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.
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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.
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