I have a contemporary home. I did roller shades. Love them.

Public rooms - called Budget Blinds. They came out, measured, and eventually installed. Their work was guaranteed. As it turns out, there was an issue, and they remade some blinds. Good service. Reasonable price.

The blinds are made by the same company that makes Bali. I like them because the chains are heavy commercial-like stainless steel. Nice look and feel.

For the family rooms I did it myself through blindsgalore.com. They cycle their sales. Iirc Bali goes 45% off plus 10% off in January. Maybe. Anyway...

I did try other brands in some rooms.

Blindsgalore.com store brand solar shades - they work. They are very inexpensive. Not great quality.

Comfortex - medium quality.

Levolor - totally unimpressed. Avoid this brand.

Hey Andrew: Please decide during construction whether you want motorized blinds or not - doing it later will be pretty costly. For your contemporary home it will be beneficial to build a soffit into the ceiling - so when the roller shades are not in use they disappear in the ceiling. Motorization adds about $500 per roller shade to each unit - the newest systems you can operate via your phone or tablet.

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Hi Andrew! I agree with deciding during construction so that you can install DC outlets at the top of your windows. Power shades require DC or battery operation. Keep in mind privacy, UV protection, blackout (usually in bedrooms). We use Hunter Douglas as their technology is new and user-friendly on your phone or remote. Anything you want to add to the design aspect (such as drapery/roman shades....etc) can happen after you are settled in. Good luck to you!!

I installed many roller blinds, they are very nice in the right situation, I strongly advise to not consider motorized blinds, they are a constant problem and will, not maybe malfunction. The only place I might rethink is if its out of reach, but it will still break and disappoint you. I don't like them, would never buy them

I am building a transitional leaning modern home and am installing roller shades to filler the sun in my 12 3'x8' windows stacked 2 high and 6 wide that face southwest. My shades are 7% so I can still see through them when they are drawn. I didnt need privacy or blackout shades since I can't see another houses or civilization from my house.

I purchased my shades from a local company who makes shades for the RV business. They can make shades of any size so the 8' height wasn't an issue. I priced out my shades with budget blinds and blinds galore and mine are going to be about a quarter of what the other companies cost. I stopped in at the local company on a whim to see if they would sell to the public and they do! I was delighted. I recommend going to local companies or calling RV suppliers if they aren't local to you to see if they can ship.