Aura
Program your window treatments so that they adjust themselves automatically, creating the perfect room ambiance morning, noon and night.
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.
Drapery & Valances
Add the perfect finishing touch to your windows.
Drapery Hardware
Choose from a wide selection of styles.
Fabrics
Choose from our large selection of fabric colors, patterns and textures.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
Window Covering Measuring & Installations
Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
About Us
Rebarts Interiors has been providing extraordinary window fashion products and expert design advice for over 30 years.
What to Expect
Rebart's has been the Bay Area's premier source of window treatments and interior design for over 30 years.
Our Los Altos, CA Store
Our Los Altos store is conveniently located at 253 State Street, Los Altos, CA 94022 (9VHM+P7 Los Altos, California).
Our San Carlos, CA Store
When you’re decorating your home, you often consider wall colors, furniture, and even flooring before you decide on window treatments.
Our Menlo Park, CA Store
Our Menlo Park store is precisely placed at 865 Santa Cruz Ave, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
Our Burlingame, CA Store
Rebart’s Interiors has 4 locations throughout The Bay area, including Burlingame, Los Altos, Menlo Park, and San Carlos.
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Bathroom
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Bedroom
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Home Office
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Kitchen
See window covering solutions for a variety of needs and kitchen styles.
Living Room
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Media Room
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Nursery & Kids Room
See child-safe window coverings for baby nurseries and kids rooms
Angled Windows
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Arched Windows
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Bay, Bow, Corner Windows
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French Doors
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Sidelights
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Sliding Glass Doors
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Skylights
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Automated
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Blackout
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Energy Efficient
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When Should You Use Cafe Shutters?
Cafe shutters, also called half-height shutters, are a versatile window treatment useful in a ton of different spaces. They typically cover the bottom half of your window while leaving the top open, which can create a dynamic look in your living space. Café style shutters provide even more opportunities for natural light without compromising on privacy. However, there are rooms where cafe shutters work more functionally than others.
At Rebarts Blinds and Shades Store, we specialize in creating customized shutters for your home, offering the best Hunter Douglas shutters, and we’re experts on helping you find the perfect fit for your living spaces.
When You Want Both Privacy and Natural Light
The ability to combine natural light and privacy is just one of many advantages of using cafe shutters. Cafe shutters cover only the bottom half of the window, making them perfect for rooms that face the street or in other busy areas. By blocking the view from the outside while allowing light to enter from the top, cafe shutters create a bright and inviting atmosphere without compromising privacy. You can also combine café shutters with drapery for additional coverage.
When You Want Both Privacy and Natural Light
Keeping true to their namesake, cafe shutters are always a go-to look for a kitchen or dining area. They provide a stylish feel and allow plenty of natural light to come in so that you can have a well-lit working space in your kitchen to let your delicious culinary creations shine for your guests.
We highly recommend opting for Palm Beach™ Polysatin™ Vinyl Shutters for your kitchen, as they offer superior moisture and humidity resistance and can withstand the wear and tear of daily cooking. Another great option that mimics the look of real hardwood shutters are our NewStyle® Composite Shutters, which offer similar durability with more color options.
When You Want to Highlight Your Home’s Architectural Features
Cafe shutters are common in older homes because older homes typically have more refined architectural features on or around the windows. These features can really shine when they have open space for viewing, which is precisely what cafe shutters and cafe style shutters can offer. If you have large windows or want to show off intricate molding, an exposed upper half of your window is a great way to showcase unique trim or fixtures. Cafe shutters also work particularly well with sash windows, which are also more common in older homes. We recommend the 100% real hardwood of Heritance® Wood Shutters for this application, as they’ll allow your authentic interior to shine.
Want More Cafe Style Options? We Have Them!
Besides our extensive line of Hunter Douglas shutters, another cafe style window covering option is our line of top-down/bottom-up shades. These can be adjusted to expose the top or bottom of your window. With innovative shade options in this style of closure, such as Duette® Cellular Shades, Vignette® Roman Shades, Provenance® Woven Wood Shades, and more, you’ll love this line's versatility and functionality.
Transform Your Home with Rebarts Blinds & Shades Store
Ready to learn more about cafe shutters and the benefits they can bring your home? Request a consultation with Rebarts Blinds & Shades Store today or call us at (650) 348-1268 to get started. Whether you want to consider a single room makeover or your entire home, our interior design experts will be happy to help you capture your vision.
Whether you live in Burlingame, Los Altos, Menlo Park, or San Carlos, CA, we have locations in all four cities and are ready to serve you.
Rebarts Blinds and Shades Store proudly serves Burlingame, Los Altos, Menlo Park, San Carlos, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Los Gatos, Redwood City, Foster City, San Mateo, Saratoga, Belmont, Woodside, Redwood Shores, Millbrae, Aptos, Atherton, and Stanford, CA.