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Elevate Shades Now Available for Commercial Market

by Chuck Raible | April 1, 2026 | Architecture/Green Building, Solar Control & Window Shades | 0 Comments

Commercial clients are asking for shading solutions that deliver clean aesthetics, reliable performance, and long‑term value. For dealers and architects, that means finding products that not only look great on day one but continue performing without creating...

Bringing 2026 Color Trends to Life with Draper At Home

by Terry Coffey | March 25, 2026 | Draper At Home, Residential Technology, Solar Control & Window Shades | 0 Comments

Color forecasters and interior designers seem to agree: homeowners are moving away from cool minimalism and toward nature-inspired palettes that feel grounded, joyful, and familiar. 2026 is a year defined by richer neutrals, dustier jewel tones, earthy greens, and...

Versa Clarion Fixed Screen Delivers Strength, Economy, and Performance

by Jim Hoodlebrink | March 4, 2026 | Home Theatre, Houses of Worship, Pro AV Integration, Screen Technology | 0 Comments

There are three things required for fixed screens used in hospitality, education, and other applications: strength, performance, and economy. The new Versa Clarion fixed frame screen from Draper delivers all 3. Strength The Versa Clarion frame is constructed of 1-1/2...

Introducing Elevate, Our Next Gen Cordless Manual Shades!

by Clint Childress | February 4, 2026 | Solar Control & Window Shades | 0 Comments

It’s time to take the home manual shading experience to a new level. New Elevate shades from Draper At Home deliver the safety, durability, and performance your clients have been clamoring for. Cordless shades with one-touch operation are an increasingly popular...

Longwood Gardens: A Partnership in Innovation

by Terry Coffey | January 28, 2026 | Architecture/Green Building, Solar Control & Window Shades | 0 Comments

Custom Shading Systems Help Create a Unique Botanical Conservatory Experience. Even a garden filled with plants from hot climates can get overheated in a traditional glass house. Custom Draper shades are an integral part of this modern interpretation of the classic...

Strawberry Pie

by Terry Coffey | May 22, 2015 | Draper Updates

The other day my wife and I were driving our six-year-old daughter somewhere when we noticed some fluffy white objects floating through the air. “What are those?” our little girl asked. My wife explained that the cottony balls being blown on the breeze were carrying...

Draper Durability

by Terry Coffey | May 18, 2015 | Draper Updates, From the Field

Here at Draper, we often tell folks that our business philosophy is a simple one—to make a quality product and sell it at a reasonable price. The quality part of that philosophy is very important to us. We have an entire department dedicated to ensuring our products...

Changing our Appearance – For the Better

by Chris Broome | May 15, 2015 | Architecture/Green Building, Solar Control & Window Shades

Since Draper made that first window shade back in 1902, there have been a lot of changes in the industry. Over the years new materials lead to a wider variety of products to fit different needs, and improved the look of window shades. Shades are no longer just those...

Why Draper-Randy Reece

by Amy Madden | May 13, 2015 | Draper Updates

This week’s Why Draper subject is Randy Reece. Randy is our AV Regional Sales Manager for Southern California, Southern Nevada, Arizona, and Hawaii. Randy’s relationship with Draper is interesting, because of his background growing up and living here in Indiana—and...

AVL Safety in Churches

by Amy Madden | May 8, 2015 | Houses of Worship

I recently read an interesting article by Anthony Coppedge titled, AVL Safety Needed in Churches. This article spoke to me on two topics in particular. First of all, it brought to mind the use of lifts, specifically our scissor lift, for installed projectors in very...

Optically Seamless: New Technologies Solving an Old Problem

by Terry Coffey | May 4, 2015 | Home Theatre, Houses of Worship, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Screen Technology

A seam in a projection screen viewing surface has never been a popular subject, but it has been a fact of life for virtually every screen manufacturer (and their customers) for decades. Although Draper has improved on our seaming techniques over the years, we recently...

Greener PVC Shade Fabrics

by Chris Broome | May 1, 2015 | Architecture/Green Building, Solar Control & Window Shades

Some window shade fabrics are greener than others. Over the past few years, several PVC-free window shade fabrics have been introduced. However, these fabrics often don’t perform as well or last as long as fabrics with PVC. Recently there have been developments to...

Exterior Venetian Blinds

by Jeff Miller | Apr 27, 2015 | Architecture/Green Building, Solar Control & Window Shades

Here at Draper we have a solution for pretty much any solar control requirement. Fixed exterior louvers; custom fabric structures; roller shades: You name it, we can do it. Of all the solutions we offer, probably the most effective is our Omega Exterior Venetian...

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