Beverly Shade Shoppe

Beverly Shade Shoppe is a small window-covering shop on Bridge Street in Beverly — the kind of business that predates almost everyone else on the North Shore. The company says it was founded in 1930 by Richard Stapledon, and current owners Tony and Susan Conte have run it since 1971, bringing more than forty years of hands-on experience to fitting blinds, shades, and shutters. It's an authorized dealer for Hunter Douglas, Graber, Norman, and Horizons, and its stated work spans on-site measuring, consultation, installation, and repair for everything it sells — a full-service setup built around a handful of established brand lines rather than a wide mix of trades. Its online footprint is thin: Google shows a 4.3-star average, but from just three ratings, and there's no detailed customer account of an actual installation or repair to weigh against that number. It also carries a membership with the Beverly Chamber of Commerce, which speaks to local standing rather than workmanship. This looks like the right call for someone specifically after Hunter Douglas or Graber products installed by a long-tenured, owner-run shop — just go in aware that there isn't much of a public track record to verify the work against, so it's worth asking around locally or requesting references directly.