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What are the Best Shutters & Shades for French Doors?

French doors are stunning, statement-making features in our homes. While they are beautiful all by themselves, the right window treatments can take the look and performance of your French door up a notch. Whether you like shutters or shades, you can find stylish and attractive options with these different window treatments.

Hunter Douglas wood shutters blocking light in a home near Granit Bay, CA

TaylorMade Window Fashions offers a wide selection of Hunter Douglas window treatments, including shutters and shades for French doors. Here are just a few of the French door window treatments that we love this fall.

Shutters for French Doors

Our first choice for shades for French doors is plantation style shutters. Their louvered design helps embrace the light-loving aspect of French doors, as even when engaged in deflecting direct sun, natural light can still filter through the louvers to illuminate interior spaces. Their hard louvers are also easy to fabricate into custom shapes and cut-outs to allow for the unique design specifications of French doors. Hunter Douglas has three types of interior shutters (wood, composite faux-wood, and vinyl), for French doors, we love Palm Beach™ Polysatin™ Vinyl Shutters because their advanced materials are UV resistant to stand up to the constant bombardment of natural sunlight through French doors.

Cellular Shades for French Doors

Cellular shades are always a popular option for shades for French doors because their insulated design helps block energy loss through windows. And since French doors are basically just a whole bunch of windows that swing open, insulating them will definitely help to improve energy efficiency. Duette® Cellular Shades from Hunter Douglas are available in both vertical and horizontal applications for comprehensive coverage of windows, skylights, and doors throughout a home. In addition to providing insulation, their cellular construction also helps to dampen sound in home environments that are quiet and comfortable.

Roman Shades for French Doors

For a stunning, sculpted fabric look, Roman shades can soften the rigid style of French doors, adding a sense of gracefulness and control. With Vignette® Roman Shades homeowners can also customize the fold sizes (4" full fold or 6" flat fold), opacity (sheer, light filtering, or room darkening), and fabric color/pattern for shades for French doors truly designed for individual homes.

Woven Wood Shades for French Doors

For a natural style that has a polished look, consider woven wood shades for French doors. The raw weaves of textiles in the Provenance® Woven Wood Shades collection enhance the abundant light coming through exterior French doors by filtering it like sunlight falling through a tree canopy. The serene lighting effect complements the natural materials used in these shades, including bamboo, wood, reeds, and grasses.

Where to Buy Shades for French Doors near Me

If you think French door window treatments are right for your home, our team at TaylorMade Window Fashions can’t wait for you to be our next success story. We proudly serve homeowners in Granite Bay, Sacramento, Elk Grove, Natomas, Woodland, Lincoln, Rocklin, Roseville, El Dorado Hills, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova, CA. Request a consultation today to start the process of getting new Hunter Douglas door shades professionally installed in your home.