather.
- NewStyle® Hybrid Shutters: Made from a durable man-made material, NewStyle® Hybrid Shutters are engineered with a dovetailed construction that ensures the highest levels of performance whether partially blocking direct light or closing snuggly to create a rigid insulating barrier that keeps air conditioning in and hot, sweaty weather out.
Open Ventilation
The slatted construction of plantation shutters creates a window treatment that allows for natural airflow and open ventilation even while it is simultaneously blocking direct light and providing partial to full privacy. Natural air flow helps bring down the temperature of indoor spaces reducing the need for artificial air conditioning, which is both a cooling and cost-saving feature of shutters and a prime reason that they are popular window treatments for hot weather.
- Heritance® Hardwood Shutters: These classic Hunter Douglas plantation shutters are great window treatments for hot weather thanks to their hardwood slats that can block direct sunlight but allow cooling cross breezes, and the Integra™ multi-coat finish that is available on Heritance® Hardwood Shutters protects the hardwood slats by increasing their durability assuring long-lasting performance.
Resistant to UV Damage
Since shutters deal with extended exposure to direct light, they need to be able to withstand the damaging effects of sunlight. UV rays in sunlight can cause warping, fading, discoloration, cracking, and premature aging in some materials, so window treatments for hot weather or sun-soaked locals need to be constructed from a material that is resistant to UV damage and durable enough to stand up to harsh natural elements like direct sunlight with grace and fortitude.
- Palm Beach™ Polysatin™ Shutters: For the ultimate in UV protection, look to Palm Beach™ Polysatin™ Shutters from Hunter Douglas. Their trademarked PolySatin slats not only hold up exquisitely to long-term sun exposure (with a lifetime guarantee to not discolor, fade, peel, warp, crack, or chip) for years of easy use, they also protect the valuables in your home (like furniture, artwork, and flooring) that can be damaged by unchecked UV rays.
Ivan's Blinds & More near La Quinta, California, carries all three lines of plantation-style shutters from Hunter Douglas including Heritance® Hardwood Shutters, NewStyle® Hybrid Shutters, and Palm Beach™ Polysatin™ Shutters. Let their window treatment experts help you find and customize the right shutter style for your home. Contact them today to request a consultation and talk about the best window treatments for hot weather in California. Ivan's Blinds & More serves the greater Coachella Valley area including La Quinta, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indio, Palm Springs, and La Quinta, CA.