Window Coverings - Where to Start

Before choosing from the wide selection of new design possibilities, determine the function of each window and what you want the window treatment to do. Consider privacy, light control, ventilation, the view and energy efficiency when selecting a covering for any window in your home.

Keep in mind that a well designed window treatment suits not only the window, but also blends with the rest of the room and adds to the sense of unity.

Treatments specialize in the following:

• Blinds

• Verticals.

• Honeycomb and pleaded shades.

• Silhouette and Luminette.

• Wood blinds.

• Roller shades.

• Custom made window treatments

• sales and installation.

Cellular Shades are made of a solid fabric that stacks like an accordion. If you turn the shades sideways, it looks like a bee hive. The air pocket makes the blinds very energy efficient.

The wood blinds come in the traditional 2" slat or the 2 1/2" wider slat for added view. We offers two types of faux wood blinds. PVC is made of 100% vinyl. PVC faux woods are heavier than most other products but typically more affordable. The Composite faux woods is the second type. It is made of a wood and vinyl mix. They are typically more expensive but lighter and more durable.

Vertical Blinds are still the most affordable option for a sliding glass door. You can choose from the fabric vanes that allow light in to brighten the room but still provide privacy or the vinyl vanes that allow no light in or is room darkening. Verticals can draw from the right or the left or split in the middle.

Mini Blinds are made of 100% aluminum. We offer the 6 gauge mini blind slat and the more durable eight gauge slat. These window treatments are our most popular and most affordable blind. Another popular Blind is the traditional Venetian Blinds which are made of 2" slats.

Detailed product information is available directly from our manufacturers.
 For your convenience, the logos below will link you to each manufacturer's web site.

We provide sales and/or support for these manufacturers' products

Venetian Blind

Venetian blinds are slatted blinds, consisting of a number of long horizontal strips attached in rows. Venetian Blinds usually are made of metal or vinyl. Wooden varieties do exist but are now referred to as wooden blinds. They can be adjusted to various angles thereby letting in as much light as is desired. Venetian blinds can be operated with just a string or with a wand that tilts the slats. Usually the turning of the slats is accomplished by rotating a metal or plastic piece found at the upper-corner of the blinds. A string or pull allows the blinds to be raised, keeping them from obscuring the window. Mini blinds are a type of Venetian Blind which use very narrow slats, often used to make a tighter connection and keep more light out.

Mini Blind

 A mini blind is a type of non-vertical window blind made of long, narrow slats held together by string and ladder tape. Its slats are not as wide as venetian blind slats. A mini blind has more slats than a regular Venetian blind because its slats are narrow. The slats of mini blinds are less than half the width of regular Venetian blinds (although in the UK these blinds are still known as venetian blinds). They are usually made from 15mm or 25mm aluminum slats. The slats are opened and closed by rotating a rod or by directly pulling a string. They are raised and lowered by pulling other strings

Window Shade

Pleated window shades have been around for many years, yet they are not as well known as cellular window shades (honeycomb blind). Cellular window shades are a popular, energy efficient window treatment. Cellular design forms pockets of air that insulate windows from heat and cold. Cellular shades come in a wide array of soft, colorful window treatment fabric and opacity levels. The most common repairs seen in cellular & Pleated window shades are the re-stringing of shades and the replacement of cord locks and cord guides. Cellular shades are among the most popular of all window coverings due to their crisp, clean style and versatility. The soft, yet durable, shades are available in single, double, and triple honeycombs for better energy efficiency. Choose from a wide variety of light-filtering or room darkening fabrics in hundreds of colors. Available in several pleat sizes (larger pleats are more energy efficient). When raised, cellular shades are compact, giving you a clear vie