Window Treatments In Pekin
Custom Blinds, Shades, Shutters & Drapery in Pekin, IL
Solar Shield Blinds measures, builds and installs custom blinds, shades, shutters and drapery for Pekin homeowners. A Washington Street house with its original woodwork and a ranch on the President Streets need very different things at the window, so a Design Specialist comes to your door with samples and measures each opening on a free consultation.
Where We Work In Pekin
Where we work in Pekin
Downtown Pekin and the older blocks along Washington Street and Park Avenue, the Lady Streets and President Streets, the golf course neighborhoods at Sunset Hills and Lick Creek Estates, and the lake lots at Lake Whitehurst are all in our service area, and the visit costs nothing in any of them.
- Washington Street and Park AvenueBig houses from around 1900 and the decades after, with stained woodwork and tall windows. Shutters and wood blinds that respect the trim are what these rooms ask for.
- The Lady Streets and President StreetsRanches and two stories on established yards, with a picture window toward the street and a back bedroom that runs cold in January. Faux wood, honeycombs and a good screen fabric cover most of it.
- Sunset Hills and Lick Creek EstatesLarger, more open floor plans near the golf courses, a great room facing the back yard, and a patio that takes the full afternoon sun. Motors, banded shades and outdoor shade come up a lot here.
- Lake WhitehurstLakeside and wooded lots on two lakes, where the best windows face the water. Owners want the glare gone without losing the lake, and a covered deck that keeps the bugs out.
Shop By Product
Every product we offer, available in Pekin, IL
Each one measured in your home, quoted on the spot, and installed by our own team.
Roller Shades
Screen fabric that keeps the Lake Whitehurst view and drops the glare
Roller Shades In Pekin
Honeycomb Shades
Cellular shades for the cold back bedroom of a Pekin ranch
Honeycomb Shades In Pekin
Banded Shades
Sheer in the morning and private by supper in an open kitchen
Banded Shades In Pekin
Natural Woven Shades
Bamboo and grass that sit well beside original Park Avenue woodwork
Natural Woven Shades In Pekin
Wood & Faux Wood Blinds
Stained to match the trim, or faux wood for a mid century bathroom
Wood & Faux Wood Blinds In Pekin
Plantation Shutters
Built to the tall and arched windows of a Washington Street house
Plantation Shutters In PekinDrapery & Soft Treatments
Lined panels sewn in our own workroom for a formal front room
Drapery & Soft Treatments In Pekin
Automation
Motorized shades for great room glass that nobody can reach
Automation In Pekin
Exterior Patio Shades
Closes in a covered patio against the Central Illinois wind
Exterior Patio Shades In Pekin
Retractable Awnings
Shade on demand over a bare patio facing the fairway
Retractable Awnings In Pekin
Sliding Screens
Screens the front door on a cool evening and hides beside the frame by day
Sliding Screens In Pekin
Fixed Screens
Screens cut on site for the gable over a lakeside deck
Fixed Screens In PekinWhy Pekin Calls Us
Old woodwork, mid century ranches and lake lots, measured in one visit
Pekin calls tend to start with one room. In the older homes downtown and along Washington Street, it's a front parlor with stained trim that the owners refuse to cover with a cheap blind. On the President Streets and the Lady Streets, it's a living room where the picture window faces a neighbor across the street. Out at Sunset Hills, Lick Creek Estates and Lake Whitehurst, it's a great room with a wall of west glass and a TV nobody can watch after three. Solar Shield Blinds handles each of those with a different product, and the twelve product pages below explain them one by one.
A Design Specialist drives down to your Pekin home with samples of every product, because a stain has to be matched against your own trim and a screen fabric has to be judged in your own afternoon light. Every window is measured by us, arches and sidelights included, and the itemized quote is written at your kitchen table with no pressure, held for 180 days. Count on 4 to 6 weeks between ordering and install day for interior shades and blinds, and 8 to 10 weeks for shutters and exterior patio shades. Our Install Techs are full time employees, not subcontractors, and Free Temporary Shades go up on the windows you order for while you wait.
Everything we install carries our Carefree Guarantee. The lifetime product warranty transfers to the next owner if you sell, defects are repaired free for five years, and one Life Happens accident in that time is covered. On the patio side, keep in mind that a shade inside the glass cuts the glare on a west window but leaves the heat and the bugs outside right where they are, so for a covered deck at the lake or a slab behind a golf course home, the answer goes outside the house. We also serve nearby Peoria, East Peoria and Morton.
The Short Version
- Over 1,800 reviewsFive star reviews from across the web.
- Angi Super Service AwardAwarded every year from 2018 to 2024.
- Family owned since 2006Tim and Denise Sanders, not a franchise, with every Install Tech on the payroll.
- As seen on TVFeatured on Magnolia Network’s Bargain Mansions with host Tamara Day.
- The Carefree Guarantee180-Day Price, Best Price, You’ll Love It, Five Year Service, Life Happens, Lifetime Product, Transferable, Free Temporary Shades.
Our Process
Planned, measured, and installed by our team in Pekin
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Pekin home or office. We'll listen to what you're wanting to accomplish with your windows, take a good look at every opening, and explain the options that will actually work for them.
- On the spot quoteWe take the time to make sure you know exactly what you're getting, and you'll have a complete and exact quote before we leave, so there are no surprises on install day.
- Installed by our teamYour window treatments are custom built to the exact measurements of your windows, and when ready, professionally installed by our full time installers. Most projects are installed in less than a day.
Installed Work
This is what our finished installs look like
Straight Answers
Questions from Pekin homeowners
Yes. Pekin is part of our Central Illinois service area, and the consultation is free. A Design Specialist brings samples of every product to your home, measures each window, and writes your itemized quote before leaving. Our office is at 717 Sabrina Dr in East Peoria, also in Tazewell County, and it's open Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm.
Yes. Nothing we sell is cut from a stock size, so a window that has settled out of square over a century gets measured at the top, middle and bottom, and the product is built to those numbers. Where a frame is too far out to hide, we mount outside the trim and tell you why before anything is ordered.
Yes, and there are two, depending on the problem. If it's glare on the TV and the floors, a Roller Shade in a screen fabric takes it down and keeps the yard or the lake in view. If it's heat building up on a covered patio outside that glass, an Exterior Patio Shade stops the sun before it reaches the house, and your Design Specialist can price both on one visit.
Yes. Every window gets its own line on the quote, so you can see the cost of the living room, the bedrooms and the bathroom separately and decide what to do first. Your pricing stays put for 180 days while you decide, and Synchrony offers up to 18 months at 0% interest if you'd like to spread it out.
Yes, when it's planned that way. Honeycomb Shades face the street in white no matter what color faces the room, and blinds and shutters read as one clean line from the sidewalk. Your Design Specialist shows you the outside face of each sample so the front of a President Streets ranch or a Washington Street house looks finished from the curb.
Yes. Every product we put in a Pekin home carries our Carefree Guarantee: lifetime product coverage that passes to the buyer if you move, free repair of defects for five years, and one Life Happens fix for an accident. And if a product isn't what you hoped once it's up, there are 30 days to trade it for one of equal or lesser value.
Nearby
Also serving the towns around Pekin
We serve all of Pekin, IL, including Downtown Pekin, Washington Street, Park Avenue, the Lady Streets, the President Streets, Sunset Hills, Lick Creek Estates and Lake Whitehurst. ZIP codes 61554, 61555.