Wide Windows & Doors
Your wide windows and doors can be eye-catching focal points. They also present special challenges. Our design experts have the solutions you need to take full advantage of the light and views wide windows can provide.
Here at World Class Window Coverings, we offer drapes, vertical cellular shades, sliding panels, shutters, roller shades, sheer shades, and many more options to help you cover those challenging windows and make that perfect statement in your home or office.
Innovative Applications
A wide window or sliding glass door is an opportunity to showcase your own special style—and Graber innovations make that possible. From sophisticated materials and lift technologies to reimagined designs, you’ll find options that perfectly meet your needs.
Panel track blinds, also known as sliding panels, are an excellent choice for covering wide windows or sliding doors.
Whole-Home Window Treatment Solutions for Large Windows and Openings:
Sliding Panels for Expansive Windows and Doors
- Versatile Design: Sliding panels are perfect for covering wide windows and patio doors. Their large vertical panels can glide smoothly along a track, creating a streamlined look that’s both functional and aesthetically pleasing.
- Flexible Operation: Sliding panels stack neatly when opened, preserving your view and allowing natural light to flow in. When closed, they provide privacy and light control, making them ideal for open-concept areas and rooms with substantial glass.
- Material Variety: Available in various fabrics, colors, and textures, sliding panels can be customized to match the home’s decor, whether you’re looking for a soft, woven look or a sleek, contemporary style.
- Double Use as Room Dividers: In addition to window coverage, sliding panels are versatile enough to serve as room dividers in open floor plans, offering flexibility in large spaces without the need for permanent walls.
Vertical Cellular Shades for Energy Efficiency and Light Control:
- Unique Insulation Properties: Vertical cellular shades are excellent for wide windows and patio doors, especially in rooms where energy efficiency is a priority. Their honeycomb structure traps air, providing insulation that helps reduce heat loss in winter and heat gain in summer.
- Custom Light Filtering Options: These shades are available in a range of opacities, from sheer to room-darkening, allowing you to customize the light level and privacy for each room.
- Smooth Operation for Large Openings: Designed to glide horizontally, vertical cellular shades are easy to operate across wide spans. Their sleek stacking mechanism means they won’t take up much space when retracted, providing a clean, modern look.
- Noise Reduction Benefits: Cellular shades can also help dampen outside noise, making them suitable for rooms adjacent to busy streets or areas where privacy and quiet are desired.
Automated Shades for Effortless Control in Hard-to-Reach Areas:
- Convenience and Accessibility: Automated shades are ideal for large or hard-to-reach windows, like those in high-ceilinged rooms or behind furniture. With a touch of a button or a voice command, you can adjust them remotely or on a set schedule.
- Smart Home Integration: Automated shades can integrate with smart home systems, allowing for scheduled adjustments throughout the day to control light and temperature based on outdoor conditions or your preferences.
- Energy Efficiency Through Automation: By programming shades to close during peak sun hours, automated systems help manage heat gain, making them an energy-efficient option for large, sun-exposed windows.
- Layered Light Control: Automated shades come in both light-filtering and blackout options, allowing you to create the perfect ambiance in each room. Layering sheer and blackout automated shades on the same window offers flexible light control.
Benefits of Whole-Home Coordination for Large Windows:
- Consistent Aesthetic: Coordinating window treatments throughout the home ensures a seamless look across rooms, which is especially important in open-concept spaces where different areas are visible at once.
- Customized Privacy and Light Control: Wide windows require versatile solutions, and coordinated treatments let you choose the right combination of privacy and light management for each room.
- Energy Savings: The insulating properties of cellular shades and the energy-efficient programming of automated shades make it easier to regulate temperatures across large spaces, reducing HVAC costs.
Combination Solutions for a Tailored Look:
- Layering Treatments: In areas with extra-wide windows or patio doors, combining treatments—such as pairing sliding panels with sheer drapes or blackout roller shades—allows for enhanced light control and privacy.
- Zoning Options: For very wide openings, consider using multiple treatments in different zones to create customizable light and privacy control. For instance, vertical cellular shades can cover a sliding door while an adjacent window features coordinated automated roller shades.
