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Quality Isn’t Just A Catchphrase, It’s Our Heritage

With over 40 years of excellence in crafting fine window furnishings,  Norman®’s quality has made it famous.  It’s what drives Norman® to innovate and why you will see it in every detail.  Few companies will farm their  own wood, make their own components, or weave their own cords.  At Norman®, everything matters and anything is possible.

Norman® strives to exceed the highest industry standards. That’s why Norman® is focused on leading the industry in quality, service, selection and value. From our patented performance and safety enhancing techniques, award-winning product designs, to our socially responsible processes in manufacturing and forestry, Norman® has a history of defining the future.

Villa Blind and Shutter is a Certified Norman Dealer for over ten years.  You will love your Norman window covering products for their quality, innovations and warranties.  Please learn about their offerings below, especially their newest innovations, Smart Drapery, Synchrony Vertical Blinds and Motorized Roller Shades. 
Villa loves this product line.

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Drew Lowery/Owner of Villa Blind and Shutter

951-847-7708

Spring Shutter Sale, Video Install of the Month

Shutters,
Greetings from Villa Blinds.
As part of our Spring Shutter Sale Event, we want to share one of our Job of the Month Installation Videos.

Spring Shutter Sale

Villa is offering our popular Spring Sale; A BUY 3 Shutters and GET ONE FREE
Of course we offer Free in-home Shutter Consultations and Estimates.  Next day appointments are available as well.  And if you want a quote over the phone, we can do that for you as well.

As you start to shop and learn all about shutters you will soon realize shutters are made of two or three materials, vary greatly in quality and are produced for our market both in the U.S and abroad.  These differences will produce a wide range of price quotes, which will make your decision on buying shutters a bit more difficult.

Villa Designers have the experience to recommend the right shutter and design that fits your home and your choices along the way.  We call this a shutter design process.

  • Primarily you will choose between Basswood and Hybrid materials.
  • Frames to best fit your window openings.
  • Standard or Hidden Tilt controls.
  • American or Chinese Made.
  • Whites or Stains

Spring shutter sale

Learn About Window Covering Pricing by Product Line

Design Ideas, Shades, Shutters

No one enjoys finding out at the cash register that the perfect item that you’ve picked out happens to cost way more than you thought. So we’ll use this post to hopefully help you avoid sticker shock when shopping for custom window treatments. With the disclaimer that retail prices vary significantly by market, we’ll categorize each product line and will provide a ballpark price range for each line. For exact pricing, call Villa today.

Economy Class

Aluminum Blinds, Faux Wood Blinds, Wood Blinds, Verticals

If you’re looking for the most inexpensive custom window coverings, then aluminum blinds are the best choice. Aluminum blinds are great for reducing heat transfer and maximizing privacy, but they aren’t necessarily the most exciting window treatments. For a 36 x 60″ window, aluminum mini-blinds range from approximately $100 – $140 depending on the style and the size of the slat (1″ or 2″).

For customers that may want something a little more stylish, faux wood horizontal blinds offer style and substance at a price that won’t hurt your wallet. Faux wood blinds are intended to look and function exactly like a wood blind, giving you all the perks of a wood blind at the price of a faux wood blind. For a 36 x 60″ window, faux wood horizontal blinds can range from approximately $125 – $195.faux wood blinds

Wood blinds are ideal for use in larger windows, as they are substantially lighter than faux wood blinds. Consequently, wood blinds will be easier to lift and will place less stress on the internal mechanisms. Stained wood blinds also have a little more elegance and character than do faux wood blinds; the natural imperfections that make wood blinds so beautiful are simply impossible to recreate. A 36 x 60″ wood blind will range from $170 – $250.

 Vertical Blinds   round out the economy class. Widely considered the best window covering for sliding glass doors and patio doors, vertical blinds offer great value. A 36 x 60″ vertical blind can cost between $110 – $300.

 

Business Class

Woven Wood Shades, Cellular Shades, Roller Shades, Transitional Shades

Woven wood shades offer a truly unique, natural look for any home or office. Despite the fact that fabrics are created by hand-weaving bamboos, jutes, rattans, and reeds, woven wood shades come in at a business class price point. A 36 x 60″ woven wood shade ranges from $195 – $340.

