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.
Fabrics
Choose from our large selection of fabric colors, patterns and textures.
Consumer Financing by Wells Fargo
We offer financing options for our customers, subject to approved credit.
Window Covering Measuring & Installations
Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
About Us
Exciting Windows! by Mini Blind King is Alaska's only full-service Hunter Douglas Gallery and window fashion showroom, offering exclusive Hunter Douglas window fashions, custom draperies, designer fabrics, shutters, automation/smart shades, and so much more.
Window Treatment Repair
Exciting Windows by Mini Blind King is your go-to destination for expert window treatment repair near Anchorage, AK.
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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
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Child and Pet-Friendly
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10 Ways Motorized Shades Elevate your Home
The contemporary era of home décor and design continually brings about new technologies and advancements that amplify the comfort, aesthetic appeal, productivity, and overall value of our homes. Among these innovations is the transition from conventional window shades to motorized versions, offering a multitude of practical and aesthetic benefits to every homeowner.
PowerView® Automation from Hunter Douglas is leading the way in this transformation, offering Alaskan homeowners an array of options that satisfy their thirst for novel, practical, and beautiful motorized shades.
We'll explore 10 ways motorized shades can elevate the value, convenience, and beauty of your home:
1. Child and Pet Safety
Safety within our homes is paramount, particularly for families with small children and pets. Traditional corded shades can pose a potential hazard; however, motorized shades are cordless, eliminating this risk altogether, and creating a safer environment for all occupants.
2. Optimized Energy Efficiency
Often, we forget or neglect to adjust our window shades correctly or consistently, impacting their overall performance. The simplicity of automated scheduling and the stress-free operation of motorized shades encourage more consistent and precise use, optimizing energy efficiency and leading to potential savings on utilities and heating or cooling costs.
3. Easy Access for hard-to-reach windows
Every home has hard-to-reach windows that can be a hassle to manage. PowerView® motorized shades are controllable through the PowerView® Pebble® remote, PowerView® App, or PowerView® Gateway, giving you multiple, easily accessible ways to adjust your window treatments whenever and wherever you need to.
4. Smart Home Compatibility
The adoption of smart home technologies is increasing at a rapid pace. PowerView® motorized shades are designed to be compatible with many smart home and home assistant programs, including Amazon Alexa, Google home, and more, allowing for easy integration into modern households.
5. Home Security During Absences
Vacant homes can appear inviting to potential intruders. However, by programming your PowerView® motorized shades to open and close at different times during your time away, you project an impression that someone is still home, adding a layer of security for your property.
6. Customized Aesthetics
PowerView® caters to a variety of decor preferences by offering a plethora of styles and designs. Whether you prefer cellular shades, sheer shades, Roman shades, roller shades, Venetian and vertical blinds, shutters, drapery, or woven wood shades, they can be equipped with a motorization solution that suits your home aesthetics and personal style.
7. Worldwide Control
The PowerView® App empowers homeowners with real-time control over their motorized shades from any location worldwide. As long as you have internet access and the app, you’ll be able to control your window treatments.
8. Protection from Sun Damage
Prolonged exposure to direct sunlight can lead to the degradation of household items such as furniture, flooring, fabrics, and wall paint. With the motorized shades consistently blocking harmful sun rays, your belongings are well-protected from sun damage.
9. Controlled Ambience
Your room’s ambience is significantly influenced by natural sunlight. PowerView® motorized shades provide the precision to manipulate this light, creating an ambiance best suited for your everyday activities, events, or personal preferences.
10. Guaranteed Privacy
Our daily routines demand varying levels of privacy, especially during activities like morning preparations or late-night movie streaming. PowerView® system offers programmable options that sync the operation of your motorized shades with your day-to-day schedule, ensuring privacy whenever needed.
Contact Us
The benefits of motorized shades with PowerView® Automation from Hunter Douglas are vast and versatile. Experts at Exciting Windows are ready to guide you through varied window treatment options and help create customized motorized shades for your home. Based in Anchorage, Exciting Windows extends its services to the greater Anchorage area, including Eagle River and Girdwood, AK. Don't hesitate to request a consultation today - the future of smart, stylish, and functional window dressing awaits!