Expert Spotlight: Houston Automated Shade

Houston Automated Shade, aka Automated Shade, has been in business for 17 years, providing excellent window covering products and services to commercial and residential clients.  We enjoy working with designers, contractors, renovators and homeowners to provide the very best solutions for window décor with convenient controls.  

We are proud to be a distributor/fabricator using the highly recognized Somfy motors and controls.  Although much of our work is in the Houston metropolitan area, which includes downtown Houston, Cypress, Tomball, Magnolia, Waller, Spring, Katy, Sugarland, Richmond, Rosenberg, and Cinqo Ranch, our area of sales and service also includes much of southeast Texas including Galveston, Dayton, Brenham, The Woodlands, Conroe, Austin, San Antonio, League City and Victoria.  

We provide high-end motorized and manual draperies and roller shades with gorgeous and practical custom fabrics and designs. Our fabrics are specially treated to resist bacteria and other microbes. Manual shades and hand-drawn draperies are a great solution for more economical applications. If you would like special features, such as custom cornices and accessories to accentuate your draperies or shades, we provide those as well.   

The Power of Motorization

Motorization is so very convenient and is a must for any home with a large number of windows, or with extra-large or hard-to-reach windows. With one touch of a button you can raise or lower all shades in an area within seconds without stopping your routine! Or put them on a timer to operate automatically even when you are not at your home or office.   

The controls and power options we offer include solar powered batteries, as well as other types of battery wands and plug-in cords, which are especially nice for those extra high up or hard-to-reach windows. 

Motorization is also perfect for office buildings, nursing homes, hospitals, schools and other facilities with many windows. 

We offer the complete line of Somfy controls and interfaces, which integrates with smarthomes and allows you to operate your window treatments from your phone or tablet. The shades we provide for interior use are available up to 15 ft. in width as a single shade, or 24 ft. as a coupled shade unit.  

A Wide Range of Solutions

With turn-key services, we take care of your window covering project from beginning to end. This includes measuring, planning/consulting, selecting fabrics and styles, fabricating and installing.

This office in Houston has fabric shades with a 3% open factor, allowing them to let light in without the glare. They’re using the Somfy Wirefree R28 RTS motors to take advantage of the energy savings and convenience of motorized shades. The customer also likes the convenience of the wireless wall switches to operate the shades.

This customer’s lovely patio was nearly un-usable due to the very hot sun beaming in and radiating from the surrounding concrete and the glare from the pool. Adding these large exterior shades provided the comfort they needed to enjoy the outdoors.

These shades feature Somfy RTS motors, fully enclosed headboxes, zipper tracks at the sides of each shade and 5% open factor fabric. The widest shade is over 240 inches wide by 120 inches in height. Now they can enjoy their outdoor space without roasting in the sun! 

This blackout roman shade is motorized with Somfy motors and integrated with the customer’s smarthome system. Motorized shades can be a great addition to any home automation system!  

These home theater curtains make a dramatic statement and make for a great movie night! The Parkland home theater drapes are powered by Somfy motors and controlled with a handheld remote.

This photo from the Villa D’Este doesn’t just feature a great view, it also features a motorized solar screen shade, powered with a Somfy RTS motor, and accented with lovely draperies. 

Houston Automated Shade has maintained a reputation of excellence in products and services. Contact them for more information!