Downers Grove, Illinois
Blinds, Shades & Shutters in Downers Grove, IL
This is a Downers Grove front room before and after. Same windows, same furniture, same gray October afternoon — the only thing that changed is what is on the glass.
Local knowledge
Blinds, Shades & Shutters in Downers Grove
The before photo is a room a lot of Downers Grove homeowners will recognize: tall windows with handsome trim, a street view you quite like, and absolutely nothing to control the light. The fabric panels at the edges are decorative; they are not doing any work. By mid-afternoon the sun is across the sofa and the hardwood, and by evening anyone on the sidewalk can see straight in.
The after photo shows the fix. Light-filtering shades are mounted below the transoms, so the upper glass still frames the treetops and keeps the room feeling tall, while the lower two thirds get privacy and diffused light. Nothing was changed structurally, the panels the owners already had stayed where they were, and the room reads as considered rather than covered up.
Serving Downers Grove since 1998
Free in-home consultation · professional measurement · installation by our own team · ultrasonic cleaning and repair on what you already own.
Where we work in Downers Grove
- Downtown Downers Grove
- Tivoli Theatre
- Main Street
- Hillcrest
- Denburn Woods
- Belmont
- Lyman Woods
- Downers Grove North & South
Before & after
The same room, twice
Specified for this town
What we recommend most in Downers Grove
Three Hunter Douglas products that suit Downers Grove’s housing and light. We will show you the full range on site.
Recommended in Downers Grove
Vignette® Modern Roman Shades
Soft, evenly spaced folds in light-filtering fabric — the register that suits Downers Grove's older housing stock without fighting the trim.
Recommended in Downers Grove
Duette® Cellular Shades
Where the windows are original or single-glazed, the insulating honeycomb does real work on comfort as well as light.
Recommended in Downers Grove
Heritance® Wood Shutters
100% natural hardwood with an Integra™ finish, in 20+ colors plus custom matching — at home in the Sears-kit and Victorian stock near downtown.
Downers Grove questions
Asked and answered
Should I cover the transom windows above?
Usually not. Leaving the upper glass bare keeps the ceiling feeling high and preserves the view of the trees, which is most of why those windows exist. We only cover transoms when they are throwing direct sun onto something that will fade.
Can you work around panels I already own?
Often, yes — the room above kept its existing side panels and rods. We do not sell fabric panels ourselves, so there is nothing in it for us either way; we will simply tell you honestly whether the proportions will work.
If your front room looks like the first photo, a blinds, shades and shutters sales and installation company in Downers Grove can make it look like the second in about two weeks.