Honeycomb Blinds

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Honeycomb blinds, also called cellular blinds or pleated blinds, are the latest in window furnishings. Honeycomb blinds are made from honeycomb shaped cells with an air pocket in between giving them incredible insulating properties making them an absolute game changer.

You can now measure and install honeycomb blinds yourself with Shadey’s DIY honeycomb blinds. Just give us the measurements of your window and then we’ll make the correct allowances to make sure the brackets and headings fit. Then install them yourself – all it takes is a few screws and its far easier than putting together IKEA furniture.

Don’t settle for pre-made honeycomb blinds – for maximum thermal efficiency ensure a perfect fit with made-to-measure blinds. DIY made-to-measure honeycomb blinds are the perfect way to save money with DIY measure and install and still achieve a professional looking result.

How Honeycomb Blinds Work

Honeycomb blinds a unique 3D cellular structure, effectively adding 2 layers of material between the window and the room. In the centre of these cells is a trapped layer of air which creates a layer of insulation.

This layer of air protects your home from temperature loss through your windows, so your home can stay warm in winter and cool in summer.

Shadey’s small cell size of 25mm is ideal for enhanced insulation and energy efficiency.

Adding honeycomb blinds to your windows reduces heat loss so your heater and air conditioner doesn’t have to work as hard, saving you money on bills.

Honeycomb blinds’ unique structure can also help absorb and dampen sound in your home – reducing noise from outside reaching you while you’re indoors, but also softening echos of sounds within the home. 

Types of Honeycomb Blinds

Choose between light filtering honeycomb blinds and blackout honeycomb blinds.

Blackout Honeycomb Blinds

Shadey’s range of blackout honeycomb blinds don’t just remove light from your room and provide privacy, they also have superior thermal insulation properties compared with other honeycomb blinds. Shadey’s range of blackout honeycomb blinds has a metallised silver lining within the cells to increase the already amazing thermal insulation of the honeycomb structure.

Light Filter Honeycomb Blinds

Most light filter blinds and curtains don’t offer great thermal insulation properties, but light filter honeycomb blinds are the exception. The semi-transparent material still allows daylight into the room while adding privacy and offering thermal insulating properties making it a popular choice in every room of the home.

Benefits of Honeycomb Blinds

Here are the 6 main benefits of installing honeycomb blinds in your home

1. Great insulation means they make your home more energy efficient

Honeycomb blinds have had a recent surge in popularity as people become more conscious about creating energy efficient homes, both for environmental and monetary reasons.

The cell structure of honeycomb blinds creates an insulating pocket of air, helping to reduce heat loss through your windows. 

While blackout honeycomb blinds are the best for thermal insulation, light filtering honeycomb blinds also offer great insulating properties. 

2. Reduce sound

The same design that gives honeycomb blinds their thermal insulation properties also insulates against outside noise disturbing your sleep. While they’re not sound proof, the layer of air in the cells can reduce noise that travels through the glass in your windows.

They can also absorb noise in the house by reducing echos, especially useful if you have hard floors or echo-y rooms.

Blockout curtains are another great option if reducing sound is your goal, and shutters can also help if you’re wanting to reduce noise from outdoors. 

3. Choice of light filter or blackout

Honeycomb blinds come in a choice of light filter honeycomb blinds and blackout honeycomb blinds so you don’t have to compromise between your preferred level of light control and excellent light efficiency.

Blackout honeycomb blinds are excellent in bedrooms and offer even greater insulation thanks to their metallised silver lining.  While light filter honeycomb blinds are a great choice in living areas and offices where you want privacy without sacrificing light or energy efficiency.

4. Modern style

Honeycomb blinds have a slim profile so they won’t protrude into your room. They also fold up neat and flat when raised for a minimalistic finish.

When lowered, honeycomb blinds offer a gentle geometric design from the open pleats and the colour palettes add a gentle softness to your room.

5. Easy to maintain 

Honeycomb blinds don’t need much cleaning but when they do need to be freshened up simple give them a gentle dust. If there are any stubborn marks, a damp cloth can be used.

6. Save money with DIY measure and install

Honeycomb blinds are more expensive than a simple roller blind but it’s easy to save money by measuring and installing them yourself.

Top Down/Bottom Up Honeycomb Blinds

Shadey offers both standard (bottom up) honeycomb blinds and newer top down/bottom up options.

Standard honeycomb blinds are like any other blind where it is lowered from the top of the window.

Top down/bottom up honeycomb blinds are installed so that the material is in 2 sections. This means the top section can be operated separately to the bottom section. This is great when you want lower level privacy, but still want to have the top of your windows completely open.

This is a unique solution for windows that face public areas and are street level.