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
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Bedroom
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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
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Angled Windows
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Arched Windows
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Bay, Bow, Corner Windows
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French Doors
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Sidelights
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Sliding Glass Doors
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Skylights
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Automated
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Blackout
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The Best Window Coverings for Winter
What does winter mean in Alaska? Almost nothing but cold weather. Snow, ice, and polar winds – of course. No Alaskan homeowner is naive to the bone-chilling perils and challenges of winter, but what may surprise you are the varied and diverse options for winter window coverings from Hunter Douglas and Exciting Windows by Mini Blind King that can not only help you keep that winter weather out of your home but enjoy the serene beauty of the snowscapes too.
The Best Window Coverings for Winter
- Duette® Cellular Shades: For some of the best insulating shades on the market, look no further than Duette® Cellular Shades from Hunter Douglas. These insulating window covers use air pockets built into the shade to interrupt the unwanted energy transfer through exposed windowpanes and glass doors. This means heat is kept in, and the cold winter weather is kept out to create a cozy, comfortable interior environment.
- Sonnette® Roller Shades: Our favorite hybrid option for window covers for winter has to be Sonnette® Roller Shades. These modern insulating shades combine the sleek style of roller shades and the insulating design of cellular shades for the best of both treatments. Alaskan homeowners can enjoy better energy efficiency with Sonnette® Roller Shades, which translates into lower energy costs thanks to the shade’s ability to decrease wasted heat lost out unprotected windows and block unwanted, temperature-dropping elements from entering the home.
- Carole Fabrics™ Custom Drapes: A window cover for winter should, of course, help with temperature control, but you shouldn’t have to sacrifice style for comfort. With Hunter Douglas custom drapes, homeowners can combine an insulating design that utilizes heavier fabrics and back liners with eye-catching prints, patterns, and textiles in the Hunter Douglas fabric library.
- PowerView® Automated Shades: Even if you have the best insulating shades available, they won’t help keep you warm or your home energy efficient if they are not used consistently or correctly. PowerView® removes the worry with automated control options that let you set your shades to open and close with scheduled precision. Plus, PowerView® is available in several insulating shades, including drapery and cellular shades.
- Layered Window Treatments: For ultimate winter window coverings, think layers. Layered window fashions have better insulation than individual shades used alone, and when combining two insulating designs like full drapery over cellular shades, that integrated insulation helps exponentially when it comes to creating consistent and comfortable home temperatures. You can even take that layered window treatment to the next level by adding the PowerView® system for elevated control on top of the enhanced insulation.
Insulating Shades near Anchorage, Alaska
Winter in Alaska hits harder than in any of the lower 48 states. Make sure your home is ready for the temperature-dropping season with window coverings for winter from Exciting Windows by Mini Blind King, located near Anchorage, Alaska. Our team at Exciting Windows can walk you through the options for insulating shades from Hunter Douglas that will help keep the Alaskan winter out of your home. Request a consultation today. Exciting Windows proudly serves Anchorage, Eagle River, and Girdwood, AK homeowners.