Lutron motorized shades, custom draperies & blinds for South Florida homes. Specified, sewn and installed by our own team in Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Palm Beach.
Lutron motorization is our specialty: shades, drapery tracks and keypads, measured, programmed and installed by our own team. Draperies are sewn in our own workroom, from one shade to the whole home.
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Made to measure for your windows
Every piece is made for its opening and installed by our own team.
Lutron motorized shades & drapery tracks
Motorization is the house specialty, and Lutron is the system we specify first: Palladiom, Sivoia QS, Triathlon and Serena shades and Lutron drapery tracks, programmed and installed by our own team and integrated with Lutron, Crestron and Control4.
From battery-powered Lutron shades in a Miami Beach condo to a 12,000 sq ft oceanfront estate in Fort Lauderdale on Lutron Palladiom. Every one is measured, fabricated, programmed and installed by our own team.
How should the room feel?
Tell us what the light is doing to the room. We choose the fabric and the system from there.
Privacy
A screen or a sheer keeps the room private by day. A second layer closes it at night.
Dual roller shadesLess glare
Solar shades take the glare off the water and cut the heat with it.
Solar shadesRestful bedrooms
Blackout shades and blackout-lined draperies make a bedroom truly dark, morning and afternoon.
Blackout shadesKeep the view
A 3 or 5 percent screen cuts the sun and keeps the water in sight.
Choosing the opennessEasy control
One touch or a schedule moves every shade in the house, with no cords at the window.
Motorized shades
Three homes, documented window by window

A 12,000 sq ft estate on the ocean
Lutron Palladiom shades at every window and sheers on customized Lutron tracks, dressed as one continuous design.
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Ritz-Carlton Residences: five rooms on the water
Ripplefold sheers in the living areas and blackout draperies in the bedrooms, all on Lutron motorized tracks.
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A golf course home
Ripplefold drapery under a custom wood valance in the master suite, and shutters with a blackout honeycomb hidden behind them.
Read the case studySee the work move
Press play: shades and draperies running in homes we measured, sewed and installed ourselves.
Five in-house seamstresses. One standard: ours.
Every drape and sheer we sell is cut and sewn in our own atelier by five seamstresses who work exclusively for Exotic. The workroom runs an automated cutting machine and conveyor line, and every hem is still finished by hand.
Owning the workroom means sharper pricing than imported couture and full control of the quality, panel by panel.
From the first visit to the last shade
Free consultation
We come to you with fabrics and samples, and measure every window.
A clear quotation
Your quote in less than a week, built on our published prices.
Made for your windows
Fabrication takes about three to four weeks, depending on the fabric.
Installed and programmed
Our own team installs in a day or two and shows you how everything works.
Discerning homeowners, designers, and developers across South Florida trust Exotic with their most important spaces.
“I recently helped my cousin with window treatments for their home in Fort Lauderdale, and after speaking with several companies, we chose Exotic Shades & Draperies. They were by far the most knowledgeable when it came to motorized shades and home automation. From the initial consultation and precise measurements to the excellent communication and professional installation, everything was handled exceptionally well. The installation was clean, efficient, and exceeded our expectations. I would absolutely recommend Exotic Shades & Draperies to anyone looking for quality window treatments and smart-home solutions!”
“David came highly recommended by our AV company to handle all the draperies in our home, and he truly exceeded expectations. He did an outstanding job coordinating everything with our Lutron system, and all the tracks operate quietly, smoothly, and exactly as intended. The entire process was seamless, professional, and well organized. We’re extremely pleased with the final result and would absolutely recommend David and his team.”
“Had a great experience with Exotic Shades & Draperies! The process was super easy and efficient, and they were a pleasure to work with. They showed us options we had never even considered, especially regarding the fabric stacking. it’s so obvious now! They pinpointed the exact fabric we were looking for, and we couldn’t be happier. We shopped around, and their pricing was very competitive. We couldn’t have asked for a better result. Highly recommend and would definitely work with them again!”
Driven to leave a lasting mark on this industry.
"What drives me is the desire to leave a lasting mark on this industry. Every year our company grows, refining our expertise and surrounding ourselves with the best professionals. But at the core of it all, our success is built on one simple principle: our customers' satisfaction."
Shades, draperies and blinds in Fort Lauderdale: what to know first
The questions we hear most, answered in plain terms.
Longer reads: the types of window treatments, how to measure and the 2026 trends.
Which treatment suits which window?
Solar shades are for glare and heat on a view you want to keep. A 3 or 5 percent screen cuts the sun and keeps the water in sight. Blackout shades are for bedrooms and media rooms. When a bedroom also has a view, a dual roller shade carries both fabrics on one bracket. For a street-facing room or a bath, a motorized top-down bottom-up Roman shade lowers from the top for privacy below and daylight above.
