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.
Custom Bedding
We create one-of-a-kind custom bedding designs.
Drapery & Valances
Add the perfect finishing touch to your windows.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
After-Hours & In-Home Consultations
Our schedule is flexible, and we can come to your home for a consultation.
Free Estimates
Get a free estimate for your next decorating project.
Window Covering Measuring & Installations
Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
About Us
The Little Blind Shop services Fargo, North Dakota and the surrounding areas, including West Fargo and Wahpeton, ND, and Moorhead and Detroit Lakes, Minnesota (MN)...
What to Expect
The Little Blind Shop has been serving Fargo, North Dakota and its surrounding communities for over a decade, and our experts have over thirty years of industry experience helping our customers find the perfect Hunter Douglas window treatments for all the rooms in their home.
West Fargo, ND
The Little Blind Shop is the place to go if you are looking to upgrade your window treatments.
Horace, ND
We specialize in custom window treatments at The Little Blind Shop. How you cover your windows is a big deal because it directly affects the lighting, privacy, and insulation of your interiors.
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See current and past decorating ideas from our 'Fresh Ideas' Newsletter.
Bathroom
See window covering solutions for privacy and moisture-resistance.
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
See blinds and shades for patio and sliding-glass doors.
Skylights
See blinds and shades specifically suited for skylights.
Automated
See all options for automated blinds and shades.
Blackout
See our options for blinds and shades that best control light.
Energy Efficient
See blinds and shades that help save energy at the window.
Light Filtering
See blinds and shades for light filtering and UV protection.
Child and Pet-Friendly
See blinds and shades that are safer for children and pets.
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Best Modern Upgrades for Blinds
Blinds have been a staple in the window treatment world for hundreds of years - their design provides an incredible mix of light control, ventilation, privacy, and simple style.
Nowadays, we continue to enjoy the diverse functionality of this treatment in our homes. Still, modern manufacturers have updated both the aesthetics and operations of blinds to give homeowners more features, better control, and elevated style. Here are five of our favorite upgrades for modern blinds.
Five Best Modern Blind Options
1. Motorization
Our favorite upgrade for blinds is motorization. Motorization makes blinds utterly effortless to use with easy-to-use interfaces. PowerView® Automation, the Hunter Douglas® motorization option, has various interface options, including a handheld remote, wall panel, online app, or even integration in your smart home program. There are even automated scheduling options, so you don’t have to think about your motorized blinds daily to get all the benefits of their optimal performance.
2. High-End Looks
Basic window blinds can be customized with high-end details, finishes, and decorative tapes to elevate the overall aesthetic of the treatment to be better personalized to your home’s unique interior décor. In the Hunter Douglas® collection, there is a wide range of finishes for both wood and faux wood blinds, plus a variety of decorative tapes with a range of color choices and pattern options.
3. Layered Treatments
Explore the dimensional and dynamic visual styles of multi-layered window treatments. Start with a set of new blinds, then upgrade the treatment by adding another layer like side panels, custom valances or cornices, or full drapery. In addition to creating a more visually striking window treatment, the complementary layers elevate the window’s ability to block or deflect light, insulate interiors, muffle exterior sound, and create comfortable and controlled home environments.
4. Larger Slat Sizes
For a more contemporary aesthetic in your home, upgrade to larger slat sizes for your new blinds. The larger slat sizes not only have a more modern look, but the correlating larger open spaces between the slats have great visual appeal opening the area for maximum view-through visibility.
5. Light Blocking
Increase your blind’s ability to block light and create darkened interiors by opting for the de-Light™ system. This exclusive upgrade for blinds in the Hunter Douglas collection eliminates light leaks through the cord holes in blinds, thus drastically improving the window treatment’s ability to block light and create blackout interiors comprehensively.
Blind Options near Fargo, ND
Learn more about the most popular upgrades for blinds for modern households at The Little Blind Shop. Request a consultation online or visit the Fargo, North Dakota showroom to look at the Hunter Douglas® blind collection and its latest upgrades for blinds, including motorization and modern looks.
The Little Blind Shop serves residents in Fargo, West Fargo, Wahpeton, Oxbow, Horace, Kindred, Harwood, Valley City, Mapleton, Colfax, Casselton, and Hillsboro, ND, as well as Moorhead, Detroit Lakes, Breckinridge, Dilworth, Perham, Ottertail, Pelican Rapids, Park Rapids, Fergus Falls, Alexandria, and Battle Lake Minnesota, MN.