Witness A New Life Be Born with Graywind Motorized Blackout Roller Shades

From Storage Room to Nursery

For several years, the room had served as catch-all storage. Once Amber and Trey decided to make it JoJo's nursery, they planned the design around floral wallpaper. To balance the detailed pattern, they selected simple Jacquard White Graywind Motorized Blackout Roller Shades.

The change was dramatic. The light shade complements the wallpaper without competing with it, while the clean roller profile keeps the room feeling uncluttered. By the time the makeover was complete, JoJo had arrived, making the finished nursery especially meaningful for the family.

How Amber and Trey Became DIY Creators

Home renovation was not Amber and Trey's original career path. In 2012, they began making handmade Christmas gifts through their business, Name Frame Factory. They used letter art to create personalized frames that displayed a name and reflected the person or family behind it.

What began as a gift idea became a hobby and then Amber's full-time work. Trey later joined the business. Before the pandemic, they traveled to more than 30 art festivals each year and operated storefronts in two Pittsburgh malls. Afterward, Name Frame Factory shifted online while they continued selected events.

The pandemic also gave them time to attempt home renovations themselves, even though they had little experience at first. They enjoyed the process enough to buy their first house to flip in March 2021. Soon after, they were offered two more properties. After buying three houses in three months, they stepped away from their regular show schedule and focused on doing the renovation work themselves.

Q&A

🎤Are you curious about the experiences of such excellent creators with millions of fans?

In fact, Amber and Trey didn't do home DIY before, they live an artist life, they have a business: NAME FRAME FACTORY Let's hear more about their previous experiences👂

📣We got our start in 2012, making handmade unique Christmas gifts. We loved the concept of letter art and wanted to use a variety of specific themes to describe a person or family. It started out as a gift idea, then a hobby, and quickly became my full-time job. Over the next year, my small business really started to grow. Shortly after, my husband decided to team up with me and it has been our obsession ever since. We now sell our frames at over 50 festivals and shows each year. We make frames that not only display a name, but also describe them in their own custom piece of art.

Before Covid, we used to travel to 30+ Art Festivals every year and had storefronts in 2 Pittsburgh malls before the pandemic. Since the pandemic we no longer travel to art shows or malls, NAME FRAME FACTORY is online & we still do the packed art show.

The pandemic gave us the time to do all the remodels DIY even though we didn't know how to do any of it. We loved it so much that we purchased a house in March of 2021 to flip. Shortly after we purchased our 1ST house to flip, we got a phone call asking if we wanted to buy 2 more!? So we've now purchased 3 houses in 3 months! We are planning on doing 100% of the work ourselves. We dropped all our shows and became "house flippers"

• We purchased a foreclosure with the intentions of hiring ppl to remodel it...I convinced Trey we should try to 'DIY' the bathroom to save money and it was a domino effect. After we finished our house I convinced him we should flip a house with our new found knowledge..he was hesitant but on board.

🎤How can you afford this?

• We have saved all our money for 10 years
• We have a few side hustles that provide income, resell furniture & lawncare...
• Do all the jobs yourself..All of them!
• Work with small businesses for free product
• Always be on the hunt. We've found free furniture, cheap tools, tons of brand-new paint supplies for 50% lol yard sales are the best!
• We saved a boatload of money by not having a wedding..Instead we got married in Jamaica, alone, then didn't go on another vocation for 4 years

🎤What did you know about smart home before?

• We have a smart thermostat and a smart front door lock. But I did not know they made smart blinds and I absolutely love this feature on window treatments! 

🎤How do you feel after using our blackout roller shades? How is the product experience? 

• They were super simple to install! It only took me about 15 min And they are smart blind so I like to use the remote that comes with the to control them. But you can also pair them with Alexa, Google Assistant, or use the app. They're 100% blackout, so they're great for daytime naps, and there are no cords on them, so it makes them perfect for a kid's room or even safe around the pets. A full battery lasts three to six months before needing a recharge. And I love the way they look, they're super clean and modern!

For Amber and Trey, the project turned an unused storage room into a nursery designed around their family's new chapter. Their experience also reflects the practical, learn-as-you-go approach that shaped their move from personalized art to full-scale DIY renovation. For product-specific help, follow Graywind's service.