Conrad Shades & Lutron Motorization

Handwoven shades, installed and integrated for Bay Area custom homes. Regent5 handles measurement, compatible Lutron motorization, wiring, programming and service alongside your interior designer.

Handwoven Natural Materials With Architectural Character

Conrad is known for handwoven window coverings made from natural and natural-looking materials that bring texture, filtered daylight, and a crafted finish to interiors. Regent5 works with homeowners, architects, and interior designers to select the weave, opacity, treatment style, and motorization approach room by room rather than treating every opening the same.

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Original Sunshades and DesignerLine

Conrad's Original Sunshades and DesignerLine programs give design teams two broad material directions for custom natural-texture window treatments. Depending on the selected collection and application, projects can include roman-style treatments, roll-up shades, sliding panels, drapery, and cornice treatments. Regent5 coordinates the visual selection with the actual window geometry and operating method.

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Lutron Motorization for Conrad Shades

CONRAD participates in Lutron's Native by Design program, with QS and QS Wireless motorization options for compatible Roman Fold and Roll-Up styles. Regent5 resolves the treatment, drive, power and control requirements together, then installs and programs the system. Material, dimensions, finished weight and hardware are checked before ordering; compatibility is not assumed from the fabric selection alone.

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Measurement, Blocking, Power and Installation Details

Natural-fiber shades reward careful field coordination. Regent5 checks inside- versus outside-mount conditions, light gaps, tall or wide openings, corners, bay windows, pocket dimensions, blocking, mounting substrate, motor clearances, and concealed power before the order is released. On new construction, those details are coordinated before walls and ceilings close.

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For Interior Designers and Architects

Regent5 works with interior designers and architects to carry a Conrad specification through sampling, measurement, motorization engineering, wiring, installation, programming, and commissioning. The design team keeps creative direction while Regent5 resolves the technical details that connect the shade package to lighting control, automation, and the building infrastructure.

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Privacy, Daylight and Blackout Strategies

Open natural weaves can preserve daylight and texture while denser treatments improve privacy. Bedrooms, media spaces, and high-solar-load rooms may call for lining or a separate blackout roller behind the decorative Conrad layer. Regent5 helps determine where the natural-fiber treatment should be the sole layer and where a second motorized shade creates the better result.

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Discuss Conrad Shades at Regent5

Arrange a private visit to the Regent5 Showroom & Design Center with your plans and material preferences. Discuss Conrad treatments alongside Lutron lighting and shading control, and confirm the samples and demonstrations relevant to your appointment. From selection through installation and programming, we help your design team resolve how the finished shades will look, move and remain serviceable.

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Conrad Shade Options and Integration Capabilities

The visible textile is only one part of the finished shading system. Regent5 coordinates material, operating style, dimensions, motorization, wiring, control, pockets, blackout strategy, and service.

Original Sunshades

Conrad's signature handwoven natural-material program for rooms where texture, craftsmanship, and filtered daylight are central to the interior design.

DesignerLine

A complementary Conrad collection for projects seeking the brand's natural-texture design language across a broader set of applications.

Roman and Roll-Up Treatments

Treatment styles selected around the weave, window proportions, stack behavior, room aesthetic, and whether manual or motorized operation is appropriate.

Sliding Panels and Drapery

Alternative formats for wide openings, large glass areas, and interiors where a panel or drapery expression fits better than a conventional shade.

Lutron Motorization

Appropriate Conrad treatments can be engineered with Lutron motorization, coordinated with power, controls, scenes, schedules, and whole-home automation.

Shade Pockets and Blocking

Preconstruction coordination for recessed pockets, mounting surfaces, clearances, blocking, trim conditions, and access for installation and future service.

Blackout Layering

Decorative natural-fiber shades can be layered with separate blackout rollers where bedrooms, theaters, and other spaces need stronger light control.

HomeWorks, RadioRA and Automation

Shading can be coordinated with Lutron control and, where supported, broader Savant, Control4, or Crestron automation scenes and interfaces.

Selection, Ordering & Installation

We work with your designer to confirm the weave and treatment, field measurements, motorization and order responsibilities before fabrication, then install and commission the finished system.

Programming and Service

Scene programming, limit adjustment, alignment, control troubleshooting, wiring support, and long-term service as part of the complete estate technology system.

Conrad Shades FAQs

Can Conrad shades be motorized?

Yes, selected Conrad treatments can be engineered with motorization. Regent5 commonly coordinates Conrad materials with Lutron shading drives when the treatment dimensions, weight, and hardware support the application, then integrates the shades with lighting scenes, keypads, schedules, and broader automation where appropriate.

What is the difference between Original Sunshades and DesignerLine?

Both are Conrad programs built around a natural-texture design language, but the materials, weave selections, visual character, and project fit differ. Regent5 helps compare the actual samples in the intended room and then checks whether the selected weave and treatment are suitable for the desired operating method and motorization.

Do you work with our interior designer's Conrad specification?

Yes. Regent5 can work from the designer's selected Conrad materials and treatment intent, then coordinate measurement, motorization, wiring, controls, installation, programming, and commissioning. The designer retains creative direction while Regent5 resolves the technical and installation details.

Can Conrad shades integrate with Savant, Control4 or Crestron?

When the shades are motorized through a supported Lutron or compatible control architecture, they can often participate in broader Savant, Control4, or Crestron scenes and interfaces. Regent5 confirms the exact integration path based on the selected motors, control system, processor, and desired user experience.

How do I arrange Conrad shade selection and installation in the Bay Area?

Contact Regent5 with your project location, window schedule and designer's material preferences. We confirm the treatment, field measurements, compatible motorization and ordering responsibilities before fabrication, then install and program the system. Our core coverage is the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California, including San Francisco, Atherton, Woodside, Hillsborough, Palo Alto and Los Altos Hills.

Can Conrad shades provide full blackout?

Some treatments can be lined for greater privacy and light control, but a decorative natural-fiber shade is not always the best tool for true blackout. For bedrooms and theaters, Regent5 often evaluates a layered design with a separate blackout roller behind the Conrad treatment.

What should be planned for motorized Conrad shades during new construction?

Plan pockets or mounting surfaces, blocking, motor clearances, power and control wiring, access for installation and service, window trim conditions, shade stack, and the relationship to drapery, lighting, HVAC registers, and millwork before finishes are complete.

Can Conrad shades work on wide or unusually shaped windows?

Many large openings can be addressed, but the answer depends on the treatment type, material, total width and height, weight, motor limits, seams, stacking, and mounting conditions. Regent5 measures the actual opening and confirms feasibility before fabrication.

Can we combine Conrad shades with Lutron roller shades in the same room?

Yes. A common strategy is to use Conrad as the visible decorative layer and a separate Lutron roller for solar control or blackout. The two layers can be coordinated on separate channels so scenes decide when each treatment moves.

Can I discuss Conrad shades at the Regent5 showroom?

Yes. Arrange a private appointment at the Regent5 Showroom & Design Center in San Carlos to discuss Conrad selection and Lutron motorization. Bring plans and finish samples, and tell us which materials and operating details you would like to compare so we can confirm what will be available for your visit.

Can Regent5 service an existing motorized Conrad installation?

Yes. Regent5 can evaluate the existing shades, motors, power and control wiring, Lutron or automation programming, alignment, limits, and overall system condition, then recommend repair, reprogramming, replacement, or broader system cleanup.

How much do motorized Conrad shades cost?

Pricing depends on the selected weave, treatment style, window dimensions, lining, motorization, controls, pockets, wiring, access, installation conditions, and total quantity. A field measure and material selection are needed before a meaningful installed price can be established.

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