Blinds Installation

Vertical shades are an ideal choice if you have sliding glass doors or large windows that you need to cover. Vertical shades, or vanes, attach to a headrail sliding track system, or panel track, at the top of your door or window for easy operation. This also means you can opt for cordless operation, a safe choice if you have small children and pets at home.

Vertical shades are available in a wide range of colors and materials, including vinyl, aluminum, and light-filtering fabric so that you can find a style to match your budget and needs. Use your vertical shades to make a statement or select a subtle design to complement your existing decor. Choose between broad panels that can double as room dividers, or narrower louvers for more light control. Vertical shades offer flexible privacy and a minimalist design. Have a Home Depot pro measure and professionally install your vertical shades for your peace of mind.

Horizontal shades combine the appearance and functionality of both solid blinds and fabric shades, with easy horizontal operation. Horizontal fabric shades often float between two panels of sheer fabric, offering tilt control over how much natural light enters a room, as well as privacy. Personalize your horizontal shades to your needs by choosing light-filtering or room-darkening fabric, as well as the louver size. Choose from a wide range of colors to match your home’s style, from natural tones to bolder colors.

You can choose corded, cordless or even motorized horizontal shade product options for safety and convenience. You can also pair your horizontal shades with drapery for additional privacy, room darkening, and unique style. A professional measure and installation from The Home Depot will take the guesswork out of your project—you can rest easy with pro certified measurements and custom-designed products.

Aluminum blinds let you easily adjust the light in a room by opening or closing the slats. A common window covering in homes, aluminum mini blinds have a wand and lift cord anchored by a headrail, which lets you fine-tune light control.

Consider cordless aluminum blinds for an upgraded, cleaner window blind appearance, as well as child safety. Cordless lifts still have cords running through the slats, but you make all room darkening adjustments by simply lifting or lowering the bottom rail. Aluminum slats are easy to clean and reflect the sun, making them ideal for keeping rooms cool during warmer days. They also resist humidity and fading. Complement your window treatments by choosing from more than a dozen colors.

Available as horizontal blinds and vertical blinds, aluminum blinds come in standard or trimmable widths for custom slat sizes. This gives you the right combination of flexibility and affordability. Check availability and pricing with our Blinds Installation pricing tool above for professionally measured and installed aluminum blinds from The Home Depot.

Think of banded shades as a blind and shade combined into one. Banded shades, also called sheer shades, are made of alternating sheer-shading and light-blocking fabric bands. You can choose light-filtering or room-darkening bands for full light control of a room.

Banded shades come in dozens of color options to match your decor, from traditional to modern. Light-filtering bands diffuse light through your room, while room-darkening bands block most sunlight when closed.

The Home Depot offers LEVOLOR banded shades, which have three lift options: continuous cord loop lift system, cordless lift, and a motorized lift. Continuous cord loops run through the length of the shade, which you adjust by hand, and are best for large or heavy shades. Motorized options come with a Bluetooth 6-channel remote control that works with the LEVOLOR app. A matching headrail houses the cassette valance mechanism at the top for all options. This gives the shades a clean look.

Because cordless and motorized operating systems eliminate exposed cords, we recommend them for child safety and/or curious pets. Let an experienced Home Depot service provider professionally install your custom-designed banded shades so that you can rest easy!

Gliding window panels, also called panel track blinds, are a great alternative to vertical blinds or screen shades. Consider gliding panels as a window treatment for large windows, glass doors, or French doors. This panel system works well as a stylish closet door, room divider, or elegant entryway to a deck or patio.

Cordless by design, gliding window panels are child- and pet-friendly. Depending on your light control preferences, choose from natural woven, room-darkening, light-filtering, solar screen, and privacy fabric options. Because they have a slim profile, gliding panels easily fit into your prevailing decor or existing window coverings. Gliding panels aren't motorized, as they simply slide horizontally along top and bottom tracks.

Customize your gliding panels to open from either left or right with a dual wand control or open them from the center. Add a custom headrail to conceal rail hardware. Different fabrics accommodate different heights, and telescoping track systems fit most window expanses. Get started with a professional window measure for custom-designed gliding window panels.

Cellular shades, also called honeycomb shades, are constructed with one continuous piece of fabric that folds up along pleats. This creates honeycomb-shaped cells that make for an energy-efficient window treatment while providing privacy. The honeycomb-shaped air pockets keep rooms from heating up or getting too cold. With light control options ranging from light filtering to room darkening or blackout, you can modulate natural light for any room.

You can raise or lower honeycomb shades in three ways: from the top down, bottom up, or both. Some cellular shades can be motorized with optional kits and headrails. Most honeycomb shades are cordless, making them ideal window shades with child safety in mind.

There are two types of these shades: single cell and double cell. The main difference is that double-cell honeycomb shades provide more insulation for added energy efficiency, which is better for homes in extreme temperatures. Consider pairing double cells with blackout shades for added privacy. Note that larger cell shades are suited for big windows. A Home Depot Blinds Installation expert can help you design and customize the best combination of cell sizes and light filtration for your home.

