Old Sills, Open Fields and New Subdivisions
Window treatments in Rehoboth, MA have two very different kinds of house to dress. Along Winthrop Street and Route 44 stand antique colonials and farmhouses on large lots, many with small, deep-set windows and sills wide enough to hold a row of plants. Off Bay State Road, the newer colonial subdivisions have larger, regular windows built to modern sizes. A treatment that suits one rarely suits the other without changes.
The antique houses bring a second question. Several sit in open agricultural settings with no near neighbours, so there is nothing outside to screen a window at night, and a lit room can be seen from a long way across a field. Privacy there comes from the treatment alone.
- Every blind, shade, shutter and drape made to measure
- Measuring in your home, installation by our own team
- Samples to compare at the Swansea showroom
What We Make for Rehoboth Houses
Plantation shutters
Interior shutters fitted inside a deep antique frame, leaving the wide sill free.
Drapes and curtains
Lined drapes that close a farmhouse room off completely after dark. Our genuine specialty.
Cellular shades
Single or double cell fabric that holds air at the glass, a good partner for older sash.
Custom blinds
Wood, faux wood, aluminium and vertical blinds, each made for its own opening.
Roman shades
Flat, hobbled or relaxed folds in a fabric you choose, sized to a small colonial window.
Woven wood shades
Natural weaves with an optional liner, warm against old plaster and beams.
Roller shades
Roller and solar screen fabrics that sit neatly inside a deep reveal.
Custom fabric decor
Pillows, duvet covers and some upholstery in the same cloth as your drapes.
Norman window fashions
The Norman range of blinds, shades and shutters, on show in our showroom.
Motorized blinds and shades
Remote or wall switch operation for tall foyer glass in the newer colonials.
Vertical blinds
Vanes on a single track for sliders out to a deck or a back field.
Blind and shade repair
Restringing, cords, wands and headrails on blinds and shades you already own.
Antique Windows Along Winthrop Street and Route 44
The older farmhouses and colonials on the main roads were built with small windows set deep into thick walls, and that depth is the first thing we measure. It decides whether a treatment can sit inside the frame or has to hang outside it, and in an antique house the answer can change from one window to the next. Walls settle over time, frames go slightly out of square, and two windows that look the same from the lawn can differ by a noticeable amount once a tape is on them.
A deep reveal is good news for an inside mount. A cellular shade, a roller shade or a set of shutters can sit back in the opening, flush with the plaster, and leave the trim fully on show. Because the treatment sits well back from the room, the window still looks like a window, which matters in a house where the old woodwork is part of the appeal.
The wide sills ask for a decision of their own. Many owners use them for plants, books or a lamp, and they want to keep that shelf. A shade or blind mounted near the glass leaves the sill free. A drape hung outside the frame covers it, so when a sill is in daily use we usually suggest a treatment inside the opening and, if you want softness, a pair of side panels that frame the window without crossing it.
Small windows, big rooms
Antique rooms often have low ceilings and only two or three small windows, so every bit of daylight counts. A treatment with a bulky stack at the top can block a surprising share of a small window when it is raised. We look for options that clear the glass: a Roman shade with a shallow fold, a cellular shade that compresses tight, or shutters that swing fully open to the side.
Colour plays its part too. A pale fabric or a white louvre keeps a low room feeling lighter, while a deep tone can make a small window look smaller still. If the walls are a strong colour, as they often are in an older house, we bring samples so you can see the treatment against your own paint.
Privacy where there are no neighbours
On an open lot, the view out is often the reason for the house, and nobody wants to lose it by day. At night the picture reverses. With no houses, trees or fences nearby, a lit room on the ground floor is on show to the road and the fields around it, and a sheer or a light shade is not enough.
There are two good ways to handle this. The first is a layered window: a light filtering shade for the day, and lined drapes on top that draw fully across in the evening. The second is a single treatment that does both jobs, such as a top down, bottom up cellular shade, which can drop from the top to let light in over a lower section that stays covered, then close completely at night. Shutters do the same with their louvres, tilted up for daylight and closed tight after dark.
Bedrooms in these houses usually want the most cover, since there is no streetlight or neighbour to soften the dark and early sun comes straight across open ground. A room darkening fabric or a blackout liner on the drapes keeps a bedroom properly dim.
Sun across open ground
Rooms that face south or west over a field take the full afternoon sun with nothing in the way, and in summer that can fade a rug or a sofa and make a room hard to sit in. A solar screen roller shade cuts the glare while keeping the view, and the openness of the weave decides how much of the outlook you still see. A tighter weave gives more shade, a looser one more view. For a farmhouse kitchen or a sunny back porch room, a woven wood shade does a similar job with more texture, the light coming through the weave in soft, broken strips, and a liner can be added where the room needs more privacy.
Window treatments for Rehoboth, MA farmhouse kitchens
Farmhouse kitchens often have a window over the sink, another beside the back door and sometimes a small one high on the wall. Steam and splashes rule out some fabrics at the sink, so faux wood blinds or a moisture tolerant roller shade are the usual choices there. Cafe-style shutters that cover the lower half of a window are another option, keeping the view of the yard from the counter while screening the lower glass. The back door window takes a slim shade or blind mounted to the door itself, so it moves when the door opens.
Ready to Get Started? Book Your Free Quote
Call the Swansea store for a free quote, or come and see the samples in person.
Window Treatments Rehoboth, MA Colonial Subdivisions Need
The newer colonials off Bay State Road are a more regular job, and that makes them a good place to plan window treatments for Rehoboth, MA as a whole house rather than room by room. Windows tend to repeat in standard sizes across the front, the bedrooms share one size, and the main living spaces open into each other. What changes is the light and the use of each room.
