Colleyville, TX Custom Plantation Shutters, Shades & Blinds
Custom-Built Window Treatments For Colleyville's Established Estate Homes
From the older estates along Glade Road to the established homes in Heritage Valley and Whittier Heights, Durrell measures, builds, and installs every plantation shutter, motorized shade, cellular shade, and exterior solar screen in Colleyville personally. One owner-operator, one phone number, one install day.
- In-Home Colleyville Consultation
- Custom-Built For Established Estate Homes
- Owner-Operated by Durrell, Quote to Install
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Four Treatments For Colleyville's Established Estates
Colleyville is built on quarter-acre to half-acre estate lots, and most of the homes were finished between 1995 and 2010 by builders who knew what front-of-house finishes were supposed to look like. The original owners are now in the upgrade window. A 1998 traditional in Heritage Valley with bay windows in the breakfast room and a transom over the front door. A 2003 estate off Glade Road with formal dining and a pool deck facing west. A 2010 build in Whittier Heights with motorized prep in the great-room ceiling. The four treatments below are the ones Durrell writes up most often during a Colleyville consultation.
Plantation Shutters For The Front-Of-House Rooms
Colleyville buyers can spot a builder-grade two-inch faux from the driveway. Realtors working Heritage Valley, Whittier Heights, and the Glade Road estates will tell you the front rooms sell the house. Custom plantation shutters in the formal dining, the front study, the primary bedroom carry a resale bump every showing photo picks up. Durrell sizes to the actual opening and paints to match the trim already on the wall.
Motorized Shades For The Two-Story Great Room Glass
The 2000s and 2010s Colleyville builds were drawn around a two-story great room with a wall of glass. Some of them came pre-wired for motorization at framing, and the rest can run on a battery motor without pulling a wire. Durrell pairs every motor to Alexa, Google Home, or Apple HomeKit on install day so the morning routine in the primary and the late-afternoon glare in the media room both run on a schedule.
Exterior Solar Screens For The Pool Deck and Outdoor Kitchen
Most Colleyville estates carry a real backyard with a pool, an outdoor kitchen, and a covered patio aimed west. Heavy-gauge exterior solar shades stop the heat at the screen, before the stone fireplace and the limestone deck cook all day. The view of the yard stays. The grill still smokes, but the patio stays usable when you bring the brisket inside.
Cellular Shades To Pull Down The Estate-Size Summer Bill
A Colleyville estate carries fifty to eighty windows by the time you count the back-of-house bedrooms, the upstairs media, and the formal rooms. Cellular shades pocket air against the glass and slow the radiant load before it reaches the thermostat. The HVAC stops short-cycling, the upstairs back bedrooms stop running hotter than the kitchen, and the August bill stops climbing every week.
Meet Durrell
Durrell Glick owns and runs the DFW side of Love Is Blinds Texas. He handles every Colleyville quote, every measure, and every install personally. He has walked Heritage Valley traditionals, Whittier Heights estates, original Glade Road customs, and a handful of teardown-rebuilds going up where the original 1980s homes used to stand. The consultation is Durrell at your kitchen table, not a salesperson with an iPad. The install is the same person who took the measurement. If a motor needs reprogrammed two months later, Durrell is the phone number you call.
Working Colleyville Estate By Estate, Not Subdivision By Subdivision
Colleyville is mostly custom-built. Two estates next door to each other can carry completely different floor plans, different glass packages, and different HVAC realities. Durrell has measured each style this season. He knows which Heritage Valley plans share a transom over the front door, which Whittier Heights builds have the cathedral foyer that needs a custom-shaped insert, which Bridgehill estates have the bay window in the breakfast room, and which Glade Road customs came pre-wired for motorization at framing.
Laser-Measured To The Sixteenth. One Install Day.
A Colleyville estate runs fifty to eighty openings by the time you count everything. Any quarter-inch error multiplied across that many windows turns the order into a three-trip install with the dining room sitting under cardboard for a month. Durrell catches the variance during the measure, writes the order to match what is on the wall, and the result is one install day rather than re-cuts coming back from the manufacturer two weeks after move-in.
