Window Shades and Screens in Charlotte, VT

West Glass Over Champlain

Charlotte is the first town people name when they ask where we like to work, and it is the one with the biggest glass. The lake houses face west across Champlain to the Adirondacks. The sunsets are the reason the houses are there, and the glare at five o'clock in July is the reason we are. Inland, Charlotte is farms and older houses with a different set of windows entirely.

West Glass Over Champlain

A Charlotte lake house is built for the view, which means a west wall of glass and nothing anyone wants hanging across it. A solar shade at three percent openness cuts the sunset glare and the heat and leaves the Adirondacks exactly where they were. On glass that tall, it is motorized and on a schedule, so it drops before the glare arrives and lifts when it is gone.

Screens On The Porch, Gone By October

A Champlain porch is where the evenings happen, and blackfly season is short. A retractable screen rolls into its housing when the bugs have gone, so the view from the porch is clear for the rest of the year. On a wide porch opening, it is motorized.

Farms And Older Houses Inland

Inland Charlotte is farmhouses and older village houses, and those want the opposite of a lake house: cellular shades for insulation on old windows, and shutters where the openings are out of square.

• Solar shades on the west glass, motorized on a sunset schedule
• Retractable screens on porches and lakeside doors
• Cellular shades and shutters in the farmhouses inland

Questions From Charlotte

• How far is Charlotte from you?

  About half an hour up Route 7 from Middlebury. Charlotte and Shelburne are on the same run and we are up there most weeks.

• What handles the sunset glare off the lake?

  A solar shade at three percent openness. It cuts the glare and the heat and keeps the view. On tall glass it is motorized and set on a schedule to drop before the glare arrives.

• Can I get a screen on a wide porch opening?

  Yes. Retractable screens handle porch openings far wider than a door, motorized on the wide spans, and they roll away completely in the fall so the view from the porch is clear.

• Do you work on the farmhouses as well as the lake houses?

  Yes. An older Charlotte farmhouse wants cellular shades for the old windows and shutters where the openings are out of square. It is a different job from the lake glass and one we do just as often.

Get A Price In Charlotte

We measure at your window and bring the samples to you. The estimate is free and there is no showroom to visit.