Front windows read as a set from the street, so we usually keep the same colour and style on every window facing the road, even when the rooms behind them use different products. A white faux wood blind in a front bathroom and a white cellular shade in the dining room can look like one choice from outside.
Two-storey foyers and family rooms are common in these houses, with a tall window or an arched top that no one can reach. These are the windows where a motorized shade earns its place. It raises and lowers by remote or a wall switch, so the top window opens to the morning and closes against the afternoon sun without a ladder. You can see how we approach this on the main motorized blinds page.
Kitchens and family rooms in the newer houses often open onto a deck through a slider. Vertical blinds on a single track handle that opening well, drawing clear to one side when the door is in use. A panel track with wider fabric panels is the softer alternative where the room leans more toward a living space.
Matching old and new in one house
Plenty of antique farmhouses have been extended, and some newer colonials were built to look old. Either way, the house may have a few small antique windows and a few large modern ones, sometimes in the same room. The trick is to pick a treatment that works at both sizes. Roman shades in one fabric can be made narrow for an old window and wide for a new one, and they still read as a pair. Shutters do the same, with the louvre size kept constant across every panel.
Stairways, landings and odd windows
Older houses keep a few windows that fit no pattern: a narrow one on a stair landing, a small square window tucked under the eaves, a pair of tiny lights beside a chimney. These are the openings that a shop never stocks for, and they are often left bare for years. Each one is measured like any other and given a treatment in the same colour or fabric as the rooms around it, so the landing window matches the hall and the eaves window matches the bedroom. A slim aluminium blind or a compact cellular shade is usually the neatest fit for the smallest of them.
How a Rehoboth Order Runs
Here is the order of things, start to finish. Someone from the store keeps you posted at each stage until the last shade is up.
- First contact. Ring through on the call button or fill in the form, mention the rooms on your list, and we set up a free quote.
- A visit to the house. A specialist measures each window on site, notes its depth, how wide the sill runs and anything nearby, such as a radiator underneath or a beam overhead.
- Choosing. Fabrics, finishes and controls are picked from samples brought to the house, or on a trip to the showroom.
- The quote. Every window appears as its own line, so nothing is a guess.
- Making. Each piece is built to the sizes taken on that visit.
- Fitting. Our installers hang everything, test that it lifts, lowers and tilts properly, and walk you through it before they leave.
Drapes, the store’s specialty
Drapes and curtains are the work Window Works is best known for, and they suit Rehoboth’s older houses well. Lined panels add warmth to a room with thin old glass, soften the sound of a plaster wall, and close a window off fully at night on an open lot. In a farmhouse parlour or dining room, a simple pleated drape on a plain rod looks right without fuss.
Fabric comes first. We start with how the room is used, how much light it should keep and what the walls and floors already bring, then look at weight, lining and heading. A sheer under a heavier drape gives you two settings at one window. The full range is on our custom drapes page, and the same fabric can be carried into pillows, a duvet cover or some upholstery so a room ties together.
Warmth at old glass
Antique windows are often single glazed or fitted with older storms, and a room can feel cool near the glass on a windy day. A cellular shade traps air in its cells, which is why a room with one holds its heat better. A double cell holds a little more. Paired with lined drapes, it makes the window the snuggest part of the wall rather than the coldest. More on the shades themselves is on our cellular shades page.
Caring for what you already own
If a blind or shade you already have has a frayed cord, a wand that no longer turns or a headrail that sticks, our team can look at restringing it or replacing the part. It is often a repair rather than a replacement, and it can be booked along with a quote for new windows.
A Swansea Family Store Since 1988
Window Works opened in Swansea in 1988, and the second generation of the family runs it today. Over 37 years the store has worked in farmhouses, capes and new builds from the SouthCoast to the Rhode Island East Bay, with inland Rehoboth well inside that circle.
- Window treatment specialists with long experience, rather than a sales counter
- A plan made for your particular house
- Someone measures on site, and our own installers hang the finished work
- Regular updates from first visit to final fitting
- Warranties are offered on the products we sell
A single deep parlour window gets the same care as a whole subdivision colonial.
Bring Your Swatches to Swansea
The Swansea showroom is a straightforward drive south from Rehoboth. It is the place to compare window treatments for your Rehoboth home side by side: lift a cellular shade, tilt a shutter louvre, feel the weight of a drapery lining and see how a fabric looks in daylight.
Bring a paint chip, a photo of the room or a note of your window sizes if you have them. The showroom also carries the Norman range of blinds, shades and shutters, so you can see those in person too.
Questions from Rehoboth
Can a shade sit inside a deep antique window frame?
Usually, yes. We measure the depth of every frame, and a deep reveal often takes an inside mount that leaves the trim and most of the sill clear. Where a frame is shallow or out of square, we suggest the mount that will look neatest.
Our house has no neighbours nearby. What gives the most privacy at night?
Lined drapes that close fully, room darkening shades, or shutters with the louvres shut. A top down, bottom up shade gives you daylight and cover together during the day.
Can you treat the tall windows in a two-storey foyer?
Yes. A motorized shade works well there, raised and lowered by remote or wall switch so nobody needs a ladder.
Will old and new windows in the same room match?
They can. We make one style, fabric or louvre size in different widths so a small antique window and a large modern one read as a pair.
Is the quote free?
Yes, the quote is free. Use the call button or the form and we will arrange a time to measure in your home.
Getting Started from Rehoboth
The easiest first step is a free quote. Tap the call button to reach the Swansea store, where you can set up measuring at the house or ask how installation works, or fill in the form and someone will get back to you. Prefer to handle the fabrics first? Directions to the showroom sit on the contact page. Window Works is rated 5.0 on Google, and the full product list lives on our window treatments page.
Window Works serves 25 towns across the SouthCoast and the Rhode Island East Bay; you can see them all on our service areas page.