Cellular shades are the most energy efficient window coverings.  A properly installed cellular shade can substantially reduce your heating and cooling costs. The savings provided by energy efficient cellular shadews combined with their price tag, make cell shades one of the best value buys. A standard cellular shade for a 36 x 60″ window can cost $190 – $375.

honeycomb cellular shade

As we’ve discussed in previous posts, roller shades are one of the hottest products on the market. Not only are roller shades incredibly popular, they’re also incredibly reasonably priced. For a 36 x 60″ window, a roller shade can cost anywhere from $200 – $350.

On the upper end of the business class are transitional shades – also known as zebra shades. Transitional shades are one of the newer products on the market, and offer a fun, contemporary window covering, with all the functionality of both a roller shade and a horizontal blind. For a 36 x 60″ window, a transitional shade will cost between $325 – $475.

 

First Class

Shutters, Horizontal Sheers

Custom-made plantation shutters are simply unmatched in terms of beauty and functionality. Like all Skandia products,  shutters are all manufactured proudly in America. Given the labor-intensive nature of shutters, and the cost of American manufacturing, it’s not surprising that plantation shutters come in at a higher price than other products. With a full range of PVC Shutters and natural basswood shutters, and a variety of configuration options, the price can vary substantially. As a safe starting point, a 36 x 60″ shutter will cost approximately $450.

Horizontal Sheers are another product that have a very intricate manufacturing process, and as such, a higher price tag. Additionally, horizontal sheers require more fabric than do comparable products. A horizontal sheer has a back layer of fabric, a front layer of fabric, and s-shaped fabric vanes in between the two layers. The design is what makes horizontal sheers so desirable though. Horizontal sheers offer a refined take on a timeless classic – horizontal blinds. A 36 x 60″ horizontal sheer can range from $700 – $900.

silhouette shade

Hopefully this post helps you to determine what custom window coverings fit best in your budget. We strongly encourage you to CONTACT VILLA  for more pricing information. Again, prices will vary substantially by market.

Summer Shutter Sale

Shutters,

SUMMER SHUTTER SALE STARTS NOW

Villa Blind and Shutter is offering their Premium Wood Shutters for only $16.50 per Square Foot.

Shutter Sale Includes

  •  Free Temporary Blinds.
  • Free Final Measrure
  • Installation Discounts
  • Choice from 5 Frames and Standard Tilt Bar
  • Free Design Consultation

          Holiday shutter sale

At Villa Blind and Shutter, shutters are our specialty.  After more than a decade in business we have learned a lot about shutters because we have installed more shutters than any other dealer in our area.  And we have learned from our mistakes.  We now have very few jobs getting installed that are not perfect.  The few that do have issues are always corrected as soon as possible, sometimes in a few days.

Our wood shutters come from overseas where the paint finishes are polyurethane, which protects the paint from fading or pealing.

Our top selling frame is the Z Crown,  it is beautiful and because it is mounted as an inside mount, it looks flush in your window opening.  We have many frames to choose from and always walk you through your many choices as part of our Shutter Design Process.

Call today for your Free In Home Consultation  951-847-7708

Basswood Shutters by Villa

Shutters,

Basswood Shutters by Onyx are beautiful and elegant. All natural woods show beautiful grain, have fantastic staining properties, and high resistance to warping.

Basswood Shutters portray a solid barrier and offer great privacy. Many different colors are available to match any style of home or office. Lightweight woods also boast superb strength and provide a long-lasting, affordable solution for natural window coverings. Help from our Designers

Villa’s Premium Wood Shutter   Onyx offers multiple choices of frames, paints and stains and a full line of specialty shapes, including arches and sunbursts. The quality is unsurpassed including these many features:

The Villa Basswood Shutter by Onyx

Shutters samples

Four Panel called LLRR

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Panels Open

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Arch Top

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Bi-Pass Track

basswood shutters        Shutters samples

 

Basswood shutters

Specialty Shapes

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Basswood Shutter Features

A tension adjustment screw in every shutter panel ensures that, whether the shutter is brand new or decades old, it will never become too tight or too loose to operate properly. By the slight turn of a screw inside the stile, the louver tension is either increased and decreased

Stainless steel staples are resistant to both corrosion and temperature changes.  One of the most tiresome experiences of a shutter owner is staple failure. We use extra-long stainless steel staples in the louvers and tilt-rod to ensure that they do not pull out.

