Zebra Shades Buying Guide

Most window treatments ask you to choose: light or privacy. Open the shade, and you get the view but lose your seclusion. Close it, and the room goes dark. Zebra shades refuse to make that trade. Their design lets you adjust light and privacy independently, in real time, without raising or lowering the shade at all.

If you have been drawn to the graphic, striped look of zebra shades but were not sure how they actually work or where they belong in a home, this guide covers the mechanics, the practical benefits, and the rooms where they perform best.