The St. Regis Longboat Key, Sarasota
Quiet luxury in motion - hand-finished drapery on Crestron QMT tracks, fabrics by Villa Nova, Décor de Paris and Mitchell to Marie Burgos Design's palette.
Quiet luxury in motion
A minute through the residence: the drapes traveling open on their Crestron tracks, sheers drifting across the bay wall, and the rooms settling into blue hour over the marina.
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A designer's palette, engineered to move
A private residence at The St. Regis Longboat Key, Sarasota's most anticipated address. Working to Marie Burgos Design's fabric direction, Exotic sewed and installed ripplefold sheers in Mitchell's Meadow Breeze Winter across the great room and dining, and blackout-lined drapery in every bedroom - Décor de Paris Luna Sheer in the master, Villa Nova Valleta, Tulia and Kasian in the guest rooms, pinch pleat where the designer wanted the formal heading.
Every panel travels on a Crestron QMT 24VDC track on Cresnet - six tracks, wall-mounted, pinch pleat and ripplefold, each driven by the CSM-QMTDC-DRP-3 motor - living natively in the residence's Crestron scenes alongside its motorized rollers. Whisper-quiet motion, clean pleat geometry, and a perfect stack, sewn in our own workroom and commissioned by our own crew.
Project at a glance
Location
Private residence · The St. Regis Longboat Key, Sarasota, FL - bay and marina on the glass.
Designer
Marie Burgos Design - fabric palette and interior direction; see how we work with designers.
Living spaces
Mitchell Meadow Breeze Winter sheers - ripplefold, 120% fullness, railroaded for seamless drops.
Bedrooms
Blackout-lined drapery, pinch pleat: Luna Sheer Seafoam (master) · Valleta Buff · Tulia Heron · Kasian Alabaster.
Motorization
Six Crestron QMT 24VDC tracks on Cresnet · Crestron motorized rollers · one Crestron scene system.
Fabrication
Sewn in our own workroom · measured, installed and commissioned by our own crew, in Sarasota.
Fabric schedule
Mitchell · Meadow Breeze Winter - Great Room Sheers
Décor de Paris · Luna Sheer Seafoam - Master
Villa Nova · Valleta Buff - Guest 1
Villa Nova · Tulia Heron - Guest 2
Villa Nova · Kasian Alabaster - Guest 3
Tap a fabric for its full specification - each links to the treatment it was sewn into.
Mitchell · Meadow Breeze Winter - Great Room & Dining
| House | Mitchell Fabrics |
| Pattern · Colour | Meadow Breeze · Winter |
| Type | Textured white sheer |
| Make-up | Ripplefold · 120% fullness · railroaded for seamless drops |
| In this project | Living-space sheers on Crestron QMT 24VDC tracks - the great room and dining |
| More | Our sheer draperies · Ripplefold draperies · The Crestron track |
Décor de Paris · Luna Sheer 004 Seafoam - Master
| House | Décor de Paris |
| Pattern · Colour | Luna Sheer · 004 Seafoam Green |
| Type | Sheer, sewn with blackout lining |
| In this project | Master-bedroom drapery, pinch pleat on a Crestron QMT track |
| More | Pinch pleat draperies · Blackout-lined draperies |
Villa Nova · Valleta Buff - Guest 1
| House | Villa Nova (Romo Group) |
| Pattern · Colour | Valleta · Buff · 1149/05 |
| Type | Wide-width satin, blackout-lined |
| In this project | Guest-bedroom drapery on a Crestron QMT track |
| More | Blackout-lined draperies · The fabric libraries we work from |
Villa Nova · Tulia Heron - Guest 2
| House | Villa Nova (Romo Group) |
| Pattern · Colour | Tulia · Heron · V3421/04 |
| Type | Textural sheer, blackout-lined |
| In this project | Guest-bedroom drapery on a Crestron QMT track |
| More | Blackout-lined draperies · The fabric libraries we work from |
Villa Nova · Kasian Alabaster - Guest 3
| House | Villa Nova (Romo Group) |
| Pattern · Colour | Kasian · Alabaster · V3175/35 |
| Type | Textured satin, blackout-lined |
| In this project | Guest-bedroom drapery on a Crestron QMT track |
| More | Blackout-lined draperies · The fabric libraries we work from |
Inside the residence
The Palette at the Glass
Drapes Open on the QMT Track
The Primary Suite
The Terrace, Bay Beyond
Blue Hour, Marina Beyond
Dusk over the Marina
The components on this project
Crestron Digital QMT drapery motor
CSM-QMTDC-DRP-3 for the Crestron drapery track
Six Crestron QMT 24 V DC drapery tracks on Cresnet, so every panel in the residence joins the home's Crestron scenes natively - one scene system for drapery, shades and lighting.
