Most homeowners begin the conversation by asking for “motorized curtains.” The studio listens for the intent — a residential panel that draws on its own — and answers with custom motorized drapery: hand-pleated cloth on a silent DC motor, commissioned on the home’s existing Lutron, Crestron, or Control4 program.
This page is the short version of how those two vocabularies meet. The full engineering practice lives on the Motorized Drapery page.
Most homeowners begin the conversation with the phrase “motorized curtains.” The intent is residential — a soft, drawable panel in a primary suite, a great room, or a child’s bedroom that opens and closes on a remote, a keypad, or a schedule rather than by hand.
The studio specifies the same craft under a different name: motorized custom drapery. The cloth, the heading (French pleat, ripple fold, Euro pleat), the fullness, and the workroom discipline are identical to a hand-drawn panel. What changes is the track, the motor, and how the home talks to the panel.
Off-the-shelf motorized curtain kits exist. They run on a single battery motor and a narrow rod, and they handle a single window well enough. A custom motorized drapery program is engineered for an entire residence — recessed ceiling track, hardwired DC motors, sheer-and-blackout pairs, and integration with the home’s Lutron, Crestron, or Control4 program.
Motorized curtains, smart curtains, electric curtains, automated curtain systems, remote-control curtains — the studio treats them as one brief. The vocabulary changes with the audience; the specification does not.
The most common motorized curtain brief in Los Angeles. Layered sheer-and-blackout on parallel tracks, side channels for theatrical darkness, and a single keypad scene that moves the room from morning to night.
Where a panel is too high or too heavy to draw comfortably by hand — beam-mounted tracks, scheduled UV cycles to protect art and cloth, and silent DC motors that disappear into the architecture.
Battery Somfy retrofits for guest rooms and a child’s bedroom — no wall-fishing, no construction, and a clean handoff to the homeowner with a single remote or a Lutron Pico keypad.
Motorized blackout drapery on dual tracks, commissioned on a “Cinema” scene that closes the room, dims the lights, and lowers the screen in one move.
A private consultation at the residence — architecture, lifestyle, and the existing (or planned) smart-home program reviewed before any cloth is specified. By appointment, on-site or in the studio.
The canonical engineering practice — systems, integration, demonstration.
Drapery commissioned with lighting and AV from framing forward.
Palladiom, Sivoia QS, RA3, HomeWorks & Ketra integration.
Battery vs hardwired, ideal rooms, smart-home integration.
The studio applies the same House of Drapery Method to a motorized curtain that it applies to a hand-drawn panel. Architecture, lifestyle, and function are decided first; the motor, the track, and the scene are the closing moves.
Begin with a private consultation. We will follow with a tailored proposal, fabric direction, and an honest opinion on what your room is asking for.
