Elmhurst, Illinois
Blinds & Shades in Elmhurst, IL
Elmhurst builds in brick and builds with character. Shutters are the treatment that belongs in these houses — including on the windows that are not rectangles.
Local knowledge
Blinds, Shades & Shutters in Elmhurst
A specialty-shape shutter is a genuinely custom piece of joinery. Angled tops over a staircase, half-rounds above a front door, octagons in a gable — each one is measured individually and built to that shape, with louvres sized at 2½", 3½" or 4½" to suit the opening.
Elmhurst's tear-down-and-rebuild cycle over the last two decades has produced a lot of new houses with deliberately traditional detailing: Palladian windows, arched transoms, gabled bedroom windows with angled tops. Alongside those, the original 1920s and 1930s brick Georgians and Tudors near Wilder Park and York Street have their own geometry. Shutters suit both, which is why we install so many of them here.
Serving Elmhurst since 1998
Free in-home consultation · professional measurement · installation by our own team · ultrasonic cleaning and repair on what you already own.
Where we work in Elmhurst
- Wilder Park
- Elmhurst Art Museum
- York Street
- Elmhurst University area
- Crescent Park
- Berens Park
- Spring Road
- York High School
What we see in Elmhurst
Every opening measured on its own
No two openings in a Elmhurst home are identical, and the ones that look identical usually are not. We measure each opening individually, note the hardware, the trim depth and the way the light falls, and specify from there.
- Free in-home consultation — samples brought to you
- Professional measurement of every opening
- Installed by our own team, never subcontracted
- Backed by the Hunter Douglas Lifetime Guarantee
Specified for this town
What we recommend most in Elmhurst
Three Hunter Douglas products that suit Elmhurst’s housing and light. We will show you the full range on site.
Recommended in Elmhurst
Specialty Shape Shutters
Arches, angles, circles and trapezoids built to the exact opening, with Truemill® dovetail construction and 2½", 3½" or 4½" louvres.
Recommended in Elmhurst
Heritance® Wood Shutters
100% natural hardwood with an Integra™ finish and custom paints and stains — the right weight for an Elmhurst Georgian.
Recommended in Elmhurst
NewStyle® Composite Shutters
The look of finely painted wood with composite durability and a low-lustre Finetech® finish, in eight colours.
Elmhurst questions
Asked and answered
Are shutters worth it over blinds?
They cost more and they last longer. A shutter is a fitted architectural element — it becomes part of the window rather than something hung in front of it, and it generally survives a house sale as a selling point. For a brick house with good trim, that trade usually makes sense.
Wood or composite?
Heritance® hardwood for formal rooms and where you want a stain or a custom colour. NewStyle® composite or Palm Beach™ polysatin for bathrooms, kitchens and anywhere with moisture, where the Palm Beach Promise™ covers warping, cracking, fading, chipping, peeling and discolouring.
Elmhurst's best windows deserve a blinds and shades sales and installation company that measures every angle on site — not one that sends a catalogue.