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Cutting Edge Drapery

Palo Alto & the Mid-Peninsula · Since 1998

Sand Hill Road venture offices. Stanford Research Park labs. Atherton and Los Altos Hills estates. Cutting Edge Drapery engineers, fabricates, and installs motorized shades and custom drapery for the most exacting windows on the Peninsula — measured, built, and serviced from our own San Francisco facility.

4.9 ratingSince 1998 · 26+ yearsAuthorized Lutron & Crestron dealer

Where we work

The Mid-Peninsula, covered.

Crews dispatched daily from 15 Dorman Ave, San Francisco — measuring, installing, and servicing across Palo Alto and its neighboring towns.

Palo AltoSand Hill Rd, University Ave, Old Palo Alto & Crescent Park
StanfordCampus offices, labs & Stanford Research Park facilities
Menlo ParkVenture headquarters, downtown offices & residences
AthertonWhole-home Lutron automation & estate drapery
Los AltosCustom drapery, motorized shades & remodels
Los Altos HillsView-window, skylight & clerestory motorization
Portola ValleyHillside homes, glare control & solar shading

Two Standards, One Installer

Palo Alto is the only place where a venture firm's glass boardroom and a gated Atherton estate sit ten minutes apart — and expect the same level of precision. We've served both since 1998.

Corporate Campuses & Venture Offices

Daylight, engineered for work.

From Sand Hill Road partner floors to Stanford Research Park labs and University Avenue build-outs — automated shading that protects screens, sensitive research, and the boardroom pitch, integrated with the building itself.

  • Lutron Athena, QS & Crestron building-system integration
  • Automated daylight harvesting & glare control for open plans
  • One-touch boardroom blackout, AV-coordinated
  • Title 24, LEED v4.1 & WELL documentation with every spec
  • TI-schedule coordination with your GC and trades
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Atherton to Los Altos Hills Estates

Quiet luxury, in motion.

Whole-home shading and custom drapery for the Peninsula's most private addresses — hand-fabricated in our own San Francisco workroom, motorized invisibly, and programmed to live with the house.

  • Whole-home Lutron automation — HomeWorks & RA2 Select
  • Custom drapery, sheers & Roman shades from our workroom
  • View-window, skylight & clerestory motorization
  • Architecturally sensitive hardware — Eichler to estate
  • Discreet scheduling and white-glove installation crews
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Automation & Control

Whether it's a two-hundred-window campus on a building management system or a hillside estate on whole-home Lutron, the standard is the same: shading that runs itself — quietly, on schedule, in sync with the sun.

Lutron Athena & QS

Campus & office

Networked shading with daylight sensors and astronomic scheduling — shades track the sun across Palo Alto's glass so facilities never touch a switch.

Crestron & Somfy

AV & BMS integration

Shade scenes on the same touch panel as lighting and AV — one tap takes a Sand Hill boardroom from daylight to pitch-ready blackout.

Lutron HomeWorks & RA2 Select

Whole-home estates

Drapery, shades, and skylights on scenes that live with the house — programmed, documented, and serviced by our own certified technicians.

What We Install

Designed, fabricated, motorized, and programmed under one roof at 15 Dorman Ave — no hand-offs, no finger-pointing.

01

Motorized Shades

Whisper-quiet motorization for every opening — roller, Roman, drapery track, and skylight — wired, battery, or PoE.

02

Solar Shades

Performance solar screens that kill glare and heat gain while keeping Palo Alto's oaks and hills in view.

03

Lutron Installation

Certified Lutron dealer and programmer — Athena, QS, HomeWorks, and RA2 Select, deployed and serviced by our own crews.

04

Commercial Treatments

Division 12 specs, submittals, and phased installation for offices, labs, and TI build-outs across the Bay.

Built for California code

Between the city's exacting building department, LEED-minded campuses, and architectural review in the hills, compliance isn't a checkbox here — it's baked into every specification we deliver, with the paperwork to prove it.

Title 24

California Energy Code

SHGC and U-factor documentation prepared for Palo Alto plan check and final inspection — shading engineered to pass, not to argue.

LEED v4.1 / WELL

Green building points

Automated daylight harvesting and high-performance solar fabrics that contribute directly to energy, glare, and indoor-quality credits.

AB 2263

Child-safe cordless

Cordless and motorized systems compliant with California's window-covering safety law — standard in every family estate we furnish.

NFPA 701

Fire-rated fabrics

Flame-retardant certified fabrics with full documentation for commercial and campus architectural review.

The record behind the promise

26+
Years on the Peninsula

Serving Palo Alto since 1998

4.9
Average Rating

Verified customer reviews

100,000+
Jobs Completed

Campuses · estates · facilities

9
Authorized Dealerships

Lutron to Polar Shades

LutronSomfyHunter DouglasMechoShadeSilent GlissCrestronLevolorDraperPolar Shades

How It Runs

One accountable team from first site walk to final scene programming — refined over 26 years.

Step 1: Site Walk & Consultation

We measure every opening ourselves — at the house, the office, or the job trailer — and listen before we recommend.

Step 2: Design & Engineering

Fabric memos, hardware selections, control architecture, and firm budgets — with Title 24 and LEED documentation where the project needs it.

Step 3: Fabrication

Drapery sewn and shade systems assembled in our own San Francisco workroom at 15 Dorman Ave, QC'd before they ever reach your street.

Step 4: Installation

White-glove crews for occupied homes, phased and after-hours scheduling for working offices — clean, quiet, and on the day we said.

Step 5: Programming & Service

Scenes, schedules, and sensors dialed in by certified technicians — then serviced for the life of the system by the people who built it.

Palo Alto · Corporate Campuses & Estates

From Sand Hill Road boardrooms to Los Altos Hills estates, we design, specify, install, and commission automated shading that simply works. Send us your plans or call — quotes turned around fast.

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Cutting Edge Drapery · 15 Dorman Ave, San Francisco, CA 94124 · Serving Palo Alto & the Peninsula since 1998