Window Treatments

Window Treatment Ideas for Patio Doors

If you want horizontal door blinds or shades, I always suggest splitting the shades into the number of panels of glass that you have. If you have a sliding (access side) door and a stationary door then use a two-on-one headrail configuration. This way you can operate the access-side shade or blind independently of the stationary one. This is great for when you have a lot of traffic (say during a cookout) through the sliding door. On a hot summer day you might just opt to raise the access-side shade or blind and leave the stationary side down for protection against a hot sun. With the access side up you can go in and out very easily. If I were to recommend a particular Hunter Douglas product for this application, I would use a Silhouette® window shading, with the Signature S-Vane™ — the fabric-covered vanes are suspended between sheer fabric casings and they rotate, allowing you to control your light and privacy. Other popular horizontal products include aluminum blinds, wood blinds, honeycomb and pleated shades, and woven woods.

If you like the vertical look but don't want a vertical door blind then we have our Luminette® Privacy Sheers and our Duette® VertiGlide™ honeycomb shades. These are both exceptional products and even though they have vertical lines, you will never confuse them for a vertical blind. Luminette Privacy Sheers are also available with our sleek, remote control PowerGlide® system.