Guides for Whitestown homeowners

What we have learned measuring and installing window treatments, written down.

DIY Window Measuring: A Straight Answer on the RiskEvery custom order starts with a number, and that number comes from somewhere. Sometimes it's a professional with a stee...

Wood Blinds Room by Room in a Whitestown House: Design NotesWood blinds are the most architectural thing you can put on a window. They read as part of the trim rather than as a dec...Vertical Blinds, Panel Track, or Shades for Your Whitestown SliderIf a mini blind or a standard shade on your slider has ever looked slightly off, sagging in the middle or not quite stac...

Window Treatments That Actually Hold Up in a Whitestown BathroomBathrooms and kitchens work harder on window treatments than every other room in the house combined, mostly because of o...Why Whitestown Rooms Feel Cold Even With the Heat RunningBudgeting for window treatments in an older Whitestown home means figuring out where the coldest rooms actually are befo...Honeycomb Shade Choices Room by Room in Whitestown HomesMost cellular shade disappointment in Whitestown traces back to an assumption nobody checked, that room darkening fabric...One Big Shade or Several? Covering a Wide Whitestown WindowCovering a full wall of glass in a great room is a different budget conversation than a standard bedroom window, and it'...What Roller and Solar Shades Cost in Whitestown Homes TodayA roller shade is four decisions wearing one simple shape: what fabric, which way it rolls, how the top gets covered, an...

Fabric and Color Mistakes We See in Whitestown HomesCustom drapery is not cheap, and a fabric or color mistake is expensive to live with once panels are sewn and hemmed to ...

Living With Motorized Shades in a Whitestown HomeAsk anyone who has lived with motorized shades for a couple of years what actually bothers them. A motor humming at six ...

What a Retractable Awning Costs for a Whitestown PatioA retractable awning looks like a simple purchase until you start pricing them and every quote describes a different ani...

Outfitting a Whitestown Apartment Building With Window CoveringsSpecifying window coverings for a Whitestown apartment building involves a different set of decisions than a single-fami...