Custom Blinds, Shades and Shutters in Austin, Texas
Custom window treatments for Austin: blinds, shades, shutters and patio shades, measured in your home and installed by the same team.
Window treatments fitted to Austin homes
Blinds and shades bought off a shelf are cut close and shimmed to fit. Everything we install in Austin is built to the window it was measured against, which is why the reveal is even and the rail sits straight.
- Free in-home consultation with samples you can hold against your own light
- Measured, ordered and installed by the same local team
- Austin is covered by Love Is Blinds Austin, an owner-operated local franchise
- Remade at no cost if a treatment does not match the approved measurements
Blinds, shades and shutters we install in Austin
Plantation Shutters
Louvered shutters built to the window opening.
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Motorization
App, remote and voice control.
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Exterior Patio Shades
Outdoor shades that stop the sun before it reaches the glass.
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Custom Blinds
Real wood, faux wood and composite blinds.
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Roller Shades
Solar screen and blackout roller shades.
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Honeycomb Shades
Cellular shades that cut heat transfer at the glass.
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Exterior patio shades built for Austin afternoons
A west-facing patio in Austin takes the worst of the afternoon. Exterior shades stop that sun on the outside of the glass instead of after it has already come through, which is what keeps the space usable and takes heat load off the rooms behind it.
- Solar screen, motorized and retractable outdoor shades
- Openness factor chosen for the way your patio faces
- Porches, patios, pergolas and outdoor rooms
Which rooms need which treatment in Austin
Windows behind furniture
If a sofa or a bed sits against the glass, nobody is reaching the lift. Motorization or a top-down design solves it; a standard cord does not.
West-facing living rooms
The afternoon sun is the whole problem in a Texas west room. Solar screen cuts glare and heat while keeping the view out, and the openness of the weave is the dial: tighter stops more heat, looser keeps more view.
Bedrooms
This is a blackout decision, and blackout is a fabric job rather than a slat one. Light finds the gaps between slats and around the edges, so a room that has to go genuinely dark needs fabric and a mount that covers the opening rather than sitting inside it.
Kitchens and bathrooms
Moisture rules out real wood. Faux wood and composite hold their shape over a sink or in a room that steams up, which is why we specify them there even when wood is the nicer material.
What each material actually does
Three questions settle it. Does the room get moisture, which rules out real wood. Is the opening tall or wide, which favours the lighter material because panel weight loads the hinges. Does the room need to go dark, which moves you off slats entirely and onto fabric with a blackout liner. Answer those and the material is usually decided before anyone talks about colour.
Shading the outside of the glass in Austin
A west-facing patio takes the worst of the afternoon. Once that sun is through the glass the heat is already in the room and an interior treatment is managing the symptom. Exterior shades are the only part of the job that changes how much heat arrives in the first place, and on a covered patio they are the difference between a space you use in July and one you look at.
Pergola shades
A pergola gives structure but very little actual shade. Fabric between the beams is what turns it into somewhere you sit at four in the afternoon.
Motorized patio shades
Remote, wall switch, app or scheduled. The practical option on wide openings, and the quickest way to get fabric up when the wind turns.
Track guided patio screens
Side tracks hold the fabric so wind cannot lift it out. On an exposed opening this is the difference between a shade that lasts and one that frays in a season.
Motorized and scheduled operation
A shade on a schedule is down through the worst of the afternoon whether or not anyone is home to lower it, which is most of the benefit of exterior shading in practice.
Motorization
What to ask before you motorize
The question worth asking is not whether a motor is nice, it is whether the window is one you currently ignore. High windows, windows behind furniture and exterior shades all get adjusted less than they should because adjusting them is a chore. A motor turns an ignored window into one that actually does its job.
Every job in Austin is backed five ways
Limited Lifetime Warranty
Your window treatments will come with a manufacturers limited lifetime warranty. Any factory defects found in your treatments are covered for life.
Apples-to-Apples
We believe in our pricing and want you to have peace of mind doing business with us. That's why we offer an apples-to-apples price-match guarantee.
Our GuaranTEN
For every ten window treatments you purchase, we'll replace one window treatment for free. Break it, don't like it, get tired of it, we'll replace it, no questions asked.
Here-4-You
We offer a 4-Year Service Guarantee. If you have any issues with your window treatments, we'll come out and service your blinds, shades, or shutters at no cost.
Transferable Warranty
Whether you're in your forever home or not, buying through Love Is Blinds gives you peace of mind. Our warranties transfer if you sell your home.
Recent work around Austin
Blinds, shades, shutters and exterior patio shades we have measured and installed for Texas homes.
How the job runs in Austin
Free in-home consultation
We bring samples to your home so you can hold fabrics against your own light rather than a showroom's. No charge for the visit and no obligation to order.
We measure every opening
Measured on site by us, not from numbers sent over. That is deliberate: a custom treatment is cut to a number, so if the number is wrong the treatment is wrong and it is not returnable.
A written quote you approve
The quote covers the treatment built to those measurements and professional installation. The amount you approve is the amount you pay.
The same team installs
The person who measured your windows fits them. If an opening does not match the approved measurements we remake it and reinstall at no cost.
What Austin homeowners say
Reviews left on our Google profile by customers in and around Austin.
"Hunter is a man of strong character, customer service and trustworthiness. He has been great to work with! I will definitely use Hunter for my next faux wood blinds install. I would recommend him to anyone needing window treatments"
"Such beautiful blinds and professional contacts. Very happy with the entire process and will certainly use Love is Blinds again. Thank you!"
"This company did a great job with the shades in my home! Would use them again in the future!"
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Ready when your windows are
A free in-home consultation in Austin: samples at your door, every opening measured, and a written quote before you decide anything.