Window Treatments and Blinds for Attleboro, MA Homes

Bays, Transoms and Split-Levels

Attleboro has three quite different kinds of house, and that is the starting point for window treatments in Attleboro, MA. Near downtown and up on Oak Hill, the Victorians and older colonials have bay windows that angle out from the wall and transoms set high above doors and windows. Off Route 123, the mid-century split-levels have a wide front window on the upper level and smaller windows half a flight down. In South Attleboro, the ranches stretch out on one floor with a picture window, a row of bedroom windows and often a slider to the yard.

None of those openings is a stock size. A bay has three or more panes at angles to each other, a transom is an arch or a narrow strip, and a split-level picture window is wider than most shelf blinds go. That is why we measure every window where it is and make each treatment to fit.

• Every treatment made to its own opening
• Measured in your home, installed by our team
• Samples to compare at the Swansea showroom

What We Make for Attleboro Houses

Plantation shutters

Louvred panels hung in a frame built for each opening, a fine match for the deep trim of an Oak Hill colonial.

Plantation shutters in Attleboro

Custom drapes

Drapery is our specialty. Panels sized for a Victorian bay or a long split-level window, in the fabric you pick.

Custom drapes in Attleboro

Cellular shades

Single or double cell fabric that holds air at the glass, so a drafty older room keeps more of its heat.

Cellular shades in Attleboro

Roman shades

Flat, hobbled or relaxed folds, a soft choice for each pane of a bay with the fabric carried across all of them.

Roman shades in Attleboro

Custom blinds

Wood, faux wood and aluminium slats for ranch bedrooms, kitchens and the lower rooms of a split-level.

Custom blinds in Attleboro

Roller shades

A simple roll of fabric or solar screen, chosen by how much view and glare you want at each window.

Roller shades in Attleboro

Vertical blinds

Turning vanes hung across the slider of a South Attleboro ranch, with sliding fabric panels as the softer option.

Vertical blinds in Attleboro

Woven wood shades

Bamboo, reed and grass weaves let a dappled light through. Add a liner wherever a bedroom faces the street.

Woven wood in Attleboro

Motorized blinds and shades

Raise and lower a shade by remote or a switch on the wall, handy for a transom or a high window you cannot reach.

Motorized shades in Attleboro

Norman window fashions

Norman blinds, shades and shutters are a range we carry, and the Swansea showroom has them out to try.

Norman in Attleboro

Custom fabric decor

Cushions and duvet covers sewn from your drapery fabric, so the sofa and the bed pick up the window.

Fabric decor in Attleboro

Window Treatments in Attleboro, MA: Where to Begin

Anyone weighing up window treatments in Attleboro, MA does best to start with the house rather than with a product. The questions are practical. How much light does the room get, and when? Who can see in from the street? Is the window easy to reach? Does the room need to stay warm in winter? The answers differ between a tall Victorian parlour, a split-level family room and a ranch bedroom, so the right choice differs too.

Below we walk through each kind of Attleboro house in turn, then how an order runs from the first call to the day we install.

The bay windows of the older houses near the centre

A bay is one of the best features an older house can have, and one of the hardest windows to dress well. It usually has a centre pane flanked by two angled side panes, sometimes more, and each one has its own width. The side panes often meet the centre pane at a narrow post, so there is very little room for a headrail to turn the corner.

We handle a bay one pane at a time. Each side gets its own shade, blind or shutter panel, sized so they meet neatly at the posts without gaps of light or treatments clashing as they raise. Roman shades are a favourite here, because the same fabric runs across all three panes and the folds stack softly at the top. Cellular shades suit a bay that faces north or loses heat, since the cells hold air against the glass. Plantation shutters turn a bay into a built-in feature, with a frame made for each angle.

Many bays also take drapery. A curved or angled rod can carry panels around the whole bay, so the shades handle light and privacy by day and the drapes close across at night. Our custom drapes page explains how we make them.

Transoms and arched tops

Transoms are the other feature that marks the older Attleboro houses. A strip of glass above a door, a fanlight over an entry or an arch on top of a tall window lets in light that you may want, or may want to soften. These shapes are exactly what a shop-bought treatment cannot cover.

Often the best answer is to leave a transom clear and treat the window below it, so the light from above still reaches the room. Where a transom faces strong afternoon sun or a neighbour’s window, a fixed shade or a shutter panel shaped to it can be made. For a transom you cannot reach, motorized shades with a remote or a wall switch take away the need for a ladder.

We look at each transom on the measuring visit and tell you plainly what is worth doing and what is better left as it is.

Split-levels off Route 123

The mid-century split-levels off Route 123 have a layout that shapes every decision. The upper level usually carries the living room with a broad picture window facing the street, plus bedrooms behind it. The lower level, half a flight down, has a family room whose windows sit close to the ground and close to the yard.

The upstairs picture window is the main event. It is wide and often shallow in its frame, so an inside mount may not be possible. A single wide treatment can be heavy, so we look at whether two or three shades side by side, each lifting on its own, will work better day to day. Cellular and roller shades both suit a picture window, and drapes either side add softness without blocking the view.

The lower-level windows are about privacy. They are low enough that anyone walking past sees straight in. A top-down shade, which lowers from the top while the bottom stays closed, keeps daylight coming in over a privacy band. Faux wood blinds also work well, tilted upward so light gets in and eyes do not.

