Shutters and Blinds in Wills Point, TX
Window covering is the one thing we sell that does not go on the floor, and it is here because light decides how everything else in a room reads. Shutters and blinds answer two questions at once: what people can see in, and how much of a July afternoon comes through the glass. Every opening gets measured in the house rather than taken off a plan. Installed by our own crew across Wills Point.
Shutters and Blinds done right, the first time, in Wills Point.
Homeowners across Wills Point, TX call All About Floors for shutters and blinds because every job runs with our own crew, no subcontractors, no surprise charges, and one number to call from first sample to finished floor.
We install shutters and blinds across Wills Point and the surrounding area, including Terrell, Kaufman, Talty, Kemp.
What's included
- In-home measure of every opening at three points
- Plantation shutters in 2.5, 3.5 and 4.5 inch louvers
- Faux wood blinds for baths, laundries and west-facing glass
- Real wood blinds stained to match existing millwork
- Cordless lift and wand tilt for homes with young children
- Divider rails and center supports on wide openings
- Z-frames and build-outs where window depth is shallow
- Outside mount for openings that are out of square
Built for Wills Point homes.
Wills Point is a Texas and Pacific railroad town from 1873, sitting on U.S. 80 in Van Zandt County, the same highway that runs past our Forney showroom. It was the first community in the county to incorporate, in 1884, and it was named the Bluebird Capital of Texas in 1995. The brick streets downtown went down in the 1920s and are still in service. About 3,700 people live here, most of them in older frame houses on pier and beam or out on acreage past the city limits.
William Wills came through around 1848. The town itself took shape in 1873 when the Texas and Pacific built its line, and on July 21, 1884 Wills Point became the first community in Van Zandt County to incorporate. By 1896 it had an opera house, three public schools, cotton gins and a newspaper. The brick streets downtown were laid in the 1920s and are still there, the Bluebird Festival has been held on them every spring since 1994, and the Rose Monument marks the entrance to the historic district. Twenty historical markers, the White Rose and Jones cemeteries and Bruce Park fill out the rest of it. The 2020 census counted 3,747 people. U.S. 80 and State Highway 64 carry the traffic, with I-20 a short drive south and Van Zandt County Regional Airport at the edge of town.
The housing follows that timeline. The original grid along the railroad corridor holds the oldest stock, frame houses and bungalows, most on pier and beam over a crawlspace. A ring of mid-century ranch houses came later, and beyond the city limits it turns to acreage: ranchettes and country homesteads on gravel drives. Only a handful of registered HOAs exist here, with Willow Lake Estates, Town North Estates and High Point Lake Estates among the newer named additions.
Pier and beam is the flooring story in Wills Point. A crawlspace in a humid subtropical climate, this town has recorded 115 degrees and three below zero, keeps moisture under the deck year round, and a century of that leaves joists that deflect, decking that squeaks and rooms that slope an inch corner to corner. We get under the house and look before we quote. Old one-by plank subfloor almost always needs an underlayment before vinyl plank goes over it, or every seam between boards eventually reads through the finished surface.
The other thing we find here that we almost never find in a new suburb is original hardwood hiding under wall-to-wall carpet. On a 1910s or 1920s Wills Point house it is worth pulling a corner back in a closet before you decide anything. Estimates are free and we bring samples to the house.
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What homeowners say
"All About Floors is amazing to work with! We recently had our entire flooring replaced and they not only did a wonderful job, the support and aftercare has been top notch! Highly recommend"
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Shutters and Blinds in Wills Point, questions
Our floors bounce and squeak. Is that the flooring or the house?
In Wills Point it is almost always the house. Most of the older stock in the original grid sits on pier and beam over a crawlspace, and after decades in this humidity the joists deflect and the decking works loose. New flooring laid over that will bounce and squeak exactly the same. We look underneath before quoting and price the subfloor repair as its own line so you can see what you are paying for.
There might be hardwood under our carpet. What should we do first?
Pull a corner back in a closet before you commit to anything. Houses in the original Wills Point grid from the 1910s and 1920s often have plank hardwood under wall-to-wall carpet, and what is under there changes the whole conversation. Send us a photo or let us look during the free estimate. We would rather price the right job than sell you the bigger one.
Do you actually come this far east?
Yes. U.S. 80 runs straight from Wills Point back to our showroom at 10 Mustang Court in Forney, so this is a regular route for us. We bring samples to the home, the estimate costs nothing, and we can usually start within about two days once you approve it. The crew is ours and never subcontracted, and labor carries a one-year warranty.
Should I choose shutters or blinds?
Shutters are a fixture and blinds are a furnishing, which is the honest way to decide. A shutter is built to the opening, stays with the house, gives the cleanest closed face and has no cords. Blinds are easier to change your mind about, suit rentals and secondary bedrooms, and come in more finishes and slat sizes. Plenty of houses end up with shutters in the front rooms and blinds elsewhere.
Will real wood blinds warp in a Texas bathroom?
Very likely, and sooner than people expect. A bathroom swings from shower humidity to dry air several times a day, and thin wood slats cup and twist until they no longer close flat. The same is true over a kitchen sink and in a laundry room. Faux wood is the standard answer in those openings, and current faux slats are close enough to painted wood that nobody notices.
My window frames are shallow. Can I still have plantation shutters?
Yes. Depth limits how a shutter is mounted, not whether you can have one. Where there is not enough return for the frame to sit inside the opening, a Z frame brings the shutter forward onto the casing, or a build-out strip is added so the frame has something to fasten to. On very shallow windows an outside mount over the trim is used instead.
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