As the year comes to a close, our team at A Shade Above Window Fashions is looking back at the window covering favorites of 2025. Carolina homes feature beautiful style, but they also need incredible function at the window to ensure that everyone is comfortable. Let’s take a look at the top window treatment styles–and all that they offer to homeowners in the coming year.
1. Plantation Shutters
When it comes to window treatments, interior shutters are full of timeless charm and sophisticated elegance. The louvers are adjusted for light control and privacy, while the shutters–framed into the windows–create energy efficiency all year long. We manufacture our own custom shutters, handcrafted right here, and made with top-notch materials. Style, function and durability combine at the window.
2. Window Blinds
Simple and stylish, there’s an option for everyone when it comes to window blinds. Wood, metal, faux wood and fabric–the range of materials all provide tried and true light control and privacy. The blinds you choose for your home will coordinate with your furnishings, resulting in beautiful style.
Hunter Douglas Parkland® Wood Blinds
3. Custom Drapery
Inviting personal style and softness into any room, custom draperies will surround you with a designer look and incredible function. Enjoy light control, privacy and energy efficiency with draperies, designed by our window covering specialists. We will guide you to popular header styles to enhance your home’s interior, as well as recommended fabrics to increase the functional benefits and control.
Pleated Drapery
4. Energy Efficient Cellular Shades
We face extreme heat here in the Carolinas, and the solutions can start at the window. Our collections of cellular shades are an industry leader in creating comfortable interiors by insulating the windows against temperatures changes. They also block incoming light, reducing the common heat gain we experience here. Duette® Honeycomb shades were constructed with the cellular shape within the pleats, trapping air to reduce the transfer of energy.
Duette® Honeycomb Shades
5. Cornices & Valances
A beautiful finish to the window, top treatments are a coordinating element to style the look of the window. Personalized in custom-chosen fabrics, the textures and patterns complement each other in color-ways that will enhance your home.
6. Roller Shades
Roller shades represent the time-honored tradition of window coverings that pull down to block the light and views, rolling up and out of the way to reveal the light and enjoy a glimpse of the outdoors. Today’s roller shades are so much more than that. We still love the on/off simplicity that roller shades can offer, but modern shades bring innovation to the operating features and gorgeous style elements to the overall interior design of your home. Patterns, colors and textures personalize the look, while specialty features upgrade the operation. Available with dual roller shades and motorization, the atmosphere of your home can change in an instant–with the widest range of light control and privacy.
7. PowerView® Automation (Motorized Shades!)
One of this year’s window covering favorites, motorized window treatments are topping the charts! Homeowners love the instant adjustment options–whether using a remote or the app on your phone. From there, you can gain smart control with scheduled positions and saved scenes. Window shade automation allows every shade to move on its own schedule, based on what your home needs. Integrate with your smart home system to experience voice controlled adjustments.
8. Roman Shades
Another staple in interior design, roman shades will always be in style. What’s even better is that the category of roman shades includes a wide range of style choices so you can select the one that fits your preference. Roman shades are available with light-filtering fabrics and room-darkening fabrics–as well as dual roman shades and top down shades–so you can tailor the light control to fit your space. From textured fabrics to prints and patterns, we’ll design something beautiful for you!
9. Woven Wood Shades
Today’s hottest design statements are all about texture, so it’s no surprise that woven wood shades are on this year’s list of top window covering favorites. Organic vibes create a peaceful atmosphere, and with the options to choose from a wide selection of natural fiber woven designs–in bamboo, wood, grass or reeds–the sky’s the limit.
10. Patio Shades
We love our outdoor spaces! The fresh air, the sunshine, the warmth…it’s the perfect way to spend an evening with family–or an afternoon of fun with the kids. The best way to upgrade your outdoor space is with patio shades that extend the usage, making it more comfortable and providing solutions for common challenges. Create shade from the sun, reduce the glare in your pergola, protect the kids from the wind during movie night in the gazebo. Discover how motorized exterior shades offer instant control–ensuring you are using your outdoor space to its full potential.
Did You Find Your Favorites?
Are the Top 10 Window Covering Favorites on your list this coming year? We’d love to help. Stop by one of our local showrooms to see everything up close and in person. Operate the shades, adjust the features, and browse the fabrics. Chat with a designer to answer questions or schedule your free in-home design consultation. You’ll be glad you did!
