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Cordless

Safe, Simple, and Easy to Use

Cordless operation is one of the most popular lift systems for modern blinds and shades. By eliminating hanging cords, cordless window coverings provide a clean appearance while enhancing safety for homes with children and pets.

Designed for everyday convenience, cordless lift systems allow you to raise and lower your window coverings with a simple touch.

How Does Cordless Operation Work?

Cordless blinds and shades use an internal tension mechanism located within the headrail or bottom rail. This mechanism allows the window covering to remain in position without the need for external lift cords.

To operate the blind or shade, simply pull down on the bottom rail to lower it or gently push the bottom rail upward to raise it. The shade will stay in the desired position when released.

As a result, homeowners enjoy smooth, intuitive operation and a streamlined appearance.

Benefits of Cordless Operation

No hanging cords
Enhanced child and pet safety
Clean, uncluttered appearance
Simple, intuitive operation
Smooth adjustment of light and privacy
Ideal for everyday use
Popular choice for modern homes

Window Coverings Available with Cordless Operation

Cordless lift systems are available on many popular window coverings, including:

Career Opportunities

Consultant Careers in Winnipeg

Join Winnipeg’s Trusted Window Covering Design Team

Looking for a Design Consultant career in Winnipeg? Blinds are Beautiful is currently seeking motivated professionals who enjoy customer service, design, and helping homeowners create beautiful spaces.

Why This Opportunity Is Different

Established Winnipeg Company

Join a respected local business that has helped Winnipeg homeowners enhance their homes for decades. As a result, you’ll build your career with a company known for quality, service, and long-term client relationships.

High-Quality Products from Leading Manufacturers

Represent premium window covering brands that combine style, innovation, and lasting performance. This allows you to recommend solutions with confidence and deliver exceptional value to your clients.

Design-Focused Sales Environment

Rather than simply selling products, you’ll help clients create beautiful, functional spaces. Through thoughtful recommendations and personalized guidance, you’ll play an important role in the design process.

No Cold Calling

Instead of chasing leads, you’ll focus on helping homeowners who are actively seeking solutions for their homes and are ready to begin the buying process.

Ongoing Product and Design Training

As products, technology, and design trends evolve, you’ll continue expanding your knowledge through ongoing training, hands-on experience, and professional development.

Flexible Full-Time or Part-Time Opportunities

We welcome applications from candidates seeking either full-time or part-time employment. The position will be structured based on company needs and the experience and qualifications of the successful candidate.

Build Long-Term Client Relationships

From the first consultation to project completion, you’ll guide clients through important decisions, earn their trust, and build relationships that often lead to referrals and repeat business.

Competitive Compensation

We offer a compensation package that combines base pay with performance-based commission. Furthermore, earning potential grows with your experience, sales ability, and commitment to delivering exceptional client experiences.

Who Thrives Here?

The most successful members of our team enjoy building relationships, solving problems, and helping clients create beautiful spaces. They are naturally curious, self-motivated, and committed to providing exceptional customer experiences.

They enjoy learning about design, asking thoughtful questions, and guiding clients through important decisions. Most importantly, they value honesty, professionalism, and doing what is right for the customer.

If this sounds like you, we would love to meet you.

What You’ll Do

As a Design Consultant, you’ll work closely with homeowners to help them select window coverings that complement their homes, lifestyles, and design goals. Every day brings new projects, new people, and new opportunities to make a lasting impact.

You will:

Meet with clients in the Blinds are Beautiful showroom and also through in-home consultations
Provide expert guidance on blinds, shades, shutters, drapery, and motorization
Support clients in making confident design decisions.
Help clients make informed product and budget decisions while guiding projects smoothly from initial consultation through final installation.
Deliver an exceptional customer experience at every stage
Contribute to the continued growth and success of our company

What We’re Looking For

The most successful members of our team are professional, motivated, and genuinely enjoy helping people.

Key qualities include:

Strong Communication Skills

You listen well, ask thoughtful questions, and communicate clearly with clients and team members.

A Customer-First Mindset

You take pride in delivering outstanding service and creating positive experiences that lead to repeat business and referrals.

Consultative Sales Ability

You enjoy helping clients find the right solution. You educate, guide, and recommend rather than relying on pressure tactics.

Organization and Time Management

You can manage appointments, projects, follow-ups, and deadlines while maintaining attention to detail.

Design Awareness

You appreciate interior design and understand how window coverings contribute to the look and feel of a space.

