66 custom roller shades for a boutique hotel renovation

Blackout shades with side channels for 20 guest rooms, plus motorized sunscreen shades in the lobby — installed room by room while the hotel stayed open.

Sector: Hospitality
Location: Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Year: 2025
Project type: Hospitality renovation
Application: Guest rooms, lobby and breakfast room
Quantity: 66 shades (60 guest room, 6 lobby)
Product: Meridian Commercial Blackout; Meridian Sunscreen 5% with hardwired motors
Fabric: Blackout in Stone; sunscreen 5% in Linen / Grey
Customization: Cassette with side channels; widths 34–108 in; 3 windows over 100 in wide
Production: Two releases, 12 business days each
Delivery: Shipped by floor, labeled by room and window
Result: Installed in 9 working days with no rooms taken offline

Challenge

The 1920s building had original window openings that varied by up to ¾ in within the same room type, so standard hotel sizes would not fit. Guests had complained about light around the old drapery, and the hotel could close only three rooms at a time for installation.

Solution

The installer measured every opening and sent a window schedule by room. We confirmed a cassette with side channels for the guest rooms to reduce light gaps, and specified motorized 5% sunscreen shades on a single wall switch for the tall lobby windows. Production was split into two releases matching the hotel’s floor-by-floor plan, with every carton labeled by room number.

Result

All 66 shades were installed in nine working days. The hotel reports the rooms now get properly dark, and housekeeping no longer has drapery to launder. The owner has since asked for a quote for the hotel’s second property.