How to Choose the Best Door Shades?

Doors with windows can really open up your home with gorgeous views and natural light. But finding the right front door shades, French door or sliding-glass door shades can be tricky, especially if your windows are particularly large or an odd shape. Luckily, there are a variety of options from shades to blinds to shutters that will work well, whatever type of door you want to cover.

Front Door Shades

Long and narrow sidelight windows might seem challenging to cover. But cellular shades, roller shades, blinds and shutters, even vertical sheers, all work well for this shape. are a vertical application that looks great on sidelights, featuring a sheer fabric face to let light in and soft fabric vanes to keep light out.

And if you have small windows in your door, cellular shades

French Door Shades

While almost any Hunter Douglas shade will fit French doors, keep in mind that French-door window treatments

If you live in a hot climate or have a lot of sun coming through your French doors, faux-wood door shutters like Palm Beach™ Polysatin™ Shutters are guaranteed never to warp, crack, fade, chip, peel or discolor, regardless of extreme heat or moisture.

roller shades for doors with handles since they lie flush against the glass. Designer Roller Shades come in more than 330 fabrics, from sheer to opaque, so they’ll work with practically any décor.

Sliding-Glass Door Shades

When choosing a sliding-glass-door window treatment

For a door located in a high-traffic area, you might want to consider shutters because they’re so durable. When choosing your operating system, make sure to check how much clearance you have around your doors. If you have at least a couple feet of space, you could opt for the Bi-Fold Track System, which enables the shutters to open like a fan. But if space is limited, the Bypass Track System allows for the shutters to slide past each other (but you can only open one side of your shutters completely).