Blinds, Shades and Shutters · the Lowcountry
Sun and humidity wear out window coverings faster than anything else here. West-facing glass, sunrooms and big windows toward the marsh or beach fade fabrics and warp cheap materials, and damp air can leave mildew on fabric shades in a house closed up for the season. Plantation shutters are common, and motorized shades on a timer suit second homes where nobody is around to open and close them.
Ask whether the materials hold up in humidity, whether measuring and installation are included, and who handles warranty repairs on motors. Interior shutters are not storm protection; that is a separate trade.
Mildew on fabric shades usually means the AC isn't pulling the humidity down in a closed-up house. Fix that first, or you'll be buying shades again.
Based in the Lowcountry
VerifiedBased in BlufftonPlay Custom Home Technology keeps a showroom on Persimmon Street in Bluffton, covering audio and video, lighting and window treatments. The showroom itself and knowledgeable staff come up in reviews.
VerifiedBased in BlufftonCoastal Shading Studio designs and installs motorized and architectural window shading, drapery and outdoor shades from an office on Persimmon Street in Bluffton, according to its website. The family-owned studio works with Lutron controls and ties shades into smart-home systems, and it takes projects from homeowners, interior designers, architects and custom builders around Bluffton and Hilton Head.
Lanai jobs and screen doors dominate the reviews for Screenmobile of Hilton Head & Pooler, along with vinyl windows and installers who arrive on time and stay courteous. The company works from Short Cut Road in Ridgeland and covers Bluffton too.
Installers get most of the attention in reviews of Budget Blinds of Hilton Head Island, with people noting fast, tidy installs of shades, blinds and plantation shutters. The franchise works from Sheridan Park Circle in Bluffton and covers Hilton Head as well.
Lutron shades, Kaleidescape systems, Josh AI voice control and TV and art lifts are all on the menu at Advanced Integrated Controls, on Red Cedar Street in Bluffton. AIC designs, sells and installs home theaters and automation, along with whole-house and outdoor audio, Sonos systems, mirror and outdoor TVs, networking, central vacuum systems and digital signage.
John and Ruth Iannazzo opened Liberty Wallcoverings and Window Blinds in 1985, according to the store, and their children Kim and John Jr. now work alongside them on Cardinal Road on Hilton Head Island. The shop carries Hunter Douglas blinds, shades and shutters, including the Alustra collection, plus wallpaper, fabric, sheers, drapery and valances.
Timeless Interiors, a women-owned furniture store and design center on Bluffton Parkway by its own description, does a lot of home staging for real estate listings and model homes. Its website puts in-stock furniture at over 110,000 square feet and says the staging work has appeared on HGTV.
Awnings and storm protection sit next to the usual blinds and shades at Seaglass Windowscapes, a showroom on Pennington Drive in Bluffton. Its site lists plantation shutters, hurricane, Bahama, accordion and rolling shutters, storm panels, Crimsafe screens, louvered-roof pergolas, retractable awnings and Luminette, Pirouette and Silhouette shades.
Porch screens are a big part of the work at Southern Custom Shutters, a Bluffton-based company that installs Fenetex and other motorized screens and outdoor shades along with interior plantation shutters, blinds and roller shades. Bahama and exterior shutters are on the list too.
Shop at Home is the model at Melissa's Blinds & Design: samples of draperies, plantation shutters, blinds and shades come to the house. The family company is based in Port Royal and also works on Hilton Head Island, where it says it has built custom homes for more than 35 years.
Window tinting and upholstery are part of the mix at Patriot Blinds & More, which covers the Savannah and Hilton Head area from Hardeeville and has other offices in North Carolina and Georgia, per its site. It sells and installs interior shades, shutters, blinds and drapes, including Graber products and motorized options, along with retractable awnings and exterior solar screens.
Faux wood and vertical blinds, roller, solar, cellular, woven wood and Roman shades, and shutters make up the product list at Budget Blinds of Beaufort on Sea Island Parkway. Consultations happen in the home and are free, and the franchise advertises its warranties.
Cushions are only part of it. Just Cushions & Upholstery, open on New Orleans Road on Hilton Head Island since 1994 by its own account, builds custom furniture and beds, reupholsters and repairs pieces, and sews slipcovers, cornice boards and indoor and outdoor cushions, all in-house.
