Cellular Shades for Swansea, MA Homes

Why Swansea Homeowners Choose Us

When a room feels cold by the window, cellular shades in Swansea, MA are often the first thing we suggest. Window Works has measured and fitted them since 1988, from our showroom in town, and every shade is made to the opening it covers rather than cut down from a stock size.

The houses here give a honeycomb shade plenty to do. Cottages in Ocean Grove and Gardners Neck catch the wind and the afternoon glare off Mount Hope Bay. The farmhouses in Hortonville have older frames that let the cold creep in around the sash. Ranches along the Route 6 corridor have big picture windows and sliders that lose heat across a lot of glass. A shade that seals close to the frame helps in all of them.

• Single and double cell honeycomb shades
• Measured in your home and installed by our own team
• Fabrics and colours to compare in the Swansea showroom

Our Cellular Shades and What Goes With Them

Single cell shades

One layer of honeycomb cells. Light, neat and a good all-round choice for most rooms in the house.

Double cell shades

Two layers of cells, so more trapped air between the room and the glass. For the coldest rooms and the draughtiest windows.

Cellular shades with drapes

A honeycomb shade behind side drapes gives warmth and colour together. We make both.

Custom drapes

Roller shades

Want a flatter, simpler look? Roller and solar screen shades are made to measure too.

Roller shades

Roman shades

For a fabric with pattern and soft folds, a roman shade is the warmer-looking choice.

Roman shades

Plantation shutters

Or louvres fitted to the frame, for a treatment that becomes part of the room.

Plantation shutters

How Cellular Shades in Swansea, MA Keep a Room Warmer

The cell is the whole idea. Each honeycomb cell holds a pocket of air, and still air is a poor conductor of heat. With the shade lowered, that layer of air sits between the cold glass and the room, so less warmth leaves through the window in winter and less heat comes in through it in summer. A double cell shade adds a second layer of pockets, which is why it suits the rooms that feel coldest.

The fit matters as much as the fabric. A shade that leaves wide gaps at the sides lets air move around it, and the room loses much of the benefit. Because every shade is measured in your home and made to the opening, it sits close to the frame and does its job properly.

Bay-facing cottages

Rooms facing the water in Ocean Grove and Gardners Neck take the worst of the winter wind and the hardest of the summer afternoon sun. A cellular shade helps in both seasons. In winter it holds back the chill from the glass. In summer, lowered through the hottest hours, it keeps the sun’s heat from building up and protects floors and furniture from fading. A light-filtering fabric keeps the room bright while you do it.

Salt air leaves a film on everything near the bay. Honeycomb fabric is easy to keep clean with a soft brush or a vacuum on low, so a shade in a shore cottage stays fresh without much effort.

Short windows up near the ceiling

Many of the older cottages have short, wide windows set high on the wall. A cellular shade is one of the best answers we have for them. The fabric folds into a very small stack when raised, so it clears the glass and keeps the view, and the headrail is slim enough to fit the tight space above the frame. Where several of these windows sit side by side, matching shades keep the wall looking even.

Hortonville farmhouses

Older farmhouse windows are often taller and less snug than modern ones. Here a double cell shade is usually our first suggestion for bedrooms and the rooms on the north side of the house. Mounted inside the frame, it keeps the original trim in view. Where the frame is too shallow or out of square, an outside mount covers the gaps around the sash and seals better against draughts.

Route 6 ranches

The post-war ranches along Route 6 tend to have one large picture window at the front, a row of standard bedroom windows and a slider to the back yard. The picture window is where most of the heat goes, simply because there is so much glass. A wide cellular shade, or a pair side by side if you want to raise one half at a time, covers it neatly and folds out of the way when you want the light.

The bedroom windows usually take a matching set of cellular shades in Swansea, MA ranches, so the front of the house looks even from the street. For the slider, a honeycomb shade can be awkward on a door you walk through many times a day. A vertical blind or a panel track usually serves the door better, and we will show you how it can sit alongside the shades in the rest of the room.

Choosing Cellular Shades in Swansea, MA

Once you know a honeycomb shade suits the room, the choices are about cell type, fabric, colour, mounting and controls. We work through them with you window by window.

Single or double cell

Single cell shades suit most living spaces and do a good job of softening a cold window. Double cell shades are the stronger choice for bedrooms, rooms over a garage, rooms on the windward side and anywhere the glass itself is old. Many houses use both: double cell where it is coldest, single cell elsewhere, in the same colour so the outside of the house still looks consistent.

Light-filtering or room-darkening

A light-filtering fabric lets soft daylight through while blocking the view in, which suits living rooms, kitchens and offices. A room-darkening fabric is the better choice for bedrooms and for rooms with a television. The colour you see from the street is something to think about too, especially on a ranch where every window faces the road.

Layering with drapes

A honeycomb shade does the practical work, and a drape adds the colour and softness. Together they make one of the warmest window treatments a room can have, because the drape adds a second layer of fabric in front of the shade. In a bay window or a main bedroom this pairing works especially well. Since we make drapes as well as shades, both can be chosen together, in fabrics that suit each other, and measured on the same visit so the shade sits inside the frame and the drape hangs clear of it.

Inside or outside mount

An inside mount sits within the window frame and gives a clean, built-in look. It needs enough depth for the headrail and enough clearance from any crank handle or lock. An outside mount sits on the wall or the trim above and wider than the glass, which blocks more light and draught around the edges and can make a short window look taller. We measure for both and tell you which suits each window.

Controls

You also choose how each shade lifts. Cordless shades are lifted and lowered by hand from the bottom rail, which keeps cords out of reach and the window tidy. For windows that are hard to reach, such as a tall stair window or a wide picture window behind a sofa, motorised shades raise and lower from a remote or a wall switch.

How Your Order Runs

We keep in touch with you from the first question until every shade is up and working. A typical order runs like this.

1. You call or send the form, tell us which rooms feel cold or bright, and book a free quote.
2. A specialist comes to the house to measure every window, checking frame depth and noting sliders, crank handles or frames that are out of square.
3. You pick single or double cell, the fabric and the colour, with samples at home or in the showroom.
4. You receive a quote, window by window.
5. Your shades are made to the measurements taken in your home.
6. Our team installs them, checks each one raises and lowers evenly, and shows you how they work.

Shades across the SouthCoast and the East Bay

Swansea is home, but we measure and install cellular shades in 25 towns across the SouthCoast of Massachusetts and the Rhode Island East Bay. Each town has its own page with notes on its own houses, such as cellular shades in Somerset across the Taunton River. Every town we cover is listed on this page.

Caring for your shades

Run a feather duster or a vacuum brush on low across the shade now and then. Spots can usually be dabbed with a damp cloth. Keep the shade lowered gently rather than pulled hard, and it will keep its shape. If a cord or headrail gives trouble on a shade you already own, our repair service can often put it right.

What Sets Window Works Apart

Window Works is a family business, started in Swansea in 1988 and now in its second generation. Over 37 years, the store has helped homes across the SouthCoast and the East Bay keep their rooms comfortable with shades made for their own windows.

• Window treatment specialists who measure and fit every shade
• Advice room by room, including when a different product would suit better
• In constant contact with you until the job is done
• Warranties offered on the products we sell
• A showroom where you can feel the fabrics and try the controls

Visit the showroom

You can see the full range we sell, from blinds to drapes, on our window treatments page.

Book Your Free Quote

Use the call button to book a free quote for cellular shades in Swansea, MA, arrange measuring in your home or ask about installation, or send the form and we will be in touch. If you would like to see the fabrics first, come into the Swansea showroom; the contact page has the directions. Window Works holds a 5.0 rating on Google.