A cellular shade comprising: a plurality of first cell structures disposed longitudinally along the shade, the first cell structures being aligned vertically one above another, each of the first cell structures including a first side and a second side; a plurality of second cell structures also disposed longitudinally along the shade and also being aligned vertically one above another, the second cell structures being positioned offset from the first cell structures such that each second cell structure is positioned in between two adjacent first cell structures, the second cell structures including a first side and a second side and wherein the first side of the first cell structures forms the second side of the second cell structures, and wherein the first cell structures and the second cell structures have a closed position when the shade is retracted and an open position when the shade is extended; wherein the first cell structures are connected together along junction lines between adjacent vertical cell structures and wherein the second cell structures are also connected together along junction lines between adjacent vertical cell structures; the cellular shade further comprises lift cords for vertically drawing the cell structure from a fully expanded configuration to a fully contracted configuration, the lift cords extending through the plurality of first cell structures; the first side and the second side of each of the first cell structures have approximately the same material length between the junction lines of the first cell structures, and the cellular shade being characterized in that the first side of each of the second cell structures has a greater material length between the junction lines than the second side of the second cell structures, such that the first side of the second cell structures can billow and somewhat overlap with each other when the cellular shade is in the fully expanded configuration and, when the shade is retracted, the first cell structures stack together and form a flat horizontal structure and the second cell structures stack together and form a flat structure that drapes over the stack of the first cell structures. a plurality of first cell structures disposed longitudinally along the shade, the first cell structures being aligned vertically one above another, each of the first cell structures including a first side and a second side; a plurality of second cell structures also disposed longitudinally along the shade and also being aligned vertically one above another, the second cell structures being positioned offset from the first cell structures such that each second cell structure is positioned in between two adjacent first cell structures, the second cell structures including a first side and a second side and wherein the first side of the first cell structures forms the second side of the second cell structures, and wherein the first cell structures and the second cell structures have a closed position when the shade is retracted and an open position when the shade is extended; wherein the first cell structures are connected together along junction lines between adjacent vertical cell structures and wherein the second cell structures are also connected together along junction lines between adjacent vertical cell structures; the cellular shade further comprises lift cords for vertically drawing the cell structure from a fully expanded configuration to a fully contracted configuration, the lift cords extending through the plurality of first cell structures; the first side and the second side of each of the first cell structures have approximately the same material length between the junction lines of the first cell structures, and the cellular shade being characterized in that the first side of each of the second cell structures has a greater material length between the junction lines than the second side of the second cell structures, such that the first side of the second cell structures can billow and somewhat overlap with each other when the cellular shade is in the fully expanded configuration and, when the shade is retracted, the first cell structures stack together and form a flat horizontal structure and the second cell structures stack together and form a flat structure that drapes over the stack of the first cell structures.