Why Budget Blinds of Douglasville and Villa Rica

Proudly Serving Austell, Douglasville, Lithia Springs, Villa Rica, Whitesburg, Winston, Fairburn, Palmetto

Meet Josh, Partner at Budget Blinds of Douglasville and Villa Rica! Born in South Africa, Josh is now a Georgia local and is proud to be serving his local community. Between Josh’s desire for operating a small business and his wife’s expertise in the interior design field, the two found the perfect fit in franchising with Budget Blinds. Josh’s everyday role includes overseeing operations, company visibility, and care for client and team experience. While his position brings him many experiences and benefits, Josh’s favorite part about his role is seeing his team members flourish and prosper! If you ask Josh about his favorite window treatment, he will certainly tell you about automated shades, as they are extremely convenient and easy to use. 

Outside of helping his team members succeed, Josh loves to spend time with family, travel, enjoy live music and shows, and spend time in the great outdoors. Josh is proud to be part of Budget Blinds and to bring his clients the service of a local, family-owned business, along with the confidence and support of the largest in-home window covering company in North America! 

We don’t know what we would do without Avary, Owner and Senior Designer at Budget Blinds! Born right here in Georgia, Avary has always had a passion for interior design. Avary and her husband, Josh, founded Budget Blinds of Douglasville and Villa Rica and have been working with clients to find their perfect window treatments ever since. Using her extensive expertise, Avary focuses on drapery and high-end design work for her clients, while working on operational organization and networking. Avary will tell you that her design eye allows her to excel in her position- she loves pushing her clients to try something out of their comfort zone! Avary has always loved layered window treatments, especially when the combination includes woven wood and drapery panels. When she’s not at Budget Blinds, Avary loves cooking, enjoying the outdoors, and spending time with her three cats!

Originally from California, Suzanne loves spending time with her kids, horseback riding, and traveling. Suzanne fortunately joined our team 3 years ago, when her background in customer service, accounting, and management led her to Budget Blinds. As our Douglasville and Villa Rica Office Manager, Suzanne manages our payroll, scheduling, collections, HR, and customer relations. While she loves many different aspects of her position, Suzanne’s favorite part of the job is working with our customers! During her time at Budget Blinds, Suzanne has developed a love for shutters, as they are classy, timeless, and go with any decor.

Born in South Africa, Michelle moved to England to pursue her counseling career and then later to be in the US closer to family. She now spends her time between Florida, Georgia, New York and even London, all the while managing our phones and ensuring our clients are in the know and cared for.

To the benefit of our clients, Michelle is generally their primary point of contact with Budget Blinds of Douglasville and Villa Rica! Between booking consultations for our Design Consultants and scheduling the dozens of weekly installations, seeing Michelle constantly operating the phones and navigating our various tracking systems is something to behold. Bringing many years of counseling experience to the team, her deep level of care and desire to be of service has earned her several individual mentions of appreciation!

Ben is our awesome Senior Installer, and we're so grateful to have had him on our team since October 2020! Ben works across Gwinnett County, East Cobb, and Douglasville to get your custom window treatments perfected in your home. He was born in neighboring Alpharetta and moved to Lawrenceville, and now lives in the same neighborhood as our showroom! The variety of people and viewpoints he encounters in his day to day is a highlight for Ben! Quality is his policy, as he plays a key role in installing everything from shades to drapery and completes detailed inspections after every installation to make sure the custom fit is perfect. Most importantly, Ben makes sure that every customer LOVES their new window treatments! When asked about his favorite part of working with Budget Blinds, Ben told us that he loves getting the opportunity to be invited into a client's home and building an ongoing relationship with the family. When not serving our clients, Ben enjoys watching Formula Drift racing and camping in the great outdoors. If you ever find yourself visiting Fort Yogo on a beautiful day, you just might run into him!

After starting as a Design Consultant in early 2022, Kelli Flaherty has already helped countless people fall in love with their homes with the power of custom window treatments. After calling West Georgia home for 8 years now, she believes it's a truly special place. Kelli serves the Douglasville, Villa Rica, and greater West Georgia community through her work and is grateful to be a part of the supportive, small-town atmosphere. Her leadership skills and years of experience in the industry make her a creative problem solver with intimate knowledge of each step in the process– and we are lucky to call her a member of our team. When asked about her favorite part of her job, Kelli responded that connecting with customers truly makes her day. Kelli will tell you that "having the opportunity to go into someone's home and connect with them, hearing them excitedly share their vision of what they want, and then actually making that vision come to life" has been such a rewarding part of her career. Outside of work, Kelli shared that reading and creating beautiful bows to make her gifts extra special during Christmas time were among her favorite things.