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How much do Hunter Douglas shades cost?

December 2, 2025

If you’re shopping for Hunter Douglas window treatments, the question underneath every other question is usually the price. Here’s the honest frame: for an average window of 36 inches wide by 72 inches high, Hunter Douglas products typically range from about $300 to $2,300 per window.

That’s a wide range, and the reasons for it are concrete. Once you know what moves the number, a quote stops feeling like a mystery.

What moves the price

  • The product line — a straightforward honeycomb shade and a designer sheer that sculpts light are built very differently.
  • Fabric and material — light-filtering versus room-darkening, premium weaves, real wood versus alternative wood.
  • The lift system — cordless is budget-friendly and reliable; PowerView® Automation adds motors, scheduling and app control, and a per-shade premium.
  • Upgrades — top-down/bottom-up operation, arches and bay windows, and other specialty configurations.

The budget-friendly end

Applause® honeycomb shades are the approachable entry into energy-efficient cellular shades — a clean look and honest insulation at a gentler price. Parkland® wood blinds bring real wood and classic lines without specialty fabric features, and select roller shades can be very reasonable depending on fabric and lift. In cordless configurations, these sit toward the lower end of the range.

The middle of the range

Most households land here. Duette® honeycomb shades step up the fabric choices and insulation. Sonnette® cellular roller shades blend roller-shade simplicity with cellular efficiency. Roller shades with upgraded fabrics move into this tier, and shutters — durable, classic, built to the window — tend to sit mid-range while reading as a long-term investment in the house itself.

The designer end

Silhouette® floats soft fabric vanes between sheer panels to diffuse light without giving up the view. Pirouette® folds and contours its vanes for a more sculptural effect. Vignette® is the tailored, modern Roman shade, and Luminette® handles the big spans — sliding doors and wide windows — with vertical sheers. These are chosen as much for the room they create as for the window they cover, and they price accordingly.

Cordless or PowerView®?

Comparing the same shade, the motorized version costs more. What you get for it: shades that run on schedules, group into scenes, and answer a remote, an app or your voice — worth real money on hard-to-reach windows, in bedrooms, and anywhere the sun needs managing on a schedule. Scheduled shades also earn some of the premium back in energy and UV protection.

The warranty changes the math

Wherever your shade lands on the spectrum, it’s backed by the Hunter Douglas Limited Lifetime Warranty — and Esquire is the Hunter Douglas service center for southeast Michigan. The people who measure and install your shades are the same people who service them years later.

Getting a real number

The only honest price is a quote for your actual windows. Bring your window count and rough sizes to the Ann Arbor or Plymouth showroom — a designer will walk you through styles and pricing without any commission pressure, and every quote is written under our Best Price Promise. Once the scope is set, the in-home consultation and measure are free.

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