A guide to your choices
Find the Right Window Treatment for the Way You Live
Start with what you want your window treatments to do. You may need softer daylight, less glare, greater privacy or easier control of a difficult window. Appearance matters too—but the best choice brings those needs together.
Max Custom Blinds brings samples to your home and helps you compare suitable options in the rooms where they will be installed. Use this guide to explore the differences, then visit each product page for more detail.
Compare Shades and Blinds by Your Priorities
For Soft Daylight and Comfort: Cellular Shades
Cellular shades offer a soft fabric appearance with air pockets that can help reduce heat transfer. Fabrics and configurations vary, including selected light-filtering, room-darkening and top-down/bottom-up options.
Explore cellular shades →For a Clean Fabric Panel: Roller Shades
Roller shades provide a simple appearance with fabrics offering different levels of light filtering, privacy and room darkening. Fabric choice and mounting details both affect the result.
Explore roller shades →For Glare Control With an Outdoor View: Solar Shades
Solar fabrics can reduce glare while preserving some visibility outside. Openness and fabric color influence the view and light control. Solar shades should not be relied on alone for nighttime privacy.
Explore solar shades →For a Layered Look and Adjustable Light: Zebra Shades
Alternating sheer and solid fabric bands let you change the amount of daylight and coverage. Compare fabrics and alignment options against your room’s privacy and light-control needs.
Explore zebra shades →For Adjustable Slats and a Classic Look: Wood & Faux-Wood Blinds
Tilting slats provide flexible light and privacy control. Material, slat size, weight and moisture suitability help determine which product fits each room.
Explore wood and faux-wood blinds → Start with your priorities
Three Questions to Help Narrow Your Choices
How private does the room need to be?
Consider daytime and evening use. Fabric appearance alone does not establish privacy, and lighting conditions can change what is visible through a window treatment.
How much light do you want to keep—or reduce?
Softening daylight, reducing glare and darkening a bedroom are different goals. Explain your priority so your Max Design Consultant can help compare appropriate fabrics and mounting options.
How do you want to operate the window treatment?
Think about access, window size and how often you make adjustments. Available manual controls and motorized options vary by product. For high windows or groups of shades, explore motorization.
You Don’t Have to Make Every Decision Before We Visit
Your Max Design Consultant helps you compare samples, understand product differences and narrow the choices around your home and preferences. We then professionally measure each opening and manage your custom order through installation and Designer Final Inspection.
Looking for an architectural treatment with adjustable louvers? Compare custom plantation shutters as another option.
Request your free in-home consultation with Max Custom Blinds →