| Type | Brushless drive for the Crestron CSS-DRAPERY track - Digital Quiet Motor Technology |
| Power | 24 V DC (42.5 W) |
| Communication | Cresnet wired network |
| Track | Tracks up to 240 in |
| Speed | 10 to 50 rpm; 1.62 Nm |
| Motion | Touch Motion - pull the drapery and it takes over; obstruction detection; status feedback |
| In this project | Six wall-mounted tracks - ripplefold sheers in the living spaces, pinch-pleat blackout-lined drapery in every bedroom |
Crestron CSS-DRAPERY track
The track the panels travel on
Crestron's own drapery track, wall-mounted here, carrying pinch-pleat and ripplefold headings alike - the carriers, master carrier and end stops sized to each opening so the stack lands clean every time.
| Type | Crestron motorized drapery track system - CSS-DRAPERY |
| Mounting | Wall-mounted on this project |
| Headings | Pinch pleat and ripplefold, both sewn in our workroom to the track's carrier spacing |
| Drive | CSM-QMTDC-DRP-3 Digital QMT motor, 24 V DC on Cresnet |
| In this project | Six tracks across the great room, dining and the four bedrooms |
More on the Crestron drapery track · Motorized curtain tracks
Crestron Digital QMT roller shade motor
CSM-QMTDC series
Crestron motorized rollers on the same Cresnet network, commissioned into the same scenes as the tracks - the shade layer under the chandelier in the primary suite.
| Type | Brushless tubular motor for Crestron roller shades - Digital Quiet Motor Technology |
| Power | 24 V DC |
| Communication | Cresnet wired network (infiNET EX wireless version available) |
| Speed | 10 to 30 rpm, programmable stops, smooth starts and stops |
| Protection | Obstruction detection; real-time status feedback to the system |
| Sizes | QMT3 series for shades 17.5 to 96 in wide; larger series for wider shades |
| In this project | The motorized rollers behind the bedroom drapery |
The Crestron system and its scenes
One scene system for drapery, shades and lighting
Because the tracks and rollers are Crestron, they live natively in the residence's Crestron scenes - no bridge, no second remote - commissioned by our own crew on the home's Cresnet network.
| Type | The residence's Crestron control system - drapery, shades and lighting on one processor |
| Network | Cresnet wired network - power and control to every track and roller |
| Scenes | Drapery and rollers in the same keypad and app scenes as the lighting |
| In this project | Six tracks and the rollers, every room |
Crestron motorized shades and automation · Crestron shade power and controls
Frequently asked
Who designed the interiors?
Marie Burgos Design set the palette; Exotic translated it into sewn goods and engineered the motorization behind it. How we work with interior designers.
Why Crestron tracks?
The residence runs on Crestron - six QMT 24VDC tracks on Cresnet put every panel in the home's scenes natively, alongside the motorized rollers and the lighting, with no second system to bridge. The Crestron drapery track · Somfy, Lutron and Crestron tracks compared.
What fabrics were used?
Mitchell Meadow Breeze Winter sheers in the living spaces · Décor de Paris Luna Sheer Seafoam in the master · Villa Nova Valleta, Tulia and Kasian in the guest rooms - every bedroom blackout-lined. Sheer draperies · Blackout-lined draperies · The drapery lining guide.
Pinch pleat or ripplefold?
Both, on the same track family: ripplefold sheers at 120% fullness across the great room and dining, railroaded for seamless drops, and pinch-pleat drapery in the bedrooms - the heading chosen room by room with the designer. Ripplefold draperies · Pinch pleat draperies.
Do you take on projects like this for other designers and builders?
Yes - we sew in our own South Florida workroom and travel to install, Sarasota included, and we are glad to structure a referral partnership. Beyond South Florida · Talk to us.
Working with a designer on a residence like this?
One free hour with our team routinely saves owners thousands in avoidable mistakes - wrong fabrics, bad mounts, missed motorization. Book a private, complimentary consultation - we bring the fabrics, the samples, and honest answers. Start with the free guide: 10 costly window treatment mistakes.
Exotic Shades & Draperies is an independent window-treatment company. This was a private-client project: the owner of the residence commissioned it, not the building, its developer or the hotel brand. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any of them, and building, developer and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners, used here only to identify where the work was done.