Shutters and Blinds in Combine, 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 Combine.
Shutters and Blinds done right, the first time, in Combine.
Homeowners across Combine, 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 Combine and the surrounding area, including Crandall, Heartland, Talty, Forney.
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 Combine homes.
Combine is not laid out like the master-planned side of Kaufman County. It's about seven square miles at the FM 1389 and FM 3039 crossing, split across the Dallas and Kaufman county line, and it still reads as fully rural at roughly 377 people per square mile. Houses sit back on acreage down long drives, mixed in with manufactured homes, and the names you'll hear are Bent Tree Estates, River Bend Estates and Willow Bend Estates rather than any builder's community.
The settlement here dates to the late 1880s or early 1890s and had a post office from 1895 to 1903. For decades it barely registered, fewer than 25 people through the 1930s and 40s, 297 by 1970. Residents incorporated in the 1970s specifically because Seagoville was expanding around them, and that decision is why Combine still looks the way it does today rather than becoming another stretch of subdivision. Population reached 2,245 at the 2020 census.
The housing follows from the land. Density is around 377 people per square mile across roughly seven square miles, and the town issues single digits to mid-teens of new building permits in a typical year. What that produces is a genuine mix: one-off custom houses on multi-acre tracts, older ranch-style homes, and a substantial share of manufactured housing. The 2024 figures make the split obvious, detached houses averaging around $464,000 against manufactured homes around $142,000. Those are two completely different flooring jobs in the same ZIP code.
On the custom builds, the challenge is scale and continuity. Big open rooms mean long uninterrupted plank runs, which means ordering from one dye lot and getting the slab genuinely flat before starting, because a wave that's invisible in a hallway shows plainly across thirty feet. On manufactured homes the challenge is the deck: original particleboard or thin OSB subfloor that has usually taken water damage around the tub, toilet or entry door, and has to be cut out and replaced before any new surface goes over it.
Practical Combine details matter too. Gravel and dirt drives mean grit tracked indoors year-round, so we push people toward harder wear layers and away from soft finishes at entries. Properties out toward the East Fork bottomland near the John Bunker Sands Wetland Center sit in damper air, which argues for engineered rather than solid wood. And since deliveries have to reach the house, we check truck access down the drive before we schedule.
Shutters and Blinds jobs near Combine
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"
J Shoe2 · via Google "The team at All About Floors did an absolutely phenomenal job repairing a portion of a floor in my clients' home that nobody else would touch. We are so grateful for Patty and her amazing team!"
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Shutters and Blinds in Combine, questions
We have a manufactured home in Combine. Do you work on those?
Yes, and the subfloor is usually the real job. Manufactured homes are decked in particleboard or thin OSB that swells permanently once it gets wet, so soft spots around the tub, toilet or back door have to be cut out and replaced with proper sheet material before anything new goes down. Skip that step and the new floor telegraphs every weak patch within a year.
We're on several acres off FM 1389. Will you actually come out here for an estimate?
We will. Combine is one of our closest towns, our showroom is at 10 Mustang Court in Forney, a short run up the road. The estimate is free and we bring samples to the house so you can see them in your own light. We'll also check that a delivery truck can get down the drive, which matters more out here than people expect.
What holds up in a country house with dogs and a gravel driveway?
Grit is what kills floors out here, not water. Sand tracked in off a gravel drive acts like sandpaper underfoot, so we steer toward a thicker wear layer, a rigid-core LVP or a tile with a harder surface rating, rather than a soft-finished wood at entries and traffic lanes. Pair it with a decent mat at every exterior door and you'll double the life of the floor.
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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