Custom Blinds for Homes in Taunton, MA

Tall Windows, High Ceilings and Everything Between

The houses near the Green and through Weir Village were built with tall, narrow windows set into rooms with high ceilings, and those openings are the main reason custom blinds in Taunton, MA have to be made to measure. A blind for one of these windows has a long way to drop, a narrow width to fill and a headrail that may sit well above head height. Stock sizes stop short or leave gaps, and the controls end up out of reach.

Across town the picture changes. The 1950s ranches of East Taunton have lower, wider windows on a single floor, and the newer colonials off Bay Street bring larger rooms with a regular rhythm of double-hung windows. One family store can fit all three, because every window is measured where it sits.

• Wood, faux wood, aluminium and vertical blinds
• A specialist measures each opening in your home
• Fitted by our own installers

Blinds for Each Kind of Taunton House

Downtown Victorians

Long, slim openings in rooms with tall ceilings. Wood suits the deep trim and formal parlours, sized so the blind fills the frame from top to sill.

Triple-decker flats

Each floor is its own home with the same window pattern stacked above and below. Faux wood is a practical match for kitchens and bathrooms on every level.

East Taunton ranches

Single-storey rooms with low sills, a kitchen window over the sink and small bathroom windows that suit a slim aluminium slat.

Bay Street colonials

Bigger rooms, more windows and sometimes a two-storey family room, where matching blinds keep a long row of glass looking orderly.

Sliders and wide openings

Vertical blinds draw aside on a single track for patio doors and the broad windows found at the back of many newer houses.

Every window measured

Height, width and frame depth are taken at each opening, because in an older house no two windows are quite the same.

Fitting Long Drops near the Green and in Weir Village

The tall windows in Taunton’s downtown housing are handsome, but they ask more of a blind than an ordinary window. Getting custom blinds in Taunton, MA right in these rooms comes down to three things: the length of the drop, how much the blind stacks when it is raised, and where the controls hang.

The length of the drop

A window that runs most of the way from floor to ceiling needs a blind made to that exact height. If the blind is short, a band of glass is left bare at the bottom and the street can see in. If it is long, the bottom rail rests on the sill and the slats bunch. We measure the height at more than one point, because the frames in a house of this age have often moved a little over the years, and the blind is made to the figure that fits.

On a long drop, slat material affects how heavy the blind feels to raise. Wood is light for its size and lifts more easily than you might expect. Faux wood is heavier, so on the tallest windows we talk through whether it is the right choice or whether it belongs only in the wet rooms.

Stack height

When a blind is raised, its slats gather at the top of the window. On a tall window this stack can be deep, and on a narrow window it can cover a good part of the upper glass. In a parlour where the top of the window lets in most of the daylight, that matters. A slimmer slat stacks smaller, and an outside mount fitted above the frame can lift the stack clear of the glass altogether, which keeps the full height of the window open by day.

Reaching the controls

With a high ceiling, a headrail can sit well above anyone’s reach. We set the length of the cords or the tilt wand so they fall to a comfortable height beside the window, and we choose the side they hang on to suit the furniture. A blind behind a sofa wants its controls on the open side, not tucked behind the arm.

Deep trim and old frames

Many of the Victorians keep heavy original casings around each window. That trim is worth keeping on show, so where the frame is deep enough we fit the blind inside it. Where the frame is shallow, or the window has been changed over the years, an outside mount sized to the width of the casing keeps the opening looking deliberate rather than covered over.

Out-of-square frames are common too. Measuring each window separately, and noting where it narrows, means the blind clears the frame at the top and still meets it at the bottom.

Triple-Deckers: One Building, Three Homes

A triple-decker brings its own questions. Each flat has the same window positions as the floors above and below, usually a long front room facing the street, bedrooms down the side and a kitchen at the back with a small porch door. If you own the building, matching blinds on all three floors keep the front looking tidy from the street. If you own or rent one flat, you can still choose freely inside, and we can match the street side to the floors around yours.

The side windows on these buildings often look straight across a narrow gap at the next house. That makes privacy the first job. Horizontal slats tilted upward let daylight in while blocking the view across, so a bedroom stays bright without feeling watched. At night, the slats close fully.

Kitchens and bathrooms at the back of each flat are a natural home for faux wood. It handles steam from a stove or a shower and wipes clean. The small bathroom windows found on many of these floors also suit aluminium, which keeps a slim profile in a tight space.

The Ranches of East Taunton

The 1950s ranches across East Taunton sit on one floor, and their windows are lower and broader than the downtown ones. A typical layout has a picture window in the living room, a run of similar bedroom windows, a window above the kitchen sink and a smaller one in the bathroom. Some have had a back slider added later.

Here the challenge is less about height and more about consistency. Because every room sits at street level, the windows facing the road are seen together, and blinds of one colour and slat across the front make the house look finished. Inside, the picture window is the decision that sets the tone for the rest. Depending on its width and whether it has a centre post, it may take one wide blind or two side by side. Two blinds are lighter to raise and let you open one half while keeping the other closed.

Low sills mean a blind is close to a sofa, a bed or a dresser in many rooms. We set the stack and controls so the blind clears what sits in front of it.

A ranch bedroom sits at the same level as the front walk, so it usually wants a blind that closes tight against the frame and stays closed at night without light leaking round the edges. An inside mount works well where the frame is deep enough. In the living room, by contrast, slats tilted up through the day keep the room bright while the view in from the road is cut off, and the blind only needs lowering fully after dark.

