Window Treatments in Stowe, VT

Village Houses And Mountain Glass

Stowe is the other ski town on our run, and it is a different kind of house from Killington. More of Stowe is year-round, more of it is older, and more of it is the kind of home where the window covering has to look like it belongs there. That means shutters in the village houses, softer shades in the rooms that are on show, and skylight shades in the cathedral-ceiling builds facing Mansfield.

Village Houses And Old Openings

The houses around the village are old, and old means out of square, deep sills and casing no one makes any more. Shutters are built to the opening as it is, which is why they end up in those houses more than anything else we sell. Painted to match the trim, they look like part of the house rather than something hung on it.

Rooms That Are On Show

A lot of Stowe work is the living room and the dining room, where a hard covering would look like an office. A roman shade in a decorative fabric does that room, and a solar shade behind it handles the light, so the glare off the snow is gone and the room still looks like a room.

Cathedral Ceilings Facing The Mountain

The newer builds have the tall glass and the roof glass. Skylight shades in side channels hold position on the pitch and handle heat in both directions, and the wall glass is motorized and on a schedule for the weeks the house is empty.

• Shutters built to out-of-square village openings
• Roman and solar shades for the rooms on show
• Skylight shades in cathedral ceilings
• Motorized wall glass on a schedule

Questions From Stowe

• Do you come up to Stowe?

  Yes. Stowe is the far end of our run, a little over an hour from Middlebury, and we group Stowe visits so the trip is worth it for everyone. Call and we will find a date.

• What suits an old village house in Stowe?

  Shutters, more than anything else. The frame is built to the opening as it is, so a window that has moved over a century stops being a problem, and painted to the trim they look like they were always there.

• What do you put on the windows in a living room or dining room?

  Usually a roman shade in a decorative fabric, with a solar shade behind it to handle the glare off the snow. That covers the room without it looking like an office.

• Do you do the skylights in a cathedral ceiling?

  Yes. Skylight shades run in channels on each side so they hold on the pitch, and on a house facing the mountain they are usually motorized and on the same schedule as the wall glass.

Get A Price In Stowe

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