Motorized Window treatments for Northwest Washington
Motorized window treatments make it easier to adjust blinds, shades, shutters, and drapery throughout the day. Depending on the selected product, you may operate your window treatments with a remote, wall control, mobile application, or compatible smart-home system.
Lorraine’s Window Coverings provides motorized and automated window treatments for homes and businesses throughout Whatcom, Skagit, Island, and San Juan counties. Our experienced team will help you compare products, control methods, power sources, and automation features before professionally measuring, installing, and setting up your system.
Explore Motorized Window Treatment Options
Motorized Shades
Shades offer the broadest range of motorized window treatment options. Depending on the collection, a motor can raise, lower, stop, or reposition the shade.
Motorization may be available for:
- Roller shades
- Solar shades
- Cellular shades
- Roman shades
- Woven wood shades
- Sheer shades and shadings
- Layered and zebra shades
- Vertical cellular shades
- Skylight shades
- Select specialty-shaped shades
Motorized shades are especially useful for tall windows, grouped windows, skylights, large openings, and treatments that are adjusted several times each day.
Motorized Blinds
Select horizontal and vertical blinds are available with powered operating features. Depending on the product, motorization may control the slat tilt, blind lift, vane rotation, traversal, or a combination of movements.
Motorized blinds may be helpful for:
- Tall windows
- Wide or heavy blinds
- Grouped window arrangements
- Commercial spaces
- Customers who have difficulty using manual controls
- Rooms requiring frequent adjustments
Available functions depend on the blind type and manufacturer.
Motorized Interior Shutters
Select shutter collections offer motorized louver control. This allows you to adjust light and privacy without manually reaching each shutter panel.
Motorized shutters can be particularly useful for:
- Tall windows
- Hard-to-reach windows
- Specialty-shaped openings
- Groups of shutters
- Accessibility needs
- Rooms where louvers are adjusted frequently
Depending on the system, the louvers may be operated by remote, wall control, or compatible smart device.
Motorized Drapery
Motorized drapery tracks allow fabric panels to open and close smoothly without pulling the fabric by hand. This can protect the panels from uneven handling while making large or heavy treatments easier to operate.
Motorized drapery is especially useful for:
- Sliding glass doors
- Floor-to-ceiling windows
- Wide window walls
- Tall windows
- Heavy drapery panels
- Frequently operated treatments
- Bedrooms and media rooms
- Accessibility-focused projects
Ripple-fold and traversing pleated drapery are often well suited to motorized tracks.
Compare Motorized Window Treatment Types
| Product Type | Powered Movement | Particularly Suited For |
|---|---|---|
| Motorized Shades | Raises, lowers, and stops at selected positions | Tall windows, grouped shades, skylights, and everyday automation |
| Motorized Blinds | May control lift, tilt, rotation, or traversal | Adjustable light control, offices, and difficult-to-reach windows |
| Motorized Shutters | Adjusts the louvers | Specialty windows, tall openings, accessibility, and convenient light control |
| Motorized Drapery | Opens and closes fabric panels | Sliding doors, wide windows, heavy panels, and dramatic installations |
Why Choose Motorized Window Treatments?
Motorization can improve daily convenience while making difficult-to-reach or frequently adjusted window treatments easier to use.
Benefits may include:
- Convenient control from a remote or mobile device
- Easier operation of tall or hard-to-reach windows
- Coordinated movement of multiple window treatments
- Scheduled adjustments for changing light and privacy
- A clean appearance without dangling operating cords
- Improved accessibility for customers with limited reach or mobility
- Reduced handling of delicate fabrics
- Smart-home integration with compatible systems
- Greater control over glare and direct sunlight
- An occupied appearance while you are away
Motorization can be added to many styles, but availability varies by manufacturer, collection, size, shape, and installation conditions.
Ways to Control Motorized Window Treatments
Quality Brands Selected with Care
We partner with respected manufacturers known for design, innovation, reliability, and product support. Working with multiple brands allows us to recommend solutions across a range of styles, performance needs, and budgets. Instead of applying the same product to every project, we help you compare the features and materials that make sense for your particular space. Available brands, collections, fabrics, finishes, and operating systems may vary.
Understanding Gateways and Hubs
Some motorized treatments can operate directly from a handheld remote. Advanced features such as mobile-app control, schedules, scenes, remote access, and smart-home integration may require a gateway or hub.
The gateway acts as a bridge between the motorized treatments, mobile application, home network, and compatible smart-home platform.
Requirements vary by system. Our team will explain which components are necessary for the features you want so that you do not purchase equipment you do not need.
Featured Motorization Systems
Hunter Douglas PowerView® Automation
Hunter Douglas PowerView® Automation provides motorized control for many Hunter Douglas window treatment collections.
