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Power Up Your Shade Sales Game

by Terry Coffey | July 21, 2025 | Architecture/Green Building | 5 Comments

This week we’re powering up your competitive advantage with a special week launching more tools to help you get more sales! This special “Power Up” week features exciting, next-level window shade upgrades! We’re rolling out highly anticipated upgrades to some of our...

New Draper-Designed Chain Tensioner for Clutch Shades

by Terry Coffey | July 16, 2025 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper At Home, Solar Control & Window Shades | 0 Comments

Part of our overall Strategy as a company is to keep finding ways to get better: “We draw from deep expertise to continuously improve and hold ourselves to a standard of excellence.” An excellent example of that strategy hits the streets in the next few days in the...

Dream Big, Build Bigger!

by Terry Coffey | July 9, 2025 | Audiovisual Mounts & Structures, Draper Updates, Pro AV Integration | 0 Comments

That’s the message we took to InfoComm 2025 in Orlando and based on feedback from the show that message was delivered loud and clear! In order to focus attention on AV Mounts and Structures, this was the first time our InfoComm booth did not include projection...

Branching Out, Remaining Rooted: An American Manufacturing Story

by Terry Coffey | July 2, 2025 | Draper Updates | 0 Comments

It’s an American manufacturing story that begins with one man’s vision, a small local business, and a bicycle. Through the years, that vision grew and thrived, and the story developed into a multi-faceted tale of success and values held in the face of changing times....

Bond Bridge Pro Brings App Control to Draper, Draper At Home Shades

by Terry Coffey | June 25, 2025 | Architecture/Green Building, Smart Home, Solar Control & Window Shades | 0 Comments

Now you can enjoy the complete smart control experience thanks to our new partnership with Bond – and yes, there’s an app for that! We are partnering with controls company Bond to integrate motorized window shades into home control/automation systems through the Bond...

Crystal Bridges and the Art of Shading

by Terry Coffey | Sep 13, 2023 | Solar Control & Window Shades

The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has been a special place since it was first completed in 2012 by Safdie Architects. The Bentonville, Arkansas, facility was designed to blend perfectly into the surrounding natural landscape, so visitors experience art and...

Draper at Home Announces New Shading and AV Solutions

by Clint Childress | Sep 6, 2023 | Draper At Home, Home Theatre, Residential Technology, Solar Control & Window Shades

Since introducing Draper At Home two years ago during CEDIA 2021, one of our major goals was to listen to people in the residential market and provide solutions to meet their needs. At CEDIA 2023, we are sharing the fruits of that effort as we introduce several new...

Summer Employees Gain Real World Experience

by Terry Coffey | Aug 9, 2023 | Draper Updates

Every summer the average age and years of experience of Draper employees takes a dip as we welcome college students into our ranks. This annual tradition benefits our summer interns by providing real-world experience and an opportunity to earn some money over the...

Custom Color: Infinite Shades on Shades

by Terry Coffey | Jul 19, 2023 | Draper At Home, Solar Control & Window Shades

What if someone told you anything is possible – you can have whatever you want? Would you believe them? Here’s something you can believe: You can order window shades from us in any custom color you want! You probably have questions … You don’t mean literally ANY...

Navigating Challenging Economic Times

by Terry Coffey | Jul 12, 2023 | Draper Updates

Why has Draper been able to survive and thrive through challenging economic times and over a span of generations? Draper President Chris Broome says it’s because the company has always been proactive seeking for new ways to grow the business. “We’ve never been...

Shades Bring Comfort to Food Hall in Historic Building

by Terry Coffey | Jul 5, 2023 | Outdoor Living, Solar Control & Window Shades

When Cameron Mitchell Restaurants wanted to develop an abandoned, historic dairy building into a food hall, creating more comfortable dining areas was a key ingredient of their plans. The Budd Dairy Food Hall in Columbus, Ohio, features food from 10 vendors and indoor...

Excitement and Innovation at #InfoComm23

by Terry Coffey | Jun 29, 2023 | Draper Updates

#InfoComm23 is in the books, and we were very excited by the interest and enthusiasm shown our audiovisual solutions by current and prospective dealers and fans of AV in general. One of the big draws to our booth was faceted curved video wall. A faceted support...

Ordering Window Shades vs. Ordering Projection Screens

by Terry Coffey | Jun 21, 2023 | Draper At Home, Home Theatre, Screen Technology, Solar Control & Window Shades

Often in the Custom Install (CI) industry we make assumptions based on how things usually work, or how we think something makes sense. And nearly as often we find those assumptions are not correct, and the truth doesn’t seem to make much sense. A case in point:...

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