The modern workhorse of window treatments
Roller shades are the quiet foundation of contemporary South Florida interiors: a clean tube, a perfect hem, and exactly the fabric your room needs - solar screens that tame glare while keeping the view, translucent weaves that glow with soft light, or true blackout for bedrooms and media rooms.
Every shade is cut to the millimeter in our Fort Lauderdale workroom from Coulisse and premium performance fabrics, with cassettes, fascias, or open rolls to suit the architecture - and motorization by Lutron, Somfy, or SDN whenever you want it.
Fabrics, openness & hardware
Solar Screen Fabrics
1%–10% openness factors that cut heat and UV while preserving your water view - the South Florida essential.
Translucent & Light-Filtering
Soft, diffused daylight with full privacy - beautiful in living spaces and baths.
True Blackout
Coated fabrics, side channels, and precise hembars for total darkness.
Cassettes & Fascias
Concealed rolls, architectural fascias, or minimalist open rolls - matched to your interior.
Dual & Day-Night Rollers
Solar + blackout on one bracket for full flexibility in one window. Prefer the banded look? See our zebra shades.
Motorized Roller Shades
Our specialty - see motorized shades and Lutron shades.
Recent installations
Solar Rollers
Blackout Rollers
Bath Roller Shade
Roller shades, built to the millimeter
A roller shade is only as good as its tube, its hem and its fit. We fabricate on precision cutting equipment so a bank of five shades across a window wall hangs with identical light gaps, we finish hems by hand, and we size the tube diameter to the drop so long shades do not telescope. Fascia, cassette or open roll; reverse roll to clear a door handle; side channels where blackout matters; a manual clutch for a small window, a Lutron, Somfy or SDN motor for anything wide, tall or repeated.
Choosing the fabric for a South Florida window
Solar screens from Mermet and Phifer - including Mermet KOOLBLACK charcoal weaves - in 1% to 10% openness for glare and heat with the view kept; translucent weaves for privacy with a soft glow; coated blackout fabrics for bedrooms and media rooms; dual shades that pair a solar and a blackout on one bracket. Exposure decides openness: a west-facing Intracoastal wall in Fort Lauderdale or a bay-facing Brickell wall wants 3% or tighter, while a north-facing room can take 10% and keep the view almost untouched.
Frequently asked
Inside mount or outside mount roller shades?
Inside mount sits within the frame for the cleanest look; an outside mount roller shade overlaps the opening for better blackout and suits shallow frames. We decide per window - see our inside vs. outside mount guide.
Which openness factor should I choose?
For strong sun and water views, 3%–5% solar fabrics balance glare control and view. We bring samples so you can judge in your own light.
Can roller shades be blackout?
Yes - blackout fabrics with optional side channels give true darkness for bedrooms and media rooms.
Can they be motorized?
All of them - battery or wired Lutron, Somfy, or SDN motors. See motorized shades.
Do you install in condos?
Every week - battery motorization means no wiring and no HOA approvals in most buildings.
Can you match a blackout and a solar in one window?
Yes - a dual roller puts a solar screen and a blackout on one bracket, so the same window gives you view by day and darkness at night.
How do you keep a row of roller shades looking even?
Same fabric lot, tubes sized to the drop, hembars aligned and light gaps set identically - fabricated on precision equipment in our own workroom and installed by our own team.
Discerning homeowners, designers, and developers across South Florida trust Exotic with their most important spaces.
"I'm really happy with my new curtains! The team came to my place, helped me choose the right fabric, and guided me through the whole process. Great service and beautiful results. Highly recommend, A+."
"We were referred to Exotic Shades by our contractor. They understood exactly what we had in mind and delivered it. The whole process was simple, and the pricing was very good."
"I needed help adjusting the existing Lutron shades in my new home. Most companies would not touch a system installed by someone else, but Exotic sent a technician the same week."
Roller shades in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Boca Raton & Palm Beach
Roller shades in solar, translucent and blackout fabrics, hand-finished hems, cordless or motorized on Lutron and Somfy - the quiet foundation of contemporary South Florida interiors. Our workroom and showroom are at 4539 Powerline Rd in Fort Lauderdale, our second showroom is South of Fifth in Miami Beach, and the same in-house team measures and installs from Miami to Palm Beach.
The right roller shade for every window
One free hour with our team routinely saves owners thousands in avoidable mistakes - wrong fabrics, bad mounts, missed motorization. Book a private, complimentary consultation - we bring the fabrics, the samples, and honest answers. Start with the free guide: the 5 costly mistakes.