--- title: "Finishing Touches — Window Treatments | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/window-treatments/finishing-touches-pfvwus-pf~344008833 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~344008833.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "Finishing Touches" category: ["Window Treatments"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/7be3dfee0e3be724_3608-w400-h400-b0-p0--.jpg address: "Castle Rock, Colorado 80104, United States" latitude: 39.3926 longitude: -104.8602 phone: "(813) 244-7614" website: http://www.finishingtouchesinc.com rating: 5 review_count: 141 best_of_houzz_awards: 15 followers: 406 last_updated: 2026-08-28 --- # Finishing Touches Original Houzz profile: [Finishing Touches](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/window-treatments/finishing-touches-pfvwus-pf~344008833) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Window Treatments - **Location:** Castle Rock, CO - **Serves:** Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock, Parker, Littleton, Lone Tree, Castle Pines, Castle Pines North, Sedalia, Wash Park - **Houzz rating:** 5.0 out of 5 (141 reviews) - **Best of Houzz:** 15 awards (2013–2025), for Design, Service. ## About ### Houzz Badges - Star Houzzer - 5 Star Houzzer - Houzz Influencer - Recommended on Houzz - 25,000 Ideabook Saves Finishing Touches is an award winning window treatment design and fabrication studio located to Castle Pines, CO. Finishing Touches was awarded the prestigious Grace Awards-2024 Artisian Award of Excellence. For over 27 years, Sheri Stouffer has served homeowners and interior designers creating unique and beautiful window coverings. In addition to soft treatments, Finishing Touches also carries a wide range of hard treatments from Hunter Douglas to Horizon Shades. As a specialized drapery workroom, every detail from fabrication of the treatment to the final installation is handled by Finishing Touches. This assures that every design is executed with all the concerns of the client in mind, leading to an exquisite treatment that exceeds their expectations. Let Sheri share her expertise and knowledge. Call Sheri on her cell at 813-244-7614 to set up a design consultation. Below are some of the many lines we carry: Designer Fabrics: Kravet, Stout, ROMO, Carole, Unique Fabrics, RMCOCO, Charlotte Fabrics, Fabricut, Trend, Premier Prints, Norbar, Maxwell, Greenhouse, Novel, S. Harris and many more. Drapery Hardware Lines: Helser Brothers, Select, Brimar, Forest Group, Design Elements Group, Crown, Kravet, The Finial Company, Iron Art by Orion, Kirsch, Trax, Aria and many more. Blind, Shades, and Shutters: Hunter Douglas, Alta, Norman, Horizon, Prodesign, and Insolroll. ### Services Provided - Custom Blinds & Shades - Custom Drapery - Motorized Blinds - Plantation Shutters - Blinds & Shades Sales - Interior Shutters - 118" wide fabrics - Bedding - Bench Seat Cushions - Color consulting - Custom Roman Shades - Light upholstery - Repurpose Staging - Silhouettes - Window Treatments - angled curtains - blackout curtains - cornices - custom bedding - custom curtains - custom duvets - custom romans - custom seat cushions - custom valences - dining chair seats - faux wood blinds - grommet curtains - headboards - horizontal blinds - installation - layered curtains - layered shades - motorized curtains - motorized drapes - motorized shades - roller shades - roman shades - screen shades - sheer curtains - shutters - solar shades - two story curtains - woven woods ### Areas Served - Highlands Ranch - Castle Rock - Parker - Littleton - Lone Tree - Castle Pines - Castle Pines North - Sedalia - Wash Park ### Typical Job Cost $5,000 - 100,000 $5,000 - 100,000 ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | Finishing Touches | | Address | Castle Rock, Colorado 80104, United States | | Phone | (813) 244-7614 | | Website | http://www.finishingtouchesinc.com | | Followers on Houzz | 406 | **Social profiles:** - Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/finishingtouchesincCO/ - Blog — www.finishingtouchesinc.com ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [Finishing Touches](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/window-treatments/finishing-touches-pfvwus-pf~344008833) - **Website:** http://www.finishingtouchesinc.com - **Phone:** (813) 244-7614 ## Credentials **Certifications & Awards** - -2024 Grace Awards- Artisan Award of Excellence, IWCE - -2024 Grace Awards, Ingenious Install, IWCE - -2024- Grace Awards, Most Intricate Handwork, IWCE - -2016-2nd Place, Specialty Window- IWCE - -2014-1st Place Specialty Windows -IWCE - -2017, 2016 Houzz Design Award - -2013-2024 Houzz Service Award - **Best of Houzz:** 15 awards (2013–2025), for Design, Service. ## Reviews **Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5 — 141 reviews** *Aspect averages:* - Work Quality: 50.0 - Communication: 50.0 - Value: 50.0 ### Reviews **★★★★★ — HU-820928506, April 2026** > Sheri is extremely knowledgeable about all the ‘finishing