Budget Blinds offers in-home consultations and convenient online shopping. After a consultation, clients can come in to their new office on International Court and view additional samples or review what they chose. Photo by by Jozie Jennings
Budget Blinds of North St. Petersburg: Window Treatments for Every Room By Suzanne Driscoll Like many other St. Petersburg residents, Samantha and Shaun Roberts decided to make the move here to take advantage of our beautiful weather. Coming from Liverpool, England, in 2016, they were looking for a business opportunity to use their years of experience in sales and marketing, and they were excited to purchase Budget Blinds of North St. Petersburg. “What sets us apart from the competition is we provide design and installation services for every budget,” Shaun Roberts says. “We work with a wide variety of vendors and offer free in-home consultations
and on-the spot estimates. We’re happy to do just one window or even hundreds for a commercial business or apartment building. And we stand by our work and have a wide variety of industryleading warranties.”
Popular Trends “Woven wood shades are very popular these days,” he says. “And the iconic Florida plantation shutters are a mainstay, where you can open them for a lovely view. Many clients like to have a shutter with a honeycomb shade behind it. Motorization can be added to the majority of our product offerings, making opening and closing very easy by remote or phone app. And now we offer a rechargeable motor you just plug in to an outlet about every 12 to 18 months.” In addition, motorized shades can be connected to home Wi-Fi to set schedules throughout the day. Roberts finds this works great for their young son, since he knows he has to stay in bed until the shades rise at 7 a.m. “It is also nice for security reasons to have shades opening and closing while you are not at home.”
Other Window Treatments Budget Blinds offers a full range of window treatments that include custom drapes and soft treatments. These can also be ordered with motorized drapery rods and blinds programmed to open and close right from your cell phone. Many customers choose to install
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