Drapery & Soft Treatments In South Kansas City
Drapery & Soft Treatments in South Kansas City, MO
Solar Shield Blinds makes custom drapery, drapes and curtains, plus Roman shades and cushions, for homes across South Kansas City, MO. A mid century living room in Red Bridge has the window, the fireplace and the floor, and custom sewn fabric is the soft layer that makes the room feel finished.
Where It Fits In South Kansas City
Where Drapery & Soft Treatments Fit In South Kansas City, MO
Fabric is the layer that makes a ranch feel furnished, on the wide picture windows, in the dining rooms with good trim, and over the sliders in back.
- The picture window wallFloor length panels on either side of a picture window frame the view of the trees and soften the glass, layered over a Roller Shade for the glare.
- Sliders in the split levelsDrapery on a slider in a Hickman Mills split covers the door in the evening and stacks to one side during the day, over a vertical honeycomb or a Roller Shade.
- Dining rooms with wood trimA Roman Shade in a linen or a print gives a dining room in a Santa Fe Hills ranch a tailored window, and the trim around it stays in view.
- Bay windows and window seatsBench seat cushions and pillows in the same fabric as the Roman Shade make a bay window seat look like one finished corner of the room.
Worth Knowing
Lining, Layering And Custom Fabric
Drapery panels, curtains, Roman Shades, cornices and top treatments, plus pillows and bench seat cushions to match, are all sewn to your measurements in our own workroom from thousands of custom fabrics. In a South Kansas City ranch, fabric is the layer that turns a room with good bones into a finished room. Your Design Specialist brings the fabric books to your home so the weight and the color are judged against your paint and your floor, in the light that comes through your own trees.
Lining is the main decision. Unlined fabric is translucent and will fade over time, which can be fine for a dining room. Lined drapery hangs better, blocks more light and lasts longer, and interlined drapery is heavier again for the darkest result, which is what a primary bedroom needs. Many clients layer drapery over a shade so the shade handles the daily glare and privacy and the fabric frames the window. Cornices and top treatments can finish a window over a shade with no panels at all, which suits a kitchen.
Fabric alone won't insulate older glass the way a Honeycomb Shade does, so we pair the two where that matters and put both on the same itemized quote. For fullness, we recommend panels two to two and a half times the width of the opening. The consultation is free and in your home, every window is measured, and the price holds for 180 days. Our lead time is 4 to 6 weeks, and our own Install Techs hang, steam and dress every panel on install day.
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 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.
Tops And Pleats
How the top of the treatment finishes in South 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 South Kansas City homeowners
Yes, and hung right they help. Mounting the rod close to the ceiling and running the panels to the floor makes a ranch living room in Red Bridge feel taller. We measure the ceiling height and the window at the consultation so the panels are sewn to your room rather than cut to a package length.
Yes, lined at least, and interlined or with a blackout liner if you want it dark. Morning sun on the east side of a South Kansas City home comes through unlined fabric as a glow instead of being blocked. Many clients put a room darkening Honeycomb Shade behind the drapery so the shade blocks the light and the fabric frames the window.
Yes, it's one of the best rooms for it. The Classic Roman Shade folds neatly and lies flat, so a patterned fabric stays easy to see, and it leaves the stained woodwork around it on show. Line it if the window faces the street, and our Roman Shades are cordless.
Yes, and it's common in the split levels around Hickman Mills and Ruskin Heights, where the slider is the biggest opening in the house. The panels stack to one side by day and close over the door at night, layered over a vertical honeycomb or a Roller Shade that handles the afternoon glare. The rod is sized so the panels clear the door when it's in use.
Yes. Bench seat cushions and pillows come from the same fabric library as the drapery and Roman Shades, so a window seat in a bay gets the shade, the cushion and the pillows in one fabric. Your Design Specialist measures the seat on site the same way we measure a window.
Yes. Our COM program, which stands for customer's own material, lets you bring a fabric you've already found, and we build to it in our own workroom. Or your Design Specialist brings samples from our library of thousands of fabrics to your home.
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Drapery & Soft Treatments 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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