Custom Window Treatments Blog
Did You Know that Velour Stage Curtains Can Control Sound?
Drapery Industries was recently asked to help reduce the echo in a few large entertainment venues here in Western New York. Each of the entertainment venues were experiencing unmanageable sound levels, with many complaints from customers. The Drapery Industries team...
Drapery Industries has provided products and services to Schools and Universities for decades
Our blueshade brand roller shades have become a standard in many institutions across western and central New York. Our shades provide a combination of durability and serviceability. We can also solve glare issues with our blueshade brand roller shades. As you can see...
We Love the Sun But Sometimes Need to Control Glare and Heat Gain
Recently We Were Asked to Provide A Window Treatment Solution at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Wallace Memorial LibraryThe windows are tinted, which helps reduce glare. The old shades were made with dark cloth which also helped with glare. In addition, the...
Drapery Industries, Inc. Participates in 2022 Fashion Week Rochester – Product Runway
After a 3-year hiatus due to COVID, we were thrilled to be asked for a second time to participate as a vendor/supplier in the IIDA NY Chapter’s Product Runway. This is an off-shoot of Fashion Week Rochester, where Architecture and Design Firms team up with a supplier(s) to create an ensemble made almost entirely out of products the supplier sells. This year, the designs were based on buildings around downtown Rochester.
Faux Wood Blinds for The Cove at Sylvan Beach
Seventy cottages, seventy boats, and 579 faux wood blinds. It’s not often we get to work on a project in such a beautiful location. Last week our installation crews completed this multi-phase project involving almost 6oo faux wood blinds. Starting in late winter...
Stage Curtain Maintenance, Cleaning, and Laundering
We are frequently asked by our customers how to clean and maintain their new stage curtains. We tell them the first thing to remember is that in order to maintain the stage curtains you must always keep the stage tracks and rigging in good working order. If this is...
Letchworth State Park is opening their cabins and needed shades in a hurry!
Recently we were contacted by Letchworth State Park and were asked to bid on their shade project. Although a two hundred shade project is not especially big for us, they wanted the shades installed in less than two weeks. The end result - in twelve days we had 200...
Dana Farber Converts Their Existing Cubicle Curtains to SnapCubicle™ – Saving Time and Money
Our SnapCubicle® and SnapCubicle2® Curtain Systems Provide Real Benefits To Our Healthcare CustomersWe work directly with designers and facility managers to standardize sizes and custom label curtains, making it easier for facility managers to stay organized,...
Sands-Constellation Center for Critical Care at Rochester General Hospital
In early 2020 Drapery Industries was awarded the contract to provide all cubicle curtains, shower curtains, exterior roller shades and operating room Lite-Tight shades for the new Critical Care Center at Rochester General Hospital. Because of the strict project...
VA Center orders 1000 SafeGrip™wands – and they “love them!”.
H. John Heinz III Dept of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA Recently the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Pittsburgh PA placed an order for 1000 SafeGrip™ wands. In addition to reducing the transmission of deadly pathogens, the wands can actually make...