Duette® Honeycomb Shades
Wisconsin homeowners need window treatments that perform in every season. Duette® Honeycomb Shades combine insulating cellular construction with versatile light control and timeless style. Their honeycomb pockets trap air at the window to help reduce heat transfer, keeping your home more comfortable through hot summers and cold Wisconsin winters.
- Beautifully Crafted Fabrics
- Crisp, Uniform Pleats
- Improved Energy Efficiency
- Light-Filtering & Room-Darkening Options
Available in a wide selection of fabrics, colors, and operating systems, Duette® shades can be customized for windows throughout your home. Explore our complete collection of custom window shades, or discover Duette® Vertiglide™ vertical shades for sliding glass doors and large openings.
Duette® Honeycomb Shade Options
One of the strengths of Duette® Honeycomb Shades is their versatility. They can be customized for privacy, room darkening, cordless operation, motorization, specialty-shaped windows, skylights, large openings, and other unique applications throughout your home.
Why Choose Duette® Honeycomb Shades?
Energy-Efficient Cellular Design
Duette® Honeycomb Shades feature an innovative cellular construction that traps air within the honeycomb pockets, creating an insulating layer at the window. This helps reduce heat transfer, keeping rooms more comfortable through cold Wisconsin winters and warm summer days.
The insulating design makes Duette® one of the most energy-efficient Hunter Douglas shade options, while still providing beautiful fabrics, crisp pleats, and flexible light control. For more ways to improve comfort throughout your home, explore our energy-efficient window treatment solutions.
Flexible Light & Privacy Control
Duette® Honeycomb Shades offer flexible ways to manage natural light, privacy, and room darkening throughout the day. With Duolite® dual shades, two fabrics are combined in a single shade—one light filtering and one room darkening. Adjust the shade to welcome softly filtered daylight, increase privacy, or create a darker atmosphere for bedrooms and media spaces.
For another approach to light and privacy, top-down/bottom-up shades let you lower the shade from the top while keeping the lower portion of the window covered. This allows natural light into the room while maintaining privacy where you need it.
LightLock® Room Darkening
For bedrooms, media rooms, and other spaces where darkness matters, Duette® Honeycomb Shades are available with LightLock® room-darkening technology. LightLock® uses specially designed side channels to help prevent light from entering around the edges of the shade, creating a darker, more comfortable environment when the shade is closed.
Pair LightLock® with room-darkening fabrics for enhanced light control while maintaining the insulating benefits of Duette® cellular construction.
TrackGlide™ for Specialty Windows & Doors
Duette® Honeycomb Shades with TrackGlide™ provide a streamlined solution for windows and doors where traditional shade installation can be challenging. The system uses slim tracks that adhere directly to the window or door frame, allowing the shade to stay securely in place without drilling.
TrackGlide™ is especially useful for French doors, shallow windows, and tilt-turn windows, extending the insulating cellular design and light control of Duette® shades to more specialized applications.
ClearView® for Natural Light & Views
Duette® Honeycomb Shades are available with ClearView® fabric for homeowners who want to enjoy natural light while preserving more of the view outdoors. The sheer fabric filters incoming light and helps reduce glare while providing greater view-through than more opaque cellular fabrics.
ClearView® combines the clean, structured appearance of Duette® shades with a lighter, more open feel—ideal for rooms where maintaining the view is a priority.
Compare Hunter Douglas Cellular Shades
Duette®, Applause® and Sonnette® shades all feature insulating cellular construction, but each collection offers different design and operating options. Compare their features below to find the best fit for your windows.
| Feature | Duette® | Applause® | Sonnette® |
| Cellular construction | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Best For | Maximum versatility | Streamlined cellular options | Roller-style operation |
| Top-down/bottom-up | Yes | Yes | No |
| Vertical option | Vertiglide™ | Vertiglide™ | No |
| Rolls into headrail | No | No | Yes |
| Duolite® | Yes | Yes | No |
| Light filtering | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Room darkening | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Motorization | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Duette® Honeycomb Shades FAQ
What makes Duette® Honeycomb Shades energy efficient?
Duette® Honeycomb Shades from Hunter Douglas feature a cellular construction that traps air in insulating pockets, helping reduce heat transfer through the window for greater energy efficiency and comfort.
What is the difference between cellular shades and honeycomb shades?
Cellular shades and honeycomb shades are two names for the same type of window treatment. Both refer to shades with honeycomb-shaped cells that trap air at the window for added insulation. Duette® is a Hunter Douglas honeycomb shade collection offering a wide range of fabrics, operating systems and specialty configurations.
Can Duette® shades provide room darkening?
Yes. Duette® shades are available with room-darkening fabrics, and select configurations can include the LightLock® system for enhanced room darkening by reducing light gaps along the sides of the shade.
What is Duolite® on Duette® Honeycomb Shades?
Duolite® combines a light-filtering fabric and a room-darkening fabric in a single Duette® shade, allowing you to adjust between softly filtered natural light and greater room darkening.
Can Duette® Honeycomb Shades be motorized?
Yes. Duette® Honeycomb Shades are available with Hunter Douglas PowerView® Automation, allowing you to control motorized shades with an app, remote or compatible smart home system.
Can Duette® shades cover sliding glass doors or specialty windows?
Yes. Duette® Honeycomb Shades can cover sliding glass doors with Vertiglide™, a vertical honeycomb shade designed for expansive openings. Duette® can also accommodate specialty windows such as arches, angles and skylights. For narrow windows, French doors and tilt-turn windows, TrackGlide™ provides another solution where traditional shade installation may be difficult.
Find the Right Duette® Shades for Your Home
With so many fabrics, operating systems, light-control options, and specialty configurations available, the right Duette® shade depends on your windows and how you use each room. Visit our Waukesha showroom to explore full-size Hunter Douglas displays, or let our design team bring samples to your home.
Schedule your free in-home consultation and let us help you customize Duette® Honeycomb Shades for your Milwaukee-area home.