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Pleated Window Shades

Pleated window shades offer that combination of fashionable design, afford ability, easy installation and durability.  The shades come in a myriad of shapes, textures, colors and styles giving you the ability to find the right look and feel for your home.  If your looking for a customized window dressing without paying a customized price pleated shades may be right for you.

  • Custom designs
  • Custom textures, shapes & sizes
  • Wide variety of color and styles
  • Privacy and environmental controls
  • Durability and easy maintenance



Tips for measuring your window for shades, blinds or shutters
  • Use a steal measuring tape
  • Measure to an eighth of an inch and always round down to the nearest eighth.
  • Record width first and clearly mark down to avoid error of giving wrong measurements
  • Record height second and clearly mark down to avoid error of giving wrong measurements

Inside Mounts
  • For inside mounts make sure you leave enough clearance for the shade to function
  • For inside mounts measure the width at the top, middle and bottom and use the narrowest width point
  • For inside mounts measure the height at the left, middle and right side choose the shortest for appearance and the longest for privacy.

Outside Mounts
  • Measure the width that you would like the shade to cover, make note of any obstructions
  • Measure the height that you wold like the shade to cover including up to two and a half inches for the wall mount.
  • Manufacturers make blinds for outside mounts exactly to specification so double check measurements against area you want to cover.
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