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How Motorized Shades Can Make Your Life Easier

In the daily throes of life, trudging around your home, office, or commercial space to open, adjust, and then close window shades may not always be a priority. Therefore, sometimes shades stay shut all day or are left open at night, diminishing the energy efficiency of shades and undermining their overall usefulness. Optimizing their use, however, doesn't have to mean more work for you. In fact, one of the best ways to optimize shades is one of the easiest and most convenient to use; that's turning your window treatments into motorized shades with PowerView® Automation from Hunter Douglas.

Motorized shades from Hunter Douglas, PowerView® Automation installed on shades near Richardson, TX

Upgrading to motorized window treatments with PowerView® is a home enhancement that you can appreciate every day, and with the highest level of craftsmanship and design engineering, you can be assured that you'll experience the smooth, hassle-free operation of your motorized shades for years to come. Read on to learn the top 3 ways motorized shades can make your life easier.

Convenient and Easy to Use with a Variety of User Interfaces

Motorized shades are easy to use; you can control window treatments for an entire building with the touch of a finger or with a few simple words. The convenience of systems like PowerView® not only makes shades easier to use, they also save time and remove the tedious chore of opening, adjusting, and closing shades daily. Customize PowerView® for your motorized shades by selecting from their many user-friendly interfaces for your home or office.

PowerView® User Interfaces

  • PowerView® Surface Remote
  • PowerView® Pebble® Remote Control
  • PowerView® App (for Android or Apple)
  • PowerView® Voice Activation (compatible with Amazon Alexa, Siri®, Google Assistant, or Apple HomeKit)
  • PowerView® Smart-Home Integration (compatible with Nest®, IFTTT, Control4®, Logitech®, URC®, ELAN®, Savant®, RTI, and Crestron®)

Programmable Options

The PowerView® App allows homeowners to control their motorized shades with a series of programmable scenes. The scenes can operate in single shades or entire rooms to utilize natural light best and manage privacy throughout the space. Scenes can also be linked to specific regions to synchronize with the natural rhythms of sunrise and sunset. And since you can access the PowerView® App from Apple or Android products, you can control your shades from anywhere with a cell signal or the internet for easy control, whether at home or away.

Compatibility with Multiple Styles of Window Treatments

It's easy to upgrade to motorized window treatments because PowerView® is compatible with a range of Hunter Douglas product lines. Additionally, PowerView® is a battery-operated system, so it does not need to be hardwired into a window frame or wall, which is excellent for homes, apartments, and commercial spaces where you want the convenience and features of motorized shades but do not want to damage or permanently install a motor or wires within the actual walls of the structure.

PowerView® Compatible Hunter Douglas Product Lines

  • Alustra® Woven Textures
  • Applause® Honeycomb Shades
  • Design Studio™ Drapery
  • Design Studio™ Roman Shades
  • Design Studio™ Roller Shades
  • Designer Banded Shades
  • Designer Roller Shades
  • Designer Screen Shades
  • Duette® Honeycomb Shades
  • Everwood® Alternative Wood Blinds
  • Luminette® Privacy Sheers
  • Modern Precious Metals® Aluminum Blinds
  • Nantucket™ Window Shadings
  • Palm Beach™ Polysatin™ Shutters
  • Parkland® Wood Blinds
  • Pirouette® Window Shadings
  • Provenance® Woven Wood Shades
  • Silhouette® Window Shadings 
  • SkyLine® Gliding Window Panels
  • Solera® Soft Shades
  • Sonnette® Cellular Roller Shades
  • Vignette® Modern Roman Shades

Ready to learn more about upgrading to motorized shades for your home or office? Contact Smartlooks Window & Wall Decor to talk with one of their window fashion experts about the power of PowerView® to make your life easier. You can request a consultation online or call us at (972) 699-1151. We are located at 101 S Greenville Ave, Richardson, TX, and proudly serve the surrounding area.