Shades, draperies and blinds in Fort Lauderdale: what to know first
Most people buy window treatments once or twice in a lifetime. These are the questions we hear most, answered in plain terms, so you walk into the consultation knowing what you want.
Read the guides first
Three long-form guides written from our own installs: the types of window treatments (all 17, compared on one table and priced), how to measure for shades, blinds, curtains and draperies, and the 2026 trends for South Florida condos and coastal homes, each shown in a real install.
Which treatment for 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 it costs
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 it takes
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. 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 we are
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.
