Drapery & Soft Treatments In Kansas City
Drapery & Soft Treatments in Kansas City, MO
Solar Shield Blinds makes custom drapery, drapes and curtains, along with Roman shades, cornices and cushions, for homes all over Kansas City, MO. The Hyde Park and Brookside homes with nine foot ceilings and plaster walls were built for fabric at the windows, and every panel we make is cut to your measurements in our own workroom.
Where It Fits In Kansas City
Where Drapery & Soft Treatments Fit In Kansas City, MO
The formal rooms in the city's older homes were made for fabric at the windows, and a loft with a wall of glass needs something soft to quiet the room.
- Formal dining roomsA tall window behind the table suits floor length drapery on a rod set close to the ceiling. Lined, it keeps the room warmer in January and blocks the streetlight at dinner.
- Primary bedroomsLayer lined drapery over a blackout Roller Shade, and a shirtwaist bedroom facing the corner streetlight gets dark at night, with the soft look a shade alone doesn't give.
- Window seats and baysThe bay in a Tudor living room can take a Roman Shade on each window and a bench seat cushion in a matching fabric, all cut to fit the bay.
- Lofts and condosDrapery on a track across fourteen feet of Crossroads glass softens a room full of brick and concrete and gives you a way to close it off at night.
Worth Knowing
Lining, Layers And Custom Fabric
Lining is the biggest decision. Unlined drapery is translucent and will fade over time. Lined drapery hangs better, blocks more light and lasts longer, and interlined drapery is heavier again and does real light blocking work on a tall window on a north wall. Then the style: pleated drapery on a rod or a track, Roman Shades that fold flat when raised, cornices and other top treatments that finish a window, and pillows and bench seat cushions from the same fabric so the room pulls together.
The older homes in the city were built for fabric at the windows. A shirtwaist in Hyde Park has ceilings tall enough that store bought panels stop short, and the casings are deep enough for a Roman Shade to mount inside and show off the trim. The Colonial Revivals along Ward Parkway have paired living room windows that look best with one treatment across both. In the Plaza area condos and the downtown lofts, drapery on a ceiling track is the softest thing you can add to a room with a wall of glass.
Drapery on its own is open or closed, so most of what we install in the city is a layer, with a Roller Shade or a Honeycomb Shade at the glass for daily light control and drapery framing the window. Fullness matters too, and panels at two to two and a half times the width of the opening give you the folds that make fabric look right. Your Design Specialist brings the fabric books to your home, measures every opening, and gives you an itemized quote on the spot, with a lead time of 4 to 6 weeks from order to installation.
What Comes As Standard
- PanelsCornices, valances and romans
- ThousandsCustom fabrics to choose from
- LinedOr interlined for real light blocking
- CushionsWindow seats and banquettes too
- 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.
Tops And Pleats
How the top of the treatment finishes in Kansas City homes
Cornices, valances and pleat styles decide how the whole window reads. Your Design Specialist brings the fabric books and the style samples to the consultation.
Cornice styles
Hard-topped treatments that hide a headrail and add height.
Shaped cornices
Scalloped, arched and tailored profiles.
Valance profiles
Softer gathered and pleated tops.
Pleat styles
Pinch, goblet, ripple fold and flat panel headers.
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Straight Answers
Drapery & Soft Treatments questions from Kansas City homeowners
Yes, every panel is cut to your measurements. The ceilings in Hyde Park and Midtown homes run tall, and store bought lengths either stop short or pile up on the floor. Your Design Specialist measures from the rod height you choose, set close to the ceiling if you want the room to feel taller, down to the floor, and the panels are made to that exact length.
Yes, we recommend it. A west window in a Brookside or Waldo living room takes full sun from midafternoon to dusk in summer, and unlined fabric fades and lets the heat through. Lining protects the fabric and blocks more light, and interlining goes further on a window that feels cold in January.
Yes, and it's the combination we recommend for the downtown and Crossroads buildings. The Roller Shade at the glass handles glare and privacy during the day, and the drapery on a track in front of it softens the brick and concrete and closes the room off at night. A motor on the shade means you never have to reach across furniture to a tall window.
Yes, all of it. Roman Shades in a lined fabric are a great choice for the deep cased windows in the older homes, where they mount inside and show the trim, and they come cordless. Cornices and other top treatments finish a window that already has a shade. Pillows and bench seat cushions come from the same fabric library, so a window seat in a Tudor bay matches the shade above it.
Yes. Our COM program, which stands for customer's own material, lets you bring a fabric you already love, and we build to it in our own workroom. Otherwise there are thousands of custom fabrics in our library, and your Design Specialist brings the samples to your home so you can see them in your own light.
Yes, with the right fabric and the right length. Your Design Specialist will point you to a tighter weave that doesn't catch fur or snag, and a cordless Roman Shade raises the fabric up out of reach. Drapery can hang just clear of the floor instead of resting on it, which keeps the hem cleaner in a busy Waldo home.
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Drapery & Soft Treatments 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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