South Attleboro ranches

The ranches in South Attleboro put everything on one floor, which means every window faces the yard or the road at eye level. They tend to share a pattern: a picture window in the living room, matching bedroom windows down a hallway, a small window over the kitchen sink and a sliding door to a patio or deck.

Matching is the key to a ranch. From the street the front windows read as one row, so they usually look best with the same colour and style even if the rooms behind them differ. Inside, the slider is the window most likely to have been left bare. Vertical blinds are made for it, with vanes that turn to angle the light and draw aside for the door. A panel track, with wide fabric panels that slide on a track, is a softer choice for the same opening.

From Your First Call to the Last Bracket

Here is the order of things for an Attleboro job. Someone from the store keeps you posted at each step, and stays in touch until everything is up and working.

1. Tell us about the house through the call button or the form. Mention the bay, the transoms or the split-level picture window if you have them, and we set up a free quote.
2. A specialist visits to measure. Bays are taken pane by pane, transoms are traced for their shape, and the depth of each frame is noted so we know whether a treatment can sit inside it.
3. You pick the fabric, the slat, the colour and the lift, either from samples carried to the house or on a trip to Swansea where everything hangs side by side.
4. The quote arrives window by window, so nothing is hidden in a lump sum.
5. Each piece is made to those Attleboro measurements, not to the nearest standard width.
6. Our installers fit everything, run every shade and blind up and down, set the tilt and the stack, and walk you through the controls.
7. Should anything want adjusting afterwards, ring the same Swansea store and we come back to it.

Light, privacy and warmth, room by room

Each room in an Attleboro house asks for a different balance. A Victorian parlour with tall windows and a bay may want filtered daylight through the day and full privacy in the evening, which points to a layered treatment: shades for light, drapes for evening and warmth. A bedroom wants darkness, so a room-darkening fabric or a blackout liner sits close to the frame. A kitchen wants something that copes with steam and wipes clean, like faux wood blinds or a vinyl roller shade.

Older houses near the centre can be drafty, and the windows are often where heat leaves. Cellular shades help because the honeycomb holds a layer of air against the glass. Lined drapes add another layer. Neither replaces a good window, but together they make a noticeable difference to how a room feels on a cold night. You can read more on our cellular shades page.

Choosing between shades, blinds and shutters

Many Attleboro houses end up with a mix, and that is fine as long as the house still reads as one. A simple way to think about the main choices:

Shades are fabric. Cellular, roller, Roman and woven wood shades each filter light differently, and they suit living rooms, bedrooms and bays.

Blinds have slats or vanes that tilt, so you can angle light and privacy without raising them. Wood, faux wood, aluminium and vertical blinds are all made to measure.

Shutters are fitted to the frame and last as part of the room. They suit colonials and Victorians with good trim, and kitchens where a cafe-style panel covers the lower half.

Drapes frame a window and add colour, softness and warmth. They pair with any of the above.

If you are unsure, our specialists will talk through each room with you. The full range is set out on our window treatments page.

Oak Hill colonials and their trim

The colonials around Oak Hill have a different character from the Victorians downtown. Their windows are usually regular double-hung sash, set in rows and evenly spaced, with wide painted casings that are part of the look of each room. Here the treatment should respect the trim rather than cover it. Wood blinds or plantation shutters mounted inside the frame leave the casing on show, and a Roman shade can sit inside the frame too if the depth allows. Where the frame is too shallow, mounting just above the casing and matching the width of the trim keeps the line tidy.

Good window treatments in Attleboro, MA colonials work with the trim, not against it. Colonials also tend to have formal rooms at the front of the house and family rooms at the back, and those rooms often want different things. A dining room can carry lined drapes over shutters for a finished look, while the kitchen and family room at the back are better served by something easy to live with, such as faux wood blinds or a roller shade.

Doing one room now and more later

You do not have to do the whole house at once. Many orders start with the rooms that matter most, often the living room picture window or the bedrooms, and later rooms are matched to them. We keep a record of what was made, so a second order can carry the same fabric, colour and style.

Fabric that ties a room together

Because we make drapes and custom fabric decor as well as shades, the same fabric can run from the window to the sofa and the bed. Pillows in the fabric of the drapes, or a duvet cover that picks up the colour of a Roman shade, make a room feel finished rather than assembled. In a Victorian parlour with a lot of woodwork, that can be the step that brings the room together.

Why Attleboro Calls a Swansea Store

Window Works opened in Swansea in 1988 and the second generation of the family runs it today. Over 37 years of measuring awkward windows, from Victorian bays to slider doors, is what an Attleboro order draws on.

• Window treatment specialists, not general salespeople
• Each window treated on its own terms, never a one-size answer
• The person who measures in your home works with the team who install
• Updates from us at every stage, right through to the finished job
• Warranties offered on what we sell
• Rated 5.0 on Google

Compare Samples in the Swansea Showroom

It is much easier to choose a fabric or a slat when you can hold it in daylight. Our Swansea showroom has samples of everything we make, from drapery fabrics and Roman shade folds to wood blinds and shutter louvres, and the Norman range is on display too.

Bring a photo of your bay, a measurement of your picture window or a paint chip, and our specialists will help you narrow it down. Choosing window treatments for your Attleboro, MA home goes faster when you can see the options side by side.

Visit the showroom

Ready When You Are

Start with a free quote. The call button puts you through to the Swansea store, where you can set up measuring at your Attleboro house or ask how installation works. Prefer to write? The form reaches the same team. And if seeing the fabrics comes first, directions to the showroom are on the contact 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.