Depending on the product and system configuration, PowerView features may include:
- Handheld Pebble® remotes
- Wall-mounted controls
- PowerView mobile-app control
- Saved shade positions
- Grouped window treatments
- Scheduled scenes
- Sunrise and sunset scheduling
- Compatible smart-home integration
PowerView®
Pebble Remote:
The Pebble Remote provides on-demand control in a compact handheld design. Depending on the configuration, it can operate individual treatments or groups assigned to multiple channels.
A wall-mounted Pebble Surface Remote may provide a consistent location for the control.
PowerView App:
The PowerView App can be used with compatible equipment to create scenes, group treatments, select preferred positions, and schedule movement.
PowerView Gateway:
The PowerView Gateway connects compatible treatments with the PowerView App and supported smart-home features. Without the gateway, compatible treatments may still operate using available direct
controls, but advanced connected features may be limited.
Product availability and system requirements change over time. Our team will confirm current compatibility for your selected window treatments.
Norman® PerfectTilt™ Motorized Shutters
Norman PerfectTilt™ provides motorized louver control for compatible shutter collections. It can make shutters easier to adjust on tall, hard-to-reach, or specialty-shaped windows.
Depending on the selected system, features may include:
- Powered louver movement
- Remote operation
- Precise positioning
- Control of individual shutters or groups
- A clean appearance without manual tilt rods
- Compatibility with select control systems
Availability depends on the shutter collection, window configuration, and current manufacturer specifications.
Custom Measured and Professionally Installed
Personal Service From Consultation Through Installation
Once you select your window treatments, our team takes precise measurements and coordinates the ordering process. When the products are ready, our professional installers mount, align, and test each treatment before explaining its operation and care.
This full-service approach provides:
Personalized design guidance, accurate window measurements, products custom ordered for your space, professional installation, motorization setup when applicable, product operation and care guidance, and continued assistance after
installation.
Step 1:
Explore your options
Visit our showroom or contact us to discuss your project.
Step 2:
Schedule A free consultation
We evaluate your windows, design preferences, and functional needs.
Step 3:
Professional measuring & ordering
We confirm the details and order treatments made for your windows.
step 4: Professional installation
We install, test, and demonstrate your finished window treatments.
Visit Our Bellingham Showroom
Compare Window Treatments in Person
Pictures and samples are helpful, but operating a shade or seeing a fabric in natural light can make choosing much easier. Our Bellingham showroom features more than 40 displays, allowing you to compare blinds, shades, shutters, drapery, motorized products, and other custom solutions in person.
Our designers can walk you through differences in materials, light filtration, privacy, durability, and operating options. You can also experience motorized window treatments firsthand and explore options from Hunter Douglas, Springs Window Fashions, Alta, Lafayette Interior Fashions, Norman, and more.
Showroom Address:
410 W. Bakerview Road, Suite 101
Bellingham, WA 98226
Frequently asked questions
Most manually operated window treatments cannot simply have a motor added after manufacture. In many cases, a motorized-compatible replacement must be ordered. Conversion availability depends on the product, manufacturer, age, dimensions, and components.
Battery-powered and some plug-in products generally do not require new in-wall electrical work. Hardwired systems require appropriate electrical planning and installation by a qualified professional.
Many systems can still operate through a handheld remote or direct control when internet service is unavailable. Mobile-app, remote-access, voice, schedule, and smart-home functions may be limited until the connection returns. Behavior varies by system.
Battery life depends on the treatment’s size and weight, motor type, battery type, frequency of operation, and environmental conditions. Our team will explain the anticipated maintenance for the selected system.
Many systems allow compatible treatments to be organized into rooms, groups, or scenes. This can make it possible to adjust several treatments with one command.
Select automation systems support schedules that adjust with local sunrise and sunset times. This typically requires compatible treatments, controls, a gateway or hub, and proper system configuration.
Some systems integrate with compatible voice assistants and smart-home platforms. Compatibility and required equipment vary, so confirm your preferred platform before selecting a system.
Motorized designs generally eliminate the need for traditional operating cords, although product construction and visible components vary. This provides a clean appearance and may be preferred in homes with children or pets.
Automated schedules can help manage direct sunlight and window exposure by moving treatments consistently throughout the day. Actual energy performance depends on the window, treatment, fabric, fit, schedule, climate, and building.
Motorized options are available for select skylights, angled windows, arches, and other specialty configurations. Availability depends on the shape, dimensions, product, manufacturer, and access to an appropriate power source.
Our team can demonstrate and assist with the basic setup of applicable manufacturer controls and mobile applications. Complex whole-home automation may require coordination with a separate technology or automation professional.
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