Drapery & Soft Treatments In Overland Park
Drapery & Soft Treatments in Overland Park, KS
Custom drapery, drapes and curtains from Solar Shield Blinds add the color, texture and softness that finish a room, and in a two story great room off 135th Street they also soften the echo off hard floors and tall glass. Every panel, Roman Shade and cornice for your Overland Park home is cut and sewn in our own workroom.
Where It Fits In Overland Park
Where Drapery & Soft Treatments fit in Overland Park
The formal rooms in the 1990s colonials and the tall great rooms in the newer builds both need fabric on the wall. Drapery, Roman shades and cornices are how the room gets there.
- Two story great roomsFloor to ceiling panels on the tall wall of glass in a Blue Valley great room soften the echo and frame the view. A Roller Shade behind them handles the glare.
- Formal dining and living roomsThe colonials around 119th have a formal dining room and a living room off the foyer. A cornice and lined panels in a fabric that picks up the rug pull both rooms together.
- Primary bedrooms that need darkInterlined drapery over a room darkening shade in a primary bedroom is the darkest combination we install, and it keeps the early sun off the bed in a house that faces east.
- Window seats and breakfast nooksA bay window seat in a two story near 151st or a remodeled ranch nook gets a Roman shade and a bench cushion in the same fabric, so the corner reads as one piece.
Worth Knowing
Lining, layering, and the fabric decision
Lining is a real decision rather than an upgrade. An unlined panel is decorative and lets the sun through the fabric, which is fine in a dining room that faces north. A lined panel blocks most of the light and protects the fabric from fading on a west facing wall. Interlined, with a layer of flannel between the face fabric and the lining, is the choice for real light blocking and for the heaviest, most tailored look in a formal living room. Our Design Specialist will show you all three on your own window, with your own afternoon light coming through, and price each one separately.
The newer homes toward 159th and 179th have tall trim, transom stacks and great rooms with glass to the second floor, and a soft treatment there is about scale. Panels that stop at the top of the window make a tall room look short, and panels hung just under the ceiling make the room look the way the builder drew it. In the 1990s colonials around 119th and 135th, the formal rooms have standard height windows and a cornice or a Roman shade in a fabric that picks up the rug is the right weight. Pillows and bench seat cushions come from the same thousands of custom fabrics.
Drapery is a soft treatment, and it layers over a shade rather than replacing one, so on a west facing great room we'll pair panels with a screen Roller Shade for the glare, and on a bedroom with a room darkening honeycomb. The consultation is free, every opening is measured, and the itemized quote holds 180 days. Soft treatments average 4 to 6 weeks from order to install. Our full time Install Techs install the hardware, steam the panels, and walk the rooms with you.
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 Overland Park
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Overland Park 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 Overland Park 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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Drapery & Soft Treatments questions from Overland Park homeowners
Yes, and that is the room in the newer Overland Park two stories where it matters most. Panels mounted just under the ceiling run the full height of the glass and make the room look the way the builder intended, and the fabric softens the echo off the hardwood. We layer them over a screen Roller Shade so the panels handle the look and the shade handles the glare.
Lined or interlined drapery over a room darkening shade is the darkest combination we install. On the east side of a house near 135th, where the sun is in the window at six in the morning, the shade takes the bulk of the light and the interlined panels close over the gaps at the sides. Unlined panels alone will not darken a bedroom.
Yes. The Roman shade, the bench seat cushion and the pillows come out of the same custom fabric, so a bay window seat in a colonial around 119th reads as one finished corner instead of three separate purchases. Our Design Specialist brings the fabric books to your house and lays the samples on the actual bench.
Panels over a slider work well when they stack clear of the door on a traverse rod or a track, so the door opens fully. In the newer homes off 159th where the slider is wide, we'll pair the panels with a vertical honeycomb or a roller on the glass itself for privacy, and let the drapery do the framing.
The afternoon sun on a west wall in Overland Park is hard on fabric, and unlined panels fade first. Lining protects the face fabric, and interlining protects it further. On a west facing great room we also put a screen Roller Shade behind the panels so the sun hits the shade in the afternoon and the fabric stays the color you picked.
Yes. Motorized traverse rods are available, and they make the most sense on very wide or very tall panels, or on a rod you can't easily reach, like the full height panels in a two story great room south of I-435. Roman Shades can be automated too, and everything can run from the same remote, app or voice control as the rest of your motorized shades.
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Drapery & Soft Treatments around Overland Park
We serve all of Overland Park, KS, including Downtown Overland Park, Nottingham by the Green, Deer Creek, Stanley and Blue Valley. ZIP codes 66204, 66207, 66210, 66212, 66213, 66214, 66221, 66223, 66224.
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Tim & Denise Sanders are the founders of Solar Shield Blinds
Tim and Denise founded Solar Shield Blinds in 2006 with one simple mission; to bring elevated comfort to more people, in more places. Over the years they have hired and trained a professional team of like minded individuals who all continue to push toward that same mission every day. Tim now oversees the sales and installation side of the business by training and growing the team. Denise is over people & finances and her role helps Solar Shield Blinds continue to stay focused on an amazing team culture.
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