A bit more about us

While living in East Los Angeles, Beto and Gloria worked for Sears. An older gentleman who had worked with our grandfather told him he was planning to retire and asked my grandfather if he was interested in buying the business. Beto and Gloria had three children, surviving off $36 a month with $16 spent monthly on medicine for their child. Gloria jumped at the chance and B&G Draperies was born. My grandfather had a general plan- if a customer wanted it done, he’d find a way to say yes. That’s it. That simple.

As the company grew and one job led to another, my father, Gary, began to work for B&G Draperies. The time came for Gary to forge his own path. In 1984 he started Palmar Draperies from our garage. Hospitals, prisons, hotels, business parks, state universities, homes, apartment complexes, and everything else. I’d venture to guess there’s few children who went into as many homes as I went into with my father. Opening boxes, collecting trash, eventually taking down old coverings, installing new ones.

In 2002, our family relocated to San Luis Obispo, and my father would re-establish his window covering business, this time as Window Wear- What Beautiful Windows Wear. We licked stamps, handed out fliers, whatever it took. Our dad built his company and now we are honored to serve the Lucia Mar School District, a local “castle” in San Simeon, a number of high end interior designers, and work as the exclusive contractors for our nation’s two largest do it yourself stores.

In the Fall of 2020, Gary realized it was time to pass the torch. It was important to me there’d be no drop off. I get to build upon the foundation laid by our ancestors and I couldn’t be more honored.

As we’ve continued to grow, the company now looks much different than when my father ran it. It’s no longer a one man show, but a team of skilled tradesmen all pulling weight in the same direction. At one point in history, a successful business owner took a chance on our grandfather. He gave him a shot and he built a career from that experience. That’s the hope for each person that we bring into our fold. That we could teach them a trade, give them to resources to help elevate their own family and create a new story.