Blinds give you tilt control by hand. Real wood suits living rooms and offices. Faux wood and aluminum stand up to the humidity in kitchens and bathrooms. Draperies do what no shade can: they soften floor-to-ceiling glass, frame a wall of windows and, with a blackout lining, darken a room completely. Many rooms end up with two layers, a sheer or solar shade for the day and a drapery for the evening.
Motorized or manual?
Motorize any shade that is wide, high, behind furniture or moved every day. One remote or a schedule moves twenty shades at once, and nothing hangs down the side of the window. Manual chains and cordless lifts still make sense on small, reachable windows you use now and then.
Lutron and Somfy are the two systems we install. Rechargeable battery motors go into finished homes with no wiring. Wired motors go into new construction and renovations, while the walls are open. Our motorized shades page explains the choice, and the battery vs wired guide goes deeper.
What does it cost?
We publish our prices. The pricing guide shows typical projects with real figures, and the instant price tool turns your own window list into a budgetary number. The quote itself follows a free in-home measure, and the quote you sign is the number you pay. A 40 percent deposit confirms the order; the remaining 60 percent is due when the installation is complete.
How long does it take?
Measuring and quoting take less than a week. Fabrication runs about three to four weeks, depending on the fabric. Installation takes a day, two at most for a whole home, at roughly thirty minutes per window. We keep you posted at every stage.
Warranties and service
Somfy motors carry a five-year warranty, Lutron shades eight years, and Mermet and Phifer fabrics ten on most styles and five on some. The terms come in writing with every quote. We also service Lutron shades that other companies installed, including motor replacement, so a system that has gone quiet is not the end of the road. See Lutron service and repair.
Where are your showrooms?
Our Fort Lauderdale showroom is at 4539 Powerline Rd. Our Miami Beach showroom is South of Fifth, at 500 South Pointe Dr. Book a time before you come, so the fabrics you want to see are on the table. From Fort Lauderdale we cover Las Olas, Harbor Beach, Coral Ridge, Victoria Park and Rio Vista, plus Plantation, Davie and Weston, and up A1A to Pompano Beach and Hillsboro Beach. The same team installs from Miami Beach to Palm Beach, so a condo in Brickell and a house in Boca Raton get the same installers. Start with blinds, drapes and curtains in Fort Lauderdale, or see every area we serve.
The systems and fabrics we specify
For anyone who likes the specifics.
Motorization
We are a certified Lutron dealer, Crestron certified, Somfy Expert, and SDN Specialist. Our shades and drapery tracks move on schedule, respond to your voice and integrate with Lutron, Crestron and Control4. Battery motors suit finished homes with no wiring; wired motors go in while the walls are open.
Drapery fabrics
We stock the books from the mills designers specify: Loro Piana, Romo, Zimmer + Rohde, Kravet, Manuel Canovas and Christian Fischbacher, made up in our own atelier.
Shade fabrics: woven in the USA, specified by the numbers
Two mills anchor every solar and light-filtering shade we build: Mermet, woven in South Carolina, and Phifer SheerWeave, woven in Alabama. We specify only their best grades, because the fabric is the shade - and it is chosen before the motor.
Mermet
E Screen, M Screen, T Screen, Satiné and the GreenScreen weaves, with KOOLBLACK for dark screens that reflect heat. Woven by Mermet USA in Cowpens, South Carolina, and listed by the mill as Made in USA. Mermet fabrics
Phifer SheerWeave
The SheerWeave family, including PVC-free styles and Microban-protected weaves that resist mildew in Florida humidity. Woven by Phifer in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where the mill has made fabric since 1952. Phifer fabrics
Best grade only
A core chosen for the window - fiberglass-core screens that stay flat on 10-foot glass, polyester where its lighter weight or PVC-free construction serves the room - and an openness woven to tolerance. Every colour comes with a published spec sheet for UV, heat and light, with GREENGUARD Gold and NFPA 701 listings behind it. Never anonymous screen.
On any system
The same fabric on a Lutron, Somfy or Crestron motor, or a manual chain. Both mills sell through distributors, and the ranges we specify are kept on the shelf by our authorized South Florida distributor. The fabric is chosen for the window and its exposure, not for the motor brand, and it is ready to cut when the measurements are. Our shade fabrics
Custom window treatments across South Florida
Showrooms at 4539 Powerline Rd in Fort Lauderdale and South of Fifth in Miami Beach. The same in-house team measures, sews and installs from Miami to Palm Beach.
Time to dress your windows?
One free hour with our team routinely saves owners thousands in avoidable mistakes. We bring the fabrics, the samples and honest answers. Start with the free guide: 10 costly window treatment mistakes.



