The Blind Store by McCrorie

A specialty window covering store

Where: 649 W. Washington St., Suite 3

Hours: 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Monday-Friday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday; closed on Sundays

Contact: 360-504-3883

The McCrorie family continues adding to its family legacy with its most recent business venture: the Blind Store by McCrorie, a new specialty window covering store in Sequim.

For 60 years the McCrorie family has owned and operated several businesses in Clallam County. David McCrorie, co-owner of The Blind Store, said his grandparents were homesteaders and dairy farmers in Sequim and his father, Bob McCrorie, opened McCrorie Thompson Furniture and Appliances, his first furniture and appliance store, in Port Angeles in 1958.

David and his brother John McCrorie carry on the family business with three Carpet One stores in Port Angeles, Sequim and Port Hadlock.

The brothers’ newest store offers custom window coverings and services.

“It (The new store) is something we’ve talked about for a long time,” David McCrorie said.

David and his staff celebrated the official opening of the store at 649 W. Washington St., Suite 3, with a ribbon cutting on Sept. 27, along with members from the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of commerce, City of Sequim and other community members.

While the store opened about one month ago, David says his family business has provided window coverings and services to customers on the Olympic Peninsula for the past six decades.

When the McCrories found there was a demand for a larger selection of window coverings, they decided to open a specialty window covering store.

“We found a tremendous need for window coverings in the area,” David McCrorie said. “We had customers tell us that they want a bigger selection and they don’t want to go to Seattle.”

The new store offers just that: a variety of custom window coverings, from blinds to shades to shutters. The business has several samples of products in the store, where customers can see first-hand how products work.

The products vary from light-filtering shades to room-darkening shades, motorized shades and more. Store staffers say the business also provides in-home consultation, measuring and installation services.

“If you can put it on a window, we sell it,” David McCrorie said.

The store also employs several experienced staff members to help customers once they walk through the door, such as store manager Walt Gifford — who has 25 years of experience in window covering — as well as window covering consultants Alicia Ennen and Judy Theis.

“I love interacting with people and working with my hands” Gifford said.

“We do whatever we can to keep people happy,” David McCrorie said.

For more information about The Blind Store by McCrorie, call 360-504-3883 or visit the store at 649 W. Washington St., Suite 3, Sequim. Interested customers can call or visit the store for a free in-home consultation.

Co-owner of the Blind Store by McCrorie, David McCrorie, left, stands with his staff, Alicia Ennen and Judy Theis, window covering consultants, and Walt Gifford, manager, at the new store at 649 W. Washington St., Suite 3, Sequim Gazette photo by Erin Hawkins

Members and ambassadors from the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce, City of Sequim, and other members of the community help co-owner of The Blind Store by McCrorie, David McCrorie, back row, center, and store staff cut the ribbon at the store’s official opening on Sept. 27. Sequim Gazette photo by Erin Hawkins