Kitchens, bathrooms and back doors

The window above a ranch kitchen sink is small and gets splashed, so faux wood is the usual answer. Bathroom windows may take aluminium or faux wood. Where a slider opens to the back yard, vertical blinds give a clean way to cover a wide door that is used several times a day. You can read more on our vertical blinds in Taunton page.

Bay Street Colonials and Larger Rooms

The newer colonials off Bay Street bring a different scale. Rooms are bigger, ceilings may rise to two storeys in a family room, and the windows tend to come in regular rows of matching double-hung units. These houses suit a planned approach: decide the colour and slat for the whole front of the house, then choose material room by room behind it.

A two-storey family room is the one space that needs extra thought. The lower windows are easy to reach. The upper windows are not, and a blind there is often set to stay in one position for most of the day. We look at how much light that upper row lets in and whether it needs covering at all, before suggesting a blind for it.

In a formal dining room or a front living room, wood blinds give warmth and pair well with drapes. Window Works makes drapes too, so the two can be chosen together and fitted at the same time. The same pairing suits the high-ceilinged parlours downtown, where a wood blind handles light and privacy and full-length side panels soften a tall, narrow opening. Bedrooms often call for the tightest closure, so we fit those blinds close to the frame to keep morning light out.

Stairways, Landings and Upper Floors

The Victorians near the Green often have a staircase that climbs past a tall window on the landing, and that window is seen from both floors and from the hall below. It is one of the harder windows in the house to reach, so a blind there should be easy to work from where you stand and should look right when raised or lowered. We size it to the window, set the controls to hang to a reachable point, and usually match its colour to whichever floor it is most seen from.

Upper floors in these houses can have smaller windows under the roofline, sometimes set into gables or dormers with sloping ceilings close around them. Those openings take a compact headrail and a slat that stacks small, so the one window in a top floor room still lets in its full share of daylight.

When a whole house is being done, we plan custom blinds in Taunton, MA from the street inward: the front windows on every floor in one colour and slat, so the house reads as a single choice from outside, then the material for each room chosen behind that.

Wood, Faux Wood, Aluminium or Vertical

Choosing custom blinds in Taunton, MA usually means using more than one material in the same house. A quick guide to where each one earns its place:

• Wood for living rooms, parlours, dining rooms and bedrooms, where its grain and warmth suit painted trim and wood floors. Kept away from steam.
• Faux wood for kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms, with the look of a painted slat and a surface that copes with moisture.
• Aluminium for small windows, narrow openings and rooms where a slim, simple line is wanted.
• Vertical for sliding doors and broad openings that would be heavy work for a horizontal blind.

Beyond material, you choose slat width, colour and the way the blind is operated. In a tall narrow window, a narrower slat often looks better and stacks less. In a wide ranch window, a broader slat opens up more of the view when tilted. Samples make these choices easy to judge, and we bring them to your home or you can see them at the showroom.

How We Take an Order Through

An order for custom blinds in Taunton, MA follows the same steps whether it is one window or the whole house, and the same team stays in touch with you until the job is done.

1. Call the store or send the form to book a free quote, and tell us which rooms you are thinking about.
2. One of our specialists visits to measure in your home, window by window, noting frame depth, drop length, trim and anything that affects the fit.
3. We go through materials, colours, slat sizes and controls with you, using samples at home or at the showroom.
4. You receive a quote that lists every window, so it is clear what is being made.
5. Each blind is made to the measurements taken at your windows.
6. Our installers fit every blind, check that it raises, lowers and tilts properly, and set the controls at the right height.
7. If anything needs another look afterwards, you call the same store.

What Sets Window Works Apart

Window Works is a family business founded in Swansea in 1988 and now run by its second generation. Over 37 years it has fitted homes across the SouthCoast and the Rhode Island East Bay, and Taunton is one of the 25 towns it serves.

• A team of experienced window treatment specialists
• Measuring in your home for every order
• Installation by our own installers
• In constant contact with you until the job is finished
• Warranties offered on what we sell

The store also makes shades, shutters, drapes and fabric decor, so if a blind is not the right answer for a particular window, we can show you what is. See the full range on our window treatments for Taunton homes page.

Caring for Blinds in Older Rooms

Blinds need little looking after. Dust wood and faux wood slats with a soft cloth or a duster, tilting them closed one way and then the other to reach both faces. Faux wood and aluminium can take a damp cloth, which helps in a kitchen. Keep wood dry. Vertical vanes can be dusted where they hang.

On the tallest windows, it helps to dust from a step stool with the blind lowered and closed, rather than reaching up to a raised stack. If a cord wears, a wand stops turning or a headrail sticks on a blind you already have, call us and our team can look at it.

Compare Blinds at the Swansea Showroom

If you would like to handle the materials before deciding, the Swansea showroom has wood, faux wood, aluminium and vertical blinds to compare. You can try a long blind’s weight on the cord, see how a slat stacks and look at colours next to each other in daylight.

Bring a photo of the room, a paint chip or a sample of your trim colour and our specialists will help narrow it down. The showroom carries the Norman range too.

Visit the showroom

Your Next Step

Start with a free quote. Use the call button to reach the Swansea store, book measuring in your home or ask about installation, or fill in the form and we will get back to you. If you prefer to see samples first, the contact page has directions to the showroom. Every blind we make is covered on the main custom blinds page.