Product Knowledge and Curiosity

You enjoy learning. Whether it’s new products, design trends, or technology, you are excited to expand your expertise.

Integrity and Professionalism

You value honesty, accountability, and building trust with every client interaction.

Experience

Experience in sales, customer service, interior design, home furnishings, construction, or window coverings is an asset. However, we place equal value on attitude, professionalism, strong people skills, and a genuine desire to help others.

While industry experience can be beneficial, we are committed to helping the right candidate succeed. We provide product knowledge, systems training, and ongoing support so you can build confidence, develop your expertise, and grow within the role.

Why Work With Us?

At Blinds are Beautiful, you’ll join a respected Winnipeg company known for quality products, professional service, and long-term client relationships. We invest in our team through ongoing training, supportive leadership, and opportunities for personal growth. Most importantly, you’ll build a career helping homeowners create spaces they love while making a meaningful impact on the success of our company.

Apply Today

Interested in joining our team? We’d love to hear from you.

Please send your resume and a brief introduction outlining your experience, interests, and why you believe you would be a great fit for the Blinds are Beautiful team to info@blindsarebeautiful.com.

All applications will be handled confidentially.

Blinds are Beautiful offers rewarding Design Consultant and window covering sales careers in Winnipeg for individuals who enjoy customer service, interior design, and helping homeowners make confident decisions. Whether you bring industry experience or a strong desire to learn, we welcome motivated professionals who are committed to exceptional service and building lasting client relationships.

Be Smart. Home Smart.

Automated Shades for Smart Home Living

In window coverings, motorization simply means using a motor to operate the blinds or shades, typically controlled by a remote or wall switch. Automation, on the other hand, takes it a step further by adding programming and smart features, allowing the window coverings to adjust automatically based on schedules, sensors, or integration with other smart home devices.

Automation allows you to set up schedules for your shades, so that shades automatically open and close exactly when you want them to, for everyday convenience.

Here’s a look at just some of the ways this can work for you:

Swap your alarm for a gentle wake-up by scheduling bedroom shades to open.
Schedule kitchen shades to open while you’re enjoying breakfast.
Schedule all shades throughout your house to close in the evening.
Enhance security by scheduling shades to move at set times, giving your home a lived-in look while you’re away.
In summer or warmer climates, schedule shades to close during the day to keep your house cooler.

Schedules are created and controlled using the manufactures customized app on your smart phone. These systems are also compatible with a wide range of voice activated smart home systems which adds another layer of flexibility to the operation of your shades!

There are a number of manufacturers who offer automated window coverings. At Blinds are Beautiful, we have selected Hunter Douglas as a brand which stands out above the rest because their technology consistently has offered our clients a superior automated window covering.

Our experienced design consultants will help you pick the best automated window coverings for your home!

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Angled and Arched Windows

Solutions for Arched and Angled Windows

Arched and angled windows add beauty and character to your home. You wouldn’t want to cover them with just any window coverings. But, too much light and too little privacy probably has you searching for solutions.

Covering angled and arched windows with blinds is challenging due to their non-standard shapes requiring custom solutions. Pre-made blinds typically don’t fit properly, and variations in angles and sizes, along with the orientation of the windows, can make finding the right fit and functionality difficult.

At Blinds are Beautiful, we have solutions to help you pick the perfect fit for angled and arched windows!

Considering Angled & Arched Window Coverings…

Your unique-shaped windows add character & charm, but they can invite unwanted light, heat and views into your home. We’ve got the top considerations for you as you make decisions about coverage.

Which window issues are you experiencing?

The issues you’re having in your home can be specific to your home’s location and the direction the windows face. They can also be more noticeable depending on the function of the room in question. Too much light, glare and heat are common, as well as lack of privacy. Knowing the issues you’re facing will help you determine the best type of angled or arched window coverings for your home.

Complete coverage–or only the bottom part?

This can be a personal choice, but it can also depend upon the severity of the light entering or views into your home. Some homeowners choose to cover the entire window with custom window treatments. Others prefer the “top down” look, leaving the top shape open, bringing in light with coverage across the bottom portion.

Adjustable or stationary?

Depending on the type of window treatments you like, we can help you understand if they are capable of adjusting on unique-shaped windows, or whether they simply remain in place.

Flexibility with Hunter Douglas Palm Beach Shutter Specialty Shapes

Palm Beach shutters offer fixed forms that can be customized to fit some of the most unusual and challenging shaped windows. These durable, moisture resistant polysatin shutters will add architectural interest and can be mixed with other window coverings in your room.

