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Oasis® Exterior Blackout Shades Win WCMA 2019 Best NEW Innovation Award

Glare-free outdoor TV viewing elevates outdoor living. Insolroll’s innovative outdoor blackout shade is WCMA’s 2019 Best Technical Innovation in Specialty Shading Applications. Oasis® Blackout Exterior Shades are designed to provide room darkening for outdoor media rooms and living spaces, as well as glare, insect, and golf ball protection. With a four-sided seal, Oasis Exterior Blackout Shades utilize Dusk waterproof opaque fabric, a unique exterior fabric that blocks the sun to enhance the audio-visual viewing environment.…read the full post

When a Pergola Needs a Helping Hand to Deliver Shade and Comfort

Love outdoor living? Have a pergola, and love it? Okay, almost love it? Maybe it gets a little too hot or bright riiiiight when you want to use it? Oasis Patio Shades can help you fall back in love with your covered patio. Pergolas are HOT in exterior design today, and why not? They are gorgeous, help to define a space, and add architectural interest and detail. There’s no denying that they can vastly improve…read the full post

NEW Child Safety Standard in Window Coverings Takes a Village

Those in the window treatments industry as well as anyone who has purchased a window shade or blind are familiar with the ubiquitous warning labels affixed to the bottom of the product. Nobody loves having the label on their hem bar, but what those labels facilitate is more than worth the small annoyance. The basic design of many window blinds and shades has long featured cords to lift and raise the product. Though functional, the…read the full post

New Fabrics and Fresh Looks Elevate Insolroll Roller Shades

Do you love fabric? Many people initially get into the window treatments business because of their love of and connection to fabric. These days, there are so many things that window shades can do in terms of motorization and automation, setting scenes and schedules, and even voice control… It’s all very exciting, and yes, we’re excited about those things too! But when it comes to window treatments, it always comes back to fabric. Colors. Textures.…read the full post

Eclipse Glasses for Today, Solar Shades for Every Day!

Depending on who you are, today might or might not be a big day, but considering that our business is driven by the sun, we’d probably be remiss in not saying a little something about today’s total eclipse of the sun! Now I’m not a scientist, and I don’t even play one on TV, but I do know a couple of things about the sun and solar shades, and there is plenty of overlap in…read the full post

Decorative Roller Shades: Insolroll Elements® for 6 Popular Design Styles

Decorative roller shades… wait, what? Remember those yellowed, vinyl roller shades your grandmother had? They provided a great bit of semi-naughty fun for youngsters… tug the hem bar, let go and watch it fly up to the top with a loud WHAP!… or, even flap around the roller at the top if it was mounted low enough in the window? Good times! I know as I grew into an adult, I never imagined that I…read the full post

Oasis Patio Shades Driven by Lutron

  What’s all the fuss about? By now, you may or may not have heard the news: Insolroll and Lutron have formed a technical alliance to bring Oasis® Patio Shades to the luxury home market that are capable of integrating with Lutron control systems. Insolroll launched this line of high end patio shades at the CEDIA Expo last month in Dallas, and garnered huge interest. So why is this news? For one thing, when you bring two…read the full post

Sierra Solar Screen Fabric for the Win!

Our new Sierra Solar Screen Shade Fabric is a triple winner- economical, effective and beautiful sun control. Solar screen shades are hot, and only continuing to grow as a category, both commercial and residential. And why not? Cutting the sun’s glare and heat, making spaces more visually and thermally comfortable without blocking the view is optimal. You maintain a connection with the outside, with no closed in feeling, lower your cooling costs, protect furniture and…read the full post

KOOLBLACK™ Magic!

By: Natalie Pease for Insolroll Now don’t freak out, I’m not talking about evil spirits or Voodoo dolls. I’m talking about KOOLBLACK™ Solar Screen fabrics. A fabric for our interior solar screens line that has baffled and amazed many of us here at Insolroll. An employee even nicknamed this fabric “Black Magic”. We have been carrying KOOLBLACK interior solar shades fabric for a number of years now, and its attributes have yet to disappoint us. I…read the full post

6 Easy Ways to Spruce up your Patio this Spring

By: Natalie Pease for Insolroll Yes, it is finally that time of year again. Spring cleaning time! Whether you are like us in Colorado, just now starting to see the temperature rise or you live in a place that has nice weather all year ’round, there is no better way to kick-start summer than spring cleaning! Here are a few tips to help you get your patio ready for the summer! CLEAN! – There is something…read the full post