Motorized & Manual Zebra Shades in Hollywood, FL

This real completed residential installation in Hollywood, Florida covers multiple windows fitted with custom Zebra shades in both motorized and manual operation.

One window uses a motorized Zebra shade with a wall-mounted control, while the other windows use manual Zebra shades. Both operating styles share the same light neutral fabric, so the home keeps one consistent look from room to room.

Zebra shades pair sheer and solid fabric bands on a single roller, so each window moves between soft filtered daylight and more privacy with one simple adjustment.

Using both motorized and manual operation let each room get the control style that suits it while the window treatments keep the same overall appearance throughout the home.

Zebra shades (also called dual-layer or banded shades) are built from a single fabric with alternating sheer and solid horizontal bands. Rolling the fabric a few centimetres shifts the bands in or out of alignment, so the same shade moves from an open view-through position to a closed privacy position without being raised or lowered.

That makes them a practical choice where daylight changes through the day: the sheer bands soften glare while keeping the window readable, and the solid bands close the opening when privacy matters more than the view.

One motorized Zebra shade is operated by a wall-mounted control, visible in one of the installation photos.

The remaining Zebra shades in the home are manual.

A motorized shade is raised and lowered by a tubular motor inside the roller tube instead of a chain or cord. Because there is nothing to reach for, motorization is the practical answer on openings that sit above head height or behind furniture.

The fabric is a light neutral tone, and the layered sheer-and-solid bands keep a clean, modern appearance in every room shown.

The photographs show the completed installation: custom-fitted Zebra shades on individual window openings, the wall-mounted control next to the motorized shade, and a manual Zebra shade in the kitchen.

The finished Hollywood installation gives the home coordinated Zebra shades across multiple rooms, with motorized convenience where it is most useful and simple manual operation everywhere else.