Hunter Douglas Silhouette Sheer Shades for a Bedroom in Chappaqua, NY

This bedroom in Chappaqua has two large windows that look out over the trees behind the house. The view is a big part of the room, and the goal was to keep it while softening the daylight and giving the space a finished, calm feel.

Westchester Window Fashions chose Hunter Douglas Silhouette sheer shades for both windows. Each shade has soft fabric vanes held between two sheer layers. With the vanes open, light comes in gently and the trees stay in view through the sheer. Tilt the vanes closed and the room gets more privacy and a softer, more even light.

Soft Light Without Losing the View

Hunter Douglas Silhouette sheer shades are made for windows where the view matters. The two sheer faces cut the glare and the harshness of direct sun, so the room is comfortable at the brightest part of the day, while the trees outside stay visible. Closing the vanes adds privacy in the evening, when a lit bedroom would otherwise be on display, and the light that remains is warm and diffuse.

The shades lift fully into a slim headrail when the windows are clear, so the trim and the view stay front and center. The warm white fabric sits quietly against the pale walls and white window casings.

A Pair of Windows, One Calm Look

A bedroom has one more requirement: real darkness when it is time to sleep. The vanes close to a soft, opaque finish that takes the edge off early morning light, and the shades can be paired with room darkening options when a sleeper needs more. Here, the sheer construction was the right call – the trees give the room natural privacy, and the filtered morning light is part of what makes it a good place to wake up.

Two windows in one room have to agree with each other. Because both shades are the same fabric and sit at the same height in matching casings, the windows read as one considered element rather than two separate coverings. That consistency is what makes the room feel finished: bright in the morning, settled at night, without heavy fabric at the windows. The detail of the vanes adds texture up close, and from across the room the windows read as clean and simple.

The operating is as quiet as the look. A single smooth lift brings each shade up into its headrail, and the vanes tilt with a light touch, so the room moves from full view to filtered light to evening privacy in a few seconds. With two windows side by side, that ease matters: both shades adjust in the time it would take to fuss with one set of curtains.

During the consultation, Westchester Window Fashions measured both windows and reviewed vane sizes and fabrics in the room’s own light, so the final choice works with the walls, the bedding and the trees outside.

The bedroom feels finished in a way it did not before – softer in daylight, calmer at night. For homes in Chappaqua and across Westchester County, Silhouette sheer shades are a quiet way to control light on large windows while keeping the view. Both shades were measured and specified together, so the vane spacing lines up across the pair. To see more of our work or plan your own project, call Westchester Window Fashions at 914-685-9336.