Cicero homes face two challenges that most Indianapolis-area neighborhoods don't: long, low-angle sun reflecting off Morse Reservoir, and the wide temperature swings that come with living next to 1,500 acres of water. West-facing waterfront windows take an enormous UV hit at sunset, which fades floors, art, and furniture. East-facing rooms get a glare-bomb at sunrise that turns morning coffee into squinting. The right window treatment lets you keep the lake view while killing the glare, blocking up to 99% of UV, and trimming heating and cooling costs through Indiana winters and humid summers. We carry the brands engineered for that job — Norman, Lafayette Interior Fashions, Graber, and others — and we'll spec them for each window individually rather than running the same product around the whole house.

Plantation shutters for lakefront and historic Cicero homes
Plantation shutters remain the most-requested window treatment in Cicero for two reasons: they look right on the older homes near downtown and the craftsman builds along the reservoir, and they consistently appraise as a value-add at resale. For waterfront homes we usually recommend Polysatin or composite shutters — they handle humidity, won't warp near the lake, and clean up with a damp cloth. For historic interiors and dry rooms, real-wood Heritance shutters take a stain that matches existing trim. We custom-fit arched, angled, and oversized openings, which most builder-grade options can't do.

Motorized shades for two-story great rooms & lake views
A surprising share of Cicero homes have great rooms with windows you cannot reach — second-story transoms over a stone fireplace, 18-foot stacked sliders that face the water, primary suites with dormers. We install motorized shades and shutters from Hunter Douglas PowerView, Lutron Serena, and Somfy. They run on schedules (close at sunset, open at 7 a.m.), pair with Alexa, Google Home, and Apple HomeKit, and come in both hard-wired and battery-powered configurations so retrofits don't require opening drywall.

Blinds, shades, and drapery for every room
Outside of shutters and motorization, the Cicero rooms we measure most often call for: faux-wood blinds in kitchens and baths (they shrug off humidity), real-wood blinds in formal living rooms, cellular shades in bedrooms (the highest R-value of any soft window covering), solar shades on lake-facing walls (you keep the view), Roman shades for primary suites, and side-panel drapery to soften two-story windows. We carry roller, Roman, solar, zebra, and cellular shades plus aluminum, faux-wood, and real-wood blinds, so the answer is rarely one product type for the whole house.