Ideal Applications:
- Living and Family Rooms: Sliding panels, vertical cellular shades, or vertical blinds provide privacy and UV protection for large, street-facing windows while keeping interiors cool and comfortable.
- Sunrooms and Patio Doors: Automated shades and sliding panels are excellent for sun-exposed rooms, where controlling heat and glare is key to comfort.
- Home Offices and Media Rooms: For reducing screen glare, automated blackout shades offer privacy and ambient control without interrupting work or movie time.
- Bedrooms with Patio Doors: Vertical cellular shades or motorized blackout shades are great for privacy, room-darkening, and noise reduction in spaces with large openings.
Customization Options:
- Material Choices: Wide range of fabrics, textures, and colors to match each room’s decor, from classic neutrals to bold patterns.
- Opacity Levels: Light-filtering, room-darkening, or blackout options depending on the light needs of each space.
- Control Options: Remote control, smart home integration, or voice-activated systems for ultimate convenience and accessibility.
Summary:
Whole-home window treatment coordination for large openings and wide windows maximizes both style and practicality. Solutions like sliding panels, vertical cellular shades, and automated shades offer flexibility, energy efficiency, and seamless control, creating a polished, cohesive look. Perfect for any home, these coordinated treatments make managing light, privacy, and comfort effortless.
Graber drapery can be an efficient solution for large windows and doors since it provides good light control and seclusion. Rich drapery fabrics can be layered with classic blinds and shades to create large window and door solutions with personality, colour, and charm.
- Maximum width: 192"
- Available materials: Wide range of fabrics
- Coordinates with: Soft Roman Shades
Horizontal blinds are one of the most practical alternatives. Graber provides time-tested designs in materials ranging from strong aluminium to natural wood. Horizontal blinds are durable and easy to clean. Furthermore, many blinds can be integrated into a single headrail for fine light control.
- Maximum width: 144"
- Available materials: Aluminum, Vinyl
- Coordinates with: Vertical Vinyl Blinds
Traditional shutters are a classy window treatment. Shutters enrich a home's décor and can make a genuinely unique design statement by providing durability and timeless style. With Graber's bypass track system, you can add the classic look of shutters to your patio doors.
- Maximum Width: 295" (depending on wood vs. composite, standard vs. sliding glass door)
- Available materials: Wood, Composite
- Coordinates with: Wood Blinds, Composite Blinds
Graber sliding panels are a modern take on a tried-and-true solution for large windows and glass doors. Sliding panels of today are sleek, easy to use, and adaptable. To create a unified room design, match the fabric of your sliding panels to the fabric of your horizontal shades.
- Maximum width: 192" for single stack (332" with spliced headrail)
- Available materials: Roller, Solar, Soft, Natural
- Coordinates with: Roller Shades, Solar Shades, Classic Roman Shades, Natural Shades
Solar and roller blinds have the most colour, lift, and light control options of any window treatment. They're also great for large windows and doors. Solar and roller blinds are particularly effective at blocking UV radiation and heat from sliding glass doors.
- Maximum Width: 144"
- Available materials: Options include Eco-Friendly and Healthy Home fabrics
- Coordinates with: Sliding Panels
Graber's vertical blinds are a great option for large windows and doors thanks to its contemporary appearance and vast selection of colours and fabrics. Vertical blinds are simple to operate thanks to glide-open technology, flexible stack options, speciality designs and patented headrails that guarantee that vanes stay straight.
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- Maximum width: 191"
- Available materials: Wood, Fabric, Vinyl, Sheer-Covered Vinyl
- Coordinates with: Wood Blinds, Vinyl Horizontal Blinds
Graber Slide-Vue Cellular Shades for large windows and patio doors are a great option for energy efficiency. As a means of insulation against both heat and cold, the honeycomb-shaped chambers fill with air. Cellular blinds are an obvious choice because of their simple design and smooth operation.
- Maximum width: 192"
- Available materials: Honeycomb design with a range of light control options
- Coordinates with: Cellular Shades