In-home service is the setup at Bluffton Blinds, shades and shutters, which works out of Stratford Drive in Bluffton and sells blinds, shades and shutters. Hours run 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
Open Tuesday through Saturday, Seaside Window Treatment runs a Beaufort store on Port Republic Street and a second one in the Charleston area. Inside the house it handles blinds, cellular, roller, banded and Roman shades, plantation shutters, drapery and motorized treatments, and outside it installs Bahama, colonial, accordion and roll-down shutters, storm panels and exterior shades.
Opened in 2004, per the company, Coastal Chic Home Furnishings is a family-run store on Plantation Park Drive in Bluffton, with a second location in Savannah. The showroom, which it puts at more than 10,000 square feet, carries upholstery, beds, dining tables, rugs, art and accessories in a coastal style, and Google also lists window treatments and interior design.
On Gay Drive in Beaufort, Woodshop is filed under window treatments. The workmanship is what reviewers single out.
Hurricane and decorative shutters have been Windward Shutters' business since 1996, according to its site, which also calls it the oldest specialty shutter installer in South Carolina. Working from Port Royal for customers there and in Bluffton, it installs Bahama, colonial and porch privacy shutters, accordion and rolldown shutters, hurricane and fabric storm panels, garage louvers, retractable screens and Crimsafe.
In-house seamstresses and fabricators make the draperies, valances and custom bedding at Carolina Window Designs, a showroom on Hunter Road on Hilton Head Island. It also sells plantation shutters, shades, blinds and motorized treatments, works with designers and builders as well as homeowners, and claims more than 15 years in the business.
Window Fashions of Hilton Head sells window treatments from Hunter Road on Hilton Head Island. Its Google profile gives no further details on products or services.
The Blind Side of Bluffton has a storefront on Fording Island Road and is open Saturdays as well as weekdays. Google lists it as a window treatment and home improvement store.
Expert Installation & Repair works on Hilton Head Island and is filed by Google as a window treatment store. The one service it lists is one-time interior house cleaning.
Custom window coverings since 1983 is the claim from The Windows of Hilton Head, which works out of Coastal Drive in Bluffton and covers Hilton Head Island and Okatie too. It sells shutters, including basswood, blinds, honeycomb, roller and woven wood shades, vertical blinds and draperies, and repairs blinds and shades as well as installing them.
A free design consultation at the home or office comes with Elegant Windows & Decor, which works from Destiny Drive in Ridgeland. Samples of fabrics, shades and shutters come along, and the company handles installation.
American Shutter Co has an address on Levy Road in Hardeeville and is filed under window treatment stores. No services or hours are posted.
Serves the area from nearby
A Savannah franchise on East Victory Drive, Budget Blinds of Savannah sells and installs blinds, shades, shutters and drapery and runs free in-home design consultations. The website also covers motorized blinds and shades with Somfy and Lutron systems, outdoor shades and awnings.
Plantation shutters are what most customers write about at Savannah Blinds Shutters and Shades, a White Bluff Road shop in Savannah that dates itself to 2008. Beyond interior shutters, wood blinds and honeycomb and woven wood shades, it sells storm protection: hurricane shutters and panels, Bahama, accordion and rolling shutters, plus exterior screens, retractable and stationary awnings, Corradi louvered roofs and even boat window treatments.
Under new ownership, by its own account, Budget Blinds of Pooler and Statesboro has opened a showroom on North Godley Station Boulevard in Pooler, Georgia. It sells custom blinds, shades and shutters, including motorized options, and handles the installation.
A Richmond Hill, Georgia, window covering company that also covers Bluffton, Seagrass Shades does in-home consultations, measures each window and installs the finished product. The lineup includes custom blinds, plantation shutters, roller and Roman shades, curtains and motorized blinds and shades.
By appointment only, Savannah Window Fashions works with homeowners and interior designers from a Savannah studio on Roger Lacey Avenue and takes jobs in Georgia and South Carolina, Bluffton included. Custom drapery panels, designer fabrics, trims and hardware are the core, along with shades, blinds, shutters, motorized treatments and soft furnishings, and it handles design, measuring, fabrication and installation.
Palmetto Shutter Company advertises locally made products from its showroom on Gregory Street in Savannah, and its site says it has served the Georgia coast and South Carolina Lowcountry since 2005. Plantation shutters lead the list, followed by wood and faux wood blinds, cellular, woven wood, Roman and sheer shades, solar screens and Hunter Douglas lines.
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