ELEVATED LIVING

Rachel Gregersen is the founder of Beyond Shades Custom Window Treatments, specializing in creating interiors that balance beauty, performance, and functionality. With a focus on intuitive, well-layered design, Gregersen’s team helps clients transform their homes into spaces that support everyday living while remaining stylish and refined. Known for her deep product knowledge and personalized approach, Gregersen ensures every project feels effortless, functional, and uniquely tailored to each client’s lifestyle.

What does luxury mean to you in 2026?
Luxury in 2026 is time, comfort, and mental clarity. It’s the freedom to enjoy your home without friction—spaces that work intuitively, support how you live, and remove daily decision fatigue. True luxury is when your environment quietly supports you, creating space to be fully present in your life.

How do you tailor your approach for clients who expect both beauty and performance?
We design in layers. Beauty and performance are not competing priorities—they are complementary. Light control, privacy, insulation, acoustics, automation, and aesthetics are all considered together from the beginning. By layering solutions intentionally, we ensure each space compliments the lighting, privacy and efficiency that each client needs in all their spaces.

How do you ensure every project feels personal and distinctive?
We begin by listening without assumptions. Every client arrives with unique needs, rhythms, and sensitivities, and our role is to step fully into that perspective. As we listen and observe, the right solutions reveal themselves naturally. With deep product knowledge and experience, we’re able to translate those insights into results that feel effortless, personal, and entirely specific to the people who live there.

Beyond Shades Hunter Douglas Gallery is located at 17W508 22nd Street in Oakbrook Terrace. For more information, call 331-297-0596 and follow @beyond_shades on Instagram.