Smith Shade & Linoleum

We had looked for months to find service on our disappearing Phantom screen doors. After contacting the factory, they contacted Smith Shades. This took a day. Troy came out to Oceanside, when he said he would at the scheduled time. Performed the service as quoted. Quickly and professionally. Troy was personable and competent. He did the job and more. I would use these folks again. It was so nice to fine a professional and component service person.

I have done business with Smith Shade for 10 years. We recently moved and needed them for several types of window coverings. Many were specialty needs, and Krista was up to the task. She suggested the perfect solutions for our needs. The installers are top notch. Today an installer came out just to put up a simple sun screen mounted outside of one of our windows. He put it up expertly and even took the time to show us how best to clip down the shade in case of wind. When they came to take measurements for the window, they picked up the outside stucco paint so they could paint the shade casing to blend in with the house. What more can a person ask for!
I would (and have) recommended this company to anyone.
Jolene Jackson

These guys are fantastic!!! I have old Phantom screen doors — from when they first came out — and had renters for a while in the house. For both reasons, these screens were out of adjustment, gumped up and worn out. I put in a request for service through the national website and Mike called immediately, left a voice mail and emailed me to be sure I didn’t miss a contact. Troy came out THE NEXT DAY!!! I live a little out in the country so this kind of fast service almost never happens out here! Troy was warm and friendly, very professional, on time, cleaned up his work perfectly and made my poor worn out doors work and look like brand new. He was even very careful my cats didn’t get out while he was working on the screen doors. The price was very reasonable too. I can’t recommend these guys enough. I was jazzed to learn they also do window treatments so I absolutely will be back. They have a customer for life in me!!! :)

I had black out shades installed for 12 windows and 2 full doors in my master bedroom.
My wife and I prefer total blackness in the morning. We have 2 young kids now so the days of sleeping in are long gone. LOL. But we still dream of the day of sleeping in late again someday so we looked for a good place to install black out shades. Originally we were interested in installing motorized black out shades so we could control it on a remote control.
We had somewhat of a difficult time finding people online that specialized in this. I actually found Smith Shade by doing a Google search and they came up as someone that specialized in it. It was a bit of a gamble as I couldn’t find any reviews online and especially on Angieslist, where I have come to depend on finding quality vendors.
But I decided to email them and see how their response was. They promptly emailed me back and scheduled to come out, see my house and room where I wanted the black out blinds. The owner himself (Ralph) came out which really impressed me. He was very professional, on time and brought out several samples along with his Ipad with a sample photo gallery.
The price difference vs. motorized and manual was quite a bit. I wanted to go with the motorized option (you can get either battery or get it wired to control it with the electricity in the house). But the quote for the fully motorized version was over $ 9,000 and my wife won out on the argument against the motorized version since it was really just our master bedroom.
We have a very large Master Bedroom. We have 8 windows on all sides of the bedroom as it’s on the corner of the house. There is also a balcony door. We also got the 2 windows in the bathroom done so it would block out the light as it’s down from the master bathroom. We also ended up getting a balcony door done in our son’s bedroom.
Everything turned out beautifully. Ralph provided a very detailed quote and he even came back out to re-​measure all the windows and doors as he wanted to make sure everything was perfect. He then had the installer come out a week later!
The installer, Stan was VERY good. A true professional. He spent about 5 hours out installing all of them. We have existing wooden blinds with valances over the blinds. The price included the company making custom valances to cover the black out blinds so you couldn’t see them when it was rolled out and I could still use the existing wooden blinds.
Stan had installed all the cords to roll the blinds up and they hung down a bit further than I would have liked so I asked him to shorten them and he didn’t hesitate at all and shortened all of them. There was a slight problem as the valances for the doors didn’t fit as they were too big so you couldn’t open the doors all the way.
I asked Stan if they could custom make a smaller solution for the 2 doors and he said they would fix it. A week later they came out and installed the covers for the balcony doors and they look really great! Everyone I came in contact with the company was extremely professional.
What I really loved is this is a family company and they treat their customers like it. You didn’t feel like just a #. Ralph and Stan were really wonderful and the finished product is great and very functional.
I wouldn’t hesitate to use them again if we decide to put more black out blinds in. I’d highly recommend them to anyone looking for black out blinds. Ralph told me they manufacturer the blinds themselves in house. That seemed to really speed up the time frame in which they can install them.
They also accept credit cards. I paid 50% upfront and then the balance after they were done. A really great experience from start to finish.

I agree. Their customer service is the best. I’ve had my motorized shades for nearly 2 years now and I am grateful everyday that I used this company. Everyone at Smith Shade is very friendly and their installation service is impeccable. If only I had more windows to shade…

Amazing customer service, great product, affordable, quick installation, and easy to work with. Will definitely use them again for any other roller shades that we order.