Banded Shades In KC Northland
Banded (Zebra) Shades in KC Northland, MO
Our Solar Shield Blinds Banded Shades, also known as zebra shades, are made for the open floor plans of the KC Northland. In a Shoal Creek two story the kitchen and the great room are one big space with light that changes every hour, and a Banded Shade goes from filtered light to privacy to an open view without ever being raised.
Where It Fits In KC Northland
Where Banded Shades Fit In The KC Northland
New builds with clean lines, open plans where one window lights three rooms, and home offices that fight afternoon glare are all a good match for a Banded Shade.
- New builds in Shoal CreekWhite trim, square windows and gray walls suit a shade that looks like one simple panel. A Banded Shade fits that look and rolls up into a small cassette when you want the whole window.
- Kitchens open to the great roomThe window over the sink in an open plan home lights the kitchen, the table and the couch. Move the bands and you adjust the light for all three without raising anything.
- Home offices in Tiffany SpringsIn a spare bedroom office with the sun on the monitor by early afternoon, set the bands to filtered light and the glare is gone while the room stays bright.
- River views in BriarcliffA home on the bluff with a view toward the river deserves a shade that keeps it. Open the bands to see out, and close them when you want privacy.
Worth Knowing
How Banded Shades Work In An Open Floor Plan
The Northland's newer homes are built around one big room. The kitchen, the eating area and the great room share a wall of windows, and the light that's right for breakfast is too bright for a movie at four and different again at dinner when the neighbors are out on their deck. A shade you have to raise and lower to adjust tends to stay in one spot. A Banded Shade adjusts with a small move of the bands, and it fits the clean lines of a Shoal Creek or Staley Farms build.
A Banded Shade has two layers of fabric striped with solid and sheer horizontal bands. Line up the sheer bands and the view opens, and line up the solid bands for privacy, with filtered light at every point in between. There are over 100 fabrics in light filtering and light dimming weights, in colors that sit well against the white trim in a new build. Choose Chain Loop, Cordless Lift, PowerWand or Motorized, and a motor is the answer for the tall windows in a two story great room.
Banded Shades are made for daytime light control. Even with the solid bands closed, the light dimming fabric lets a soft glow through, so in a primary bedroom we pair one with a blackout Roller Shade or suggest a room darkening Honeycomb Shade. Windows side by side are ordered together so the bands line up across the whole run. The consultation is free, your Design Specialist brings the samples and measures every window, the itemized quote holds for 180 days, and our lead time is 4 to 6 weeks.
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 KC Northland
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your KC Northland 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 KC Northland
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 KC Northland homeowners
Yes. Zebra, dual, layered and banded 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, and your Design Specialist brings the samples to your Northland home so there's no trip to a store.
With the lamps on and the sheer bands open, yes, and on a Shoal Creek cul de sac the neighbors are close. Line the solid bands up for the evening and you have privacy, though the fabric still shows a soft glow. For a bedroom we can layer a blackout shade behind it.
Yes, with a motor on the upper row. The shade rolls into a small cassette at the top, so you get the whole wall of glass on a fall afternoon, and the bands let you take the edge off the west sun and keep the view of the yard. Rechargeable motors need no wiring, which matters in a finished home.
Not by itself. The light dimming fabric brings the room down to a soft glow, which is fine for a guest room and not enough for a west bedroom in June. For a primary bedroom we pair it with a blackout Roller Shade on the same window, so you keep the look and get the dark.
Yes, when you choose Cordless Lift, PowerWand or motorized, since none of those have an accessible cord. The family subdivisions off Barry Road and 152 have plenty of windows at toddler height, and those three options take the cord away. Your Design Specialist will help you choose the right one for each room.
No. Our lead time is 4 to 6 weeks from order to installation, and most homes are finished in one day. While you wait, we install free temporary shades on every window you've ordered for, so a new build in Staley Farms has privacy right away, and our Install Techs take them down on install day.
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Banded Shades around KC Northland
We serve all of KC Northland, MO, including Briarcliff, Shoal Creek, Staley Farms, Tiffany Springs, Line Creek, Gashland and Claymont. ZIP codes 64116, 64117, 64118, 64119, 64151, 64152, 64153, 64154, 64155, 64156, 64157, 64158, 64163, 64164, 64165, 64166, 64167.
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