Newcastle, Washington
Blinds, shades, and shutters in Newcastle, for hillside homes that face the sunset.
Newcastle sits on the hills between Bellevue and Renton, and most of its houses were built in the 1990s and 2000s to look west over Lake Washington toward Seattle. Big view windows, west sun, and great rooms with high glass. PAPABLINDS brings Norman® samples to your house, measures every window, and installs the order.
Newcastle homes, window by window.
Newcastle incorporated in 1994 on the old coal-mining hills above the southeast shore of Lake Washington, and its neighborhoods were laid out for the view: houses step down the slopes with their living rooms and primary bedrooms facing west. That means the sunset through the glass every clear evening, and glare on the television from four o’clock. Solar roller shades in a low openness keep the skyline and take the glare; PerfectSheer™ softens it.
Because the houses are mostly from one era, the windows repeat: two-story great rooms with a clerestory row, tall windows over the stairs, sliders to a deck, and a primary bedroom with a wall of west glass. The order is a motorized upper row in the great room, a room-darkening dual shade in the bedroom for the summer sunsets, and SmartDrape™ or track shutters on the slider.
- Solar shades on the west-facing view.
- Dual shades in west-facing bedrooms: solar by day, dark by night.
- Motorized clerestory rows and stairwell windows.
- SmartDrape™ or track shutters on the deck slider.
© 2021 Norman®. All Rights Reserved.Neighborhoods and what fits them.
A starting point, not a rule. The visit decides.
| Area | Typical homes and windows | What we usually show |
|---|---|---|
| The view slopes above Coal Creek Parkway | 1990s and 2000s two-stories facing west, great rooms, clerestory rows | Soluna™ solar shades, motorized upper rows, dual shades in bedrooms |
| Golf course neighborhoods | Larger 2000s houses, tall glass, sliders to patios | PerfectSheer™, SmartDrape™, Woodlore® Plus shutters |
| Lake Boren and the older streets | Some 1970s and 1980s houses with standard windows | Outside-mount honeycomb, faux wood blinds, Normandy® shutters |
| Townhomes near the town center | Tall narrow windows, close neighbors | Top-down bottom-up honeycomb, room-darkening rollers |
Three products that earn their place in Newcastle.
© 2021 Norman®. All Rights Reserved.Solar shades
The Seattle skyline stays; the sunset glare on the TV goes.
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© Norman®. All Rights Reserved.Blinds for high windows
Clerestory rows and stairwell windows on a remote, charged from the floor.
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© 2021 Norman®. All Rights Reserved.Vertical shades
SmartDrape™ on the deck slider: walk through it, close it from the remote.
See the optionsHow a visit works in Newcastle.
The same four steps on one bathroom window and on a whole house.
- 1Request a visitSend the form or call. We agree a time and ask which rooms and windows you want to cover, so we bring the right samples.
- 2Samples in your roomsShutters, blinds, and shades in real materials, held against your own windows in your own light. Colors are matched to your trim and floors on the spot.
- 3Measured by usEvery window is measured by the person who will install it: frame depth, reveal, handles, and how the window opens. The order matches the window, not an estimate.
- 4Installed and walked throughInstallation is finished cleanly, and you get a walkthrough of tilt, lift, or motorized operation before we leave.
© 2021 Norman®. All Rights Reserved.Newcastle questions.
Is the in-home visit in Newcastle really free?
Yes. The visit, the samples, and the measurement are free, and the quote is written for your windows, not from a price list.
Who measures and who installs?
PAPABLINDS does both. One company from the first visit to the final walkthrough, so nothing is lost between a salesperson and an installer.
Our bedroom faces west and the sunset keeps us up in summer. What works?
A dual shade: a solar layer for the daytime view and a room-darkening layer, with side channels, for the evening. Motorized on a schedule so it closes before sunset.
Do you handle the tall windows over the stairs?
Yes. Motorized shades charged from the floor, or a fixed honeycomb if the window never needs to move. See high windows.
What brands do you install?
Norman® shutters, blinds, and shades: Woodlore®, Woodlore® Plus, AquaShield™, and Normandy® shutters; Ultimate™ faux wood, Normandy® wood, Synchrony™ vertical, and CityLights™ aluminum blinds; Portrait™ honeycomb, Soluna™ roller, Centerpiece™ Roman, PerfectSheer™, SmartFold™, and SmartDrape™ shades.
Blinds, shades, and shutters in Newcastle, WA
PAPABLINDS measures and installs custom window coverings in Newcastle, Washington, on the view slopes above Coal Creek Parkway, around the golf course neighborhoods and Lake Boren, and in the townhomes near the town center. The visit is free: samples in your rooms, every window measured on site, and the same person back to install.
What we install
Norman® shutters in composite, hardwood, and waterproof lines; faux wood, wood, vertical, and aluminum blinds; honeycomb, roller, solar, Roman, sheer, folding, and vertical fabric shades; motorized options across shades and shutters. Every product is measured and installed by PAPABLINDS, and every blind and shade is cordless.
Homes in Newcastle
Newcastle is a 1990s and 2000s city built on hills for the view west over Lake Washington, which gives its houses the same set of windows: a two-story great room with a clerestory row, a west-facing primary bedroom, tall stairwell windows, and a slider to the deck. Solar shades for the glare, dual shades for the bedrooms, motorized upper rows, and SmartDrape™ on the slider cover most of a Newcastle house.
What to have ready for the visit
- Which rooms face west, and whether the sunset is the problem in the living room, the bedroom, or both.
- Whether the great room has a clerestory row.
- The slider to the deck and how often it is used.
Request a free in-home visit in Newcastle and we will bring the samples that fit your windows.