Black screen shades that disappear into black window frames in a Castle Rock custom home

Overview

The pines around this lot already give the house all the privacy it needs. What the owners worried about was the sun. Big windows all through the house meant hard Colorado light on new hardwood floors and furniture every day.

So the brief was unusual: protect the inside of the house without closing it off from the trees that made the lot worth building on.

Motorized Designer Screen Shades throughout

Screen shades soften the sun and cut its effect on the room while you still see out. With privacy off the list, there was no reason to use anything heavier.

With 22 windows, motorization was part of the answer, not an extra. Nobody wants to walk the house raising and lowering 22 shades by hand.

Black fabric for black frames

The house has black window frames, so we chose black screen fabric. Raised, the shades sink into the frames and almost disappear. Lowered, they read as part of the window rather than something added to it.

Why screen shades were the right choice

The best covering here was not the one that blocked the most light or gave the most privacy. It was the one that solved the actual problem: sun on the floors, with the view kept.

Project timeline

Six weeks from the first consultation to installed shades.