Woven Wood Shades
Shades handwoven from real bamboo, reeds, grasses and wood. They bring natural texture and warm, filtered light to homes across Boise and the Treasure Valley, in 38 fabric styles and 82 colors.
Natural Material, Woven by Hand
Woven wood shades are exactly what the name says. Natural bamboo, reeds, grasses and wood are woven together into a fabric, then hung as a Roman-style shade that folds up as you raise it. Hunter Douglas builds these under the Provenance name, and Boise Premier Blinds is a Hunter Douglas Priority Dealer.
What makes them different from every other shade is what happens to the light. Because the material is natural and woven rather than solid, daylight comes through the gaps between the reeds instead of being blocked by a flat panel. The room fills with a warm, broken-up light, and you can see the texture of the material from across the room. Painted trim and white walls stop looking cold. A window stops looking like a hole in the wall.
They are also the one window covering people reliably describe as beautiful rather than functional. That is worth saying plainly, because it is usually the reason someone chooses them over something cheaper.
When Woven Woods Are the Right Call
Reach for them when a room needs warmth. New builds around Eagle and Meridian tend to arrive with white walls, white trim and hard flooring, and a woven wood shade is the fastest way to soften all of that without adding a single piece of furniture. They also sit comfortably in an older downtown Boise home, because a natural material does not fight whatever period the house is from.
They are a strong choice for a room you look at more than you operate: a living room, a dining room, a stairway landing, a front window you want to look good from the street.
They are the wrong choice if your first problem is glare on a screen or heat off a west-facing window, because a natural weave is not engineered for either. For a home office fighting afternoon sun, look at solar shades, which are built to cut glare while keeping the view. If the real goal is insulating a cold or hot room, cellular shades do that job better. We would rather point you at the right product than sell you the pretty one.
What a Natural Material Actually Means
This is the part worth reading before you buy, because it is the difference between being delighted and being surprised.
These shades are handwoven from material that grew. Knots, small gaps between reeds, uneven color across a single shade and the occasional loose fiber are characteristics of the fabric, not defects in it. Two shades cut from the same style will not match each other perfectly, and the pattern will not line up window to window. Over time some fabrics shift slightly lighter or darker depending on the material and the sun they get.
Natural fibers also relax, so a shade commonly grows a small amount in length over its first months. Hunter Douglas builds to a quarter-inch tolerance on side by side shades for exactly this reason.
None of that is a warning. It is the reason the material looks alive instead of manufactured. But if you want four windows in a row to match each other exactly, a woven wood is not the product for that wall, and we will tell you so during the consultation rather than after the install.
Privacy and Liner Options
Here is the honest limitation. On their own, woven wood shades are not a privacy product and they are not a blackout product. The same gaps that make the light beautiful let light and sightlines through in both directions. During the day the view in is softened and vague. After dark, with your lamps on, somebody on the sidewalk sees shapes and movement.
The fix is a liner, and there are two kinds.
An attached liner is bonded to the back of the woven fabric and raises and lowers with it. It comes in light-filtering or room-darkening, it works with every shade style and every lift system, and it is the simple answer for most rooms. A room-darkening attached liner is what turns a woven wood into a real bedroom shade.
An independent operable liner is a separate three-quarter-inch honeycomb shade hung on the same headrail behind the woven wood, operating on its own. You can leave the woven wood down for the texture and raise the liner behind it for the view, or drop the liner at night for full privacy. It also adds the insulating value of a honeycomb shade, which matters on a big window in a Boise January. It is available on the Standard Roman style, and not on the Recessed Roman.
Practical rule: bedrooms and anything facing a street or a neighbor gets a liner. Living rooms and dining rooms usually do not need one.
How They Open and Close
LiteRise is cordless. You push the bottom rail up to raise it and pull it down to lower it, and there is no cord anywhere on the shade. It is the one we recommend most often for rooms with children or pets.
UltraGlide uses a retractable wand that stays the same length whether the shade is up or down, so nothing pools on the floor. It is exclusive to Hunter Douglas and it handles heavier and taller shades well.
