Child Safety
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Babies are curious and want to explore and play with the things around them. And as a result, simple and common household items such as blinds, shades and shutters can become potential hazards. Hunter Douglas considers making its window fashions safer for homes with babies and young children a top priority and is continuously inventing and creating new cordless and retracting lifting systems to improve the safety of its products.
Hunter Douglas creates safer homes with innovative ideas
Yet Hunter Douglas window fashions are not only designed for safety, they are also gorgeous additions to your interior decor that allow you to control light and maintain privacy. Hunter Douglas offers a fashionable selection of fabrics, patterns and colors to complement your home. The window treatments will last for your child's room from baby to teenager.
These Hunter Douglas window treatments are not only safer for your children, they are also safer for your pets.
Hunter Douglas' selection of shades, shadings, sheers, woven woods, blinds, louvers, panel tracks and shutters provides the perfect window fashion for every room in your home. Call Breslow Home Design Center today at 973-992-2333 to schedule your FREE IN-HOME design consultation. We'll visit your New Jersey or New York City home to help you make your home safer, more beautiful and more functional.
Hunter Douglas creates cordless lifting systems with safety in mind
![]() Hunter Douglas LiteRise | LiteRise LiteRise cordless lift operating system goes up and down by simply pushing or pulling on the bottom rail of the blinds. It reduces safety hazards because there are no cords. Available on: Applause honeycomb shades Duette honeycomb shades Brilliance pleated shades Everwood alternative wood blinds Chalet Woods wood blinds Country Woods wood blinds Modern Precious Metals aluminum blinds |
| Motorization Motorization removes the needs for cords and enables you to operate the blinds with the touch of a button. Options include wired or battery-operated motorization. Available on: Applause honeycomb shades Duette honeycomb shades Silhouette window shadings Luminette Privacy Sheers Vignette Modern Roman Shades Brilliance pleated shades Provenance woven wood shades Custom Vertical Blinds Designer Roller Shades Designer Screen Shades | ![]() Hunter Douglas Motorized Blinds & Shades |
![]() Hunter Douglas Cordless Lifting System | Cordless Lifting System Cordless Lifting System offers a clutch-like lifting system with a decorative pull rather than a cord to lift the shade. Available on: Designer Roller Shades |
| Vertiglide The vertical pleat of vertiglide is perfect for side-to-side openings, sliding glass doors or as a room divider. It operates by pulling the shade along a track, eliminating the need for cords, chains or wands. Available on: Duette honeycomb shades | ![]() Hunter Douglas Vertiglide |
![]() Hunter Douglas Custom Wood Shutters | Custom Shutter Collection All Hunter Douglas shutters are designed to be cordless, removing any danger posed by cords. Shutters are absolutely beautiful and are super rugged for homes with young children. Shutter models include: Heritance hardwood shutters NewStyle hybrid shutters Palm Beach polysatin shutters Bridgeway Specialty Shapes |
| Wand Control The wand works on vertical products and eliminates the need for cords. Available on: Custom Vertical Blinds Luminette Privacy Sheers Park Lane Privacy Sheers Skyline Gliding Window Panels | ![]() Hunter Douglas Wand Control |
![]() Hunter Douglas Bar Tab System | Bar Tab System The bar tab system is unique to the Alouette LightLouvers. It uses a tilt bar to rotate the louvers and a lift tab to raise them. Available on Alouette LightLouvers. |
| UltraGlide The UltraGlide lift system is a patented technology that uses a retractable pull cord to maintain the cord at a specific length. This retractable cord reduces access to the cord, dramatically improving safety. Available on: Duette honeycomb shades Silhouette window shadings Luminette Privacy Sheers Vignette Modern Roman Shades Pirouette window shadings Nantucket window shadings | ![]() Hunter Douglas UltraGlide |
![]() Hunter Douglas TruRise | TruRise The TruRise uses new technology to raise and lower the shade by pulling straight up or down, reducing the maximum length of the cord. Available on: Duette honeycomb shades |
| Combination Wand/Cord The combination wand/cord combines both the lift and tilt into one mechanism that keeps the cord taut Available on: Custom Vertical Blinds Luminette Privacy Sheers Park Lane Privacy Sheers | ![]() Hunter Douglas Wand/Cord Combination |
![]() Hunter Douglas Cord Tensioner | Cord Tensioner The cord tensioner holds looped cords taut to lower risk of a child getting caught in the cord. Available on: Applause honeycomb shades Duette honeycomb shades Brilliance pleated shades Silhouette window shadings Vignette Modern Roman Shades Pirouette window shadings Nantucket window shadings Park Lane Privacy Sheers Provenance woven wood shades Custom Vertical Blinds Designer Roller Shades Designer Screen Shades SkyLine Gliding Window Panels |
| Cord Cleat The cord cleat provides a place to store excess cord fro enhanced safety and appearance. Designed for standard cord lock lift systems. | ![]() Hunter Douglas Cord Cleat |
| Hunter Douglas Safety Options Overview | |||
| Cordless Options | Single-Cord Options | Other Safety Features | |
| Shadings, Sheers and Panels | |||
| Luminette Privacy Sheers | Motorization, Wand Control | Combination Wand/Cord | |
| Nantucket window shadings | UltraGlide | Cord Tensioner | |
| Park Lane Privacy Sheers | Wand Control | Cord Tensioner, Combination Wand/Cord | |
| Pirouette window shadings | UltraGlide | Cord Tensioner | |
| Silhouette window shadings | Motorization | UltraGlide | Cord Tensioner |
| Skyline Gliding Window Panels | Wand Control | Cord Tensioner | |
| Shades | |||
| Applause honeycomb shades | Motorization, LiteRise, Vertiglide | Cord Tensioner, Cord Cleats | |
| Brilliance pleated shades | Motorization, LiteRise | Cord Tensioner, Cord Cleats | |
| Designer Roller Shades | Motorization, Cordless | Cord Tensioner | |
| Designer Screen Shades | Motorization | Cord Tensioner, Cord Cleats | |
| Duette honeycomb shades | Motorization, LiteRise, Vertiglide | UltraGlide, TruRise | Cord Tensioner, Cord Cleats |
| Provenance woven wood shades | Motorization | Cord Tensioner, Cord Cleats | |
| Vignette Modern Roman Shades | Motorization | UltraGlide | Cord Tensioner |
| Blinds | |||
| Chalet Woods wood blinds | LiteRise | Cord Cleats | |
| Country Woods wood blinds | LiteRise | Cord Cleats | |
| Custom Vertical Blinds | Motorization, Wand Control | Cord Tensioner, Combination Wand/Cord | |
| Everwood alternative wood blinds | LiteRise | Cord Cleats | |
| Modern Precious Metals aluminum blinds | LiteRise | Cord Cleats | |
| Louvers and Shutters | |||
| Alouette Light Louvers | Bar Tab System | ||
| Bridgeway Specialty Shapes | Cordless | ||
| Heritance hardwood shutters | Cordless | ||
| NewStyle hybrid shutters | Cordless | ||
| Palm Beach polysatin shutters | Cordless | ||
Call Breslow Home Design Center today at 973-992-2333 to schedule your FREE IN-HOME design consultation.





















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