Blinds Brisbane | Custom Indoor Blinds Made to Measure

Why Lusso, Brisbane

What you are actually paying for

Fit It Once And Forget It

There is nothing wrong with an off-the-shelf roller blind. For a rental, a garage or a laundry window I would tell you to go and buy one and spend the difference elsewhere. On a house you actually live in the sums turn over somewhere around year three — when the fabric has sagged, the chain has stretched, and one bracket has taken a plug of plasterboard with it.

01Trading since 1978, now run by the third generation of the Hopkins family. If a blind needs adjusting in ten years, there will still be someone here who remembers fitting it.
02Over 10,000 completed blinds projects across Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Whatever your window is doing — a raked head, a bay, a wide stacker onto the deck — we have measured one like it.
03Member of the Blinds Manufacturing Association Australia, which comes with a published Code of Ethics you can hold us to rather than a promise on a website.
04Premium Australian-made product. It is the unglamorous reason a lead time is measured in weeks instead of months, and the reason a replacement part is a phone call rather than a container ship.

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Close detail of sunscreen roller blind fabric in daylight

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Years, three generations

The range

Every blind we make, fitted anywhere in Brisbane

Local conditions

Brisbane’s problem is the afternoon, not the morning

The Sun Arrives Sideways After Three

On the coast the argument is about sunrise. Brisbane sits far enough back from the water that the morning is survivable and the afternoon is not. The renovation this city does more than any other — open the back of the house up, put a wall of glass onto a deck — almost always ends up facing west or north-west, because that is where the yard is. Bureau of Meteorology figures for the Brisbane station put the mean January maximum at 30.4°C, and the last three hours of that land flat on the glass. The Australian Government’s guidance on shading is blunt about why: west-facing glass is the hardest orientation in the country to control from inside.

Then there is the air. Mean 3pm relative humidity in Brisbane runs at 57 per cent through January and 59 through February, and fabric that never gets any movement behind it does not enjoy that. It is the reason I will steer you towards an aluminium venetian or a shutter in a bathroom or a laundry rather than a fabric blind, and the reason a blind in a room you are about to close up for a fortnight is better left up than down.

The housing stock is its own argument. A Queenslander’s casement and double-hung sashes sit in timber reveals that have had eighty years to move, and a recess fit needs both depth and square. Measure such a reveal at the top, the middle and the bottom and you will get three different numbers — which is fine, as long as somebody actually took all three before the blind was made.

And then the apartments. New Farm, Newstead, Hamilton, West End: plenty of the newer buildings carry a by-law about what your windows look like from the street, usually a uniform white or off-white backing. It is the one part of the job where I will ask to see your by-laws before I show you a fabric book.

The detail that matters

Fabric Is The Easy Part

Every blind company in Brisbane will hand you a fabric book. Far fewer will tell you what the blind is fixed into, what the law actually requires of the cord, or how long you will really be waiting. Those three decide whether you are still happy in five years.

01 — The fix

Measure the reveal in three places

A recess fit is neater and it is the first thing we check for, but it needs depth and it needs square, and plenty of Brisbane windows offer one without the other. We measure width at the top, middle and bottom and make to the smallest number. Where the reveal is shallow, out of square or lined in VJ, the blind goes face-fixed to the architrave or onto a timber batten, fixed into something structural. A bracket carried by plasterboard alone will let go eventually — the only question is which summer.

02 — The cord

The cord rule is law, not a preference

Australia’s mandatory standard for corded internal window coverings is specific: no loose cord may form a loop of 220mm or longer below 1,600mm from the floor, and cord guides and cleats must be fixed above that height or the cord tensioned so a loop cannot form. We install to it every time. In a room a child sleeps or plays in I will recommend cordless or motorised operation anyway, because a rule you never have to rely on beats one you do.

03 — The wait

Weeks, not months, and it is on the quote

Roller and honeycomb blinds run two to three weeks from check-measure to installation. Roman blinds, panel glides and blockouts generally run three to four. Outdoor blinds are four to six. Motorisation adds about a week, more again if power has to be run to the opening. Venetians, verticals and shutters we quote job by job rather than publish a range that flatters us. All of it is a good-faith estimate rather than a guarantee, and all of it goes on your quote — not after you have paid a deposit.

Brisbane & Gold Coast clients

Eighty-five five-star reviews, and not one of them written by us

The two things people mention most are the measure and what happened afterwards. They are also the two things you cannot judge from a showroom floor.

We had a great experience with lusso blinds. We are very happy with our Roman blinds. We highly recommend their service.

Sam & Morgan Davies

Everything was done professionally and promptly from the lady who measured to the instant quote. The blinds were then delivered within two weeks and installed with no fuss. Everyone was polite and I'm happy with the outcome. A…

Noela Bevezovsky

Thank you to Deb and the team for their guidance in selecting the perfect blinds and curtains for our home. Prompt service, great workmanship and professional to deal with.

