Banded Shades In South Kansas City
Banded (Zebra) Shades in South Kansas City, MO
Our Solar Shield Blinds Banded Shades, also known as zebra shades, are a favorite in the remodeled ranches of South Kansas City, MO. When a Red Bridge ranch gets a new open kitchen and clean square trim, a Banded Shade gives the room filtered light, privacy or an open view from one shade, and it keeps up with the light moving through the trees.
Where It Fits In South Kansas City
Where Banded Shades Fit In South Kansas City, MO
Banded Shades suit the remodeled ranches and splits, wherever the look is clean and the light through the trees changes from morning to evening.
- Remodeled ranches in Red BridgeAn opened up ranch with a new kitchen is ready for something more modern than the blinds that came with it. The bands shift the light through the day without raising the shade.
- Rooms under the canopyLight through mature trees moves all day. Open the sheer bands in the morning, and close the solid bands in the late afternoon when the sun drops under the branches.
- Dining rooms facing the streetSet the bands to privacy at dinner and open them for the view on a Saturday morning, without pulling the shade up and down.
- Home offices in the split levelsA lower level office in a Hickman Mills split can take glare off the monitor at certain hours. A small move of the bands cuts it and keeps the room bright.
Worth Knowing
How The Bands Work And Pairing For Bedrooms
Banded Shades, which many people call zebra or dual shades, put alternating solid and sheer horizontal bands in one shade. Line up the sheer bands and you get filtered light and a soft view, shift a few inches and the solid bands close for privacy, and raise it all the way to roll it into a 3 inch cassette. That in between control suits rooms where the light changes by the hour, and under the trees in South Kansas City the light is always moving.
You'll choose from over 100 fabrics in light filtering, which keeps the room bright with the bands closed, or light dimming, which takes it darker for a TV room or an office. The privacy band comes in sizes from 3 to 5 inches, and your Design Specialist brings both so you can see them at your own window. Choose Chain Loop, Cordless Lift, PowerWand or Motorized, and a rechargeable motor needs no wiring in a finished home.
With the bands closed, a Banded Shade is private but not blackout, so a primary bedroom that has to be dark gets a blackout Roller Shade behind it, priced on the same itemized quote. Beyond that it's our usual process: a free in-home consultation, samples held in your own window, every opening measured, and an on the spot quote with the price held for 180 days. Our lead time is 4 to 6 weeks, and our own full time Install Techs install them and run each shade with you.
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 South Kansas City
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your South 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 South 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 South Kansas City homeowners
It suits both, and it looks best once a ranch has been opened up. A remodeled ranch in Red Bridge with a new kitchen and squared off trim takes a Banded Shade well. A home that kept its original wood trim can look better with a Natural Woven Shade or a wood blind, and your Design Specialist will help you decide at the consultation.
With the solid bands closed, no. The sheer bands only show the room when they're lined up open, so on a street side window it's a good habit to shift the bands to privacy at dusk. A light dimming fabric takes it a step darker, and for a bedroom we add a blackout Roller Shade behind it.
Yes. Our motorized version runs from a remote, the app on your phone or tablet, a wall switch or your voice, and a schedule can move the bands to privacy at dusk on its own. A scene saves an exact band position, which is hard to match by hand every time, and a rechargeable motor needs no wiring.
Light dimming. It takes the room darker with the bands closed and cuts the glare across the screen when the sun comes in under the trees on the west side of a South Kansas City home. Light filtering suits a kitchen or a front room where you want it bright.
Yes, with Cordless Lift, PowerWand or Motorized, so a nursery or a playroom has no chain at all. Three of the four operating systems have no accessible cord, and your itemized quote shows the cost of each option window by window.
Yes. Windows side by side are ordered at the same time so the solid and sheer bands line up from one shade to the next. A split level with a row of three windows in the family room gets measured and ordered as one job, and your Design Specialist plans it that way from the start.
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Banded Shades around South Kansas City
We serve all of South Kansas City, MO, including Red Bridge, Verona Hills, Santa Fe Hills, Linden Hills, Hickman Mills, Ruskin Heights, Terrace Lake Gardens and Martin City. ZIP codes 64131, 64132, 64134, 64137, 64138, 64145, 64146, 64147, 64149.
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