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Custom-Built For Colleyville Estate Homes
The catalog runs in the order Durrell tends to recommend it for Colleyville estates: plantation shutters first for the front-of-house rooms, real wood next for the formal dining and study, motorized for the great-room glass, then the rest. Swipe through.
Plantation Shutters
Custom built to the exact opening. The front-of-house finish that every Colleyville estate listing photo picks up.
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Real Wood Blinds
Hardwood for the formal dining and the front study. Stained to match the crown molding already in a Heritage Valley traditional.
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Motorized Window Treatments
For the two-story great rooms and the upper-foyer windows. Pairs to Alexa, Google Home, and Apple HomeKit on install day.
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Honeycomb & Cellular Shades
Trapped air at the glass. The estate-size window count makes the August math add up fast.
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Exterior Patio Shades
For the west-facing Colleyville pool decks and outdoor kitchens. Block the heat before the stone fireplace cooks.
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Sheer linens for breakfast nooks, full blackout for the east-facing primary. Clean lines, no cords.
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Woven Wood Shades
Bamboo, rattan, and natural-grass weaves for screened porches and converted sunrooms.
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Dual Shades
Two-layer fabric. Sheer daylight by day, complete privacy at night, one continuous pull.
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Panel Track Shades
Sliding fabric panels for breakfast-room sliders and back-patio doors, without the clatter of verticals.
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Faux Wood Blinds
Composite that looks like real hardwood. Practical pick for back-of-house bedrooms and laundry rooms.
ExploreThree Colleyville Estates That Come Through The Door Every Week
A 1998 Heritage Valley traditional that the original owners are finally upgrading after twenty-five years. A 2003 Glade Road estate with original builder-grade two-inch faux still on the front-of-house windows and a pool deck baking by 4 p.m. A 2018 Whittier Heights teardown-rebuild custom with motorized prep in the great-room ceiling and a buyer move-in date in six weeks. Three different estates, three different orders, same Colleyville week.
Heritage Valley & The 1990s Glade Road Estates: Original Owners Finally Upgrading
The 1990s Heritage Valley and Glade Road estates are full of original owners who never replaced the builder-grade blinds. Twenty-five years of foundation settle moves a frame a quarter inch. The trim has been painted twice. Stock blinds from a warehouse store leave a half-inch gap on every front-of-house window, and the comps are too high to leave a gap. Durrell measures to what is on the wall now, builds the order to match, and installs without disturbing the trim that has been there since the kids were in elementary school.
Whittier Heights Teardown-Rebuilds & New Customs: Ordered Before Move-In
The teardown-rebuilds going up across Whittier Heights and the newer customs on Glade Road came with motorized prep in the great-room ceiling and a move-in date that does not bend. Durrell coordinates with the builder so the treatments are ordered, manufactured, and ready to install before keys change hands. Move-in day there is privacy in the bedrooms, blackout in the nursery, and motorization paired to whatever smart-home setup you brought with you.
The Colleyville Bill On An Estate Window Count
Fifty to eighty windows on a 4,000-to-6,000-square-foot footprint is a different math problem than a 2,200-square-foot ranch. The HVAC carries the western primary, the upstairs media, and the back-of-house bedrooms all afternoon in July. Cellular shades on the west-facing rooms, plantation shutters in the front, and exterior solar screens over the pool deck pay back in the first full summer. The AC stops short-cycling. The hardwoods stop fading. The western primary stops running ten degrees hotter than the kitchen.
What Colleyville Realtors Notice In The Listing Photos
Colleyville resale runs through GCISD buyers who know what an estate is supposed to look like. The realtors who work the area will tell you the front rooms sell the house before the kitchen does. A Heritage Valley estate with custom plantation shutters in the formal dining photographs differently in the MLS than the identical floor plan three streets over with builder-grade two-inch faux. A Whittier Heights custom with motorized shades on the great-room transom catches every relocation buyer on a Saturday tour. A Glade Road traditional with cellular shades on the east-facing primary closes faster because the morning showing photos do not show a glaring sunrise burning out the bedroom wall.
How A Colleyville Estate Order Runs, Quote To Install
Three steps. One owner-operator. One phone number. The person who answers the call writes the quote and hangs the product. No measure tech handing the order off to a stranger who shows up on install day.
