Banded Shades In Kansas City
Banded (Zebra) Shades in Kansas City, MO
Our Solar Shield Blinds Banded Shades, the product many people know as zebra shades, are a favorite in the renovated kitchens and loft buildings of Kansas City, MO. One shade moves from filtered light to privacy to a clear view without ever being raised, which suits a Westport kitchen that is bright at breakfast and full of glare by three.
Where It Fits In Kansas City
Where Banded Shades Fit In Kansas City, MO
Modern infill, loft conversions and renovated kitchens in the older neighborhoods all have one thing in common: the light in the room changes hour to hour, and a Banded Shade changes with it.
- Modern infill in the CrossroadsThe new townhomes built between the older brick buildings have big square windows and clean drywall returns. A Banded Shade reads as one simple fabric panel and suits that look.
- Renovated kitchens in Brookside and WaldoThe window over the sink can face the neighbor's kitchen window. With the solid bands lined up you have privacy while you cook, and with the sheer bands lined up the yard is back.
- Home offices facing westAnyone working from a Hyde Park spare bedroom knows the afternoon glare on a monitor. Move the bands a few inches and the glare is gone while the room stays bright.
- Plaza area condosFloor to ceiling glass wants a shade that gets out of the way. Raised all the way, a Banded Shade rolls into a 3 inch cassette and leaves the view clear.
Worth Knowing
How The Bands Work And How To Choose
A Banded Shade is one shade with two layers of fabric striped in alternating solid and sheer bands. Move it a few inches and the sheer bands line up, which opens the view. Move it again and the solid bands cover the sheer ones, which gives you privacy, and every level of filtered light sits between those two points. There are over 100 fabrics in light filtering and light dimming weights, and the privacy band comes in sizes from 3 to 5 inches, so the shade can suit the white trim in a new build or the stained oak in an older house.
The mix of homes in the city is why we install so many of these here. A Crossroads loft has a wall of glass and a neighbor across the alley who can see in after dark. A Brookside kitchen has one window that does three jobs a day. A midcentury ranch in Waldo has a picture window that faces both the street and the sunset. In each one the light changes by the hour, and a shade you can adjust without raising it is easier to live with than one you run up and down all day.
Banded Shades are not a blackout product. Even with the solid bands closed, the bands meet at a seam, so a soft glow comes through, and in a primary bedroom we pair them with a blackout Roller Shade or point you to a room darkening Honeycomb Shade. Windows side by side are ordered together so the bands line up from one shade to the next. Your Design Specialist brings the samples, measures every opening, and gives you an itemized quote on the spot that holds for 180 days, and our lead time is 4 to 6 weeks from order to installation.
What Comes As Standard
- Sheer and solidBands that pass each other in one shade
- InfinitePositions between sheer and closed
- CassetteOr fascia to hide the double stack
- MotorizedSaves band positions as scenes
- Carefree GuaranteeA lifetime product warranty that transfers if you sell, plus our five year service guarantee
- Free Temporary ShadesOn every window you order for, installed while your custom order is made
Our Process
Planned, measured, and installed by our team in Kansas City
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Kansas City home or office. We'll listen to what you're wanting to accomplish with your windows, take a good look at every opening, and explain the options that will actually work for them.
- On the spot quoteWe take the time to make sure you know exactly what you're getting, and you'll have a complete and exact quote before we leave, so there are no surprises on install day.
- Installed by our teamEverything we install is custom built to the exact measurements of your windows, and when ready, professionally installed by our full time installers. Most projects are installed in less than a day.
Operating Systems
Four ways to operate Banded Shades in Kansas City
Your Design Specialist brings every one of these to the consultation so you can try them at your own window.
Cordless lift
Move the bottom rail by hand. No cord on the shade.
Chain loop
Tensioned to the wall. The most precise way to set the band offset.
Powerwand
Motorized from a wand for higher windows.
Remote and automation
Set band positions as scenes and recall them.
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Straight Answers
Banded Shades questions from Kansas City homeowners
Yes. Zebra shades, dual shades, layered shades and banded shades all describe the same alternating solid and sheer bands on one shade, and we call them Banded Shades. Ours are custom made to the measurements we take in your home, from a range of over 100 fabrics, and installed by our own Install Techs.
With the sheer bands open and the lights on inside, yes, which matters on a Westport or Midtown block where the sidewalk is close. Line the solid bands up for the evening and you have privacy, though a lamp will still show a soft glow through the seams. For a bathroom, we pair them with a second shade behind.
Yes, and they're one of our most requested products for the loft buildings. The fabric rolls into a small cassette at the top, so you get the whole window when you want it. On wide openings we recommend a motor, which needs no wiring in an existing building, and one remote runs the whole wall of glass together.
Not on its own. The light dimming fabric takes the room down to a soft glow, which works for a guest room and is not enough for a bedroom that needs to be dark. For a primary bedroom we pair it with a blackout Roller Shade on the same window, so you keep the daytime look and get a dark room at night.
Yes, with the Cordless Lift, PowerWand or motorized version, since three of the four operating systems have no accessible cord at all. The Brookside and Armour Hills homes with a front window at toddler height are exactly where that matters. Your Design Specialist will help you choose the right one for each window.
Yes. Banded Shades work well on their own or with drapery panels on either side, which is a nice way to soften a tall window in a Hyde Park living room. A top treatment over them needs at least 3 inches of projection, and your Design Specialist checks that at the consultation so everything fits on install day.
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Banded Shades around Kansas City
We serve all of Kansas City, MO, including Hyde Park, Westport, Crossroads, River Market, Country Club Plaza, Brookside, Armour Hills and Waldo. ZIP codes 64105, 64106, 64108, 64109, 64110, 64111, 64112, 64113, 64114, 64123, 64124, 64125, 64126, 64127, 64128, 64129, 64130.
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