Specialty Shape Window Solutions by Solar Shield Blinds

Virtually any. Arched, angle top, eyebrow arched, oval, octagon and hexagon windows all have an option, and so do the ones we don't have a name for yet. The shape and the size decide whether the covering operates or stays fixed, and your Design Specialist will tell you which at the consultation, before anything is ordered.

Plantation Shutters. A shutter is the one product that can be built to follow every line of the opening and still give you louvers that tilt and panels that swing open on hinges, so light and privacy stay in your hands. Honeycomb, Roller and Roman Shades each earn their place on certain shapes, and that comes down to the window in front of us.

No. A shaped window is templated on site rather than measured with a tape. We make a pattern of the actual opening, the covering is built to that template, and then it's hung true. Nothing comes off a stock chart, which is why an arch, a french door and a plain bedroom window in the same house can all look like they were meant to be there.

That depends on the shape and size of the window and on what sits below it. A honeycomb arch comes as a stationary fan-fold or a fully functional motorized arch, and a shutter arch tilts like the rest of the panel. If the window under the arch is already covered and operable, a stationary arch above it keeps the look clean. If the arch is the only glass in the room, build it to move.

Roller Shades want straight lines, so we use them on angle top and trapezoid windows, where a stationary shade matches the other Roller Shades in the lower windows of the room. We do have access to some arched options, but for a true curve the answer is nearly always a Plantation Shutter or a honeycomb arch.

Yes. Roman Shades and Natural Woven Roman Shades can be made with a specialty shaped valance that follows the curve or the angle, leaving room for a functional shade to mount below it. The shade below runs on a cordless lift, a chain loop or a motor through our Solar Shield Blinds Automation options, so the architecture stays on show and the room still gets its privacy.

Yes. Every product we carry can be motorized. Rechargeable motors need no wiring in an existing house, honeycomb arches come as fully functional motorized arches, and Roman Shades under a shaped valance run through our Solar Shield Blinds Automation options: a remote, the app on your phone or tablet, wall switches, or your voice.

Plantation Shutters run 8 to 10 weeks from order to install, and the other interior treatments average 4 to 6 weeks, shaped or not. You won't sit behind bare glass in the meantime: we hang free paper temporary shades on every window you order for, right away, and take them down on install day. Most projects are installed in less than a day by our own full time Install Techs.

Yes, and gladly. A good share of these jobs reach us because somebody else already said no, and that is the whole point of the YES Experience: if there's a solution for a tricky installation we'll use it, and if there isn't one we'll develop it. Send a photo with something in frame for scale and we'll tell you honestly whether it's a straightforward job, a template job, or one of the rare ones that genuinely can't be covered.