How to Choose a Window Treatment Company in Colorado Springs

Published August 21, 2026. Last updated August 21, 2026.

What Separates One Window Treatment Company From Another

The right window treatment company in Colorado Springs is the one that can prove its claims. Look for verified reviews on more than one platform, local ownership, a free in-home consultation with real samples, a written warranty, licensed and insured installers, and products built for high-altitude sun. By that standard, Budget Blinds of Greater Colorado Springs holds a 4.9-star average across more than 1,200 Google reviews, with 1,173 of them at five stars.

Most homeowners start by collecting quotes and end up comparing numbers that measure completely different things. One covers stock blinds you hang yourself. Another covers custom shades, professional measurement, installation, and years of warranty coverage. The checklist below compares the companies instead of the price tags.

Seven Things to Check Before You Buy

Verified reviews on more than one platform

Reviews on a single site are easy to manage. Reviews that hold up on Google, the Better Business Bureau, and Houzz at the same time are much harder to stage. Ask how many reviews a company has and not just its average, because a perfect rating on nine reviews tells you almost nothing.

Local ownership, not just a local phone number

There is a real difference between a business owned by people who live here and a number that routes to a regional call center. Local owners answer for their own work and are still reachable when a question comes up two years later. Ask who owns the company and how long they have been here.

A free in-home consultation with real samples

Color and light behave differently in your house than in any showroom, especially with the bright western exposures common along the Front Range. A good company brings samples to you, measures your windows itself, and takes responsibility for the fit. Free consultations are standard here, so treat a charge for one as a warning sign.

A written warranty you can actually read

Ask for the warranty in writing before you sign anything, then check what it excludes as carefully as what it covers. Most of our products carry a five-year No-Questions-Asked Warranty covering damage or failure, with lifetime coverage on the Enlightened Style line. Fading, warping, and normal wear are common exclusions across the industry, so read that section closely.

Licensed, insured, and certified for child safety

Confirm the company carries liability insurance and that its installers are trained employees rather than rotating subcontractors. For homes with young children, look for Best for Kids certified products, a third-party certification from the Window Covering Manufacturers Association that identifies coverings built without accessible cords. It is a specific credential you can check rather than a general safety promise.

Motorization and smart home experience

Automated treatments are now a large share of new orders, and they are the easiest place for an inexperienced installer to get in over their head. Ask whether a company installs motorized and smart home window treatments regularly, integrates them with the systems you already run, and services the motors afterward.

Local install teams and a full product range

A company that installs with its own crew controls both the schedule and the quality of the finish. Real product breadth, from blinds and shades to shutters, drapery, and outdoor shades, means an odd window gets solved instead of talked out of. Ask both questions before you narrow your list.

Your Four Options, Compared Fairly

Every homeowner in the Pikes Peak region is really choosing among four categories, and each one is the right answer for somebody.

• National custom franchises. Custom products, in-home measurement, professional installation, and a corporate warranty standing behind a locally owned business. The trade-off is that quality varies by franchise, so the local owner’s track record matters more than the name on the van.
• Independent local shops. Often deep design expertise and unusual product lines, with one owner who may be both the designer and the installer. The trade-off is capacity and continuity, since a small shop can be slower to schedule and harder to reach years later for warranty work.
• Big-box retailers. Convenient, familiar, and usually the lowest sticker price on stock sizes. The trade-off is that measuring and installation are typically subcontracted, custom options are limited, and accountability ends up split among several parties.
• Online sellers. The lowest cost per window on standard openings. The trade-off is that every measurement is your responsibility, custom-cut orders are rarely returnable, and no one is available when an opening turns out not to be square.

If price is the only deciding factor and your openings are all standard sizes, the last two categories exist for a reason. If you have arched, angled, or oversized windows, or you want one company accountable for measuring, installing, and warrantying the work, the first two are your realistic choices.

What Local Experience Actually Changes

Colorado Springs sits above 6,000 feet, and the EPA notes that UV intensity increases about 6 percent for every kilometer of elevation. At our altitude that means harsher light than most products are designed around at sea level, and it shows up as faded flooring, bleached upholstery, and window coverings that look tired years earlier than they should. A company working here every day knows which fabrics and finishes hold up and which ones surrender by the second summer.

Exposure also changes from one neighborhood to the next. West-facing rooms in Rockrimmon and Mountain Shadows take direct afternoon sun off the foothills. Homes in Monument, Black Forest, and Falcon contend with wind and wider temperature swings. Newer builds in Briargate and Flying Horse tend to have tall stacked windows that need a plan rather than a stock size, and Woodland Park sits higher still, with colder nights and heavier snow.

Local knowledge shows up in energy performance too. The Department of Energy backs the Attachments Energy Rating Council, a nonprofit that rates how much energy blinds, shades, and shutters actually save. Asking whether a product carries a rating separates a real efficiency claim from a marketing one.

What We Can Put in Writing

Held to that same checklist, here is what we can document. Mike and Dina Burwell own the business, have lived in Colorado Springs since 1985, and are marking the company’s 30th year. Our Google rating is 4.9 across 1,211 reviews, 1,173 of them five stars, and we hold an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau, accredited since September 2015. We have been named to The Gazette’s Best of the Springs eight years running, 2019 through 2026. We are a Top 20 location within a network of more than 1,500 franchises, and a member of the Housing and Building Association of Colorado Springs. We serve El Paso and Teller Counties, from Fountain and Fort Carson north to Palmer Lake and west through Woodland Park to Divide.

The fastest way to hold us to that checklist is to put us in front of your actual windows. Schedule a Free Consultation and we will bring samples to your home, measure every opening ourselves, and leave you with a written estimate at no cost. Our own trained installers handle the work, most products are covered for five years with no questions asked, and promotional financing is available if you would rather spread the cost out. One call really does handle all of it.

Mike Burwell

Owner, Budget Blinds of Greater Colorado Springs

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do custom window treatments cost in Colorado Springs?

Cost depends on how many openings you are covering, their size, and the product you choose, so any honest number comes after a measurement rather than before it. Custom shades and blinds generally land above stock sizes and below plantation shutters or full motorization. Our consultation includes a written estimate at no charge, so you see the real figure before deciding anything.

How long does it take from consultation to installation?

Most projects run a few weeks start to finish, and manufacturing time for custom products is the longest stretch of it. Motorized and specialty orders can run longer. You get a timeline at the consultation rather than after you have committed.

What actually happens during an in-home consultation?

A design consultant comes to your home with samples, looks at each room in its real light, asks how you use the space, and measures every window. You see materials against your own walls and flooring instead of guessing from a screen. There is no charge and no obligation to buy.

Are motorized shades worth it, or are they a gimmick?

They earn their keep in two situations, hard-to-reach windows and rooms where the sun moves through the day. Scheduling shades to close during peak afternoon heat does real work on both comfort and fading, and cordless operation removes a hazard in homes with kids or pets. For one easy-to-reach window, manual operation is usually the better value.

What does the warranty cover if something breaks?

It depends on who broke it — and either way, you're covered. If the manufacturer got it wrong — a defect in materials or workmanship — the Manufacturer's Limited Lifetime Warranty covers it for as long as you own the product. If you're the reason it broke — the dog, the kids, a shade yanked the wrong way — that's what our Budget Blinds Exclusive 5-Year No Questions Asked warranty is for. Most of our products carry it, and it's exactly what it sounds like: we fix or replace it without asking how it happened. The one thing neither covers is normal wear, like fading and warping — that's standard across the industry, and one more reason fabric choice matters at this altitude.