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Motorized Shades for Western NY Health Care

Motorized Shades for Western NY Health Care

Drapery Industries was asked to assist with a remodel of several floors at a Western NY health care provider. This project consisted of manual and motorized shades. Our team is at the forefront of the rapidly growing market for motorized shades….

30 Years of Stage Curtain Manufacturing Experience

30 Years of Stage Curtain Manufacturing Experience

Meticulously Crafted Manufactured Stage Curtains: Experience the quality and performance of Drapery Industries meticulously crafted manufactured stage curtains. Designed to complement any venue, from small elementary school stages to grand auditoriums, our curtains are…

Ensuring Child Safety: New WCMA Standards for Window Treatments

Ensuring Child Safety: New WCMA Standards for Window Treatments

Child Safety: In an effort to enhance child safety, the Window Covering Manufacturers Association (WCMA) has introduced new standards for window treatments. These standards require that all mechanisms and chains on window coverings be fixed in place, preventing them…

Did You Know that Velour Stage Curtains Can Control Sound?

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...

We Love the Sun But Sometimes Need to Control Glare and Heat Gain

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

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

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...