Soft light, clean lines
Shades set the mood of a room.
Where blinds direct light, shades transform it: sheer fabrics that turn glare into glow, blackouts that make a bedroom sleep-ready at noon, and everything between. Shades are the most versatile treatment I install, and often the most budget-friendly.
- Light control from gentle filtering to total blackout
- Privacy in every degree, sheer through opaque
- UV protection for furniture, art, and floors
- Colors, textures, and patterns for every design style
Six families
A shade for every job.
Cellular construction insulates the glass while filtering light. The energy saver.
Natural materials that bring warmth and texture into a room.
Soft folds that stack as they lift, in fabric or in woven wood. Timeless, and a favorite in dining rooms.
Simple, practical, endlessly customizable in color and finish.
Cuts glare and heat while keeping your view of the yard or the water.
Sleek and compact for a minimal, modern profile.
From recent installs
Roller, oceanfront bedroom
Woven Roman, dining room
Woven wood, bay window
Roller, kitchen sliders
Sheer roller with drapery
Roller, living room
The one decision that matters
How much light do you want to give up?
Nearly every shade conversation comes down to this, and fabric names are not much help until you have seen them on your own window. I bring the samples out and hold them against your glass so you can judge it in your own light rather than under showroom bulbs.
- Sheer: keeps the view, softens the glare, offers little privacy after dark
- Light filtering: a lit, private room during the day, shapes still readable at night
- Room darkening: most of the light gone, with some spill at the edges
- Blackout: a dark room at noon, which is what shift workers and nurseries need
Room by room
Where each one earns its keep.
Fabric that is right in a bedroom is often wrong in a kitchen. This is roughly how I steer people once I have walked the house.
- Bedrooms: blackout roller or honeycomb, and a dual roller if you want the view back by day
- Kitchens and baths: roller or pleated, because they wipe clean and handle humidity
- Living and dining: woven wood or Roman, where texture does as much work as the light control
- Water and west-facing glass: a tight solar screen that cuts heat without erasing the view
- Windows out of reach: anything, motorized, on a schedule or your voice
How they run
Cords, cordless, or no hands at all.
A clean face with nothing hanging down. Ask about it if you have young children or pets at home.
Steady control on wide or heavy shades where a lift cord would fight you.
Somfy, Rollease, and Lutron all drive shades. We can power and automate any product I sell.
Two fabrics on one bracket, so a screen by day and blackout by night share the same window.
Honest guidance
Sometimes shades are the wrong answer.
If what you actually want is to aim the light rather than soften it, a blind or a shutter will serve you better, and I will say so at the consultation instead of writing the order. Shades win on fabric range, on soft diffused light, and usually on budget. They are not the tool for precise light direction.
Plenty of houses end up mixed: shutters on the front elevation, shades on the back, blinds in the utility rooms. I measure the whole house in one visit and quote it that way.
Get room-by-room advice
Free in-home consultation
Let me bring the showroom to you.
A free in-home consultation means I come to you with samples, measure everything myself, and give you a straight answer on what fits your windows and your budget. Installation is free with every order.