Made For A Wet Coast
Custom blinds, curtains and Thermalite shutters for Byron Bay homes — chosen for the humidity, measured at your window and fitted by the third generation of a family business trading since 1978.
Why Lusso, Byron Bay
Chosen For The Wet Months
Byron enquiries usually start by asking whether we really come this far, because the number on the website is a Queensland one. We do. Byron Bay is the southern end of the stretch we have always worked, Byron Bay to Brisbane. What changes this far south is not the drive. It is how wet the air is, and how long a house sits closed up, and both of those decide which blind lasts.
The range
Local conditions
The Sun Is Not The Problem Here. The Damp Is.
Byron is wetter than people expect. The Bureau of Meteorology’s long record at the Cape Byron Lighthouse station averages 1,735.7mm of rain a year over 121 rain days, and the 9am humidity averages 76%, rising to 82% in February. That is the air your blinds live in for the whole summer.
Humidity on its own is manageable in a house that is lived in, with windows opening and air moving. The trouble starts when the house is shut. A weekender closed up for a month in February, a rental between tenants, a bedroom nobody uses: still air, warm glass and damp fabric is how mould starts, usually along the bottom of a blind or the hem of a curtain where it sits still longest. Mould and condensation are excluded from our warranty, so the protection has to come from what you choose.
That is why we ask how the house is used before we ask what colour you like. A blind for a house someone lives in every day and a blind for a house that sits empty half the summer are two different specifications, even on the same window. Salt on the beach side is a separate problem with its own answer, covered on our roller blinds page.
The detail that matters
Specify For The Wet Season, Not The Showroom
Three decisions that decide how a blind looks after its third Byron summer. None of them shows up in a fabric sample.
Thermalite shutters are a polymer, so damp air is a non-event. Aluminium and PVC venetians wipe down. Synthetic sunscreen and blockout roller fabrics shrug off humidity far better than natural fibre. Save linen curtains and fabric Romans for rooms that are lived in and aired.
On a humid morning the glass can be wetter than the air. Fabric pressed against it wicks that moisture and marks where it touches. Whether a blind sits inside the frame or out on the wall is a measure decision, and on a window that fogs we make it with the condensation in mind.
A house that is shut for weeks at a time needs coverings that tolerate still, damp air, and somebody to open them when they get back. We would rather fit the duller fabric in a weekender than replace a marked blind two summers later.
Gold Coast clients
The Real Test Is Years Later
The reviews that matter most on the coast are the ones written long after the install, when the weather has had its go.
We have been very happy that we chose Lusso blinds right through our beachside unit. The quality is excellent and perfect for the climate and the salt air. On the rare occasion that we have needed a repair it has been done…
Anne-Marie Malouf
We love our shutters and curtains that were installed by Lusso Fashion for Windows. Friendly, professional and efficient service. Highly recommended.
Leanne
Very happy with all my Lusso blinds. We have had them 14 years and not a problem at all. When we recently had to repair our outdoor blind, they were swift and very efficient in fixing and it is working perfectly again. Would highly recommend this company for all your window covering needs.
Kelly Hunter
Where they go
What I Would Actually Specify In Byron
Blockout roller or blockout curtains on a track that runs past the frame. Cape Byron is the most easterly point of the Australian mainland, and in early December the sun is up around 5.40am even with daylight saving, straight off the water on an east-facing room.
QuoteA sunscreen roller, so the outlook stays while the glare goes. The openness factor is the number to choose by: lower for a bright aspect, higher where the view matters most.
QuoteThermalite shutters or PVC venetians. Not fabric. A small wet room with a closed window is the worst place in the house for a fabric blind, and it is worse again in a Byron February.
QuoteSynthetic roller fabrics, venetians or shutters throughout, and no fabric Romans in rooms that stay shut. If children stay, specify cordless. It is the house that gets the least attention, so it should need the least.
QuoteOutdoor blinds to take the afternoon sun and the sideways rain off the deck. Tell us the direction the weather usually comes from and we will tell you whether a straight drop or a track-guided blind suits it.
QuoteHow it works
Three steps, quote in 48 hours
We come to you anywhere on the Gold Coast. Detailed quote within 24 to 48 hours, valid for 30 days — no deposit to get a price.
We need the dimensions and the aspect of the room before we can quote.
Itemised component by component, and valid for 30 days.
Nothing starts until you are comfortable with the selections.
Where we work
Byron Bay, And Up The Coast To Brisbane
From Byron Bay to Brisbane, across the whole Gold Coast and inland to the hinterland. If you're anywhere on that stretch, we'll come to you.
Before you ask
Yes. Byron Bay is the southern end of the area we cover, which runs from Byron Bay to Brisbane, so Byron Bay, Suffolk Park, Bangalow, Mullumbimby, Brunswick Heads and Ocean Shores are all in range. The measure, the quote and the install are the same as anywhere else we work.
It depends on the product, the fabric and the size of the window, so we do not put a figure on a window we have not measured. You get an itemised quote within 24 to 48 hours of the measure, valid for 30 days. Our guide to how much blinds cost explains what drives the number.
Roller, venetian, vertical, pleated and honeycomb blinds are typically 2 to 3 weeks from check-measure to installation, curtains 2 to 4 weeks depending on fabric, and Thermalite shutters 4 to 6 weeks. The lead time for your job is written on the quote.
Ones that do not hold water: Thermalite polymer shutters, aluminium or PVC venetians, and synthetic roller fabrics. Natural fibres and fabric Romans are fine in rooms that are lived in and aired, and a poor choice for a room or a house that sits shut.
Yes. Sheer, blockout and decorative curtains, made to measure and hung on runnered track. For a damp coastal house we steer towards synthetic sheers, which hold their shape and colour better than linen in still, humid air.
No. Mould and condensation are excluded from our warranty, which is exactly why we choose materials for the humidity at the measure. Airing the house and keeping fabric off wet glass does more than any fabric treatment.
Get in touch
Free measure & quote, Gold Coast wide
Tell us which rooms and we'll come to you with the fabric range, measure properly, and tell you honestly which windows need side tracks and which don't.