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About Blinds are Beautiful

Window Coverings Winnipeg Homeowners Have Trusted for Decades

Blinds are Beautiful is a locally owned, family-run company offering custom window coverings in Winnipeg and surrounding communities. For decades, we have helped homeowners and businesses choose blinds, shades, create custom drapery, and motorized window coverings with confidence.

We know that window coverings can feel overwhelming at first. However, the right advice makes the process easier. Our team listens carefully, explains your options clearly, and helps you choose products that suit your home, your style, and your budget.

Who We Are

Blinds are Beautiful has served Winnipeg for decades with a simple goal: provide quality window coverings and honest, helpful service.

As a family-run business, we value long-term relationships. Many clients come to us through referrals, repeat projects, and word of mouth. That trust matters to us, so we focus on service before, during, and after every project.

We help with single-room updates, whole-home projects, renovations, new builds, and commercial spaces. Whether your project is simple or detailed, our team gives it the same care and attention.

Why Winnipeg Clients Trust Us

Trust comes from experience, clear communication, and reliable service. Therefore, we take time to understand what each client needs before we recommend a product.

Instead of rushing the process, we ask questions. Do you need more privacy? Do you want better light control? Are you looking for child-safe options, energy efficiency, motorization, or custom drapery? Once we understand your goals, we guide you toward the best solution.

Clients choose Blinds are Beautiful because they can expect:

Honest recommendations
Personalized design advice
Quality products from trusted manufacturers
Professional measuring and installation
Options for many styles and budgets
Support from a local Winnipeg team

Most importantly, we stand behind our work. We want every client to feel confident from the first conversation to the final installation.

Why Choose Us for Window Coverings in Winnipeg?

There are many places to buy blinds and shades. However, not every company offers the same level of experience, product knowledge, and personal service.

Blinds are Beautiful combines decades of local experience with a consultative approach. We do not believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. Instead, we help you compare products, understand the benefits, and choose window coverings that work for your space.

Our selection includes custom blinds, shades, shutters, motorized blinds, smart home window coverings, and custom drapery. As a result, we can help with many needs, from simple privacy solutions to fully customized design projects.

We also understand Winnipeg homes. Cold winters, bright summer sun, large windows, older homes, new builds, and commercial spaces all require thoughtful solutions. Because of that, we recommend products that offer both style and function.

Visit Our Winnipeg Showroom

If you are looking for window coverings in Winnipeg, we invite you to visit our showroom or contact our team. You can see product options, ask questions, and get expert advice before making a decision.

At Blinds are Beautiful, our goal is simple. We help you choose quality window coverings with confidence, clarity, and support from a trusted local team.

Ready to Get Started?

Explore our window covering options, visit our Winnipeg showroom, or book a consultation with our team.

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Before and After

Before & After: See the Difference Window Coverings Make

Window coverings do more than cover a window—they shape the way a room looks, feels, and functions. Browse these before and after photos to see how the right blinds, shades, shutters, and drapery can enhance privacy, improve light control, and bring a finished look to any space.

Before this living room window had no window covering

After this living room has Vignettes by Hunter Douglas to enhance the room

Before this living room had bare windows

After this living room is softened with Sonnette Roller Shades by Hunter Douglas

Before harsh light enters this living room

After sunlight is filter through Sonnette window coverings

Inspired by These Transformations?

Every home is different. The right window coverings depend on your style, privacy needs, light control preferences, and budget.

Our design consultants can help you explore options, compare products, and create a solution tailored to your home.

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Stationary Drapery Panels

The Finishing Layer That Brings Warmth, Softness, and Style to Your Home

Often, it is the finishing touches that transform a room from simply furnished to beautifully complete. Custom stationary drapery panels add softness, texture, and visual balance, creating a warm, inviting atmosphere while giving your windows a professionally designed appearance.

Whether you love clean contemporary spaces, timeless traditional interiors, or something in between, stationary drapery introduces an elegant layer that enhances the overall design of your home.

What Are Stationary Drapery Panels?

Stationary drapery panels are decorative fabric panels that remain fixed at the sides of the window rather than opening and closing. While they do not function as the primary window covering, they play an important role in the design of a room.

Designers frequently pair stationary panels with roller shades, Roman shades, honeycomb shades, or sheer shades to combine light control and privacy with the beauty and softness that only fabric can provide.

