Love Is Blinds installs custom window treatments across Tanque Verde, from the Pueblo Revival and Santa Fe homes off Tanque Verde Road to the Desert Contemporary builds in Loma Linda Estates that frame the Catalina Foothills sight lines. Matt owns and runs the Arizona side personally. He measures, quotes, and installs every order himself, built for the foothills heat and the deep-set desert architecture.
Tucson afternoon highs run 100 to 110 degrees, and the radiant load through unprotected glass is the single biggest comfort and fade problem in Tanque Verde homes. These are the four treatments Matt recommends most often on a Tanque Verde consultation, sized to the deep-set desert openings on Tanque Verde Road, Snyder Road, and the Loma Linda Estates builds.
Heavy-gauge exterior solar shades stop the heat at the screen before it crosses the glass, cutting the cooling load by roughly 30 to 40 percent on west-facing rooms through the hottest afternoons. The Mount Lemmon view rooms keep the view while patio furniture stays protected from fading.
Desert Contemporary builds in Loma Linda Estates and along the Tanque Verde Loop were drawn with floor-to-ceiling glass nobody wants to operate with a wand. Motorized shades drop on a schedule, run off voice, or pair to Alexa, HomeKit, or Control4 on install day.
Pre-1990 Tucson ranches off Snyder, Houghton, and the older Tanque Verde Road blocks still run original single-pane glass that loses conditioned air all day long. Cellular shades trap air against the glass and slow heat transfer in both directions.
The Pueblo Revival, Santa Fe, and Territorial homes that define Tanque Verde were built with deep-set windows that custom plantation shutters were almost designed for. Painted to match the original viga or natural wood trim, sized to the actual opening.
Matt owns and runs the Arizona side of Love Is Blinds. He handles every Tanque Verde quote, every measure, and every install personally. He has walked Pueblo Revival homes off Tanque Verde Road with deep-set window wells and original viga ceilings, Desert Contemporary new builds in Loma Linda Estates with two-story foyer glass facing Mount Lemmon, and mid-century ranches along Snyder Road where the second owner is finally upgrading. The consultation is Matt at your kitchen table, not a salesperson with a tablet.
Every product is custom-measured for your windows and professionally installed by Matt. On your consultation, Matt brings the full sample case and walks every room so you can hold each fabric up to your own afternoon desert light.
The first move in Tanque Verde. Heavy-gauge fabric stops the desert sun at the screen on west-facing and Mount Lemmon view rooms.
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Built for the wall-of-glass great rooms in Loma Linda Estates and along the Tanque Verde Loop. Pairs to Alexa, Google Home, HomeKit, and Control4.
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Clean and modern for the Desert Contemporary builds. Solar and light-filtering fabrics that hold the Rincon and Catalina view lines.
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Natural reeds, grasses, and bamboo straight from the Santa Fe and desert-southwest palette. Warm texture that fits these homes.
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Almost designed for the deep-set Pueblo Revival and Santa Fe windows. Sized to the opening, stained to match the viga and trim.
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Trapped air at the glass for the older single-pane ranches off Snyder and Houghton. Sits clean inside the deep well.
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Warm hardwood slats stained to the viga ceilings and wood trim of the older Tanque Verde Road homes.
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Built for the oversized sliders that open Tanque Verde great rooms to the Rincon Mountain backdrop. Wide panes glide clear.
Explore →A Pueblo Revival off Tanque Verde Road with deep-set window wells and original viga ceilings the owner wants to preserve. A Desert Contemporary new build in Loma Linda Estates with wall-of-glass great rooms facing Mount Lemmon and motorized prep run at framing. A mid-century Tucson ranch off Snyder Road where the second owner is finally upgrading after decades of original blinds and a punishing west-facing back patio.
Thick adobe-era walls, deep-set windows, and original wood viga ceilings the owner wants to preserve. Matt orders inside-mount plantation shutters and motorized rollers sized to the actual well depth, so nothing touches the historic plaster or wood.
A new build on the Tanque Verde Loop with wall-of-glass great rooms facing Mount Lemmon view lines and motorized prep run at framing. Matt sets battery-motor shades to drop on a schedule and pair to the home automation on install day.
A half-acre lot off Snyder or Houghton Road where the second owner is finally upgrading after decades of original blinds and a punishing west-facing back patio. Exterior solar on the patio glass, cellular on the older single-pane openings, done in one visit.
Tucson afternoons often land between 100 and 110 degrees. In Tanque Verde, deep-set window wells and wall-of-glass great rooms both bring their own version of that heat and glare into the house, and the right treatment depends on which one you have.
Exterior solar screens mounted outside the glass stop the radiant load at the screen, cutting the cooling load by roughly 30 to 40 percent on west-facing rooms. Cellular, or honeycomb, shades work from the inside, trapping a pocket of air at the glass that slows heat transfer in both directions, which matters most in the older single-pane homes off Snyder and Houghton. With about 350 sunny days a year in the Tucson area, UV exposure is constant too. Exterior solar screens block close to 99 percent of UV at the screen, helping protect hardwoods, viga trim, and patio furniture from fading.
Three steps. One owner-operator. One phone number.
Matt drives out at the time you booked with the full desert-tested sample case: heavy-gauge exterior solar, inside-mount cellular for the deep wells, and plantation shutter samples in the desert-southwest stains. You walk every room together.
Every opening laser-measured to the sixteenth, including the actual well depth on the Pueblo Revival and Santa Fe homes. Quote itemized on the kitchen table.
Two to four weeks after deposit, Matt is back in the driveway, motors paired to your Alexa or HomeKit, cardboard hauled out, install done in one visit.
A sampling of the custom shades, blinds, and shutters we design, measure, and install for Tanque Verde and east Tucson homes.
Love Is Blinds Arizona is locally owned and based in Oro Valley. We serve Tanque Verde, Tucson, AZ and everywhere within about a two-hour drive, free in-home consultations, no travel fee.
We personally serve Tanque Verde and the surrounding east Tucson neighborhoods, along with the rest of the greater Tucson metro, with free in-home consultations and custom installation.
See the full service areas list, or call (844) 936-2446 and we will confirm we cover your neighborhood.
Answers to what Tanque Verde homeowners ask most. Have a different question? Call (844) 936-2446, you will talk to Matt directly.
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