Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Window treatments and motorized shades in Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale is a waterfront city, and its homes are built to look at the water. We dress them with motorized shades, solar screens and outdoor-grade drapery, and one of our favorite projects is right here.
“Day and night, we control the light”
Built around the water
Window treatments in Fort Lauderdale deal with water on one side and neighbors close on the other. On Las Olas Isles and along the Intracoastal, homes sit on narrow lots with wide glass facing the canal and boats passing a few yards away.
That mix calls for privacy you can open and close fast. Motorized shades in a solar screen fabric give a daytime view while softening glare off the canal, and drapery adds full privacy at night. In Rio Vista, Coral Ridge and Harbor Beach, older homes have been renovated with big impact sliders, and those openings need hardware that clears the handles and stacks out of the way.
Downtown and along the beach, high-rise condos face east to the ocean or west over the city. Ocean-side units get intense morning sun, while west-facing units watch the sunset over the skyline, which is beautiful and hot. Both need a plan for heat, glare and the association's rules on exterior appearance.
The city also holds plenty of mid-century houses and townhomes near the New River and in Victoria Park. Those smaller rooms suit Roman shades and drapery that add warmth without crowding the window, and a slim motorized shade keeps the look current.
- Waterfront glare control
- Sunbrella fabrics for humid rooms
- Condo logistics handled
- Try our Fort Lauderdale project below
Popular in Fort Lauderdale
What Fort Lauderdale homeowners choose most
Fort Lauderdale rooms need fast privacy and fabrics that stand up to humidity.
Try it yourself
Take the remote in a real Solun home
This waterfront home in Fort Lauderdale was photographed with every treatment open, halfway and closed. Pick a room and press a button to see what our clients see.
Living Room: Open
Fort Lauderdale residence
Sunbrella drapery and Roman shades, motorized
Every room here runs from a keypad, the app or a voice command, and can follow the sun on a schedule.
Our Fort Lauderdale work
The Fort Lauderdale residence
The same waterfront home from the remote above, photographed room by room. It combines Sunbrella drapery with Roman shadings, chosen so the color holds in bright rooms facing the water.
Fort Lauderdale homes, room by room
Older houses with new glass and new towers with huge glass have very different needs.
Canal-side privacy
Back rooms face the water and the boats on it. Top-down shades and sheers keep light coming in over the sightline from the canal.
Renovated older homes
New impact sliders in a 1950s or 1960s house rarely match the original framing. We measure after the glass goes in and plan around the new trim.
High-rise units
Floor-to-ceiling glass and limited wall space suit ceiling-mounted motorized shades and drapery on tracks that tuck into the soffit.
Getting to Fort Lauderdale
A straight drive south
Fort Lauderdale is a short trip south and east of our showroom, so consultations, installs and service calls fit easily into our week.
Come up to West Sample Road to run the same Lutron and Hunter Douglas products used in the residence above, or have us bring samples to the house. Evening and Saturday appointments are available for clients who work downtown.
Hours
Mon to Fri, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. Evenings and Saturdays by appointment.
We're proud of our work. Read our reviews.
We ordered our Hunter Douglas blinds from Solun for our previous home and the experience was so professional and fair that we only went to Joseph at Solun for our blinds at our new home we recently moved into. We needed to change the order for one of our rooms and Joseph graciously made the change for us. His installation crew is very professional, neat and accurately installed our blinds. They are very knowledgeable and explained the motorized operation in easy to understand terms. I highly recommend Solun
Great service from start to finish. Carlos the sales person was 100% professional. He LISTENED to myself and my wife. And help guide thru the whole process. The installers were on time. Quick and cleaned up after themselves. Courteous and professional. Overall. 5 stars plus.
Been wanting new blinds for a long time and finally did it. Came out even better than I expected. The whole thing was easy from measuring to install and they look awesome. Definitely worth it.
Fort Lauderdale questions
Can I see your Fort Lauderdale work before I commit?
Yes. The room remote on this page uses photos of a real Fort Lauderdale waterfront home, shot with every treatment open, halfway and closed. You can also visit our Coral Springs showroom and operate the same kinds of shades and drapery yourself.
What works for privacy from passing boats?
We layer two treatments. A solar screen shade handles daytime glare and gives partial privacy while you still see out, and drapery or a room-darkening shade closes for full privacy. With motorization, both layers answer to one button or a preset scene.
Which fabrics hold up in a humid waterfront house?
Solution-dyed fabrics like Sunbrella keep their color in strong sun and resist mildew, which is why we use them for drapery near pools and open sliders. For shades, Hunter Douglas and Lutron screen fabrics are made for heavy sun. We show you samples at your windows before you decide.