touches’ to make your home comfortable and beautiful. She does the work herself from design to production to installation. Sheri is very price sensitive, always suggesting less expensive options. You never feel over sold. Sheri also worked tirelessly with us for a year on our window treatments always willing to explore different ideas and happy to return time and again with new samples. My husband and I appreciated Sheri’s kindness, generosity and professionalism, often a rare combination. She’s a joy to work with! **Comment from Finishing Touches:** > Kimberly, I appreciate the kind words! It has been a pleasure working with you on your beautiful home over the last year! **★★★★★ — brianandmayme, Nov. 2023** > Thank you Sheri for helping us put the finishing touches on our remodel. We love the blinds and custom drapes! Choosing the right fabric and blinds could have been overwhelming but you made it easy! The custom drapes are perfect! We encountered a small snafu but through your problem solving and diligence to provide an exceptional product, you have exceeded our expectations! We feel comfortable calling with any concerns and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend you! **Comment from Finishing Touches:** > Mayme, > I really enjoyed working with you on your job! I want every job to be the beautiful and every client to be happy with the end result! While you and I were both disappointed in the gap of the metal headrail of the roller shades, I was thankful I could come up with a great solution to resolve the gap! The end result was much more beautiful! Enjoy! **★★★★★ — lpm1983, Aug. 2023** > Sheri was been delightful, from start to finish!! Her level of professionalism, kindness, patience, knowledge and talent led us through a pretty complicated set of projects with ease and fun! During the fabric selection process, she was so attentive, creative, and gave thoughtful advise. When she came back to our home with selections, she nailed it every time! Communication was easy, and we were well informed of timelines! Wow, we are 100% thrilled with every piece that she created for us!! Her craftsmanship is absolutley flawless, and Sheri went the extra mile to make sure everything was perfect. We wholeheartedly submit 5 stars and look forward to working with Finishing Touches again in the future! **Comment from Finishing Touches:** > Lisa, > > It was such a pleasure working with you and Dave on your projects! I look forward to working with you in the future!!!! **★★★★★ — Sara Riggs, June 2023** > Sheri was a joy to work with! From the first consultation to the stunning end result, Sheri took the time to get to know us and the look we wanted for our new house. Her ideas, design expertise, and professionalism made this process smooth and enjoyable. We could not be happier with the gorgeous window treatments Sheri created and installed! Our new home is more beautiful for her work! **Comment from Finishing Touches:** > Sara, > It was such a pleasure working with you and Chris on this 9 month, new home process! The best part is seeing the beautiful results after months of selecting, planning, and installing. I can't wait to see the house now that the boxes are unpacked! > Thank you so much for choosing Finishing Touches to make your dreams become a reality! **★★★★★ — Melissa K, March 2023** > I had the pleasure of working with Sheri on several projects throughout our new home and she was professional, creative, efficient and super communicative. Sheri helped design, create and install window treatments, tailored drapery, as well as custom cushions for benches and banquet seating. She is amazing at her craft, has an organized process from intake of what is of interest, presenting ideas, taking extensive measurement, pictures, from creating the product, install and providing before and after photos. She is extremely reliable, trustworthy and thorough. I continue to go back to Sheri for additional work throughout our home, even just advice...she is an absolute dream to work with! **Comment from Finishing Touches:** > Melissa, > It has been such a pleasure working on your home and watching the transformation in each room! Wishing you all the best with the new addition to the family!!!!! **★★★★★ — Julia Z., Feb. 2023** > Sheri is absolutely amazing. I am a CT based designer and was looking for a workroom in the Denver area. I am so lucky to have found Sheri and Finishing Touches. Not only is she incredibly knowledgeable, but also easy to communicate with. She kept me in the loop and was so helpful in addressing and resolving any issues that arose along the way. Her work product is top notch (she tackled everything from drapery, romans, woven shades, pillow covers and bench cushions). She also was great with the client (who mentioned numerous times how helpful Sheri was in addition to raving about the finished product). I cannot recommend her enough! **Comment from Finishing Touches:** > Julia, > It was such a pleasure working with you on this project and