PowerView® Automation
Program your window treatments so that they adjust themselves automatically, creating the perfect room ambiance morning, noon and night.
Sheer Shades
Learn more about Hunter Douglas custom window sheers, including our shadings and privacy sheers. Innovative, light-diffusing sheers. Your trusted source for window treatments.
Cellular Shades
Cellular honeycomb shades from Hunter Douglas. An energy-efficient design that traps air in distinct pockets to help keep your house cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
Roman Shades
Custom-made fabric Roman Shades by Hunter Douglas, combining the look of soft folds with the ease and convenience of a shade. Custom-crafted.
Roller Shades
The Hunter Douglas roller shades & solar screen shades collections offer excellent light control and a clean, stylish look in a range of fabrics and materials.
Woven Shades
For a warm, natural look our Hunter Douglas Woven Wood Shades collection of window treatments transforms sunlight into captivating design statements. Choose yours today.
Vertical Shades
Find the right custom vertical shades for any room in your home. Search our most popular window shades.
Wood Blinds
From controlling light to their stylish, sleek look, wood blinds have been a favorite among homeowners for decades.
Metal Blinds
Find the perfect metal blinds for any room in your home. From controlling light to their stylish, sleek look, metal blinds have been a favorite among homeowners.
Vertical Blinds
Discover Hunter Douglas customized vertical blinds featuring elegant styling and translucency in a large selection of colors, treatments, and textures. Lifetime guarantee.
Shutters
Hunter Douglas custom window shutters provide superior light control and privacy with classic styles, long-lasting finishes, and exceptional craftsmanship.
Drapery
Choose from timeless and on-trend fabrics, including lofty textures and alluring jacquards, artisanal embroideries and luminous sheers.
Light Enhancing
Enjoy the beauty of natural light and make any space more captivating, with the following light-enhancing shades.
Room Darkening
Want a darker room for better sleep or optimal movie binging? These shades and drapes help block light at the window.
Energy Efficient
Live comfortably and save energy with these shades. Designer to keep a room warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
Door Coverings
Manage natural light and add privacy with these window treatments that work well for sliding-glass and patio doors.
Sound Absorption
Create a quieter, more relaxing room with these window treatments, which help absorb sound, reducing exterior noise.
Top-Down Bottom-Up
For privacy and natural light, position shades from the top, bottom or both. These shades have this feature available.
Drapery & Valances
Add the perfect finishing touch to your windows.
Drapery Hardware
Choose from a wide selection of styles.
Fabrics
Choose from our large selection of fabric colors, patterns and textures.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
Commercial Window Treatments
Hunter Douglas commercial shades have a reputation for innovation and quality.
Drapery Repair & Alterations
We offer expert repair and alteration services.
Window Covering Cleaning
We offer professional window treatment cleaning services.
Window Covering Measuring & Installations
Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
About Us
Curtain Time is a full-service window treatment dealer specializing in custom drapery, Hunter Douglas and Comfortex.
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Stoneham, MA
With over 40 years of experience in the window fashion industry, Curtain Time’s interior design professionals are ready to help you find the perfect window treatments for your home.
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Bathroom
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Bedroom
See window covering solutions for privacy and room darkening.
Home Office
See window covering solutions for light filtering and glare control.
Kitchen
See window covering solutions for a variety of needs and kitchen styles.
Living Room
See window covering solutions for light filtering and UV protection.
Media Room
See room darkening window treatments for your media room.
Nursery & Kids Room
See child-safe window coverings for baby nurseries and kids rooms
Angled Windows
See blinds and shades for angled, sloped, and triangle-shaped windows.
Arched Windows
See blinds and shades for arched, half-circle or half-moon windows.
Bay, Bow, Corner Windows
See blinds and shades for bay, bow and corner windows.
French Doors
See shutters, blinds and shades for French Doors.
Sidelights
See blinds and shades for sidelight windows.
Sliding Glass Doors
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Skylights
See blinds and shades specifically suited for skylights.
Automated
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Blackout
See our options for blinds and shades that best control light.
Energy Efficient
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Light Filtering
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Do Your Shades Make Money or Cost You Dearly?
Whether it’s cost efficiency for your business or money-saving energy conservation at home, believe it or not, shades make money for you if you select the right ones and use them correctly. So, though it may seem counterintuitive to think about getting new window treatments as a cost saving step, in the long run, shades can save you money in multiple ways.
Shades Make Money through Energy Efficiency
Up to 30% of a home or commercial property’s energy is lost through windows and/or glass doors. This point of structural weakness causes energy consumption to rise as an inhabitant increases the heating or AC to maintain a comfortable indoor temperature. And this is a problem for structures year-round as heat sneaks in during the summer and escapes in the winter; both resulting in costly increases in your home or business's energy use.
Cellular honeycomb shades are extremely energy efficient because their cellular design traps air and insulates windows and doors preventing energy transfer. These shades make money by helping to control indoor temperatures, a savings translated to real world dollars on heating and/or cooling bills every month. Duette® Honeycomb Shades by Hunter Douglas are industry leaders in energy efficiency, and they are also light-blocking and sound absorbing making them particularly desirable for rooms (like bedrooms or offices) where sound and energy control are important features for creating an ideal indoor environment. Duette® Honeycomb Shades are available in horizontal or vertical applications suitable for windows or doors with a range of colors and finishes to choose from.
Shades Make Money by Saving Time
It’s not just about the type of window treatment used, sometimes shades make money because they’re operated more efficiently. That’s why motorization options are so popular for clients looking to create a more proficient system; they make properly using window treatments convenient, controlled, and much more time efficient. After all, if you take just 2 minutes in the morning to open blinds, 2 minutes in the afternoon to adjust blinds, and 2 minutes in the evening to close blinds that adds up to nearly a full work week worth of time over a year that is wasted completing a mundane chore.
PowerView® Automation works with almost all types of window treatments including shades, blinds, and shutters. In addition to the convenience of a remote control or wall unit, PowerView® Automation can be controlled through an app or integrated into a smart-home system. It even has programmable scheduling options that can be preset to align with the sun’s rotation in your specific location to maximize efficiency throughout the day; whether that means automatically opening to harness the solar heat of sunlight on a chilly winter morning or closing to block the damaging rays of the afternoon sun on a blistering summer day. Automation works year-round helping your shades make money by ensuring optimal use.
Shades Make Money by Increasing Property Value
While many types of window treatment can help you save money, some types can actually improve the monetary value of your property. Hardwood shutters that are professionally installed can increase the property value as they are considered a permanent upgrade to the home’s interior. Heritance® Hardwood Shutters by Hunter Douglas are top-of-the-line hardwood plantation shutters that add monetary and aesthetic value to your home with their traditional design and durable construction.
Contact Curtain Time today to talk with one of their design experts about the money saving benefits of upgrading window treatments in your home or business. Let your shades make money while you focus on more important things. Curtain Time is located near Stoneham, Massachusetts, and serves all of Boston, Weston, Winchester, Wakefield, Melrose, Lexington, Lynnfield, Lincoln, North Andover, Medford, Reading, Wilmington, Burlington, Woburn, Wellesley, Newton, Somerville, and Stoneham, MA.