Pleated shades are very similar to honeycomb shades (or cellular shades). While honeycomb shades have two or more layers that form insulating cells, pleated shades have just one layer of light filtering material. Pleated shades retract like an accordion, making them an affordable alternative to honeycomb shades.

Available in customizable cut-to-size widths and lengths, pleated shades work best in living rooms, dining rooms, and kitchens. Pleated shade fabrics tend to be sheer, so we recommend adding blackout liners for more privacy or natural light control. They easily open by hand from the top down and bottom up or can be outfitted with a quiet motorized kit. Pleated blinds are easy to install and easy to clean, making them a practical choice for many homes.

Choose from different pleat sizes, pleated fabric, and colors to find the right light filtering for you. Cordless pleated shades are common, making them ideal window treatments for homes with kids or pets.

When you think of a simple window shade, you probably picture roller shades. A roller shade is a wide strip of fabric that rolls around a tube mounted at the top of your windows. Roller shades offer simplicity, affordability, and versatility. Roller shades give you privacy and block sunlight, which are common priorities. You can pair roller shades just as easily with a window frame as with French doors.

Look to light-filtering roller shades to diffuse warm, natural light into any room. Or, for room darkening, look for bolder, darker fabric hues or blackout roller shades. If you live in a hot climate, solar shades reduce heat and intensity while still providing a view. Depending on your light control needs, consider custom roller blind installation for a perfect fit in any room of your home.

Operating systems for roller shades include motorized lifts, cordless lifts, and corded lifts, like a continuous cord loop. Other choices, like Coolaroo, have a self-retracting cordless spring operation—an ideal option where child safety is a priority. Schedule a professional window measurement today to get your roller shade installation project started!

For a balance of simplicity and elegance, Roman shades fit the bill. Roman shades appear smooth when pulled down, and when drawn from the bottom up they fold into pleats for a neatly stacked texture. This effect is created by a string that's threaded at intervals through rings sewn onto the back of the shade fabric. For top-down Roman shades, the threading is reversed.

Roman window shades come in several styles, including flat Roman shades, classic Roman shades, ribbed pleated Roman shades, and more. Roman shades look great in any room, no matter the level of light control you want.

For a tidy look, consider cordless Roman shades or motorization operating systems. Roman shades with continuous cord loops work best for larger windows or French doors. Fabric Roman shades match up well with drapes or curtains to fit your existing home decor. With custom Roman shade design and installation from The Home Depot, you can choose light-filtering, room-darkening, or blackout window coverings.

Screen shades, better known as solar shades, block the sun—not your view. These solar screens let natural light into a room while filtering harmful UV rays and glare. Like other types of blinds, you can find screen shades in many styles, colors and light control options.

Generally, solar screen shades have an “openness factor” that defines how much light the fabric's weave will let through. A lower percentage means the fabric has a tighter weave so that it blocks more light. Openness factor percentages range from 1% to 14%. Low openness blocks more sun, and as a result, more of the view. Medium openness provides a balance of view and UV protection. A high openness factor has the best view transparency and reduces glare.

These cordless screen shades smoothly glide up and down, and the lack of cords is optimal for child and pet safety. Custom motorized solar screen shades are available on all headrail styles. To enhance the privacy of your solar shade at night, we suggest adding drapes or curtains. For a window shade that has more privacy, consider roller shades or blackout roller shades. A local, authorized blinds installation expert from The Home Depot will use your window measurements to custom fit and install a screen shade. Get started today with our blinds installation pricing tool!

Wood blinds are window treatments with horizontal slats drawn up with a lift cord or cordless lift. Our Bali custom wood blinds, made from light and strong North American Basswood, add style to any room or home decor. Whether you want light filtering, room darkening, or blackout light control, we have wood window coverings to meet your needs.

Be sure to consider slat size, too. The most common size is 2 inches, with larger or smaller sizes available, and outside mounts to fit a narrow windowsill. Routeless slats give you tighter control and seal out excess light—plus they're easy to clean!.

For homes with kids or pets, cordless lifts are a safe choice. They give you a seamless shutter appearance while enhancing child safety. We suggest upgrading to a matching wood valance to conceal headrail hardware, as well as a 2-in-1 headrail for wider windows or doors. For an added touch, cloth tapes give you more light control. Whether you're in the market for real wood blinds or faux wood blinds, The Home Depot can offer a professional measure and installation.

Woven wood shades give your home an earthy feel with natural materials. Woven from a blend of grasscloth, jute, straw, sisal, bamboo reeds, and bamboo slats, our natural woven wood shades give you light control at an affordable price.

Woven wood shades let light into a room while still limiting glare. They're ideal for light filtering with warm, natural shades, from honey to almond. Depending on the style, most of our woven window coverings move like Roman shades—stacking the shade in folds as it's pulled from the bottom up. Consider a cordless lift to preserve clean lines in your living room or dining room.

Our Home Decorators Collection comes with a matching valance and bottom rail, which we recommend for complete appearance and ease of functionality. For additional privacy and less light, consider adding a blackout roller shade to the window frame. Request an in-home measure for a custom fit and worry-free installation from a trusted Home Depot service provider!