Sheer Drapes, Light Made Gentle

Keep the view, lose the glare. Custom sheer curtains wash strong coastal light into a glow and give tall windows the soft vertical lines they're missing.

Why Choose Shade №7

Designed Just For You

Transform your space with our custom-made window treatments.

Consult With Our Experts

Contact us and an expert will help you to choose the perfect product for your home.

Professional Measurements

After discussing all the details of your project, our professionals will measure your windows and provide you with a quote.

Certified Hunter Douglas Installation

We provide a full-service solution that handles all aspects of installation.
Made to Measure

Why This Drapery Hangs Better

 A window curtain off a shelf is a rectangle. Custom drapery is engineered: weighted hems, matched patterns, and fullness calculated to your windows.

True Custom Sizing

Every panel is cut to your measured window and ceiling height, so hems kiss the floor instead of guessing at it.

Pattern Matching

Repeats aligned across panels and seams, the detail that quietly separates custom from catalog.

Linings That Work

Light-filtering, room-darkening, and thermal linings chosen for the room's sun, not as an afterthought.

Hardware Engineered In

Rods, tracks, and motorized traverse systems specced to the fabric's weight from day one.

Bring Your Vision to Light

You know how you want your home to feel. We know how to get it there. Book an in-home consultation and we'll walk your rooms together, window by window.

How a Project Works

[Stage 1] Talk It Through

Start in our showroom or book an in-home consultation. We listen first: how the room is used, what the light does, what's been bothering you.

[Stage 2] Design and Decide

We narrow the options to what actually fits your windows, your style, and the way you live, with real samples in your hands.

[Stage 3] Measure and Make

We measure every opening ourselves, then your treatments are custom built to those exact dimensions. No stock sizes, no almost-fits.

[Stage 4] Install and Enjoy

Our installer hangs every piece, dials in the operation, and walks you through it. We don't leave until it works the way it should.

[Stage 1] Talk It Through
[Stage 2] Design and Decide
[Stage 3] Measure and Make
[Stage 4] Install and Enjoy
Sheers are the most misunderstood panel in the drapery family: not decoration, but a working light layer that turns harsh Florida sun into the glow rooms are photographed in.

What Sheers Actually Do

A Working Layer First

The Florida problem is rarely too little light; it's too much, arriving too hard. Sheer drapes solve it by diffusion: the open weave scatters direct sun across the whole panel, cutting glare and UV harshness while the room stays bright and the view stays present. Furniture and floors fade slower, screens become readable, and afternoon rooms stop feeling like interrogations. On ocean- and golf-facing glass, where blackout would waste the very reason you bought the house, a sheer panel is usually the first layer we specify.

Styles and Layering

Sheers run from barely-there voiles to textured linen-look weaves with real presence. Hung alone, full-height window sheer curtains give a room movement and height. Layered, they become the daytime gear in a two-layer system: drapery sheer panels in front for light, a shade or lined panel behind for night privacy and darkness. We design the layers together, with traverse hardware or motorization so the combination operates as easily as a single treatment.

Sewn Full, Hung High

What separates workroom sheers from a bagged pair of sheer drape curtains is generosity and precision: fullness cut at two to three times the window's width so panels ripple instead of stretching flat, hems weighted to hang straight, headers tailored to the hardware, and lengths cut to kiss the floor. We measure, sew to the numbers, and install with rods set high and wide to make windows read larger. It's the difference between fabric near a window and a window properly dressed.

Hardware and motorization finish the picture. Sheers on a traversing track glide with one finger or one tap, and a motorized sheer layer on a daytime schedule is one of the most pleasant automations we install: the house softens its own light at the hours the sun turns harsh. Styling-wise, coastal rooms love sheers hung high, wide, and generous, where the fabric moves with the air conditioning like a held breath. Bring us the room that's too bright to use at four in the afternoon; that's the room this page was written for.

FAQs

Your Questions, Answered

FAQs

Your Questions, Answered

What are sheer drapes used for?

Daytime light control and softness. Sheers diffuse hard sunlight into an even glow, cut glare, protect interiors from UV harshness, and add height and movement to a room, all while keeping the view and the brightness you bought the windows for.

Do sheer drapes provide privacy at night?

Not on their own; once interior lights come on, sheers silhouette. That's why we typically pair them with a second layer, a shade or lined drapery panel, that takes over after dark. Sheers run the day shift, the lined layer runs the night shift.

Should sheer drapes be layered with other window treatments?

In bedrooms and street-facing rooms, almost always. The classic build is sheers plus a room-darkening layer on a double rod or dual track, which covers every lighting condition a room sees. In living spaces with privacy from landscape or elevation, sheers alone are often plenty.

How do I clean sheer drape panels?

Gently and rarely. Regular care is a shake-out and a light vacuum with a brush attachment; most of our sheer fabrics also tolerate careful laundering or professional cleaning, and we'll tell you which when you choose the fabric. Avoid wringing; rehang slightly damp and the panels dress themselves.