thank you for trusting me with your beautiful vision. It has been so fun to see the transformation on your client's home! And it was also such a pleasure working with such fun fabrics. I appreciate you taking the time to share your experience working with me, and if you ever have another project in the area I would love to work with you again! **★★★★★ — HU-441651554, Aug. 2022** > Sheri, as an owner operator of Finishing Touches has repeatedly demonstrated attention to detail! The selection of materials has been tremendous in my opinion. Her guidance in design for each room was most helpful! Every guest to our home has complimented the window coverings and their beautiful effect. > She is our go to person now and forever. I strongly urge you to use her talents for your home. You will be delighted with the results! **★★★★★ — Catherine Kilstrom, Aug. 2022** > Sheri's professionalism and attention to detail is amazing. We recently moved into a new house and utilized her talents for all of our window coverings. The quality of her work is exceptional, along with her designing expertise that helped make our new house a home. Without reservation, I give her 5+ stars and highly recommend her work and partnership! **Comment from Finishing Touches:** > Cathy, > It was so fun to work with you and Jim on your new beautiful home! It didn't come without some challenges- ceiling mounts, bent 90 degree drapery rods, double layers, etc. In the end all the extra preparation and double checking paid off and the installs went in smoothly and the job looked amazing! Enjoy! **★★★★★ — Amy Williams, Aug. 2022** > Sheri was so helpful in choosing the right shades for our new home (motorized roller shades over our big sliding glass doors, and top down/bottom up cellular shades everywhere else). Pricing was very competitive. Quick delivery and installation. She even came back to our house to help us when we were having difficulties. I highly recommend Sheri and Finishing Touches. **Comment from Finishing Touches:** > Amy, I enjoyed working with you on your new home and thank you for the kind words! As the owner of the business, I feel that service is very important! **★★★★★ — coloradosherry, Jan. 2022** > It is an absolute pleasure to work with Sheri! She worked closely with me on choices of fabrics, styles, sizes, hardware choices, and all of the details that go into our beautiful custom window treatments. Sheri came to my home completely prepared with 'lots' of fabric samples and multiple styles and colors of window shades. Once Sheri had a feel for my likes and dislikes, style of my home, obstacles to overcome (and there were many), she immediately ordered lots fabric samples to choose from. Samples came quickly through the mail directly to me. Once choices were made for Hunter Douglas shades for 3 bedrooms and baths, they were ordered and installed within 8 weeks. Final decisions on drapery fabrics and hardware were made for living room, dining room, master bedroom & bath were ordered, fabricated and installed within 8 weeks (before Christmas as I had requested). Sheri's fabrication methods are very detail oriented. She has a passion for her work, is meticulous, and has a determination for the perfect outcome. We have many more windows to address with treatments. Sheri is the only designer and fabricator that I want to work with. **Comment from Finishing Touches:** > Sherry, > > It is such a pleasure working with you and yes, we had some challenges with the window frame designs! I LOVED how everything turned out and complemented with your interior design! **★★★★★ — Andrea, Sept. 2021** > Finishing Touches is phenomenal! The curtains Sheri made for our family room were so well crafted we hired her to come back and make cafe curtains for our kitchen. They are on trend and meticulously crafted. One other side note: her installation crew is just as meticulous as Sheri is. **Comment from Finishing Touches:** > Andrea, Thank you for the kind words! It has been such a pleasure working with you on your beautiful home! Now that the remodel construction is finally over, take a moment and enjoy! Many thanks, Sheri **★★★★★ — Monica Protz, July 2021** > Sheri helped us with window coverings for a new house and the service was fantastic from start to finish. She helped us pick out the right shades for each room and made sure everything was installed correctly. I highly recommend Sheri at Finishing Touches! **Comment from Finishing Touches:** > Monica, > Thank you for the kind words and your patience with the bathroom shade. This last year has been challenging with vendors having difficulty getting fabrics, parts, and delays occurring along the way. Enjoy your new home and new shades! ## Selected projects - [Lutron and drapes](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/lutron-and-drapes-pj-vj~7538387) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 30 - Description: I had the honor of working on this beautiful house in Colorado Springs with Kate Saige Interiors. Lutron