Because stationary panels require less fabric and hardware than fully traversing drapery, they can also offer a more cost-effective way to achieve the custom drapery look.

Why Homeowners Love Stationary Drapery

Frame Windows Beautifully

Stationary panels create a refined frame around your windows, drawing the eye and establishing a strong focal point within the room. They soften hard architectural lines and give windows a more substantial, finished appearance.

Add Texture and Visual Interest

Fabric introduces warmth, depth, and texture that other design elements cannot achieve on their own. From soft linens and subtle textures to bold patterns and rich weaves, custom drapery allows you to express your personal style while complementing your furnishings and décor.

Create the Illusion of Height and Width

Properly designed and installed drapery can visually expand a room. Mounting panels higher and wider than the window often makes ceilings appear taller and windows appear larger, creating a more spacious and balanced feel.

Layer Beauty with Function

Many homeowners layer stationary drapery with blinds or shades to enjoy the best of both worlds—beautiful design combined with practical light control and privacy. Layered window treatments also add depth and create the rich, curated look often found in professionally designed homes.

Custom Drapery Designed for Your Home

At Blinds Are Beautiful, we design custom stationary drapery to complement your home’s architecture, furnishings, and lifestyle. Our experienced consultants guide you through fabric selections, decorative details, hardware options, and finishing touches to create window treatments that feel thoughtful, refined, and uniquely yours.

From understated linen panels to dramatic statement fabrics, we create custom drapery that elevates your windows and helps your home feel complete.

Begin Your Drapery Journey

Visit our showroom or schedule an in-home consultation to explore our extensive fabric library and discover how custom stationary drapery can transform your space.

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Traversing Drapery

Beautifully Designed Drapery That Moves Effortlessly

Custom traversing drapery brings together the softness and sophistication of fabric with the everyday functionality homeowners want. The track system lets you open and close your drapery with ease, giving you precise control over light, privacy, and views. It also adds a beautifully finished look to your home.

Use traversing drapery to frame expansive windows, soften a room, or create dramatic floor-to-ceiling treatments. This versatile window treatment delivers both style and performance, making it an ideal choice for large windows, patio doors, and other expansive openings.

What Is Traversing Drapery?

Traversing drapery features operable fabric panels that move along a traverse rod or track system. Unlike stationary panels, traversing drapery opens and closes across the window, giving you precise control over light, privacy, and views throughout the day.

The track system allows the drapery to glide smoothly with little effort. As a result, traversing drapery is an excellent solution for large windows, patio doors, and wide expanses of glass that are difficult to cover with traditional blinds.

You can operate traversing drapery by hand, with a wand, or through motorization for effortless everyday convenience.

Why Homeowners Choose Traversing Drapery

Effortless Everyday Operation

Traversing tracks such are DS Tracks or Channel Rods, allow drapery panels to glide smoothly across the window, making it easy to open and close even large or heavy draperies. The system eliminates the need to pull directly on the fabric, creating a more convenient daily experience.

Ideal for Large Windows and Patio Doors

Traversing drapery is an excellent solution for wide windows, sliding patio doors, and large window walls. Because expansive windows can be challenging to cover with traditional blinds, custom drapery offers a beautiful alternative that provides effortless operation, flexible light control, and a dramatic, finished appearance.

Create a Luxurious, Layered Look

Nothing adds softness and sophistication quite like beautifully tailored drapery. Traversing panels bring warmth, texture, and visual depth to a room while creating the rich, layered appearance often found in professionally designed interiors.

Motorized Traversing Drapery

For the ultimate in convenience, many homeowners choose motorized traversing drapery. With the touch of a button, remote control, or smart home automation system, you can effortlessly open and close your draperies throughout the day.

Motorization is particularly beneficial for:

Large or heavy draperies
Hard-to-reach windows
Tall two-storey spaces
Whole-home automation systems

Custom Drapery Designed for Your Home

At Blinds Are Beautiful, we design custom traversing drapery to complement your home’s architecture, furnishings, and lifestyle. Our experienced consultants guide you through fabric selection, decorative details, hardware options, lining choices, and motorization possibilities to create window treatments that are both beautiful and functional.

From soft contemporary linens to richly textured statement fabrics, we create custom drapery that enhances your windows and elevates your entire space.

Begin Your Drapery Journey

Visit our showroom or schedule an in-home consultation to explore our extensive fabric library and discover how custom traversing drapery can transform your home.

