Motorized Shades
Motorized shades from Exotic Shades & Draperies are custom roller, solar, honeycomb and sheer shades fabricated in our Fort Lauderdale workroom and motorized on Lutron, Somfy or our Essential tier, with a 72 by 84 inch shade from about $733, installed by our own certified team across Fort Lauderdale, Miami Beach, Boca Raton and Palm Beach.
Shades that think for themselves
Motorized shades are the modern standard for South Florida glass: roller, solar, honeycomb, and sheer shades that rise and fall on schedule, respond to your voice, and disappear at the touch of a keypad. We custom-fabricate every shade to the millimeter and motorize it with Lutron, Somfy, Crestron, or SDN - the four systems we are certified on. Whether you call them motorized blinds, electric blinds, automatic shades or smart shades, the engineering is the same: a quiet tubular motor, the right power source, and a fabric chosen for your glass.
From a single nursery blackout shade to sixty windows in an oceanfront penthouse, design, fabrication, programming, and installation are all done by our own team.
Motorized shades by the numbers
Price by system
One 72 by 84 in motorized roller shade, fabric and motor included: about $733 (Essential), $793 (Somfy WireFree), $1,910 (wired Somfy with panel), $3,141 (Lutron). Eight shades on a main level: $6,687 to $16,566. See cost by system.
Somfy motor
Sonesse ULTRA 30 WireFree RTS: built-in rechargeable lithium-ion, 2 Nm of lift, rated 42 dB, 433.42 MHz RTS radio with 656 ft open-field range.
Lutron battery life
Triathlon shades run on easy-to-replace D batteries rated by Lutron at three to five years; Sivoia QS wired shades cover 20 in to 20 ft with coupling brackets, side channels and pockets.
Fabrics
Every motorized shade takes any fabric in the Lutron library of 921 colourways, plus Mermet and Phifer screens and our workroom's drapery fabrics for Roman shades.
Every shade style, motorized
Motorized Roller Shades
Clean and minimal, in solar, light-filtering, or blackout fabrics - the workhorse of smart shading.
Motorized Solar Shades
Cut heat, glare, and UV while keeping your view of the water. Automated to track the Florida sun.
Motorized Blackout Shades
Side channels and precise hembars for true bedroom darkness - scheduled to your sleep, not the sunrise.
Motorized Honeycomb
Insulating cellular shades that ease the load on your AC - quiet motors, long battery life.
Motorized Sheer Shades
Soft, diffused elegance with one-touch privacy - a favorite for living rooms and condos.
Skylight & Hard-to-Reach
Overhead glass and double-height windows - exactly where motorization stops being a luxury and becomes the only option.
Battery, wired, or low-voltage - we design the right system
Battery motors retrofit beautifully into Miami and Fort Lauderdale condos - no electrician, no conduit, years between charges. Wired and low-voltage systems give new builds and full renovations maintenance-free silence. Either way, control is yours: remote, wall keypad, app, schedules, and voice via Alexa, Google Home, or Apple Home - or full integration with Lutron, Crestron, Control4, and Savant.
Wondering about budget? Try our Lutron price calculator, see the published typical-project pricing, or read what motorized shades really cost in South Florida.
Motorized shades - frequently asked
Battery or wired?
Both. Batteries last 1–3 years per charge and need no electrician; wired suits new construction. Read our full guide: battery vs. 24V vs. 120V.
What do they cost?
Quality motorized rollers typically start around $700–$1,200 per window installed; premium Lutron systems range higher. Fixed quote after a free in-home measurement.
Phone and voice control?
Yes - app, remote, keypad, schedules, and Alexa / Google / Apple Home, or full smart-home integration.
Do they help with heat?
Substantially. Automated solar and honeycomb shades cut glare, UV fading, and cooling costs - on schedule, every day.
Which brands do you carry?
Lutron, Somfy, Crestron, and SDN motors with Coulisse and premium performance fabrics - we are certified on all four systems.
Where do you install?
Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Miami Beach, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach, Hollywood, Pompano - see all areas.
Motorized shade installations
Canal-View Solar Shades
Estate Rollers
Blackout Honeycomb
Shades that disappear completely
We install Blindspace® concealment systems - architectural pockets and recessed tracks that hide the entire shade in the ceiling or window reveal. Hardware-agnostic by design, they carry the Lutron, Crestron, and Somfy systems we're certified on, so the only thing you ever see is fabric - or nothing at all. Full details, specifications and model compatibility: recessed window treatments.
Concealed Shade Pockets
Purpose-built boxes recessed into the ceiling or reveal at framing stage - the shade, tube, and brackets vanish behind a flush cover plate with a patented safety hinge for service access. See recessed shade pockets.
Corner & Shaped Windows
Engineered pocket solutions for corner glazing, angled and shaped openings, and oversized sliders - the hard windows most shade installs give up on.
