Windows that know what time it is. Quiet motors, hidden tracks, no wall of remotes.
Motorized shades earn their keep twice a day, every day. They open with the morning, close against the west sun, and drop the blackouts the moment the projector comes on — without anyone reaching for a remote. In Texas, they are also a real cooling strategy: shading the glass before the afternoon heat arrives does more for a room than fighting it after. We design shades as part of the whole system, so the windows, the lighting, and the climate work together instead of separately.
Sunrise and sunset schedules that adjust through the year. A “goodnight” button that closes the house. A “cinema” scene that drops the blackouts before the movie starts.
The motors we spec are quiet enough for bedrooms. You hear the fabric move, not the machine. Cheap motors are how a good idea becomes an annoyance — we do not install them.
Recessed pockets in new construction, clean fascia or cassette mounts in retrofits. The window shows fabric and light, not brackets and wires.
True blackout for bedrooms, nurseries, and theaters — side channels and doubled treatments where the room demands total dark.
Wired shades during construction, battery-powered where walls are already closed. Battery motors run months between charges and install without opening drywall.
Shades live on the same keypads, touchscreens, and app as lighting and audio. One tap moves the whole room — or the whole house.
Every home has a sun problem somewhere — the west-facing living room that turns into a greenhouse at 4pm, the bedroom that floods at dawn, the media room that never gets dark enough. The walkthrough starts there. We look at how the light moves through the house across the day, where the glare lands, and which rooms need full dark. Then we spec the fabric, the opacity, and the automation around it.
Most of our shade work rides on the same Control4 system that runs the rest of the home, with Lutron shading where the project calls for it — the choice is a matter of application, and the result on the keypad is the same either way. If you already have a system in the house, shades can almost always join it.
In new construction we pocket the shades into the architecture and wire them for power and control — invisible when raised, silent when moving. In an existing home, battery-powered motors and wireless control mean we can automate the windows without opening a single wall. Either way, the shades are measured to the window, not ordered off a size chart.
Not necessarily. In new construction we wire them for power and control, which is the cleanest install. In finished homes, battery-powered motors run for months between charges and install without touching drywall. We spec whichever the project calls for.
Schedules and scenes. Sunrise and sunset schedules track the actual sun through the year, not a fixed clock time. Scenes tie the shades to everything else — “goodnight” closes the house, “cinema” drops the blackouts as the projector fires up.
The motors we install are quiet enough for bedrooms — you hear the fabric, not the motor. Noise is where cheap shade systems fail, so we are picky about the hardware.
Usually yes. Shades integrate natively with Control4 and similar platforms, and they can join the same keypads and app the rest of the home already uses. Bring us the system you have and we will tell you honestly what fits.
Wide spans, high clerestories, arched glass, corner windows — most of it can be done with the right hardware, measured to the opening. The walkthrough is where we look at the hard windows and give you a straight answer.
Bellah designs and installs in Westlake Hills, Lakeway, Bee Cave, Dripping Springs, Barton Creek, Cedar Park, Dallas, Houston. See home automation, home theaters, or our full service area.
Scott does the walkthrough himself. About an hour. No charge, no quote on the spot — just a real conversation about what fits the home.
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