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Luxury Custom Window Treatments in Bellevue & the Eastside

Locally and family-owned by lifelong Eastside residents, we help Bellevue homeowners make the most of Pacific Northwest light, cut summer glare and PSE bills, and add smart shades that answer to Alexa.

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🏆 Locally & Family-Owned by Eastside Residents
 🛡 Free In-Home Consultation
📍 We Bring the Showroom to You

Window Treatments for Every Style.

We’ll bring the showroom to you!

Made for Pacific Northwest Light

Long gray winters and bright summers call for smart light control. Light-filtering and top-down/bottom-up shades maximize scarce daylight; solar and cellular shades cut summer glare and PSE bills.

Smart Shades, Effortless Control

“Alexa, raise my shades.” Our motorized shades work with all major smart-home devices — schedule them to open with the light and lower in the heat, even on tall, hard-to-reach windows.

Luxury, Local & Family-Owned

Owned by lifelong Eastside residents Piper & Dan. We bring the luxury showroom to your Bellevue, Medina, or Mercer Island home and measure and install it ourselves.

Free In-Home Consultation

Top Brands. Local Service. The Showroom Comes to You.

Finding the right window covering shouldn’t mean fighting Eastside traffic to a store. Made in the Shade Bellevue brings the full luxury showroom to your living room. Because Pacific Northwest light changes with the season and every home is different, your local design consultant helps you compare fabrics, opacities, and finishes right where they’ll be installed — from a modern glass home in Bellevue to a waterfront on Mercer Island or a wooded lot in Sammamish.

Whether you need light-filtering shades to brighten a gray winter, solar shades to cut summer glare and PSE bills, or smart motorized shades for tall floor-to-ceiling windows, we design each treatment to your exact windows — from top brands like Hunter Douglas, Norman, and Graber. Free, with no obligation.

Roller Shade White Hunter Douglas
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The Made in the Shade team was incredible from start to finish. The communication and attention to detail was fantastic. They perfectly matched our needs with our budget to deliver a wonderful result in our home. We highly recommend them.
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Met with Dan who was a great design consultant who helped figure out my needs. Once ordered the communication was great and the install went perfectly! Will 100% recommend. Love my new blackout shade.
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The exceptional reviews that are posted by clients of Made in the Shade are absolutely true. It is a small local business, owned by Piper, who works diligently to earn the high marks. From the initial phone conversation, to the consultation, through the process of selecting colors and materials, to the day of installation and then the follow up phone call to check on our satisfaction, Piper was great. There is no upsell or pressure and she worked with our ideas and budget. She listened, communicated well, responded to calls and emails in a timely manner, explained any questions we had and kept us informed. The results: shades that are really functional and look great! Thank you, Piper!
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Our new home has vaulted ceilings upstairs with a row of high windows all the way around the top. It’s great for natural light in the PNW, but we also had one giant window directly facing the morning sun right over our bed, which wasn’t exactly ideal for sleep. Made in the Shade gave us a bunch of great options, considering budget and intended use, as well as what we might want to do with the other windows later on to make sure we’d have a clean and consistent aesthetic. Laid back, professional, and with zero pressure every step of the way. Even ended up getting our new blind completed and installed faster than we expected, with a highly conscientious installer who took great care around our walls and furniture. Measurements were perfect, and we have been super pleased with the light and heat blocking provided. Highly recommend! Wonderful small business that truly provides great value.
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Made in the Shade performed outstandingly on all of the windows in our new home. Piper knows her business and worked hard to make what we wanted affordable. I couldn’t recommend this company more highly.
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Helene Sears
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So glad we chose Piper for our blinds! Her attention to detail is incredible, she guided us to choices we never would’ve made on our own, and they turned out perfect. She even brought temporary blinds when ours were delayed. Truly the best!
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Piper is so helpful! She is great to work with. We love our shades and highly recommend working with her!
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Adding to the well deserved 5-star reviews....you will not go wrong choosing Made in the Shade!
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Dan, Piper and the rest of the Made in the Shade team were an absolute pleasure to work with from concept design through install. Dan helped us select the perfect motorized solar shades for our west-facing windows that dampen the intensity of the setting sun while preserving our view of the sunset over Lake Sammamish. We couldn’t be happier and highly recommend Made in the Shade!
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We had a great experience working with Piper and Dan at Made in the Shade! They were incredibly helpful and patient, providing multiple quotes so I could compare pricing options and feel confident in my decision. The shades we chose are beautiful and feel like such great quality. The whole process was smooth, and their attention to detail really stood out. Highly recommend!
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Custom Window Fashions for Every Style

Choosing the best window treatment is essential in showcasing your unique style. Our solutions for all types of windows will blend seamlessly with your overall interior design. Window treatments improve the look of your space and provide privacy, control light, and save on energy efficiency. We carefully craft each custom treatment to your specific measurements and desired decorative and functional features, including motorization options.

Shades

Maximize the Light, Control the Heat

Pacific Northwest light swings from gray winters to bright summers, and the right shade handles both. Light-filtering and top-down/bottom-up cellular shades brighten dark winter rooms while keeping privacy; solar shades cut summer glare and UV and help lower your PSE bill. Add blackout roller shades for bedrooms and media rooms. Cordless and smart-motorized options for every room.

Shutters

Timeless Luxury & Energy Efficiency

Installed like fine furniture, plantation shutters become a permanent, luxury fixture of the home — and their solid louvers add real insulation that cuts your PSE bills in the summer heat and holds warmth in the damp winter. Choose the warmth of wood or the brightness of composite. A statement piece for Bellevue’s finest homes.