Michael & Louise S

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Where they go

Room by room, what I would actually specify

Not Every Window Wants The Same Blind

01 Bedrooms

A blockout roller, and cordless if a child sleeps there. Most Brisbane homes over-specify blockout everywhere else and under-specify it here, which is backwards — the bedroom is the one room where the fabric genuinely has to do the work.

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02 West-facing living

Two blinds on one bracket. A screen roller holds the view and kills the glare from three o’clock on; a blockout behind it takes the evening. It costs more than one blind, and it is the only arrangement that works all day rather than for half of it.

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03 Kitchens & bathrooms

Fabric and steam are a poor combination. An aluminium venetian wipes down and does not hold a smell, and over a bath or a sink I would rather sell you a shutter than a blind I already know will need replacing.

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04 Sliding doors

Panel glides for a wide opening, verticals where the traffic is heavy. Both stack clear of the door, which is the entire point — a single roller over a 3.6 metre stacker is a blind you stop using by the second summer.

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05 Apartments

Honeycomb, usually. The cell structure buys insulation on glass you are not allowed to touch, and the slim stack suits reveals barely deep enough to take anything. Read the by-laws on backing colour before you fall for a fabric.

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How it works

Three steps, quote in 48 hours

We come to you anywhere in Brisbane, north or south of the river. Detailed quote within 24 to 48 hours, itemised component by component and valid for 30 days — no deposit to get a price.

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We measure at your place

We need the dimensions and the aspect of the room before we can quote, and we bring the fabric range with us — a colour under showroom downlights is a different colour on a west-facing Brisbane window at four in the afternoon.

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A detailed quote in 24–48 hours

Itemised component by component, so you can see what each blind costs and drop one if you want to, and valid for 30 days.

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Made, fitted and stood behind

Nothing starts until you are 100% comfortable with the selections. We install, we take the packaging away, and we are still here afterwards.

Where we work

Both sides of the river

We Come To You

Byron Bay to Brisbane is the corridor and Brisbane is the northern end of it — New Farm and Ascot through to Chelmer and Camp Hill, and everywhere in between. If you are on that stretch, we come to you.

Before you ask

Blinds in Brisbane, answered honestly

How much do custom blinds cost in Brisbane?

Nobody can give you a real figure before measuring, and anyone who does is pricing a fabric they have not seen against your window. What moves the number is the size of the opening, the fabric, whether the blind is corded, cordless or motorised, and how many windows are on the same order. A whole-house order works out meaningfully cheaper per window than three blinds bought separately, because most of the cost of getting us there is the same either way. You get an itemised quote within 24 to 48 hours of the measure, valid for 30 days.

How long do custom blinds take to make?

Roller and honeycomb blinds run two to three weeks from check-measure to installation. Roman blinds, panel glides and blockouts generally run three to four. Outdoor blinds are four to six. Motorisation adds about a week, more if power has to be run to the opening. These are good-faith estimates rather than guarantees, and the number for your job goes on your quote.

Do you service Brisbane northside and southside?

Both. New Farm, Ascot, Hamilton, Clayfield and Paddington on one side of the river; Bulimba, Camp Hill, Chelmer, Toowong and West End on the other, and everywhere in between. Brisbane is the northern end of a Byron Bay to Brisbane service corridor, so the drive is part of the job rather than a favour.

Do I have to visit a showroom?

No, and we would rather you did not. We bring the fabric range to you, which is the only honest way to judge it. We need the dimensions and the aspect of the room before we can quote, and both of those are at your place, not ours.

Are your blinds child-safe?

Corded internal window coverings installed in Australia must meet a mandatory safety standard: no loose cord may form a loop of 220mm or longer below 1,600mm from the floor, and cleats and cord guides have to sit above that height. We install to it every time. In a child’s bedroom or playroom I will recommend cordless or motorised operation regardless.

Can you match blinds across a whole house?

Yes, and it is worth doing in a single order rather than two. Fabric batches shift, so a roller ordered eight months after its neighbour can come back a shade off in daylight even when the code on the docket is identical.

Can you do blinds and curtains on the same job?

Yes, and on a west-facing Brisbane living room it is usually the right answer — a blind for the glare and curtains for the evening, the softness and a little of the noise. Both land on one itemised quote, so you can see what each part costs.

Get in touch

Free measure & quote, Brisbane wide

Tell us which rooms and we come to you with the fabric range, measure properly, and say honestly which windows want a blind and which would be better off with something else.

Area Brisbane, the Gold Coast and south to Byron Bay
We come to you; no showroom visit needed

Phone (07) 5528 4006

Email info@lusso.com.au

Hours Mon – Fri, 8:30am – 4pm

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