Motorized shades · Serving all of Florida
Motorized shades, designed and installed across Florida.
Roller, solar, cellular and blackout shades on quiet motors — specified in your home, made to order, installed and calibrated in person, and controlled by app, voice, scene or schedule. Motorization is our specialty, and it is the same service for homes and businesses anywhere in Florida.
Why motorize
Walls of glass, one instruction
Sliders, stacked windows and lanai-facing glass are a lot of cords. One scene lowers a whole elevation ahead of the afternoon sun and raises it again for the evening — no one walks the room.
Windows you cannot reach
Clerestories, transoms, shades above furniture and tall stairwell glass are set once and then left alone. A motor puts them back in daily use.
Heat, glare and fading on a schedule
Shades that close on the west side at the same hour every day protect floors and fabrics and take load off the air conditioning without anyone remembering to do it.
Privacy after dark, automatically
A dusk routine closes the rooms that face a neighbor or the water when interior lights come on — the moment screens and sheers stop giving privacy.
No cords in the room
Motorized shades have no lift cords or chains at the window, which keeps sightlines clean and removes a hazard in homes with children and pets.
Homes and workplaces alike
The same specialty runs a conference-room wall or a storefront elevation as a home: grouped control, schedules, and an install phased around a space that has to keep working.
What we install
Motorized solar shades
Openness-rated screen fabrics that cut glare and heat while keeping the view — the default for living areas and lanai-facing glass.
Browse solar-screen fabrics →Light-filtering & room-darkening rollers
Softer daylight or privacy without full blackout, on the same quiet motor and controls.
Browse roller fabrics →Motorized blackout shades
Bedrooms, media rooms and early-sun exposures — with side channels where edge-to-edge darkness matters.
Browse blackout fabrics →Cellular, drapery tracks & exterior screens
Motorized cellular shades, drapery on motorized tracks and motorized exterior and hurricane screens — see every product we design and install.
All products →The systems we supply, and how they are powered
Interior motorization is Coulisse MotionBlinds by preference, with Somfy as the approved alternative. Both are systems we specify, install and calibrate ourselves; which one fits a project depends on the shade, the controls you want and how the rest of the house is wired. The other manufacturers covered in the research library below are there for comparison — we write about them independently so you can judge the market, not because we represent them.
Rechargeable motors are the default in a finished home: no wiring, charged in place, and the right answer for most retrofits. Hardwired motors are specified on new builds and renovations, on very large or heavy shades, and on openings that move many times a day. Power is decided per opening at the consultation, and the wiring plan is agreed before anything is ordered — our power options guide explains the trade-offs.
Controls: a handheld remote, the maker’s app, voice, scenes and schedules are standard. Integration with a particular hub or platform is real but specific, so it is confirmed for your setup before you commit. See the smart-home integration guide.
What your consultation and quote include
- An in-home visit: we measure every opening ourselves and read the light at the hour it matters.
- Fabric chosen against your actual windows, confirmed with physical samples before anything is ordered.
- Motor and power specified per opening — rechargeable or hardwired — with the wiring plan agreed before installation.
- A control plan: remote, app, voice, scenes and schedules, with integration confirmed for the hub you have or want.
- Installation and in-person calibration: limits set, scenes programmed, and everything walked through with you before we leave.
- One point of contact from the first visit to the final calibration, and a written quote after measurement — never a price guessed online.
The consultation and the in-home measurement are no-obligation. We reply the same day.
Questions buyers ask
Are motorized shades quiet?
The systems we install run on quiet motors, and the difference between systems is real enough that we demonstrate them in your home rather than describe them. Our quiet-operation guide explains what actually drives noise.
Rechargeable or hardwired — which should I choose?
Rechargeable is the default in a finished home: no wiring, charged in place. Hardwired is the right call on new builds and renovations, very large or heavy shades, and openings that are operated many times a day. We specify it opening by opening.
How long does a rechargeable battery last?
It depends on the size and weight of the shade, how often it moves and the motor it uses, so we do not quote a number sight-unseen. At the consultation we tell you what to expect for your windows and how charging works.
