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Dan-Dee: Shades


With custom window shades there are a variety of options, colors and upgrades to choose from. Let Dan-Dee help you decide the perfect shade for your window needs. Find the perfect window treatment for your home, office or outdoor area by viewing our inspiration gallery of interior and exterior blinds, shades and shutters then contact Dan-Dee to schedule your free consultation today.



Roller Shades


Roller Shades are a traditional favorite with a modern edge and great for residential or commercial settings due to their visibility of the outdoors while protecting valuable furnishings from harmful UV rays indoors. Roller Shades are offered in both Roman shade and Roller shade styles, with a multitude of options and an opacity range from very sheer to room darkening.

Roller Shades come in a variety of fabrics. Traditional fabrics are familiar and timeless, Natural fabrics have the look of grass cloth, chenille and other elements typically found in woven woods and Soft fabrics offer elegant texture, a gentle hand and luxurious colors. Sunscreen materials are also available.

Available in a variety of lifting systems and design options, Roller Shades will bring a refreshing and sophisticated look to your home. For a little pizzazz, you can add a decorative trim, pull cord or many other options to complement your personal taste and decorating color scheme.

Roman Shades


Roman shades are a beautiful blend of today’s popular decorating styles, colors and textures. They allow you to easily coordinate your window treatments with your room décor by choosing from hundreds of fabrics. When these roman shades are raised, the fabric stacks evenly in wide panels; when lowered the shades reveal a smartly tailored styling. Whether you prefer the opulent fullness of a soft fold Roman shade or the sleeker look of a flat fold shade, our collection has something for everyone.

Roman Shades come with a variety of liner options that give a gentle glow of filtered light or the privacy of room darkening. Roman Shades also have the option of top-down / bottom-up

Honeycomb Shades


Honeycomb (Cellular) Shades are soft, yet durable, shades available in single, double or triple honeycomb shades for better energy efficiency. These shades come in a large assortment of colors and are among the most popular due to their crisp, clean style and wide variety of sheer, light-filtering, or room darkening fabrics. When raised, cellular shades are compact, giving you a clear view.

Honeycombs can be motorized, cordless, continuous cord loop (helps you lift large, heavy shades with less effort) or include special lifting options such as the top-down / bottom-up.

Woven Wood Shades


Woven Wood Shades are made from select natural woods, including bamboo, grass, rattan, matchsticks, reeds and jutes. Our vast woven wood lines can bring a tropical island or casual good look to any room due to a wide variety of textures, patterns, and weaves. When lowered, these woven wood shades lie flat; when raised, the woven woods hang in even, overlapping folds.

Woven Wood Shades come with a standard straight hem, color coordinated wood tassel and a 6 inch high valance that conceals all operating mechanisms. For complete privacy or light control, a fabric liner may be attached to the shade which will provide UV protection, energy effiency, and give a uniform streetside look.

Woven Woods come with a variety of other options including top-down / bottom-up, edge bandings, motorization and decorative valance styles are also available with six scallop designs and two fringe styles in coordinating colors.

Bellevue™ Shades


Inspired by the cascading forms of a roman shade combined with the versatility of a blind, Bellevue™ offers new ways to experience open views – a captivating twist to illuminate your style. Sleek tailoring is paired with an innovative duel-option lift technology. Bellevue™ puts a fresh spin on traditional shades – super soft while totally adjustable. For whatever the decor, Bellevue™ gracefully hits the mark between modern chic and practical function.

BelleVue™ offers versatile light and privacy control in a range of stylish patterns, textures, and opacities. The shade’s contouring fabric sections roll-up for an innovative view through experience while adding cascading textural interest to your window opening.

Decorative valance-free headrail in 4 sleek finishes: Copper, Brushed Aluminum, Black and White

WCMA Judge’s Award winner

Sheer Shades


Sheer Shades create the chic look of shades with the functionality of blinds. They are lightweight shades with fabric vanes suspended between two transparent sheer fabric panels. With vanes open, natural light filters through both sheer fabrics creating a soft, elegant view-through, unobstructed by cords and unrivaled by any other window covering.

Sheer Shades come in a variety of transparencies from Light Filtering for moderate privacy, or Room Darkening for more privacy and control over light. They also reduce glare and help with UV protection to counter harmful effects of sunlight on your furnishings.

Dan-Dee never was and never will be an impersonal, self-service warehouse. "Family owned and operated" means a lot to the Barths, and to their customers. Sincere, interested service, attention to individual tastes and concern for your top investment value - that's what sets Dan-Dee apart from the so-called competition... and that's why the area's top interior designers and home builders come to and count on Dan-Dee.

Shutters are a specialty, and Dan-Dee is the area's undisputed shutter specialist. From selection to assembly to installation, the Dan-Dee experts gladly share their experience and know-how to assure your shutters fit right, look right, are right for you and your home.