shades, drapes, and romans were one of the finishing details on this house. ' - [Highlands Ranch 7](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/highlands-ranch-7-pj-vj~7744402) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 14 - [Backcountry](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/backcountry-pj-vj~7744395) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 5 - Description: Motorized roller shade and custom functioning drapes. - [Castle Pines 18](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/castle-pines-18-pj-vj~7744379) - Location: Castle Pines, CO - Photos: 9 - Description: Silhouettes and woven woods mixed with drapes warmed up the many spaces in this home. - [Park House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/park-house-pj-vj~6483547) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 24 - Description: This older historical home in Denver gave all the bedrooms an updated facelift. French drapery rods were the hardware choice with traversing blackout linen drapes for all the kid's rooms. For the guest room, we ordered a custom color rod from ONA in a warm bronze color. This selection was made because it coordinated with the hardware on the dresser handles. The drapes soften and give dimension to the windows, absorb sound in all the rooms, and create room darkening privacy. - [Castle Pines Home 4](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/castle-pines-home-4-pj-vj~2226915) - Location: Castle Rock, CO - Photos: 15 - Description: Starting in 2023 we did a refresh on this home that I had done 10 years ago for the same client. We brought in light colors with classic style. For the dinning room traversing drape,s we went with an off white embroidery, pleated to pattern. For the kitchen, we replaced the relaxed roman with a neutral woven wood that picked up the granite and lighter colors. For the family room, we replaced the stripe pleat valence with mock romans shades in a linen and added a gorgeous texture band at the bott… - [Bench set and pillows](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/bench-set-and-pillows-pj-vj~7265337) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 14 - Description: Pillows make a difference! Sometimes it takes finding just the right fabric, in the right size to make the room come all together. That was the case on this beautiful home! We added 16 custom pillows to various rooms in the home. - [Castle Pines 22](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/castle-pines-22-pj-vj~6713028) - Location: Castle Rock, CO - Photos: 8 - Description: Client had Hunter Douglas Motorized roman shades and wanted something with more depth to it. She had bought a ton of the same linen fabric from Hunter Douglas and had me make cafe curtains. - [Backcountry 9](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/backcountry-9-pj-vj~7265332) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 20 - Description: I had the pleasure of working with Kate Saige Interiors on this project. It involved lots of stationary drapery panels, motorized blackout roller shades, a HD Vignette, and woven woods. The transformation was amazing! - [Castle Rock 24](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/castle-rock-24-pj-vj~7538504) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 13 - Description: This client had an eclectic mix of French country, farmhouse style, and vintage style decor.. She wanted a floral for the family drapes that had a vintage feel in a taupe base. She wanted cafe drapes for kitchen. She wanted a "washed" like solid linen for the bedroom. Here is the finished product, which she absolutely loved. - [Castle Pines Village 25](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/castle-pines-village-25-pj-vj~7458141) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 26 - Description: This recently purchased home has been remodeling room by room. In the sitting study we removed the dark wood shutters and added Hunter Douglas Silhouettes -giving the ablility to control the natural lighting. The silhouettes were layered with a sheer like casement fabric to soften the room. In the kitchen and family area we added dimension and interest with woven woods hung about 7" above the window to create more height. The Bay Area was carefully ordered to work with the angles. In the bedroom… - [French rod 2](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/french-rod-2-pj-vj~7227315) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 14 - Description: I had the pleasure of working with Camden Grace out of CT on this client's home. Camden Grace hired me to handle the window covering portion of the project. From measurements to final install, I handled all the details. Julie, the designer, selected all the fabrics and shipped them to me. I fabricated all the drapes and pillows and coordinated the upholstery of the couch. My favorite part of the job is seeing the transformation occur! - [french rod