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.
Every panel travels on a Crestron QMT 24VDC track on Cresnet - six tracks, wall-mounted, pinch pleat and ripplefold - 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.
Designer
Marie Burgos Design - fabric palette and interior direction.
Living spaces
Mitchell Meadow Breeze Winter sheers - ripplefold, 120% fullness, railroaded.
Bedrooms
Blackout-lined drapery: Luna Sheer Seafoam (master) · Valleta Buff · Tulia Heron · Kasian Alabaster.
Motorization
Six Crestron QMT 24VDC tracks on Cresnet · Crestron motorized rollers · one scene system.
Fabrication
Sewn in our own workroom · measured, installed and commissioned by our own crew.
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
The Palette at the Glass
Tap a fabric for its full specification.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Inside the residence
The Primary Suite
Drapes Open on the QMT Track
Blue Hour, Marina Beyond
The motors 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 |
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.
| 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 |
Frequently asked
Who designed the interiors?
Marie Burgos Design set the palette; Exotic translated it into sewn goods and engineered the motorization behind it.
Why Crestron tracks?
The residence runs on Crestron - six QMT 24VDC tracks on Cresnet put every panel in the home's scenes natively.
What fabrics were used?
Mitchell Meadow Breeze Winter · Décor de Paris Luna Sheer Seafoam · Villa Nova Valleta, Tulia and Kasian - bedrooms all blackout-lined.
Do you take on projects like this for other designers and builders?
Yes - and we are glad to structure a referral partnership. 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: the 5 costly 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.