Custom Window Treatments Blog
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...
Hospital Privacy Curtains and Potential Contamination
Hospital privacy curtains are frequently and rapidly contaminated with potentially pathogenic bacteria In September 2018, the American Journal of Infection Control released study results indicating that patient privacy curtains (also known as hospital cubicle...
New Shades at The Little Theatre
We were thrilled to be a part of the historic renovation of The Little Theatre, celebrating its 90 year anniversary. Our blueshade® brand roller shades are helping control glare and light throughout the 2nd floor. The renovations include a new stage, expansion of...