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.
Custom Bedding
We create one-of-a-kind custom bedding designs.
Drapery & Valances
Add the perfect finishing touch to your windows.
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.
Window Covering Measuring & Installations
Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
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Automated
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Blackout
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Light Filtering
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Window Treatments for Bay Windows near Rochester, NY
If you’re lucky enough to have a bay window in your home, you can enjoy lots of sunlight and fantastic views. However, like all other windows, you sometimes want them covered for privacy and light control. What window treatments work the best with bay windows? The team at Creative Hands has some great ideas to share with you.
Considerations When Dressing a Bay Window
The room where the window is located and how you use the room will help you choose the best window coverings. Is your bay window meant to become a quiet reading spot, or is it in your family’s breakfast nook? Drapery made from heavier fabric may be better suited to a peaceful reading area, while sheer panels or shades will provide natural light while your family enjoys breakfast. Next, think about the privacy needs in the area around the bay window. Windows in a bedroom or bathroom will need the option for considerable privacy, but a bay window in a living room can likely be outfitted with light-filtering shades.
Best Bay Window Styles
Drapery & Side Panels
Design Studio™ Side Panels and Drapery are available in a wide selection of luxe fabrics for a sophisticated look and lighter materials for a more casual aesthetic. You can cover every window or hang drapes on the side windows to frame the middle section while still giving you some privacy. Choose from performance fabrics, bold colors, stunning neutrals, and prints from the Design Studio®, including special collections from fabric designers Seema Krish, Marcie Bronkar, and Rebecca Atwood for design-inspired prints and embroideries.
Valances
Top treatments, such as cornices or a valance, are an excellent way to give your bay window a polished appearance without hindering your view of the outdoors. You can also use a valance with shades or drapes to hide hardware for a sleeker look.
Roman Shades
Roman shades are versatile and can dress windows up or down while still being stylish. We love the look of Vignette® Modern Roman Shades in family rooms and homes with more contemporary decor. Bay windows in formal rooms will look exceptionally impressive with Design Studio™ Roman Shades with the same exclusive fabrics and designs as our drapes, designed by today’s leading textile artisans.
Shutters
Plantation-style interior shutters offer a timeless allure that’s always on-trend without being over the top. Heritance® Hardwood Shutters add warmth and charm to a room and look especially fantastic in rooms with a fireplace. Natural wood is also an excellent insulator and will help maintain a comfortable temperature in your home. For a hardy treatment without the upkeep of hardwood shutters, Palm Beach™ Polysatin™ Shutters offer easy maintenance and are impervious to moisture damage, so a bay window in a bathroom is no problem - our Palm Beach Promise™ to you.
Design Ideas
One of the looks we love is floor-length drapes paired with shades that coordinate with other windows in the room. Provenance® Woven Wood Shades deliver gorgeous natural texture in several materials and colors. Luminette® Privacy Sheers are ideally suited for smaller rooms where heavy fabrics can make a space feel closed in. Try hanging them on a straight rod across the front of the windows for a minimalist aesthetic. If you prefer your bay window to blend in with the space rather than be a focal point, we suggest using shades or drapes in a color that is one or two shades lighter than the primary color of the room.
Contact Us
The team at Creative Hands is here for you when you’re ready to elevate the look of your home’s bay windows. You can rely on us for precision measuring and installation services and custom bedding products. Contact us today to schedule your in-home consultation. Our showroom is in Rochester, NY. We’re happy to serve all of Western New York and the Finger Lakes, including Pittsford, Fairport, Penfield, and Victor, NY.