Honeycomb Shades In Independence
Honeycomb (Cellular) Shades in Independence, MO
Honeycomb Shades, also called cellular shades, are what we recommend most for the older houses in Independence. A Victorian near the Square or a Foursquare in Fairmount has older windows that let the January cold through, and the air pocket inside a honeycomb shade holds it at the glass, with our own team measuring and installing each one.
Where It Fits In Independence
Where Honeycomb Shades and cellular shades fit in Independence
Cellular shades take on the two things we hear about most in Independence homes: a cold window in an older house and a bedroom that a neighbor or the street can see into.
- Victorians and Shirtwaists near the SquareTall double hung windows with deep painted casings and older glass. A honeycomb has the smallest headrail of anything we carry, so it fits inside that trim and covers the glass edge to edge.
- Bungalows in Englewood and FairmountFront bedrooms sit close to the street and the house next door. Top Down Bottom Up covers the lower half and leaves the upper glass open to daylight.
- North rooms in the ranchesA north bedroom at the end of a ranch hallway runs colder than the rest of the house. Double cell honeycomb adds a second air pocket for those rooms.
- Skylights and patio doors out eastNewer two stories have skylights over the great room and a slider to the deck. A motorized honeycomb with a solar panel handles the skylight, and the vertical version opens side to side on the door.
Worth Knowing
Holding in the heat in old Independence houses and new ones
Independence has a lot of houses built before anyone thought about insulated glass. The Queen Annes and Folk Victorians in the Truman Neighborhood, the Foursquares in Fairmount and the Craftsman bungalows in Englewood have tall windows and thin casings, and plenty of them still let a draft into the room in January. A Honeycomb Shade is built for that. The cells trap a layer of air against the glass, and the headrail is small enough to sit inside trim that a bulkier blind would crowd. Out east, the same shade gives the bedrooms of a newer two story privacy without closing off the light.
The fabric list runs past 100 choices in sheer, light filtering and room darkening, and a single shade can carry both light filtering and room darkening, soft in the morning and dark at night. Top Down Bottom Up reaches 84 inches wide with Cordless Lift and Lock and 120 inches with a motor, which covers a wide great room window. Arched windows get a fitted honeycomb, skylights get a motor and a solar panel, and patio doors get the vertical version, which stacks to about six inches. From the street, every shade shows white, whatever color faces the room.
A room darkening honeycomb still lets thin lines of light past its edges, and adding a privacy light block along the sides closes most of them. Because of the liner, a white room darkening fabric reads a little gray, which you'll see on the sample at your window before you decide. The visit is free, every window is measured on site, and the exact quote is written before we leave and held for 180 days. Interior orders take 4 to 6 weeks, and our full time Install Techs finish most homes in less than a day.
What Comes As Standard
- Single or doubleCell, for how bad your glass is
- Top DownBottom Up, motorized up to 120 inches wide
- BlackoutCell fabric for a genuinely dark room
- CordlessStandard, nothing hanging anywhere
- 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 Independence
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Independence 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 Honeycomb Shades in Independence
Your Design Specialist brings every one of these to the consultation so you can try them at your own window.
Cordless lift
The standard on homes with children or pets. Grab the rail and move it, with no cord anywhere on the shade.
Cord loop
Tensioned and wall-anchored, for very tall or very wide cells.
Powerwand
Motorized operation from a wand, useful on high windows.
Full automation
Schedules and scenes. Drop the whole west side at three o’clock.
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Honeycomb Shades questions from Independence homeowners
Yes, that's where they earn their keep. Two layers of fabric hold a pocket of air at the glass, built to keep January cold and July heat on the far side of the shade. On the tall windows in the Truman Neighborhood, the small headrail fits inside the casing so the painted trim stays on show.
Yes, with Top Down Bottom Up. Lower the top rail to open the sky and the treetops while the bottom of the window stays covered. In Englewood and Fairmount, where bungalows sit close together, that's the setting most bedrooms end up on.
Yes. Arches, angles and hexagons all get a fitted honeycomb measured on site. We match the fabric to the shades on the windows below so the wall reads as one set, which matters most on the arched window over the entry of a newer east side home.
Yes. Cordless Lift and Lock has no reachable cord anywhere, and you move the shade by its rail. PowerWand and motorized honeycomb shades are child safe as well, and those three are the ones we put in nurseries and kids' rooms.
Yes, though the change is biggest on older single pane and early double pane glass like the windows in plenty of houses near the Square. On newer glass in an east side two story the gain is smaller, and your Design Specialist will tell you which rooms will notice it most.
Yes. Through the Carefree Guarantee the fabric has a lifetime warranty that goes with the house if you sell. Defects are repaired at no charge for five years, and one accident in that time is covered by Life Happens.
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Honeycomb Shades around Independence
We serve all of Independence, MO, including Independence Square, Truman Neighborhood, Englewood, Fairmount, Golden Acres and Rockwell Estates. ZIP codes 64050, 64052, 64053, 64054, 64055, 64056, 64057, 64058.
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