Custom Window Treatments in Scarborough

Yes, throughout Scarborough — Higgins Beach, Pine Point, Prouts Neck, Dunstan, Eight Corners, the golf-course communities, and the newer neighborhoods off Route 1 and Payne Road. Scarborough is one of our busiest service areas because so many homes here have the larger windows and open plans that benefit most from custom work. We start with a free in-home consultation, and our Portland showroom is about fifteen minutes away when you want to see full-size samples in person.

For large-scale glass, we usually recommend designer roller shades, solar shades, banded shades, or woven shades — products that stay visually clean at big widths — and for very wide openings, treatments engineered to span them without bowing or sagging. The two mistakes to avoid are a treatment that looks too small for the opening and one that is a chore to operate every day. That second problem is why most large-window projects in Scarborough end up motorized: a ten-foot shade you can raise with one tap gets used; one you have to wrestle does not.

Solar shades are built for exactly this. The fabric’s openness factor (usually 1% to 10%) determines how much view you keep and how much glare and UV you block — a tighter weave gives more protection, a more open weave preserves the view. Sheer shadings do something similar with a softer, more finished look. In bright Scarborough great rooms we often measure the exposure first, because a south- or west-facing wall of glass needs a different fabric than a north-facing one.

Yes. The shading systems we install integrate with Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Apple HomeKit, and with dedicated whole-home lighting-control systems, so one button press can set the lights, lower the shades, and create a complete scene: “Movie,” “Dinner,” “Goodnight.” If your Scarborough home already runs on a smart platform — or you are planning one — we design the shade side to plug into it cleanly, and we coordinate with your integrator when a project calls for it.

If you are at the framing stage, it is worth a conversation. Hardwired shade motors never need recharging and are the most robust choice for large or numerous windows, and running low-voltage wiring during construction is far cheaper than retrofitting later. That said, today’s rechargeable battery motors are so good that many new builds skip wiring entirely. We are happy to walk the plans with you or your builder and flag which openings justify wire and which do not — before the drywall goes up.

Plan on a few weeks, not months. It starts with an in-home consultation where we look at light, privacy, and how each room is used. We then measure every opening precisely, place the custom order, and schedule installation once everything arrives — typically several weeks after ordering, depending on the product and season. Installation itself usually takes a day for most homes. Many Scarborough clients phase larger projects room by room, which works well; we keep the design consistent so later phases match.