Skylights & Eaves
Concealment for overhead and eaves glazing, paired with our motorized skylight shades - light control where a ladder will never reach.
Recessed Curtain Tracks
Flush-mounted drapery tracks - straight or curved, manual or motorized - so ripplefold sheers emerge from a clean ceiling line. See our recessed curtain tracks.
Future-Proofing
Building now, deciding on shades later? We install empty Blindspace boxes during construction so any window can take a motorized shade years from now - without opening a single wall.
For Architects & GCs
We coordinate pocket dimensions and CAD details with your design team at the framing stage - see our Trade Program and pre-wire guide.
Woven in the USA. Specified by the numbers.
The motor gets the attention; the fabric does the work. Every motorized shade we build carries screen from Mermet, woven in South Carolina, or Phifer SheerWeave, woven in Alabama - best grades only, sourced directly, on Lutron, Somfy or our Essential tier alike.
Mermet
E Screen, M Screen, T Screen, Satiné and the GreenScreen weaves, with KOOLBLACK for dark screens that reflect heat - woven by Mermet USA in Cowpens, South Carolina and listed by the mill as Made in USA. Mermet fabrics
Phifer SheerWeave
The SheerWeave family, including PVC-free styles and Microban-protected weaves that resist mildew in Florida humidity - woven by Phifer in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where the mill has made fabric since 1952. Phifer fabrics
Best grade only
Fiberglass-core screens that stay flat on 10-foot glass, an openness woven to tolerance, and a published spec sheet for UV, heat and light in every colour, with GREENGUARD Gold and NFPA 701 listings behind it. Never anonymous screen.
On any system
The same fabric on a Lutron, Somfy or Crestron motor, or a manual chain. We source both mills directly and keep them in stock, so the fabric is chosen for the window and its exposure, not for the motor brand - and it is ready to cut when the measurements are. Our shade fabrics
Discerning homeowners, designers, and developers across South Florida trust Exotic with their most important spaces.
"I'm really happy with my new curtains! The team came to my place, helped me choose the right fabric, and guided me through the whole process. Great service and beautiful results. Highly recommend, A+."
"We were referred to Exotic Shades by our contractor. They understood exactly what we had in mind and delivered it. The whole process was simple, and the pricing was very good."
"I needed help adjusting the existing Lutron shades in my new home. Most companies would not touch a system installed by someone else, but Exotic sent a technician the same week."
Your questions, answered
Are motorized shades battery-powered or wired?
Both. Battery motors install anywhere with no electrician and last one to three years per charge depending on use; wired and low-voltage systems suit new construction and whole-home projects. We recommend the right power plan window by window.
How much do motorized shades cost in South Florida?
Quality motorized roller shades typically start around $700–$1,200 per window installed, and premium systems like Lutron Palladiom range higher. Every project receives a fixed quote after a free in-home measurement.
Can I control motorized shades with my phone or voice?
Yes - via app, remote, wall keypad, schedules, and voice through Alexa, Google Home, and Apple Home, or fully integrated with Lutron, Crestron, Control4, and Savant systems.
Do motorized shades help with Florida heat?
Significantly. Automated solar and honeycomb shades that close during peak sun cut glare and heat gain, protect furniture from UV fading, and reduce cooling costs - automatically, every day.
Control systems these shades answer to
Every motorized system we install runs from a remote, an app or the home's control system. Which one depends on the motor family, so we settle it before the shade is made.
Lutron
Sivoia QS, Triathlon, Serena and Palladiom shades: Pico remotes and the Lutron app, with native integration to Crestron, Control4, Savant, Apple Home, Amazon Alexa and Google Home through Caseta, RadioRA 3 or HomeWorks. Lutron motorized shades.
Somfy
Sonesse, Glydea and WireFree motors on Somfy RTS or Zigbee: Telis and Situo remotes, the TaHoma app for scenes and schedules, Amazon Alexa and Google Home through TaHoma, and Control4, Crestron and Savant through the TaHoma integration. Somfy motorization.
Crestron
Crestron shade motors and drapery tracks commissioned into the home's Crestron processor and keypads with your integrator, with the fabric, hems and hembars still made in our workroom. Crestron shades.
Motorized shades in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Boca Raton & Palm Beach
Roller, solar, honeycomb and sheer motorized shades on Lutron, Somfy, Crestron or SDN motors - wired into new builds, or battery-powered for finished condos - fabricated to the millimeter in our Fort Lauderdale workroom. Our workroom and showroom are at 4539 Powerline Rd in Fort Lauderdale, our second showroom is South of Fifth in Miami Beach, and the same in-house team measures and installs from Miami to Palm Beach.
Ready for one-touch light control?
Book a complimentary in-home consultation - we bring fabrics, a demo motor, and honest advice on the right system for your windows.