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  Why You Need Skylight Shades
  
  
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  Room Darkening
  
  
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  Light Filtering
  
  
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  Control Options
  
  
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  Energy Efficiency
  
  
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  Manufacturers
  
  
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  Colors & Cell Count
  
  
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  How to Choose the Best
  
  
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  When to Install
  
  
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  Benefits

Light Filtering Skylight Shades

Skylights provide amazing opportunities to harness natural sunlight and improve the atmosphere and light in your home. But direct sunlight is not always wanted, nor is it always beneficial. In order to preserve the ambiance and light provided by skylights, manufacturers created skylight shades that come with light diffusing properties. These light diffusing skylight shades not only help prevent unwanted glare and fading from direct sunlight, they can also help you save on your energy bills.

Light diffusing skylight shades, or light filtering skylight shades, are composed of layers of fabric that diffuse and filter sunlight, providing you with soft natural light during the day. Although these skylight shades are fully retractable to give you access to direct sunlight whenever you choose, they soften and diffuse harsh light when they are completely closed. These cellular light filtering skylight shades allow you to harness the natural light but filter and diffuse it in such a way that maintains a soft ambiance and atmosphere inside your home.

Light filtering skylight shades are great for aesthetics and are perfect for providing natural light while eliminating harsh glare on televisions and computers and prevent fading to furniture and upholstery. Natural sunlight still filters through these skylight shades but is diffused in such a way that prevents direct light from interfering with computer monitors and television screens. While maintaining the ambiance of a skylight, light filtering skylight shades also help prevent harsh sun rays from fading furniture, rugs and upholstery.

Since light filtering skylight shades are made of energy efficient cellular blinds, they also help save you money and prevent energy loss. By trapping air between the window and the room, these cellular skylight shades help insulate your home against energy loss during the summer and winter months. Windows are notorious weak points in a home where heat transfer is at its greatest. By installing cellular skylight shades, you reduce this energy exchange and help keep cool and warm air inside your home.

These blinds also prevent against heat transfer by filtering direct sunlight and helping to keep rooms cooler during summer months. By installing light filtering skylight shades, you maintain a beautiful atmosphere but reduce energy costs all year round!