Custom Blinds, Shades and Shutters in Arlington, Texas
Custom window treatments for Arlington: blinds, shades, shutters and patio shades, measured in your home and installed by the same team.
Window treatments fitted to Arlington homes
Custom blinds and shutters only work if the numbers are right, so we take them ourselves at every Arlington opening. A treatment cut to a wrong measurement is not returnable, which is why we never work from a list sent over.
- Free in-home consultation with samples you can hold against your own light
- Measured, ordered and installed by the same local team
- Arlington is covered by Love Is Blinds DFW, run by Durrell Glick
- Remade at no cost if a treatment does not match the approved measurements
Blinds, shades and shutters we install in Arlington
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
Exterior shading for patios, porches and west-facing windows.
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Custom Blinds
Slat treatments you tilt, in materials matched to the room.
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Roller Shades
One fabric on a tube, from sheer through to full blackout.
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Honeycomb Shades
Air trapped in cells, which is what makes them insulate.
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Exterior patio shades built for Arlington afternoons
A west-facing patio in Arlington 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
Room by room in a Arlington home
Tall and two-storey windows
Weight decides this before style does. Real wood is lighter than faux for the same panel, and a heavy panel on a tall opening loads the hinges and sags over years.
Wide sliding doors
A door you use every day has to keep working. Bypass or bi-fold panels move out of the way and stack somewhere that is not the walkway, which is a mounting decision made at the opening.
Nurseries and children's rooms
Cordless lift or motorization, with no loop anywhere. A cord cleat is not a solution, it is a reminder to be careful.
Patios, pergolas and screened porches
Exterior shades turn an outdoor room into somewhere you sit in July. This is the part of the job most companies in Arlington treat as an afterthought and we do not.
Materials, and where each one fails
Material is really a durability question. Wood lasts indefinitely in a dry room and warps in a wet one. Faux wood is unbothered by moisture and sags if the panel is too large for it. Aluminium bends. Outdoor fabric is built for UV in a way indoor fabric is not, which is why the two cannot be swapped. Matching the material to what the room does to it is most of the job.
Why exterior shades matter more in Arlington than interior ones
Shading the outside of the glass is the only approach that stops heat before it enters. An interior blind absorbs sun that has already come through the window and re-radiates it into the room. An exterior shade on a patio or a window stops it at the outside face, which is why the same fabric performs differently depending on which side of the glass it hangs.
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.
Sun and wind sensors
A sensor drops the shade when the sun hits that elevation and raises it when the wind gets up, which is the part people underestimate until they have lost fabric to a storm.
Motorization
Motorized treatments in Arlington
Motorization earns its money in three places: windows too high to reach without a ladder, banks of windows where operating each one is a chore, and exterior shades that need to come down before you are home. Everywhere else it is a convenience rather than a fix. Battery motors avoid running wiring and need recharging periodically. Hardwired removes that but has to be planned before the wall closes. Both can run on a remote, a wall switch, an app or a schedule, and retrofit motorization exists for treatments already installed.
Every job in Arlington 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 Arlington
Blinds, shades, shutters and exterior patio shades we have measured and installed for Texas homes.
How the job runs in Arlington
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 Arlington homeowners say
Reviews left on our Google profile by customers in and around Arlington.
"Had a great customer experience with them and the roller shade are great. They fit well and seem to be a great quality. Would use them again in a heartbeat. Thanks Love Is Blinds!"
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Ready when your windows are
A free in-home consultation in Arlington: samples at your door, every opening measured, and a written quote before you decide anything.