Blinds, Curtain Rods, Closets & Door Hardware in Santa Monica
Light and privacy from the same window, storage where there is none, and doors that close in one motion — flat prices per visit.
Flat price per item. Minimum order $69.
Light and privacy: two jobs for one window
Santa Monica’s density means windows looking into windows: courtyard buildings face their courtyards, and the next building stands twenty feet away. At the same time — that seaside light people move here for. The right treatment solves both at once:
- Day-night and top-down/bottom-up shades — light from above, privacy below: the best answer for ground floors and courtyard windows.
- West windows — the afternoon ocean sun is hard: light-filtering rollers, or blackout in bedrooms.
- Three-point measurement — 1920s–40s openings are uneven, and catalog-size blinds go up with gaps.
- Mounting into the frame or a stud, not the crumbly plaster of old openings. In rentals — minimally invasive; the traces close in minutes at move-out.
Humid salt air jams mechanisms over time: choose blinds with stainless metal hardware — we will suggest models before you buy.
Storage in apartments that have none
A 1930s courtyard apartment means one closet for everything. A closet system turns a niche or a bedroom wall into real storage: measurement, assembly, stud anchoring, adjustment. For rentals there is a tension-mounted option with no drilling at all — we will say honestly where it works and where it is weak.
Doors
Handles, cylinders, locks — up to three doors per visit at one price. Old-stock doors have settled: we adjust hinges and strike so they close in one motion. A cylinder swap at move-in — with the owner’s consent — is a quick and sensible habit.
Frequently asked questions
Window to window with the neighbors, but I hate losing the light.
Top-down/bottom-up: the light comes from above and the neighbors see nothing. Perfect for courtyard buildings.
The blinds jammed from sea air within a year.
It happens. We install models with stainless hardware — and suggest them before you buy.
One closet for the whole apartment.
A closet system in the niche — and the storage doubles. There is a no-drilling option for rentals.
I just moved into a rental and want my own cylinder.
With the owner’s consent — 15 minutes, and the keys are yours alone.
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