Different neighbourhoods, genuinely different problems
The window treatment that suits a home in Flying Horse is frequently wrong for one in Old Colorado City, and it is not a matter of taste.
North and northeast: Flying Horse, Cordera, Wolf Ranch, Briargate, Banning Lewis Ranch. Newer construction with large windows, open great rooms, tall entries and a lot of west-facing glass looking at the Front Range. The recurring problems here are afternoon heat, glare on screens, and windows too high to reach. This is where we specify the most motorisation and the most solar screens, and where HOA covenants most often require white or neutral coverings visible from the street.
West side: Old Colorado City, Manitou-adjacent, Mesa. Older housing stock with windows that are rarely square, frequently non-standard in size, and sometimes original. Inside-mount fits need careful measurement here, and a treatment that looks right on a 1910 double-hung is a different scale from one on a modern slider. Narrower louvers and slats generally suit these homes better.
Central: Patty Jewett, Divine Redeemer, Skyway. Mid-century and early-postwar homes with modest window sizes and, often, mature trees shading the glass. Less of a heat problem, more of a privacy problem on street-facing rooms, which is where top-down bottom-up shades earn their keep.
South and southeast: Fountain Valley, Security-adjacent, Stratton Meadows. A mix of ages and a lot of rental and investment property. Durability and value dominate here, and faux wood and aluminum do most of the work.
What the local climate does to window coverings
At 6,035 feet the sun is measurably harsher than it is at sea level: ultraviolet intensity rises roughly 4% per thousand feet of elevation, and we get more than 300 sunny days a year to apply it. The practical result is that materials which last a decade elsewhere can look tired here in five years.
Winter humidity regularly sits below 20%, which moves real wood and makes natural fibres brittle over time. Summer brings monsoon moisture and a swing back. Daily temperature ranges of 30 to 40 degrees are ordinary. And hail is a genuine consideration for anything mounted outside.
This is why we specify UV-stabilised and solution-dyed fabrics on high-exposure windows, kiln-dried basswood rather than cheaper species, and composite instead of hardwood in wet rooms. It costs slightly more per window and it is the difference between a treatment that still looks right in year eight and one that visibly does not.
New construction and remodels
We work with homeowners and builders across the city and can measure from plans at rough-in, then confirm on site before anything is ordered.
The single most useful thing to know if you are building: talk to us before drywall goes up if there is any chance you will want motorised treatments. Running low-voltage power to your window headers at framing stage takes an hour and costs very little. Retrofitting it afterwards means opening walls. Even if you motorise later, having the wire there is worth doing now.
Where we work in Colorado Springs
Neighborhoods
Briargate · Flying Horse · Cordera · Wolf Ranch · Banning Lewis Ranch · Rockrimmon · Old Colorado City · Patty Jewett · Skyway · Broadmoor · Stetson Hills · Powers · Gleneagle · Pine Creek · Northgate
ZIP codes served
80903 · 80904 · 80906 · 80907 · 80908 · 80909 · 80918 · 80919 · 80920 · 80921 · 80922 · 80923 · 80924
What we install in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs questions
- Do you have a showroom in Colorado Springs?
- Yes, at 1775 Jet Stream Dr Ste 106, in the north of the city near Northgate. That said, most clients never need to visit: we bring the full sample range to your home, which is the only place you can judge a colour against your own trim in your own light.
- How long does an installation in Colorado Springs take?
- Most whole-home installations are done in a single day. A few large windows or specialty shutters can run into a second visit, and we tell you which applies before you order rather than on the day.
- What is the lead time from measurement to installation?
- Typically two to four weeks for blinds and shades, and four to six weeks for custom shutters. Specialty shapes and stained hardwood run longer. You get a real date at the point of order.
- Do you work with HOAs in Colorado Springs?
- Regularly. Most of the newer developments have covenants about what window coverings look like from the street, usually requiring white, off-white or neutral. We can supply finish samples and a written specification for architectural review committees, and we have been through the process with most of the local associations.