Long Island City is one of the fastest-growing skylines in the country, and almost all of it is new high-rise construction with floor-to-ceiling glass and direct Manhattan views. That glass is stunning and it brings glare and heat, which is exactly what modern motorized shades are built to solve.
Floor-to-ceiling glass
LIC towers are walls of windows. The right answer is usually layered: motorized solar shades for daytime glare and heat control, blackout shades for the bedrooms, sometimes a soft drapery panel to add warmth to all that glass and metal.
A wall of glass without the right shades is unlivable by 4 p.m. With them, it is the best room in the apartment.
— Glamour Decorating, from 30 years of NYC-area installs
Motorized and smart-home ready
These apartments are wired for modern living, and motorized Somfy shades integrate with Apple HomeKit, Google Home, and Alexa. Set a sunrise schedule, a movie scene, and a leaving scene, and the whole wall responds without a cord in sight.
Right across the bridge
Our Brooklyn workroom is a short trip from LIC, so scheduling is easy and installs are handled by our own crew.