The In-Home Walk-Through
Durrell drives out at the time you booked with the full sample case and the catalog. You walk every room together. He asks how the estate actually lives, which rooms host the holiday dinner, which side of the house gets baked by 4 p.m., which kid's room needs blackout. The recommendation gets built around that, not the highest-margin product on page seven.
The Laser Measure & the Written Quote
Every opening laser-measured to the sixteenth. The bay window in a Heritage Valley breakfast room, the transom on a Glade Road front door, the cathedral foyer in a Whittier Heights custom. The quote is itemized line by line on the kitchen table before Durrell leaves. Nothing buried in a vague "installation" line. No deposit pressure if you want to sit on it for a week.
The Install Day
Two to four weeks after deposit, Durrell is back in the driveway with the install kit. Everything goes up the same visit. He programs the motors, pairs them to your Alexa or HomeKit, walks you through how each piece operates, and hauls the cardboard out before he leaves. You get photos of the finished install on your phone that evening.
Window Treatment F.A.Q.'s for Colleyville, TX
Both, every week. Durrell quotes a 1998 Heritage Valley estate in the morning and a 2024 teardown-rebuild on Glade Road in the afternoon. The 1990s estates and the new customs are two different conversations, but the consultation process is identical.
Yes. On an estate-size footprint with fifty to eighty windows, the cooling load runs hard from June through September. Cellular shades on the west-facing rooms plus exterior solar screens over the pool deck take real dollars off the August and September bill. Most Colleyville homeowners see the difference in the first full billing cycle after install.
Durrell personally covers Colleyville, Grapevine, Southlake, Keller, Hurst, Bedford, Euless, North Richland Hills, Fort Worth, Arlington, Westlake, Trophy Club, Denton, Argyle, Northlake, Granbury, Weatherford, and Gainesville, plus the smaller towns in between across Tarrant, Denton, Parker, Hood, and Cooke counties.
Yes. Most Colleyville HOAs require an approved exterior-facing fabric or color. Durrell knows the standards Heritage Valley, Whittier Heights, and the smaller gated estates ask for and orders to match. The exterior-facing side gets the approved color, the interior side gets whatever works in your room.
Yes, every odd shape. The cathedral foyer in a Whittier Heights custom, the bay window in a Heritage Valley breakfast room, the transom over a Glade Road front door, the half-window flanking the stair on a 1990s estate. Every order is custom-built, so the shape is not the constraint. The measurement is what has to be exact, and that is the part Durrell handles in person.
Two to four weeks from the consultation in most cases. Custom plantation shutters sit on the longer end because they are built to your specific opening. Durrell puts the timeline in the quote before any deposit and does not collect for anything he cannot deliver on the date he gave you.
About an hour, mostly conversation. Durrell walks the rooms with you, takes measurements, shows samples, and writes the itemized quote. If you want to think it over, you think it over. There is no follow-up sales-call schedule, no "today only" pricing, and no deposit asked for until you say go.
Yes. The motorized blinds, shades, and shutters integrate with Alexa, Google Home, Apple HomeKit, and most of the major smart-home hubs. Durrell pairs every motor on install day and tests against your specific setup before he packs the toolbox.
Areas We Serve
We personally serve Colleyville and the surrounding DFW communities with free in-home consultations and custom installation. Love Is Blinds also has a wider network of locations across Texas.
Colleyville & The DFW Territory
Every consultation and installation across these DFW communities is handled by Durrell personally.
- Argyle, TX
- Arlington, TX
- Bedford, TX
- Boyd, TX
- Colleyville, TX
- Coppell, TX
- Denton, TX
- Euless, TX
- Flower Mound, TX
- Fort Worth, TX
- Gainesville, TX
- Granbury, TX
- Grand Prairie, TX
- Grapevine, TX
- Haltom City, TX
- Highland Park, TX
- Hurst, TX
- Irving, TX
- Justin, TX
- Keller, TX
- Kerens, TX
- Las Colinas, TX
- Lewisville, TX
- North Richland Hills, TX
- Northlake, TX
- Paradise, TX
- Richland Hills, TX
- Roanoke, TX
- Southlake, TX
- Trophy Club, TX
- Weatherford, TX
- Westlake, TX
Also Across Texas
Love Is Blinds serves additional communities through our broader Texas network.
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