Hidden, recessed magnets allow our shutter panels to close tightly while also providing a clean and streamlined appearance.

Mortise and tenon joints are designed for maximum strength, to withstand shear and racking stress and to ensure safety and reliability.  Typical shutters, like those sold at big-box home improvement retailers, are joined together by glued dowels or screw joints which eventually work themselves loose and/or fall apart.  Our shutters are built differently, using special joinery for superior strength and simplicity.

Mortised hinges are important to achieve a tight fit within your window opening. Without a mortised panel, a gap appears on the hanging side that allows light to break between the panel and selected frame.  Our hinges have at least 5 knuckle joints for better load distribution and smoother, quieter action. Pivot hinges have firmly riveted joint pins.  We select materials that are sufficiently heavy to prevent sagging and are resistant to moisture.

Multi-layer, hand-sanded polyurethane finish with high-quality stain or paint provides hardness, strength, UV-resistance, water-resistance and color retention.

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Horizontal Blinds

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Horizontal Blinds by Villa Blinds

Great Selection by Villa Blinds

We offer In-Home Product Presentations that do not just show one Brand of Faux wood Blind like many of our competitors do.  We bring a bag full of Blinds to choose from, each with a particular niche.  Here is our list of Hand Sample from our “Blinds Bag”.

Norman Performance Faux Wood Blinds.  Read more…

These Horizontal Blinds offer innovative features like Smart Privacy Slats and Child Safety Cords.  Available in 2″ and 2 1/2″ slats, this Faux wood blind is competitively priced on average at $89 and comes with a 5 year warranty.

Horizontal blinds    

BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGIES
Put Norman® technology to work with Performance™ Faux Wood Blinds designed to be a cinch to operate and to withstand the elements, including light, heat, moisture, and salty air.

  • Hardened for toughness: slats resist denting and scratching for the long haul
  • Patented SmartPrivacy™: award-winning routeless feature offers minimal light leakage, smoother operation and tighter closure.
  • Patented Insta-Lock™: Locks the blind at any position and at any angle, effortlessly without frustrating tugging – even on corner windows.
  • Slats won’t shift or slide out of the blind
  • Withstands industry-leading heat deflection temperatures
  • Resists fading and yellowing
  • Genuine Norman® reengineered components that make tilting and raising/lowering a breeze
  • Patented cord release device for child and pet safety
  • All materials are lead free, V.O.C. free and without any harmful chemicals

Century Blinds    Read more…

This HunterDouglas owned company located right here in Corona offers the Soft Wood Blind in a 3 ” slat.  Great when you want to see your view.

 Our Offering 

  • traditional whites, rich stains
  • smooth and wood grain textures
  • privacy light control options
  • 2˝, 2½˝ and 3˝ slat sizes

  

Comfortex Window Coverings     Read more..

Their Blinds are the first to meet future cordless regulations in the Industry’s goal to be Child and Pet friendly by going cordless.  They have a lift and lock system, you simply press the bottom rail center and move the blind to your desired height.

Hardware Options & Operating Systems

You can choose from a variety of Hardware and Decorative Options, including:

  • Decorative Valance
  • Routed
  • Routeless “no-holes”
  • Valance Chip
  • Trapezoidal Bottom rail (standard)
  • Cordless Lift & Lock™ Option

Norman Premium Wood Blinds  Read more…

Want a really beautiful stained wood blind?  Norman is the largest Shutter manufacturer world wide and they make a great wood blind as well.  From their  innovative head rail that requires no valance to their rich stains and selections of colors,  Norman has the best wood blind in the industry.

 

Call today for a FREE IN-HOME DESIGN and FREE ESTIMATE       951-847-7708

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