Blinds

Custom-Fit for Every Eastside Window

From rich wood to durable faux wood, our custom blinds deliver precise light and privacy control and a tailored fit that off-the-shelf sizes can’t match — including the large and specialty windows common in Eastside homes. Faux wood resists moisture in kitchens and baths; vertical blinds handle wide patio and deck sliders.

Outdoor Shades

Enjoy Your View & Your Deck, Year-Round

On the Eastside, outdoor living is as important as the interior. Exterior patio shades mitigate harmful UV, regulate temperature, cut glare on your patio and view windows, and even keep the insects out — so you can enjoy the Cascade and lake views without the summer glare. Easy to clean and built for the PNW.

Drapery

Personal Style, Softness & Warmth

Custom drapery brings your personal touch — softness, texture, and an extra insulating layer that adds warmth on a damp Pacific Northwest evening. Layer drapes over shades for a finished, designer look on both small windows and large view windows. Tailored to your exact windows from many textures, patterns, and colors, with motorized tracks available.

Decorative Grilles

One of the Most Custom Products You’ll Ever See

Impress your guests with decorative faux-iron grilles — one of the most custom, high-design products we offer. They enhance windows, walls, ceilings, and outdoor spaces with a distinct, lasting-impression look, delivering the timeless character of wrought iron without the weight. A signature statement for a luxury Eastside home.

Locally Owned & Operated

Why the Eastside Chooses Made in the Shade

Piper Strand

We’re local, we’re family, and we’ve called the Eastside home for decades. Owner Piper Strand is a 40-year resident of the Issaquah-Sammamish area, and her brother Dan Osincup — our top design consultant — has 40+ years here and a real gift for whole-home shade design. We know Pacific Northwest homes and light: gray winters that need brightening, hot summers that need glare control, and modern floor-to-ceiling windows that deserve better than off-the-shelf. Every recommendation is guided by training, experience, and one goal — that you’re comfortable and fully informed about every choice.

Experience You Can Trust

Locally, family-owned by lifelong Eastside residents. Dan’s whole-home design expertise means solutions that are as beautiful as they are functional, and our 5-star reviews reflect individualized care before, during, and after the sale.

Pacific Northwest & Smart-Home Expertise

We specialize in light control for PNW living — brightening gray winters, cutting summer glare and PSE bills — and in smart motorization that works with all major smart-home devices for the tech-forward Eastside home.

Luxury Quality, Backed for Life

Industry-leading brands like Hunter Douglas, Norman, and Graber, most carrying a limited lifetime warranty, meticulously measured and installed by our trained team. Financing available.

Premium Brands. Local Prices. No Retail Markup.

We leverage our national buying power to bring the world’s leading window covering brands to Bellevue homeowners at prices that undercut big-box retail — without sacrificing quality or service. Our showroom carries:

 

Frequently Asked Questions About Window Treatments in Bellevue

How much do custom blinds, shades, and shutters cost in Bellevue?

Custom window treatments typically range from under $100 to over $1,000 per window. The price depends on the product, window size, material, operating system, motorization, and number of windows, so an exact quote requires measuring the actual windows.

That’s why Made in the Shade Bellevue includes a free in-home consultation – we measure every window, show samples in your home’s real Pacific Northwest light, and tailor the quote to your actual project. Financing is available.

What window treatments are best for Bellevue's cloudy winters and hot summers?

For Bellevue’s gray, low-light winters, light-filtering shades and top-down/bottom-up cellular shades maximize your scarce natural daylight while keeping privacy. For the increasingly hot, sunny summers, solar shades and insulating cellular shades block heat and glare and help cut your PSE bills.

Many Eastside homeowners combine light-filtering shades in living areas with room-darkening or motorized options in bedrooms and media rooms.

Are you locally owned?

Yes. Made in the Shade Bellevue is locally, family-owned and operated by Piper Strand, a 40-year resident of the Issaquah-Sammamish area, alongside her brother Dan Osincup, our top design consultant. You work directly with your Eastside neighbors, not a call center.

They serve the Greater Eastside – Bellevue, Medina, Mercer Island, Kirkland, Redmond, Issaquah, Sammamish, and Preston.

Do your smart shades work with Alexa and Google Home?

Yes. Our motorized shades work with all major smart-home devices, including Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Apple HomeKit. Just say “Alexa, raise my shades,” or schedule them to open with the morning light and lower during summer heat – perfect for the tech-forward Eastside home.

They’re ideal for the tall, hard-to-reach, floor-to-ceiling windows common in Bellevue homes.

How does the free in-home consultation work?

Made in the Shade brings the showroom to you: your design consultant comes to your home, reviews products and samples in your actual light, takes professional measurements, and gives you a quote. After you order, our trained team handles professional installation for a perfect fit.

No showroom trip – you compare colors and textures against your own walls, floors, and Eastside views.

What areas do you serve?

Made in the Shade Bellevue serves Bellevue, Issaquah, Redmond, Kirkland, Mercer Island, Sammamish, Medina, Preston, and surrounding Greater Eastside areas. The mobile showroom comes to your home anywhere in the service area.

Call (425) 638-4800 to confirm we cover your neighborhood – we’ll bring the showroom to you.

Proudly Serving Bellevue & the Greater Eastside — We Bring the Showroom to You

Not sure if we cover your zip? Call (425) 638-4800 — we cover more of the Greater Eastside than you might expect.

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