PowerView Gen 3 is the motorized option. It runs on a rechargeable battery, with a battery wand or hardwired power available, and it operates from a remote or from the app on your phone. The real reason people choose it is scheduling: shades that close themselves at sunset, or a tall stairway window you are never going to reach by hand.
EasyRise is a continuous cord loop with a tensioner anchored to the wall, for people who prefer a traditional pull.
Most of these also come in top-down bottom-up, which is worth understanding because it solves a specific problem. The shade lowers from the top as well as rising from the bottom, so you can leave the bottom third covered for privacy while daylight comes in over the top. On a street-facing bedroom or a bathroom, that is usually the answer.
Four Ways to Hang Them, and How to Finish the Top
The Standard Roman hangs flat when it is fully lowered and stacks into even overlapping folds as it rises. It is what most people picture and it suits most windows.
The Recessed Roman hangs about an inch closer to the glass, which cuts the light that sneaks around the edges. Choose it when privacy and light control matter more than the look of the fold.
The Waterfall Roman cascades from the front of the headrail for a smoother, more tailored line. It does not take a valance, because the fabric itself is the finish.
The Vertical Drapery hangs in soft vertical folds that draw to the side instead of lifting, and it runs up to 192 inches wide. This is the answer for a sliding glass door or a wide bank of windows, and you pick whether it stacks to one side or splits to both so it clears the door handle and the path people actually walk.
For the top, a Modern Valance is a minimal two and a half inch cover, a Roman Valance has a relaxed profile that moves forward to let the stack sit behind it, and a Cornice Valance is fabric-wrapped for a structured, built-in look on an outside mount. Grosgrain edge banding is available in eight colors in narrow or wide, which finishes the sides cleanly and also keeps the looser weaves from fraying.
Where They Work in a Boise Home
Boise light is hard and low from the west through the summer afternoons, and a woven wood turns that into something you can sit in. Foothills homes with tall front windows are where they look best, because the material has enough presence to hold a big opening without a heavy drape. In an open kitchen and dining space, they warm up cabinetry and stone, which tend to run cool.
In a dining room, a natural weave softens the light over the table and keeps the room from feeling formal.
The darker weaves read almost like a textile, and they hold their own against dark cabinetry and hardware.
Questions People Ask About Woven Wood Shades
Are Woven Wood Shades Private?
On their own, not fully. The weave has small gaps by design, which is what gives you that warm filtered light. During the day you get a softened view and general privacy. After dark, with your lights on, someone outside can see shapes and movement. Add a liner and that changes completely. We show you both in your own windows during the free in-home consultation.
Can Woven Wood Shades Block Out Light in a Bedroom?
Yes, with a room-darkening liner behind the weave. The woven wood alone filters light rather than blocking it. Adding an attached room-darkening liner gets a bedroom genuinely dark while the room still sees the natural texture.
Are They Real Wood?
Real natural material, yes. Provenance shades are handwoven from bamboo, reeds, grasses and wood. That is why no two are identical and why the color varies slightly across a single shade. It is a natural product, not a printed imitation of one.
Will They Work on a Sliding Glass Door?
Yes. The Vertical Drapery style hangs in soft vertical folds that draw to one side or split to both, and it goes up to 192 inches wide, so it covers wide sliders and tall windows. You choose the stack direction so it clears the door handle and the traffic path.
How Do I Clean Them?
Dust them with a feather duster, or use a handheld vacuum on low suction for a deeper clean. Compressed air or a hair dryer on the cool setting also works well for getting dust out of the weave. Do not steam the woven wood face fabric itself.
See Woven Woods in Your Own Light
Natural material is the hardest thing to judge from a photograph, because the color and the weave change completely depending on the light behind them. Justin brings the real Hunter Douglas samples to your house and holds them against your own windows. Our showroom at 2615 W Main St in Boise is open too if you would rather come to us. Call ahead so we can be sure to be there.
Or call (208) 808-8676
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