Day and Night Cellular Shades & Blinds

Most windows need two different things over a day. In daylight you want soft light and some privacy without closing the room in. At night you want the glass covered completely. A single shade usually forces a choice between the two. Day and night cellular shades and blinds solve that by stacking a sheer honeycomb and a solid honeycomb in one shade, each on its own rail, so you can switch between a filtered glow and full cover without layering two products. Every shade is made to measure for your window and shipped direct to you.

How a day and night shade works

A day and night shade is built from two fabrics in one headrail: a sheer cellular fabric and a second fabric you choose. Lower the sheer and the room stays bright, with the view outside softened and faces harder to see from the street. Lower the solid section and the window is covered for evening.

The solid half comes in two light levels:

• Light filtering cellular: the solid section still lets soft light through. A good fit for living rooms, kitchens and home offices.
• Blackout cellular: the solid section closes the room off from daylight. The better pick for bedrooms, nurseries and media rooms.

If you like the idea of alternating sheer and solid but want a flatter, more graphic look, zebra shades are worth comparing. They use sheer and solid bands on one roller fabric rather than two honeycomb layers.

On design: honeycomb fabric has a clean, tailored face, so it sits well in modern and transitional rooms. White and soft neutrals keep the window bright and read almost like part of the wall. A warmer neutral helps a room with a lot of wood feel finished.

Sizes and lifts for day and night

Because two rails move independently, the size you can order depends on the lift:

• Cordless: 12 to 79 inches wide, from 8 inches high up to 94 inches of drop.
• Bead chain: 19 to 197 inches wide, from 12 inches high up to 157 inches of drop, the choice for very wide or tall glass.
• Motorized: 23 to 126 inches wide, with the drop capped at 79 inches.

Motorized day and night shades take two motors, one for each rail, so the sheer and the solid section can each be set from a remote. Battery and plug-in motors are both available, and a hub connects the shades to your phone and voice assistant. If your window is wider than 79 inches and you want no cords, a motor is the way to get there.

Measuring and DIY install

Decide whether the shade sits inside the window frame or on the wall around it. For an inside mount, measure the opening exactly; the order allows about a quarter inch off the width so the shade clears the frame. For an outside mount, add about 3 7/8 inches to both the width and the height so the shade overlaps the opening and cuts light at the edges. Adding a little more is fine if you want a wider overlap.

Measure each window separately, even ones that look identical, since frames are rarely perfectly square. If you would rather not drill into the frame, a no-drill mount is available as an add-on for our cellular shades.

Day and night cellular shades and blinds give one window two settings: soft light by day and full cover after dark. Choose light filtering or blackout for the solid half, a lift that fits your window, and we will make it to measure and ship it straight to you.