Window Treatments Serving the Asheville Area
2 local businesses listed
Window treatments are the last thing anyone budgets for and the first thing people notice in a finished room. They are also doing more work than decoration in this housing stock.
A lot of homes around Asheville still have their original single-pane windows, and replacing them is expensive enough that most people put it off for years. Cellular shades are the treatment that measurably slows heat loss through those openings — not a substitute for new windows, but a real difference on a north-facing room in January for a fraction of the cost. On the other side of the year, west-facing glass on an open mountain lot takes afternoon sun that no amount of air conditioning fully answers, which is where exterior shades and window tint earn their place.
The companies here handle blinds, shades, plantation shutters, draperies, cellular shades, tint, and motorized systems, and most measure and install rather than selling you a box to hang yourself.
That last part matters more than it sounds. Older houses in this region are full of openings that are not quite square and not quite standard, and on those, measurement is the whole job.
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The Blind Guide
The Blind Guide sells and installs custom window treatments, working Asheville, Candler, and the surrounding Western North Carolina area from Waynesville. The company has been independent since 2014 and also runs an operation north of Atlanta. The product range covers blinds, shades, plantation shutters, cellular shades, and window tint. Cellular shades are the ones worth asking about in an older house — they are the treatment that actually does something measurable for heat loss on single-pane windows, which a lot of housing stock here still has. They measure and install rather than selling you a box to hang yourself. On anything but a standard rectangular opening, that is the part that determines whether the finished job looks custom or looks close.
- Residential
The Superior Finish, Inc.
The Superior Finish has been on Broadview Road in Waynesville since 1986. Despite a name that sounds like a painting company, the business is custom window treatments and upholstery. They cover blinds, shutters, draperies, motorized awnings, and exterior shades, and they keep an in-house team of craftspeople and installers rather than subcontracting the fabrication. Upholstery is a real part of the business, which is increasingly hard to find — reupholstering a good frame usually beats replacing it, and there are fewer shops every year that will take the work. They work with local designers and builders as well as directly with homeowners, and they are open Saturday mornings, which most trade showrooms are not.
- Residential