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Gliding Panels

Gliding Panel Blinds for Patio Doors and Large Windows

Sleek, modern, and highly versatile, Gliding Panel Blinds create a striking design statement on large windows, patio doors, and expansive spaces. Their clean lines and contemporary appearance make them an excellent choice for modern and transitional interiors, while their wide fabric panels can beautifully showcase texture, colour, and pattern.

Features and Benefits

Ideal for patio doors, wide windows, and room dividers
Fabric collections coordinate with many roller shade and solar shade fabrics for a cohesive look throughout your home
Smooth operation with a travelling wand, or enjoy convenient control with motorization using a remote, smartphone app, or smart home system
Available in light-filtering, screen, sheer, and room-darkening fabrics
Clean, contemporary styling with large fabric panels that stack neatly when opened

Gliding Panel Blinds offer exceptional flexibility when it comes to light control and privacy. Choose from screen fabrics that preserve your view while reducing glare, sheer fabrics that softly diffuse natural light, or room-darkening fabrics for enhanced privacy and light control.

Panel widths, stacking configurations, and stack depth vary by manufacturer and product collection. These details can significantly affect both the appearance and functionality of your window treatment. For example, larger panels create a more streamlined look, while stack location and depth determine how much of your view remains visible when the blinds are open.

At Blinds are Beautiful, our experienced Winnipeg design consultants take the guesswork out of selecting Gliding Panel Blinds. During your consultation, we evaluate your window size, room layout, light exposure, and privacy requirements to recommend the best fabric, panel size, operating system, and stacking configuration for your home. Whether you are covering a large patio door, a wall of windows, or creating a stylish room divider, we will help you design a solution that is both beautiful and functional.

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Hardwood Shutters

Wood Shutters in Winnipeg: Timeless Beauty Crafted to Last

Wood Shutters offer timeless elegance, exceptional craftsmanship, and lasting value. Crafted from 100% natural hardwood, these beautiful window coverings bring warmth, character, and architectural interest to any room. Their enduring style complements a wide range of interiors, from traditional and transitional homes to contemporary spaces.

With their clean lines, rich wood finishes, and custom-crafted appearance, Wood Shutters bring timeless elegance and architectural character to any home. They are an excellent choice for homeowners seeking a distinctive, built-in look that will never go out of style.

Features and Benefits of Wood Shutters

Crafted from 100% natural hardwood
Superior craftsmanship with durable dovetail construction
Available in a wide selection of painted and stained finishes
Custom colour options available from select manufacturers
Choose from 2 ½”, 3 ½”, or 4 ½” louver sizes
Adjustable louvers provide precise light control and privacy
Sustainably sourced wood harvested from responsibly managed forests
Multiple tilt options available for a clean, customized appearance
Adds lasting beauty and value to your home

Exceptional Craftsmanship for Lasting Value

Quality craftsmanship sets Wood Shutters apart from many other window coverings. Premium hardwood shutters feature durable dovetail construction that creates strong, stable panels designed to perform beautifully for years to come.

Because shutters are custom-built for each window, they provide a seamless, built-in appearance that enhances the architectural character of your home. Many homeowners view Wood Shutters as a long-term investment due to their durability, timeless style, and lasting appeal.

Personalized Light Control and Privacy

Wood Shutters offer exceptional flexibility when it comes to managing natural light and privacy. Simply adjust the louvers to direct sunlight, reduce glare, or create privacy while still allowing daylight to enter your home.

Several tilt options are available to customize both the appearance and functionality of your shutters. Choose from traditional centre tilt bars or more contemporary hidden tilt systems for a clean, unobstructed view through the louvers.

Custom Finishes to Complement Your Home

Select shutter collections offer extensive customization with a wide assortment of paints and stains. Whether you prefer the warmth of a rich wood stain or the crisp appearance of a painted finish, Wood Shutters can be tailored to complement virtually any decorating style.

Available in 2 ½”, 3 ½”, and 4 ½” louver sizes, shutters can also be customized to suit the scale of your windows and the overall style of your home.

A Sustainable and Child-Safe Window Covering

Wood Shutters are crafted from responsibly sourced hardwoods harvested from sustainably managed forests. In addition, shutters are inherently child-safe because they do not require exposed operating cords. Their simple, durable design makes them an excellent choice for homes with children and pets.

At Blinds are Beautiful, our experienced design consultants will help you select the ideal louver size, finish, tilt option, and frame style for your home. We carefully consider your home’s architecture, décor, and lifestyle needs to ensure your new Wood Shutters provide timeless beauty and exceptional performance for years to come

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