Window Treatments in Shelburne, VT

New Builds, The Village And The Bay

Shelburne has more new building than most of the towns we cover, and the black barn-form house in the photo is one of them: standing-seam roof, big square windows, and every one of them wearing a motorized solar shade. Shelburne is also the village and the older houses around it, which want the traditional answers.

Modern Builds And Big Square Glass

The house in the photo is Shelburne work: big fixed panes on every wall, each one carrying a solar shade at three to five percent openness. That cuts the glare and the heat off that much glass while keeping the view, and on panes that size the shades are motorized and run on a schedule rather than a wand.

The Village And The Older Houses

Shelburne village is older houses with the trim to match. Those want blinds ordered to the measurement rather than cut down, faux wood in the kitchens and bathrooms, and cellular shades for the windows that are not getting replaced this year.

The Lake Side Of Shelburne

Shelburne Bay and Shelburne Point put part of the town on Champlain, and those houses have the same needs as Charlotte next door: west glass, evening glare off the water, and a porch that wants a screen in June and a clear view in October. Solar shades on the lake glass and a retractable screen on the porch are the usual answer, motorized where the glass is tall.

Half An Hour Up Route 7

Shelburne and Charlotte are on the same run from Middlebury, and we are up there most weeks. The estimate is free, we bring the samples, and the person who measures is the one who installs.

• Motorized solar shades on the big glass in the modern builds
• Blinds ordered to the measurement in the village houses
• Cellular shades on older windows
• Solar shades and retractable screens on the lake side

Questions From Shelburne

• How far is Shelburne from you?

  About half an hour up Route 7 from Middlebury, on the same run as Charlotte. We are up there most weeks.

• What do you put on big modern windows like the black barn-form house?

  Motorized solar shades. At three to five percent openness they cut the glare and the heat off a full wall of glass while keeping the view, and on panes that size they run on a schedule instead of a wand.

• Do you do the older houses in Shelburne village?

  Yes. Blinds ordered to the measurement rather than cut down, faux wood in the wet rooms, and cellular shades on the windows that are not being replaced this year.

• Can tall modern windows be motorized?

  Yes. Anything out of reach is motorized, and a solar strip keeps the motor charged on glass that gets sun. A schedule drops the shades before the afternoon heat and lifts them after.

Get A Price In Shelburne

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