Can you motorize the shades I already have?
Sometimes. It depends on the shade, its hardware and the opening. Our retrofit guide covers when it works and when a new shade is the better answer; we confirm on site.
Will it work with my smart-home system?
App, voice, scene and schedule control are standard; integration with a specific hub or platform is confirmed for your setup before you commit. Our smart-home integration guide walks through the options.
Do you serve my part of the state?
Yes — we design, measure, install and calibrate motorized shades for homes and businesses across the whole state, and every region is listed on our service-areas page. Send the form and we reply the same day.
Research library
Independent overviews and comparisons of the motorized-shade market, written to help you choose. Brands here are discussed for comparison; the systems we supply are named above.
Brand & system overviews
Somfy
A French motorization manufacturer with one of the broadest motor-and-control portfolios for both interior shades and exterior screens, awnings and shutters.
Read the overview →Lutron
A US lighting-control and motorized-shade maker known for precise, quiet operation and a unified single-brand lighting-plus-shade ecosystem, from DIY (Serena/Caséta) to custom (Sivoia/HomeWorks).
Read the overview →Hunter Douglas (PowerView)
A major custom window-covering manufacturer whose PowerView automation spans nearly its whole catalog, including premium sheer and specialty shades. (Also owns LEVOLOR.)
Read the overview →Rollease Acmeda (Automate)
A hardware and motorization maker whose Automate platform covers interior and exterior roller systems with battery, AC and DC motors and broad professional integration.
Read the overview →Coulisse (MotionBlinds)
A Dutch manufacturer whose MotionBlinds and Eve MotionBlinds motors are among the first to ship native Matter-over-Thread — hubless control across Apple, Google, Alexa and SmartThings.
Read the overview →Compare
Somfy vs Lutron for motorized shades
A fair, source-backed comparison of Somfy and Lutron for motorized shades — power, control, smart-home, exterior support and who each is genuinely best for.
Compare →Lutron vs Hunter Douglas (PowerView)
A fair, source-backed comparison of Lutron and Hunter Douglas PowerView for motorized shades — power, control, smart-home, catalog and who each is genuinely best for.
Compare →Somfy vs Rollease Acmeda (Automate)
A fair, source-backed comparison of Somfy and Rollease Acmeda (Automate) — both cover interior AND exterior, key for Southwest-Florida lanais. Power, control, Matter and fit.
Compare →Decision guides
Powering motorized shades: battery, hardwired, or solar?
An honest comparison of battery, hardwired (line- and low-voltage) and solar-charged motorized shade power — with the tradeoffs that actually matter for your project.
Read →How motorized shades connect to your smart home
How motorized shades actually connect to Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home, Control4 and more — plus an honest read on Matter and Thread for shades today.
Read →What actually makes a motorized shade quiet
Shade noise is a system property, not just the motor. Here's what really affects how quiet motorized shades are — and how to spec for silence.
Read →Solar screen vs light-filtering vs blackout (and the light-gap trap)
Solar screen, light-filtering, room-darkening and blackout — what each does, how openness factor works, and why blackout shades still leak light without side channels.
Read →Motorizing large & oversized shades
Big glass needs the right engineering. What really limits an oversized motorized shade — tube deflection, fabric weight, motor torque — and when to couple or split the opening.
Read →Motorizing existing shades: retrofit or replace?
When you can add motorization to existing shades, when a battery retrofit is the right call, and when replacing is smarter — a plain-English guide.
Read →Planning motorized shades in new construction
The decisions to make while the walls are open — low-voltage/PoE wiring, shade pockets, blocking and smart-home integration — so motorized shades are invisible and low-maintenance.
Read →No pressure, just expertise
Motorized shades for your rooms, anywhere in Florida
Tell Central Shades your windows, wiring, smart-home platform and priorities — we'll come and measure, then put a specific recommendation and a written quote in front of you. No obligation; we reply the same day.
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- Motorization & smart-home integration
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