home](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/french-rod-home-pj-vj~6317139) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 11 - Description: In the family room, the client wanted privacy. Solution- traversing drapes. A fun printed border Schumacher fabric was selected to complement the bench seat and chair fabrics. In the dining room, the client had traversing drapes from her last home. Unfortunately, they were too short to use at her new home. I added an 18" band to the bottom of the drape in a color that worked with the damask fabric and tied nicely to the new hardware color. I pleated the top in a new pleat style. A perfect exampl… - [Castle Pines Village 21](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/castle-pines-village-21-pj-vj~7227359) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 12 - Description: We transformed the look in this monochromatic space with a dimensional geometric sheer in black and white. To control the sun and heat, but keep the view through, we used motorized screen shades in a 5% black fabric and hid them in a white cassette cover. - [TDBU woven woods](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/tdbu-woven-woods-pj-vj~7129848) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 9 - Description: This client wanted top down bottom up woven wood shades for her whole house. She selected Prodesign woven woods in Harbor white for their texture, color, and costs. Unlike most woven wood manufacturers, Prodesign offers a nice light weight, cotton light filtering lining. The top down bottom up feature allows for privacy on the bottom and view through on top. - [Home 5](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/home-5-pj-vj~7129832) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 17 - Description: I had worked with these clients on their home in Denver. When they bought this new home, they contacted me to help them warm up the spaces with stationary drapes and control the light with motorized roller shades. We used neutral colors for design flexibility and texture fabrics to create dimension. Sheer custom drapes were lined in weighted bead batiste lining to keep the drapes light and airy. Custom details to the drapes are pleated to pattern, have a memory stitch was added to back of drape… - [motor drapes](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/motor-drapes-pj-vj~6049927) - Location: Castle Pines, CO - Photos: 5 - [Castle Pines Village Home 23](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/castle-pines-village-home-23-pj-vj~6949983) - Location: Castle Rock, CO - Photos: 26 - Description: This was a big job with a lot of planning and fabric! Client wanted traversing drapes with 2 layers-sheers and light filtering drapes. Things to consider before fabricating and ordering drapery hardware: -ceiling mount and mounting, projection space, hardware lines that allow enough space for 2 layers of Ripplefold, 2 continuous 90 degree bent rods shipped by truck( first delivery was damaged), stackback concerns, percentage of ripplefold, and inconsistent ceiling to floor measurements in bedroo… - [Castle Pines 21](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/castle-pines-21-pj-vj~6673375) - Location: Castle Rock, CO - Photos: 8 - [Traversing Drapes](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/traversing-drapes-pj-vj~6815702) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 13 - Description: Out with the white wood shutters and in with the traversing blackout drapes and blackout roman shades on this Cherry Creek House. [See all 74 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/window-treatments/finishing-touches-pfvwus-pf~344008833) ## Ideabooks - [bathroom renovation](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/184432571/list/bathroom-renovation) — 19 ideas - [Pirouette](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/173077653/list/pirouette) — 1 idea - [Cell shades](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/173077591/list/cell-shades) — 9 ideas - [Dual shades](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/173077567/list/dual-shades) — 7 ideas - [Sillouette](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/173077492/list/sillouette) — 5 ideas - [Vignette](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/173077469/list/vignette) — 3 ideas - [Sonette](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/173077425/list/sonette) — 3 ideas - [roller shades](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/164069275/list/roller-shades) — 9 ideas - [mock roman shade](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/122252698/list/mock-roman-shade) — 1 idea - [wall ideas](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/735038/list/wall-ideas) — 201 ideas - [drapes and woven](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/117594757/list/drapes-and-woven) — 3 ideas - [ripplefold drapes](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/44244318/list/ripplefold-drapes) — 23 ideas - [Romans](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/50234845/list/romans) — 196 ideas - [hard treatments](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/13121612/list/hard-treatments) — 412 ideas - [cafe drapes](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/80160865/list/cafe-drapes) — 36 ideas - [cornices](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/31539524/list/cornices) — 214 ideas - [Bay window treatment ideas](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/25820415/list/bay-window-treatment-ideas) — 49 ideas - [roman shades/valences](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/735060/list/roman-shades-valences) — 302 ideas - [woven woods](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/93276470/list/woven-woods) — 13 ideas - [drapes](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/71395938/list/drapes) — 31 ideas [See all 101 ideabooks](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/users/my1boy) ## Community Q&A **Q: Love the backsplash. Where is it from?** *(in Photo Questions)* Where can I find this backsplash? A: Unfortunately, the house was built by someone else prior to designing these roman shades. **Q: Love the valence fabric, what fabric brand and make is this?** *(in Photo Questions)* I love that it is so light and airy. I am wondering what fabric this is? A: Hi Dina, Unfortunately that job was done many years ago and the fabric is no longer available. If you search, you might find something similar. Good luck! Sheri **Q: What color are the walls** *(in Photo Questions)* What is the paint color on the walls. A: Unfortunately, I do not know what the paint color is . The room was painted prior to working on this job. **Q: Love the drapes, where are they from?** *(in Photo Questions)* How can we purchase material and / or drapes? A: Thank you! The drapes were custom made for a client in Denver, CO. This job is about 4 years ago, so I am not sure if the fabric is still available. If you want to create this look, I would contact a local drapery workroom in your area. Sheri **Q: Need your advice on replacement blinds. Your help is appreciated.** *(in Design Dilemma)* I live in a townhouse built in 2007. It came with white wooden blinds for all windows and vertical blinds for the patio door. I need to replace the kitchen blinds as the windows a face west and the cords and blinds are not looking good due to the strong sun and heat. I hoped to choose something different than the white slats. I wondered about solar shades. I am cautious about white as there is an apartment building and parking lot next door and the blinds become very dirty if the window is open. My dh thinks they should be the color of the walls or cabinets. The walls are Benjamin Moore Wind’s breath. The cabinets are maple. I believe that the granite is Uba Tuba verde. Any suggestions are most appreciated. A: The one thing with the screen shades is that you do want to look at the fabric in the glass during the day to see how the color of the screen shade transmits its color. Sometimes the color cast a different color than what you might expect. Note that 3% will allow people to see in the space at night when the lights are on in the room. **Q: Alternative to shutters - light, privacy & safety** *(in Home Decorating)* My windows don't provide enough room for inset shutters unless I go with 2.5 inch levours. I want shutters because I would like to be able to adjust the levours to allow in light, but block an ugly view on some windows & in the kids rooms for safety (no cords). Are there any alternatives that meet all of these criteria? Currently we have the woven wood roman shade style blinds, but the cords make me nervous with kids (5yo and 2yo). The kids rooms each have a window that either looks at a driveway/security light or a brick wall/security light. They both have blackout curtains, but I would like to add the shutters so I can get some light during the day, but not the ugly view. Are the 2.5 levours a good idea - too small? not contemporary? etc? Or is there a good alternative that can also stand up to the wear and tear of kids? Thanks! A: Shutters are classic and transitional! As a window treatment specialist, I highly recommend Hunter Douglas Newstyle and Norman Woodlore. (Not a fan of HD Palm Beach- mine have turned yellow twice since I have been in the house in 8 years- HD replaced the first set). You can do an outside mount on the frame. As long as the trim isn't super wavy, it doesn't look bad and saves money on redoing trim. Most people want more view through and do a hidden tilt bar. Because you have limited depth, there is one distinct difference between Norman and HD. Norman makes their hidden tilt inside the frame so that you don't need an extra 3/8" behind the shutter for operation. HD has an exposed bar on the back. Some pros to shutters: great insulation, can do a split tilt bar to allow 1/2 shutter to open , while bottom stays closed, good on resale, no cords :). --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-08-28.*