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home window tinting in raleigh, nc

enjoy a more comfortable home with residential glass tinting

No one wants to deal with the harsh sun coming into their home for numerous reasons. It fades furniture and floors, raises energy costs, and creates glares making it hard to enjoy the TV or work from home. Sure you can close the blinds or curtains, but why make your home feel like a cave during the day when you can enjoy natural light without the annoying side effects? 

Professional home window tinting offers a high-quality, long-lasting solution to this problem. 5 Star Design proudly offers window tint for home windows across Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Chapel Hill, Wake Forest, and the surrounding areas to help you enjoy a cooler, comfortable living space year round.  

why tint your home's windows?

Residential glass tinting is more than just visual appeal – it’s an investment in comfort, protection, and energy efficiency in your home. Here are a few key benefits you can enjoy from residential window tint: 

  • Reduce Heat and Boost Energy Efficiency: Our high-quality home window films from SunTek® can block significant amounts of solar heat to keep your home cooler and allow you to rely less on your HVAC – especially during the hot NC summers 
  • Cut Down on Glare: Enjoy better visibility working from home and relaxing with the TV on during the day without the harsh sun glare affecting your view. 
  • Protect Furniture, Flooring, Artwork & more: Window tint for home windows blocks 99% of harmful UV rays that cause fading and damage to your home’s interior.
  • Enhanced Privacy: Increase privacy in rooms that face the street or neighboring homes without needing drapes or blinds that block out so much natural light. Great for privacy in the bathroom and bedrooms. 
  • Boost Comfort and Keep Natural Light: Window film for home windows allows you to maintain a bright, open feel inside of your home without sacrificing natural light like blinds and curtains do. Plus it helps control heat and glare effectively.    



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what types of residential window films do we offer?

5 Star Design in Raleigh has partnered with SunTek® films to offer a wide variety of window tint for your home’s windows. Our inventory of residential window films include: 

Enjoy the natural sunlight without all the unpleasant heat, glare and harmful UV rays – available in a range of different shades from clear to home limo tint. We also offer a variety of color tones from cool to warm.

Constructed with vapor-coated aluminum, this film is mirrored on both sides and corrosion-resistant, making it a powerful reflector of heat and glare, while blocking 98% to 99% UV rays.

This type of residential window film adds a thin-yet-tough layer to glass surfaces in your home or office. Helps protect your windows against windstorm debris, blast events, and even forced entry. Available in a variety of shades ranging from clear to mirrored to appeal to various design applications.

We also offer “sacrificial” home window film more commonly known as anti-graffiti film. 

5 Star Design also offers a broad variety of speciality and decorative window films like:

  • White Matte & White-out: Ideal for decorative effects or those wanting an opaque finish – great for bathroom privacy!
  • Black-Out: Think of black-out film like limo tint for your home. It’s a fully opaque black film ideal for areas that need to be shielded from view. Great for studios, cabinets, and more.
  • Crystal: Crystal home window film simulates the look of etched glass at a fraction of the cost and no hassle!
  • DR Mirror: One-way glass window film to provide high reflectivity on one side and a clear view from the opposite side. Perfect for street-facing windows where you want to maintain visibility from the inside. 

What areas of your home can benefit from window tint?

Window film for your home can provide a ton of great benefits throughout various rooms in your home. Whether your goal is to reduce heat, add privacy, protect against interior fading, or all of the above – we can help you select a film that makes sense for you. Here are some of the most common areas we tint for homeowners in the Raleigh and surrounding areas: 

why choose 5 star design for your raleigh-durham home window tinting needs?

30+ Years of combined in-house experience

Our team has perfected the craft of installing flat-glass window film for all types of residential applications.

high-quality home window films

By only using the best quality films from SunTek®, we can proudly stand behind the quality of our materials

tailored solutions

We aren't here to sell you the most expensive window film. Our film recommendation will be based on the unique needs of you and your home.

locally owned & operated

We are based out of Raleigh, NC and proudly serve the Triangle area and surrounding cities including Chapel Hill, Durham, Cary, Wake Forest, and beyond

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questions about residential window tinting?

We think so! Our high-quality residential window films block significant heat and over 98% of harmful UV rays. This means a cooler, more comfortable home during the hot months without compromising natural light. Not to forget the added privacy it can offer if you go with privacy features in your home’s window film.

Not at all. Most of our residential window films are designed to block heat, reduce glare, and block UV rays without compromising natural light. We offer a variety of shades and film types from black-out tint to nearly invisible. 

Yes! Professionally installed window film is highly effective at blocking heat, reducing glare, reducing furniture fading, and adding privacy. The key is choosing the right film for your goals and needs and having it applied properly. 

Nope. When professionally installed by our team, it will be completely safe for your window seals and glass.

Your window film will be capable of lasting many years, but yes it can be safely removed and replaced. If you have old and worn tint on your home’s windows, we can safely remove and replace it.

It’s definitely doable, but if you are inexperienced with installing window film you might end up with an unsatisfactory result. Some errors DIY window tinters usually make can include light gaps, badly trimmed edges, wasted window film material, or lack of results from poor quality film.

who do we serve?

5 Star Design provides the best window tinting services for your home in Raleigh and beyond including Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary, Apex, Garner, Clayton, Wake Forest, Holly Springs and beyond.

From automotive restyling to residential & commercial window tint and graphics – we are just a phone call away!

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NEED financing?

5 Star Design has partnered with Affirm to make automotive restyling and protection accessible to any budget. With flexible payment options, you no longer have to pay for the entire service upfront!