Motorized Shades and Smart Home Automation
Motorized shades and smart window coverings allow convenient control using a remote, wall switch, smartphone app, voice command, or automated schedule.
Many custom window coverings can be motorized, including roller and solar shades, honeycomb shades, Roman shades, sheer shades, layered shades, woven wood shades, and drapery.
Benefits of Motorized Window Coverings
Motorization offers more than convenience. It makes tall, wide, hard-to-reach windows, and multiple shades easier to operate, while eliminating dangling cords for improved child and pet safety.
Automated scenes and schedules also help you use your window coverings more consistently, even while away for added security, or during peak sun to improve energy efficiency.
Motorized Shades Control and Power Options
Motorized window coverings can be controlled with a handheld remote, wall switch, or smartphone app, or with third-party systems.
Power options include AA batteries, rechargeable battery wands, solar chargers, and low-voltage hardwiring. Batteries are practical for existing homes. For new homes or remodels, Amazing Blinds by Armi can work with homeowners, builders, electricians, and designers to coordinate low-voltage wiring before drywall is installed if no batteries are preferred.
Hunter Douglas PowerView® Automation
Hunter Douglas PowerView® Automation allows homeowners to personalize how their window coverings operate through the PowerView® App with scenes and schedules.
PowerView® Gateway allows control via Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Apple Home, and enables remote access when away from home.
Motorized Window Coverings at a Glance
- Benefits: Convenience, cord-free operation, child and pet safety, enhanced security, energy efficiency, smart home integration
- Best for: Multiple shades, tall windows, wide windows, hard-to-reach windows, frequently used window coverings
- Power options: Regular batteries, rechargeable battery wands, internal rechargeable batteries, solar charger, or low-voltage hardwiring
- Controls: Remote, wall switch, smartphone app, voice control, scenes, schedules
- Gateway: Remote access and supported third-party smart-home integrations
Motorized Blinds and Shades Video Gallery
Explore a gallery of motorized blinds and shades and PowerView® Automation installed in homes throughout Seattle, Bellevue, and the Eastside.
Motorized Blackout and Privacy Shades
Motorized Blackout Honeycomb Shades for a Mercer Island Home
This Mercer Island home remodel called for blackout with flexibility across multiple bedrooms. Motorized top-down/bottom-up honeycomb shades block light when needed while still providing privacy and allowing light at the top during the day.
Motorized Duette® LightLock® Shades for a Seattle Primary Bath
This primary bath in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood needed full room darkening so the master bedroom door can stay open. Duette® honeycomb shades with LightLock® block light when closed, while the light filtering shades allow light and daytime privacy.
Motorized Shades for Sliding Glass Doors
Motorized Luminette® Sheers for a Sliding Door in Mercer Island
This Mercer Island bedroom needed room darkening at night, natural light by day, and privacy without losing the view. Wall-to-wall Hunter Douglas Luminette® Privacy Sheers with PowerView® Automation span the wide sliding glass door, giving effortless control.
Motorized Roller Shades for Sliding Glass Doors in Seattle
We installed Hunter Douglas roller shades with PowerView® Automation on the windows and sliding glass door of this new townhome in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood, complementing its modern architecture with convenient operation at the touch of a button.
Motorized Shades for Hard-to-Reach Windows
Motorized Skylight Honeycomb Shades for a Seattle Loft
This new townhome in Seattle's Beacon Hill neighborhood has a loft with skylights that let in a lot of heat. Motorized Hunter Douglas blackout honeycomb shades giving full control over glare and heat without climbing a ladder.
Motorized Silhouette® Shades for a Stairway Landing in Bellevue
We installed motorized Hunter Douglas Silhouette® sheer shades for this new home in Bellevue, controlling multiple windows including hard-to-reach upper ones on the stairway landing, with light and privacy adjusting throughout the day.
Amazing Blinds by Armi designs, installs, programs, and supports motorized window coverings throughout Seattle, Bellevue, and the Eastside. Every system is tailored to the home, the window coverings, and how you want to control them. Ready to upgrade to motorized shades? Contact Amazing Blinds by Armi to get started.
Frequently Asked Questions About Motorized Window Coverings
Motorized shades cost more than manual shades, but they add convenience, safety, and consistent control over light and privacy. They are especially useful for hard-to-reach windows, groups of shades, or smart home routines. Their value depends on how often you will use the automation and how much it improves your daily living.
Yes, with the addition of a gateway and if the home has internet connection. The gateway also allows the use of third-party smart-home integrations.
Yes. Most motorized window coverings can be operated with a remote control or local connection even when internet service is unavailable. Internet access is primarily required for control while away from home.
Battery life depends on the shade size and frequency of operation. Under typical conditions, batteries or rechargeable battery wands may last about one year before replacement or recharging is needed, although larger or frequently operated shades may require attention sooner.
Yes. Hunter Douglas currently covers PowerView® motorized components under a five-year limited warranty from the purchase date for the original owner.
Note: Available products, features, control methods, power options, and automation capabilities vary by window covering, size, configuration, and manufacturer.
Explore Custom Blinds, Shades, Shutters, and Automation
Every home has a unique style, story, and set of needs.
Whether the priority is design, smart-home integration, energy efficiency, privacy, room darkening, ease of operation, or long-term durability, we offer personalized recommendations from a broad selection of window treatments.
We help you explore custom blinds, shades, shutters, and automation to create window covering solutions that complement your home, address your priorities, and align with your investment range.