Manual Roller Shades for South-Facing Storefront Glare at The Green Spot in Omaha, NE
Budget Blinds of Omaha and Lincoln installed four BlocPro manual roller shades at The Green Spot, a pet store in Omaha's Aksarben neighborhood, to control winter glare on its south-facing storefront.
The Aksarben neighborhood in Omaha is full of small, locally owned shops, and The Green Spot Omaha is a go-to for the city's dog owners. Our team at Budget Blinds of Omaha and Lincoln was brought in through a referral from the Omaha dog community, and the goal was clear: control the storefront glare with a simple, cost-effective shade that blended into the existing windows.
The Green Spot is a small retail space with a south-facing storefront. In winter the sun sits low in the southern sky, so light enters at a shallow angle and the glare reached across the entire store. The shades had to cut that glare while keeping the space bright and the view out to the street open.
This presented a challenge. A small storefront budget leaves little room for custom hardware or long lead times, and the client wanted the problem solved quickly.
We solved it two ways. First, we made a quick site visit to measure each opening precisely and gave the client an immediate quote. Second, we chose a product line with a one-week lead time, so the shades were installed two weeks after our first appointment, scheduled around the store's hours.
We installed four BlocPro manual roller shades across the storefront windows and left the entry door uncovered. BlocPro is made in the USA, which gave us a one-week lead time and a very low cost for a commercial storefront. We specified an anodized gray fascia (the metal cover over the roller tube) to match the existing window frames, so the hardware blends into the storefront when the shades are raised.
The fabric is BlocPro Kleenscreen 1% basketweave in light gray. At 1% openness (the share of the fabric that lets light through), it blocks the direct winter sun while staff and customers can still see out to the street. The light gray also sits close to the fascia and frames.
Pairing a fast, domestically made roller shade with a low-openness fabric gave The Green Spot real glare control at a price that fit a small retail space.
Small storefronts need a shade that fits the frame, handles the worst sun of the year, and goes in quickly. The right product line can deliver all three in a couple of weeks.
Thank you to the Omaha dog community for the referral, and to The Green Spot for trusting Budget Blinds of Omaha and Lincoln with their store.
FAQ
Does Budget Blinds of Omaha and Lincoln offer shades made in the USA? Yes. The BlocPro roller shades we installed at The Green Spot are made in the USA, which gave us a one-week lead time and a very low cost.
Do you handle small jobs with just a few shades? Yes. We take on jobs of 1-4 shades regularly. The Green Spot in Aksarben needed four shades, a quick site visit, and an immediate quote, and we can schedule installs outside normal business hours.
How long do storefront roller shades take in Omaha? About two weeks from the first appointment. BlocPro's one-week lead time had The Green Spot's shades installed two weeks after we measured and quoted on site.
What fabric openness works for a south-facing storefront? A low openness, like 1%. It cuts the low winter sun but keeps the view out to the street, which is what we used across The Green Spot's storefront.
Budget Blinds of Omaha and Lincoln serves the greater Omaha and Lincoln metro areas.