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It’s Summer in Alabama: the season for cookouts, lake weekends, and skyrocketing electricity costs. If you are an Alabama resident, you are probably suffering from some through-the-roof electricity bills due to your increased air conditioning usage. But before you go...

We recently collaborated with local treasure hunter Alieta Casey to upgrade her living room windows! Alieta had left her windows naked for six years because she didn't want to block the gorgeous view of the lake. But the afternoon sun shining through her windows was...

It’s in our name (Custom Blinds of Alabama), and we make and install custom window treatments. But what does that really mean?Let’s have a little fun and spell it out: C-U-S-T-O-M C - Created just for you and your home Get the perfect style and material that meets all...

Let’s talk about woven wood shades. They function as a statement piece, yet they are versatile enough to look great in nearly any room. Whether your home decor style is neutral farmhouse or bright bohemian, woven wood shades will look phenomenal in your home, adding a...

It’s finally Spring and time for a little cleaning and organizing! To help get inspired for my Spring cleaning, I’ve been watching Master the Mess on Netflix, the organizing show from The Home Edit gals, Clea and Joanna. If you aren’t familiar with The Home Edit, it’s...

Dogs love to look out the window; anyone who has a dog knows this to be true. No dog-home is complete without a cozy spot for your furry friend to sit and stare at the outside world. But have you ever wondered why dogs do this? Apparently, staring out the window is a...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, which means it is time to pull those Christmas decorations out of the attic and give your home a little holiday sparkle. And I would like to encourage you to go all out this year. With this particularly challenging holiday...

I’m not sure about you, but I’ve been at home a lot this summer. And with the additional time at home, I’ve started planning and dreaming about upgrades around the house. If this sounds like you, and your home improvement dreams include your windows, we’ve put...

Window Treatments to Elevate Your Farmhouse Aesthetic Ever since Chip and Johanna Gains came bursting onto the scene, and subsequently into our hearts, the “modern farmhouse” aesthetic has been the interior design trend to emulate. The combination of reclaimed wood,...

While we sell plantation shutters and custom blinds and shades, our real business is helping you make your house a home. Thank you for allowing us to be part of that process! We’ll be sharing some ideas in the coming week for using window treatments to help make your...

How You Clean Plantation Shutters and Blinds Depends on the Type You Have Wood Shutters and Blinds If it is a wood plantation shutter or blind, you should never clean it with a water-based cleaner. The finish on a wood plantation shutter or blind is the same as a...

As you clear out the cobwebs of winter and air out your home with spring’s fresh air, you might be like me and get the itch to refresh the house a little. To help you out, we are sharing one of our favorite looks for spring. This look is both budget-friendly and high...

If you need one more compelling reason to upgrade from those metal mini-blinds from the 80s, we’ll give it to you today: cats. Like most other things, cats are under the impression that the blinds are there for their own amusement. So, we scoured the internet for what...

Making your house into a home is a lot of fun. Well, at least it should be. Too often, home improvement projects get complicated and stressful, when they ought to be rewarding and exciting. Our goal is to provide the kind of service and product that reduce your home...

You can buy plantation shutters and blinds from a wide variety online and local Birmingham providers. While having options can certainly be a good thing, it can also leave you bewildered by choices and overwhelmed by the sales folks with those companies. We run our...

Cords on blinds and other window coverings have made the news recently for their potential danger to kids and pets. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reports at least 17,000 kids under 6 years old went to the emergency room between 1990 and 2015 with...

Custom Blinds underwent a re-branding a couple of years ago, with a new logo, color scheme and website. We have since been expanding that new branding to all of our operations. And the latest part of the business to get the new treatment is our van, and we couldn’t be...

Today’s design trends are perfectly suited for wood-stained plantation shutters. They offer the classic durability and features of all shutters, with the added on-trend warmth that comes from organic finishes that bring the texture and feel of the outdoors inside your...

In our continuing Before and After series, we feature a master bedroom in Vestavia. You’ve heard us talk about the design possibilities in painting existing plantation shutters. This makeover highlights what an impact a few good design choices can have in creating a...

Do you have plantation shutters that are feeling a little tired? Maybe you bought a home with shutters, but you want to paint the room in an updated color palette, and the shutters are stuck in last decade’s too-dark beige or not-quite-right-white? You may be tempted...

While our primary business is the installation of blinds, shades, and plantation shutters, we also stand behind our work and therefore provide repair services as well. Sometimes those repairs are on blinds and shutters that we installed, and sometimes those services...

That might seem like a strange question from a company that sells window treatments, but it is an important one. Window treatments are an investment, and the decisions you make about how and when to make that investment are vital in ensuring that you spend your money...

Who doesn’t love a good Before & After story, complete with loads of pictures? We just completed an installation of painted plantation shutters in a Cahaba Heights den, and we are so happy with the result that we want to share the room with you. The homeowner’s...

Plantation shutters and bay windows are, in the words of Forrest Gump, like “peas and carrots.” They just fit together. To show you a variety of great ideas for using shutters in your bay window, we’ve found gorgeous rooms that feature a wide range of approaches, with...

Six Reasons to Consider Plantation Shutters Apart from their classic good looks, that manage to work beautifully with any type of décor, plantation shutters offer some important features that make them an excellent choice for your windows in any room of the house....

We all know they are ugly. When I had a custom set of metal mini blinds specially ordered in a lovely color of peach to coordinate with my very 80s bedroom as a child, I thought they were the height of sophistication. Now, not so much. There are so many other, better,...

Warm and organic, woven woods shades offer a more textural window treatment than plantation shutters and a sleeker profile than drapery. They make the ideal covering when you need window coverings on both windows and doors in the same room, creating a cohesiveness...

There are two important questions to ask yourself when considering the various options available to you for window coverings: is uniformity a consideration, and what is the primary purpose of your window coverings? Giving some careful thought to these issues will...

In Part Two of our Design Inspiration series covering plantation shutters, we offer up a new way of thinking about a classic window covering. We tend to think immediately of white plantation shutters, and with reason—they are a gorgeous, traditional window treatment...

Plantation Shutters are the perfect window covering for your arched windows. They provide the look and privacy of shutters, with a custom fit to your arch. They work with all types of décor as you can see from the variety and scope of the design used in the rooms...

Today’s design inspiration story focuses on the dramatic effect created with a layered look on your windows. We love the combination of curtains with wood blinds, shutters, or woven wood or honeycomb shades. As you can see in the examples below, you can combine...

Part One: Bathrooms & Sliding Doors Plantation shutters offer a classic look for window coverings that work with every imaginable décor type. Whether you have a traditional, eclectic, cottage, or farmhouse aesthetic, plantation shutters offer the look and privacy...